Kolawole Akinbaleye 985-***-****. adin3h@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Experienced Professional with 14+ years proven track record of delivering high quality ATM decentralization, Banking Object integration, on time and within budget.

Track and Manage issues on Agile methodology software application using Trello, ADO, Jira & Rally.

Conducted follow-up visits to monitor contractors' progress in correcting identified deficiencies and achieving compliance.

Work extensively with Verizon SAP team on automating receivable and payable settlement invoices.

Monitored, trained, and coached associates on work processes, procedures and business flow and ensured adequate compliance.

Independently resolve problems that require in depth investigation and/or research.

Saved and recovered over $5 million ATM and online banking related theft bank wide by improving initiatives through better reconciliation model and compliance principles.

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS:

Northcentral University CA, USA. (PhD). GPA 3.69. Business Management/ Management Information System (In View)

Chicago State University. Chicago USA. Enterprise Agility Coach

Obafemi Awolowo University ILE-IFE.NIGERIA - Master of Business Management (MBA).

Obafemi Awolowo University ILE-IFE.NIGERIA – Bachelor of Science (Statistics).

Certified Information System Auditors (CISA)

TECHNICAL DETAILS & EXPERTISE:

Certifications

Enterprise Agile Coach Certified, Agile Master Certified, Scrum Master Certified, The National Society of Leadership and Success Executive Certified, SAFe 4.6 Certified, SAFe 5.0 Certified, The National Society of leadership Advance Certified, Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, AWS Solution Architect Certified, Digital Marketing Certified, Certified Information System Auditors (CISA).

Framework

Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, Lean Management, SAFe, project manager, program manager, Internal control

Micro soft Office

Micro Soft Office, Power Point, Word, Excel

Tools

Jira, Trello, (ADO) Azure DevOps, Smart Sheet

QA/ Data Check

Data Review, Integrity and validation, Data Management

Collaborating tools

Hangout, WebEx, Skype, Microsoft teams, Slack

Skills

Leadership, Teamwork, Communication, Personal Management, Problem Solving

Training

Agile Training, Leadership Training

Operating System

Windows (All Version)

CERTIFICATIONS:

Enterprise Agility Coach (Certified)

The National Society of Leadership and Success. (Advance Leadership Certificate)

The National Society of Leadership and Success. (Executive Leadership Certificate).

Agile Masters certification (Certified). AMC License ID 600469.

Scrum Masters (Certified). CSM License ID 578377.

Scrum Fundamentals Certified SFC License ID 709963.

Solution Architect Certified

SAFe Agile (Certified) SAFe Agile 4.6 License ID 591*****-****.

SAFe Agile (Certified) SAFE Agile 5.0

Six Sigma GB (Certified) License ID 699785.

Digital Marketing (Certified) License ID 593952.

Marketing Researcher License ID 594921.

Institute of Strategic Management (Certified) ISM.

AWARD:

Chevron IT Cheers Agile Award. (Displaying high-performance behavior).

MEMBERSHIP:

National Society of Leadership & Success.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

Participated in the compliance audit of business units as part of a team and recommended various control measures to reduce risks.

Ensured all business units’ financial reports were submitted ahead of schedule to meet tight deadlines.

Guide and help organization towards transformation and transitioning to Agile methodology

Received an employee award for ability to interact with staff at all levels to acquire needed information.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Nestle IT (W360)

Role: Agile Coach / Agile DevOps Practitioner August 2020 Date

I coached many teams and helped them achieved performance measure by faster development, collaboration, and quality delivery.

I collaborate with leaderships and coach them on being Agile than just doing Agile

Align with internal & external partners to establish a unique organizational Agile transformation

Work closely with architects, application developers, testing and support teams to implement Agile practices tracking with DevOps pipeline and software development lifecycle.

Work with our executive team in prioritizing and transforming Agile-based organizational strategies into technology and business initiatives

Also serve as iteration coach at the PI program increment

Facilitate Scrum-of- Scrums among scrum projects team towards quality delivery

Coach organization management on Agile approach

Track and monitor project phases using Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira

Excellent team player with good communication, presentation ad interpersonal skills.

