Scrum Manager

Kennedy Iwunnah

**** ********** *****. #***. ******, Texas 75243.

Phone: 214-***-****: Email: ken122205@yahoo

PERSONAL STATEMENT

A highly motivated Scrum Master with over 4 years’ experience in applying Agile Product Development in both software and non-software environment. I have implemented culture of continuous improvement, process efficiency and waste elimination in the product areas I have supported. I support scrum teams in their journey to self-functioning for faster product delivery. I take pride in championing the implementation of scrum empirical process and Kanban practices at team and product levels. From what I do and the commitment I bring to bear, I solve problems and help teams achieve results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Texas at Arlington. Texas. Scrum Master January 2018 – July 2020

Implemented core agile and scrum values on 2 teams that helped improve team velocity by 20%. Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress. Coached a cross-functional team to become self-organized and highly efficient which increased quality of product by 10%. Fostered a culture of transparency, inspection and adaptation by promoting healthy conflict and strong team agreement. Collaborated with product owner on backlog grooming to keep product backlog relevant and prioritized, ensured acceptance criteria are agreed upon and stories are ready for estimation. Identified and removed impediments, risks and blockers to team progress and ensured clarity of working agreements as team work towards meeting the sprint goal. Facilitated internal and external communication, improved transparency and radiated information. Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity, sprint / release progress to the team and stakeholders. Protected the team from over-commitment, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs leading to on-time delivery of major projects and increased in customer satisfaction. Coached team on identifying anti-patterns which increased team efficiency, high quality product and increased customer satisfaction. Fostered close collaboration across all team members, encouraged cross-training / knowledge sharing and support among team members through design sessions, pair programming, code review to increase the spirit of cross-functionality. Facilitated time-boxed scrum ceremonies and activities such as sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective and backlog refinement and ensured team norms are observed.

AT&T Scrum Master June 2015– December 2017

Led a 7-member cross-functional team to increase revenue from $3.4 million to $5.6 million in my first year and slashed time of deliverability to 20%. Guided and mentored 2 teams in their adaptation of agile practices and concepts including roles, ceremonies, processes, compliance and tool usage within AT&T’s Agile delivery context thereby reducing waste by 10%. Fostered close collaboration across all agile teams, encouraged cross-training and support amongst team members to increase the spirit of cross-functionality. Facilitated communication and collaboration inside and outside the team and implemented agile practices to improve business outcomes and provide more transparency and value while delivering potentially releasable product increments every two weeks. Ensured the team embraced and practiced core agile principles of collaboration, prioritizing tasks and promoted team accountability and visibility to meet sprint / release goals. Worked with the product owner on effective techniques for product backlog prioritization and management. Coached the team on story estimation techniques (planning poker and T-shirt sizing) so team does not over commit to stories they could work on in a sprint. Communicated information about the team progress, sprint summary report, burn-down charts, defects/bugs charts, product backlog items (PBI) to the scrum team, stakeholders and senior management. Facilitated and actively participated at Agile Community of Practice for my product line to improve agility across the organization. Improved team understanding of agile principles and scrum values.

AT&T Project Coordinator April 2012 – May 2015

Coordinated with contract team to formulate and direct marketing activities to promote products and services in collaboration with cross-functional team members. Implemented cost saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems thereby saving the organization over $60,000 in wasteful spending. Worked with project managers and stakeholders to ensure project execution and deliverability. Assisted the project managers to forecast quarterly adjustment to budgets, track request changes and variances that could potential impact project execution. Coordinated efforts for a 5-member team to execute 3 projects that completed on time within budget. Provided timely and accurate updates to the team/clients regarding inquiries, issues resolutions and status of project progress. Coordinated with project managers and stakeholders to resolve complex problems.

Conn’s Project Coordinator December 2008 – March 2012

Ensured teams were properly equipped with necessary requirements and tools and prepared detailed status, risk and resources reports to the management. Collaborated with field personnel to address and solve on-site issues as needed and completed 90% of projects on time and within budget. Worked with project manager in streamlining operations and accelerating project progress towards meeting strategic goals. Assessed and kept track of office inventory levels and ordered required items before stock gets exhausted thereby ensuring project timeline remains intact. Scheduled timely meetings to discuss project progress and recommended timely resolutions to critical issues.

EDUCTAION.

Bachelors – Philosophy. University of Port Harcourt January 1994

Masters – Criminal Justice. University of Texas at Arlington, Texas December 2016

CERTIFICATION.

Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) March 2016

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) March 2016

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