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Daniel Aweda

Scrum Master

Address Richmond, Texas, 77407

Phone 346-***-****

E-mail addim6@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ifeoluwapoaweda/

Experienced Scrum Master with expert knowledge of Software Development Life cycle (SDLC), Agile Principles, Lean, XP, Scrum methodologies and Agile best practices. Demonstrates experience leading teams from waterfall to agile with a deep commitment to Servant Leadership and an appetite for continuous learning and development. An enthusiastic team player with a passion to generate dynamic results and promote profitable client relationships Career Highlights

• Certified Scum Master with over 5 years of experience working across multiple teams.

• Solid knowledge of SDLC, with experience helping drive agile transition, adoption and change management.

• Passionate about high quality software development, the people, processes and tools that support it.

• Hands-on experience other agile frameworks such as Kanban, XP, Lean and SAFe.

• Inspired teams in implementation of new tools and raised team's performance using various techniques such as; The Bruce Tuckman's technique, 5 C's, the Shuhari technique and various other techniques

• Excellent understanding of agile principles and practices such as XP, TDD, CI/CD with experience assisting a team to define and implement action plans to attain DevOps high status running quarterly DORA assessments for my teams.

• Knowledge and experience with Agile Planning tools such as; Jira, Version one, Rally, TFS, Azure DevOps, Confluence, ERP and CRM systems

• Demonstrated experience coaching agile mindset shift and behaviors across multiple scrum teams including Senior Leadership.

• Mastery of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Internet Exploring, Windows, IOS, Android, MS Office Suite, Microsoft Outlook, Windows,

• Knowledgeable and experience in setting organizational improvement boards to drive organizational learning and improvement

• Involved in cross functional team meetings to identify crucial workflows and system characteristics that were supposed to be performance tested and monitored.

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Skills

Strategic Planning

Microsoft Office Tools

Kanban

SAFe Framework

Gathering Requirements

Agile/Scrum methodology

Public speaking

Quality Assurance

Risk identification

Servant Leadership

Teamwork/Collaboration

Work History

2018-07 -

Current

Scrum Master

AmerisourceBergen, Sugarland, TX

• Helped remove impediments to team delivery including cultural barriers, logistical challenges, and infrastructural issues.

• Coached team on Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.

• Facilitated all of Scrum ceremonies which include; sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

• Evangelized Agile as a strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in the implementation of new tools and techniques

• Coached the development team and PO to improve practices, productivity and self-organization by fostering a culture of accountability within the teams to hold to standards and delivery commitments.

• Facilitated scrum of scrums and mentored less-experienced scrum masters to drive scrum adoption across the organization.

• Escalate risk and issues impeding the team effectiveness to promote smooth sailing sprints

• Support the Product Owner Work in maintaining a health product backlog by looking for creative ways to manage the backlog, organizing and facilitating backlog grooming sessions and ensuring every team member understands the requirement.

• Encouraged cross-team sharing of knowledge through pair programming to ensure the team is cross-functional to maximize more value to the business

• Tracked team's progress and performance using various metrics such as; team velocity, burn-up chart, burn-down chart, and various other metrics to ensure the team performance is improving

• Created an environment for learning and innovation by helping the Product Owner to create stories for learning and Research.

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2017-03 -

2018-07

Scrum Master

Opportunity Bank Of Montana, Helena, MT

• Implemented and maintained the Agile/Scrum framework within the team and across the organization

• Streamlined operations and prioritized tasks, allowing the business to increase revenue by 25%

• Helped team to successfully deliver high profile digital projects across the business online platforms with a strict time frame and limited cost, while maintaining the stability of the online banking applications and following agile best practices

• Acted as Servant Leader to two Scrum teams, facilitated scrum events while providing coaching to the organization as the journey continued to deliver the highest quality products.

• Provided extensive guidance on Agile principles to aid highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.

• Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit the Scrum team.

• Helped teams write good stories representing vertical slices of value using the INVEST criteria, the SPIDR technique and various other story splitting techniques to ensure estimation accuracy during sprint planning.

• Mentored and coached teams on the creation and maintenance of scrum team artifacts including product backlog, sprint backlog, and Definition of Done.

• Introduced Kanban usage to the organization which led to a cut in cycle time by 25%.

• Coached team and Product owner on how to gather requirements, define scopes, and create SMART goals to aid customer satisfaction

• Tracked and made visible the Teams' progress, Velocity, Burn-down charts and other metrics and Information Radiators on an ongoing basis

• Mentored the development teams to understand and practice the core Scrum Principles, Roles, Rules, and Values

• Help team identify and remove impediments to development teams' progress, and protected the teams from outside distractions 2015-02 -

2017-01

Scrum Master

IVinci Health, Boise, ID

• Worked effectively with two Scrum teams both co-located and off-shore.

• Worked closely with software development team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.

• Synthesized current business intelligence data to produce reports and polished presentations highlighting findings and recommending changes.

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• Help team Identify and remove blockers that will keep the team from achieving their goals

• Communicate with clients and inform the organization about the customer business needs

• Facilitated iteration planning meetings, lead work within individual sprints and coordinate retrospectives and demos.

• Helped team complete tasks successfully and on-time and resolved obstacles encountered by team members.

• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.

• Facilitated daily stand-ups, evaluate team progress and provide support as needed on remediation of impediments to support commitments to the product.

• Actively worked with the Product Owner and Stakeholders to monitor and prioritize product backlog on an ongoing basis to meet release timelines and value to the business.

• Worked with external teams and business partners to coordinate cross-team dependencies in order to meet product objectives.

2012-07 -

2014-10

Project Manager

Focus SoftNet, Ikeja, Lagos

• Took an active role in company growth by consistently providing quality customer service to promote growth and retention.

• Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep the team's on-task and achieve schedule targets.

• Worked with cross-functional teams to increase revenue from $1.5 million to

$2.3 million in 2 years, slashing time to delivery 22%.

• Project manager for 15 products, completed an average of 10% under budget projects.

• Increased effectiveness of bidding processes by reviewing contractor scopes and material takeoffs.

• Developed long-term business strategy by using customer feedback to identify necessary process improvements.

• Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect the development process from unforeseen delays and costs.

• Developed project plans and managed project scope for all projects, using specific methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance

• Helped prepare reports for upper management regarding status of projects

• Managed changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques

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• Perform risk management to minimize project risk

• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document needs

• Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project.

Education

2006-01 -

2012-06

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine: Veterinary Medicine University of Ibadan - Ibadan

Certifications

Scrum-Institute.org, Scrum Master Accredited Certification Scrum.org, Professional Scrum Master (PSM1)

Strategic Management

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Six Sigma Green Belt

Scaled Agile Inc, Certified SAFe ® 5.0 Scrum Master References

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