Lean Six Scrum

Otibo Eboe-Arthur

Cypress TX 714-***-**** adhoyc@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin

Scrum Master

Facilitation – Iteration Planning & Execution - Team Leadership

Empirical Process

Quality & Process Improvement

Regulatory & Compliance

Team Training & Mentoring

Stakeholder Engagement

Relationship Management

Issues & Conflict Resolution

Built-in Quality

Accomplished, committed, and creative Servant Leader with strong assurance, regulatory compliance and financial services background that delivers customer-centric quality and value.

Versed experience at conducting audits to determine compliance with risk polices, reviewing and assessing data for compliance.

Highly skilled at engaging team and stakeholders, trade partners to understand their needs and deliver timely solutions. A strong team leader; recognized for process improvement and service delivery contributions.

Lead hybrid, kanban, kaizen, scrum and cross-functional team collocated and geographically dispersed

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kforce Inc. Houston, TX 11/2019 to 03/2020

Scrum Master

Supported agile teams & product owners to increase business agility & to maximize value delivery responsibilities for driving business outcomes through multiple iterative deliveries

Ensured that teams adhere to the Lean-Agile best practices, principles, and values

Measured team’s performance with proven metrics. Coaches’ team’s PI readiness, ART Sync and Inspect & Adapt. Facilitates team’s innovation and planning for relentless improvement

Designed the definition of done" & "definition of ready" for stories & bugs

Monitored sprint progress through JIRA & works with team members to adjust tasks as needed

Worked closely with the product owner for backlog management & the continuous delivery of features to educate & reinforce scrum methodology & agile framework to team members & stakeholder

oCollaborated to create overall agile project adoption plan and budget baseline with all necessary metrics

oCreated and implements Project Quality Plan, the Configuration Management Plan, the Risk Register, and the Open Issues Lists

oReviewed commercial contract, design subcontractors’ services with the aim of minimizing scope creep

Centrica PLC Houston, TX 11/2016 to 06/2019

Scrum Master

Guided the team to remove impediments by having an understanding the control and release processes

Assisted with prioritization and resolution of defects. Built trust with the Agile Teams and Product Owner and other stake holders to enhance team's interaction.

Coached Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog

Coached team members on Lean-Agile principles and providing continuously improved Agile/Scrum techniques, share understanding and commitment

Interfaced with Program Management Office to ensure project goals and requirements are being met

Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other scrum-related meetings

oFacilitated internal and external communication across multiple teams to improve transparency, and established information radiator that increased visibility

oCollaborated with Product Management Team to hypothesized assumption and negotiated the minimum viable product for delivery

Centrica PLC Houston, TX 02/2015 to 11/2016

Regulatory and Compliance Lead

Managed and analyzed revenue data received from multiple lines of businesses to ensure accurate and timely submission to regulators

Evaluated current processes/documentation and make changes to improve efficiency and accuracy in order to align with energy regulations

Prepared and coordinated the preparation of regulatory reports and license applications related to Direct Energy’s retail/wholesale power and natural gas business

Responded to regulatory inquiries regarding residential/industrial/commercial power and natural gas activities for multiple public utility regulatory agencies where Direct Energy conducts business

Reconciled and filed natural gas volumes with the Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) Alberta Gas Reporting and National Energy Board (NEB)

oFacilitated internal and external communication across multiple teams to improve transparency, and established information radiator that increased visibility

oCollaborated with Product Management Team to hypothesized assumption and negotiated the minimum viable product for delivery

Additional Experience: Horinoya Restaurant Account Manager – Small Business 07/2013 to 02/2015 I researched, maintained, built relationships with distribution companies to reduce costs and analyzed average check receipts and developed an action plan to increase receipts. Barclays Capital 11/2011 to 07/2013 I Interfaced with business partners, stakeholders, directors, analysts, and project managers, promoted, and presented the new client hierarchy tool to several investment banking sales teams. Credit Suisse Private Banking Technology - Reporting 10/2006 to 11/2011 I interfaced with assigned client reporting accounts and oversaw daily reconciliation of high net worth accounts in Advent Axys and produced business documents that inventory and explain the how/what/when/why of the business to market to the portfolio managers.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Science, Business Economics

Professional Development/Certifications

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), PMI

Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master

Certified Lean Six Sigma – Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, SSGI

Certificate in Global Oil & Gas Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management

Professional Association

Project Management Professional – PMI

Scaled Agile Incorporation - SAFe

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