JESSICA OZOBU

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Proficient, reliable, loyal and motivated Certified Scrum Master, that possesses unique combination of skills, and in-depth knowledge in Software Development life-cycle (SDLC). An expert at driving the implementation of scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, protect team from distractions, and fostering self-organization. A professional that facilitates collaborative working relationships with cross functional team at all organizational levels.

TECHNICAL SKILLS/TOOLS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Outlook) ● Agile Methodology and Waterfall

● MS Excel data analysis and metrics ● Kanban Processes ● SAFe Processes ● Jira ● Microsoft Project and Project Server 2007/2010

CORE COMPETENCIES

Professional Scrum Master. ●SAFe. ●Agile and Waterfall ● Kanban ● Scrum Ceremonies ● Strong

Communication ● Servant Leadership ● Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) ● Sprint Leader ●

Kanban ● Client Relations & Satisfaction. ● Conflict Resolution ● Project Management

WORK HISTORY

SCRUM MASTER October 2017 - Current

Syntec Solutions (Contractor) Boulder, Co

Working on the deployment of payment & security cloud platform for various clients

•Facilitate Scrum events (sprint planning, daily scrums, reviews, and retrospectives), ensuring full engagement. Mentor and coach teams (including the Product Owner) in Agile practices and mindset. Foster a growth mindset and spirit of continuous improvement and learning

•Remove impediments to team progress whether internal to the team or organizational in nature. When necessary, I escalate impediments to facilitate rapid resolution.

•Serve as a servant-leader within scrum team to ensure that impediments are removed and the goals of each Sprint is achieved. Ensure appropriate progress tools, information radiators, and reports effectively provide transparency on team’s progress/productivity.

•I ensure effective communication within and across teams. Influence and facilitate the empowerment of a self-organizing team. Schedule and facilitate cross-functional meetings.

•Understand release-when ready, test-driven development, continuous integration, product demonstration and other technical engineering practices and I encourage teams to leverage them.

PROJECT MANAGER/ SCRUM MASTER

Dec 2013 - Aug 2017

Union Bank of Nigeria PLC

Lagos, Lagos

Worked on employee online appraisal system, office manager soutions & various payroll solutions of over N5 billion

•Facilitated Scrum events (sprint planning, daily scrums, reviews, and retrospectives), ensuring full engagement and managed deployment of software development/test teams (Web Portal, e-commerce portal) working closely in conjunction with business teams.

•Mentored a cross functional team to deliver quality products which led to over N600M in revenue for the year of 2016 & to create software solutions that elevated client side experience and significantly improved overall functionality, profitability and performance.

•Ensured effective communication within and across teams. Influence and facilitate the empowerment of a self-organizing team. Schedule and facilitate cross-functional meetings. Ensured appropriate progress tools, information radiators, and reports effectively provide transparency on team’s progress/productivity.

•Facilitated the deployment and implementation of Office Manager for Enikkom Construction, Harmony Holdings; e-Commerce site for Trolleys24; Deployment of School Portal for Nigeria Law School, Osun State College of Education, and Deployment of MetPro Application for Nigeria Ports Authority.

•Documented business processes, analyzed procedures to align with changing business needs and meet business goals & to ensure that every project is tailored to meet each unique business needs.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration

Jun 2011

Babcock University

Nigeria

CERTIFICATION

Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)

Project + (Comptia)

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