Chevron GOMBU IT

Role: Agile Transformation Coach / Iteration Coach Sept 2019 – August 2020

Responsibilities:

Works with the sponsor, team, and product owner to define a value and user-driven roadmap for the product and translate this into actionable user stories and sprint plans. Successful track record of delivery using an iterative/agile methodology

Coach organization enterprise leadership and project teams at all level on agile mindset, practice and principle.

I prepare training material to help teams towards agile practice and principle

I coached many teams and helped them achieved performance measure by faster development, collaboration, and quality delivery.

Align with internal & external partners to establish a unique organizational Agile transformation

Work closely with architects, application developers, testing and support teams to implement Agile practices throughout the DevOps pipeline and software development lifecycle.

Work with our executive team in prioritizing and transforming Agile-based organizational strategies into technology and business initiatives

Also serve as iteration coach at the PI program increment

Facilitate Scrum-of- Scrums among scrum projects team towards quality delivery

Coach organization management on Agile approach

Track and monitor project phases using Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira

Excellent team player with good communication, presentation ad interpersonal skills.

Infosys Richardson, Dallas, Tx. January 2019 – Sep 2019

Role: Agile Transformation Coach/ Iteration Coach

Responsibilities:

Focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.

As an agile coach working at the enterprise level, I have advised and guided leadership at the executive level to adopt truly Agile way of thinking and operating

Works with the sponsor, team, and product owner to define a value and user-driven roadmap for the product and translate this into actionable user stories and sprint plans. Successful track record of delivery using an iterative/agile methodology

Educate and train team members on Agile foundations, values, and principles

I successfully determined gaps in team and department performance, I developed an improvement plan and practice to ensure continuous productivity and improvement.

Facilitating daily standups, retrospective, sprint review meetings.

Educate and train team members on Agile foundations, values, and principles

Lead by example in-terms of practice and adoption of agile culture

John Deere Champaign Il,

Role: Agile Coach February 2018- Nov 2018

Responsibilities:

Coach organization enterprise leadership and project teams at all level

I prepare training material to help teams towards agile practice and principle

I coached many struggling teams and helped them achieved performance measure by faster development, collaboration, and quality delivery.

Align with internal & external partners to establish a unique organizational Agile transformation

Work closely with architects, application developers, testing and support teams to implement Agile practices throughout the DevOps pipeline and software development lifecycle.

Work with our executive team in prioritizing and transforming Agile-based organizational strategies into technology and business initiatives

Also serve as iteration coach at the PI program increment

Facilitate Scrum-of- Scrums among scrum projects team towards quality delivery

Coach organization management on Agile approach

Cornerstone Environmental services, Chicago, IL. November 2016 – Feb 2018

Role: Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

Facilitate scrum-on-scrum among scrum masters.

Coach organization enterprise leadership and project teams at all level

I prepare training material to help teams towards agile practice and principle

I coached many struggling teams and helped them achieved performance measure by faster development, collaboration, and quality delivery.

Align with internal & external partners to establish a unique organizational Agile transformation

Work closely with architects, application developers, testing and support teams to implement Agile practices throughout the DevOps pipeline and software development lifecycle.

Work with our executive team in prioritizing and transforming Agile-based organizational strategies into technology and business initiatives

Also serve as iteration coach at the PI program increment

Facilitate Scrum-of- Scrums among scrum projects team towards quality delivery

ECO BANK PLC, Nigeria July 2012 – September 2016

Role: Agile Coach/ Iteration manager

Responsibilities:

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

worked as a servant leader and led the development team that developed a hardware system for the bank ATM reconciliation process.

Facilitate the scrum agile ceremonies among the development team and ensure the team works in accordance with agile practice and principle.

Track and manage issues during the hardware development stages using the Agile tool (TRELLO).

Manage any impediment or block that could hinder the team from delivering the project.

Direct and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.

Coached teams on SAFe, Agile, Lean, Kanban, Scrum, and Trello, Jira at a large social networking startup during an Agile transition.

ECO BANK PLC, Nigeria April 2009– July 2012

Role: Agile Lead/ Project manager

Responsibilities:

Facilitate and schedule projects sessions with various stakeholders

Track and monitor project progress and manage impediments

Reviewed process and ensured all operation departmental controls, reviews, verification and proofs are working as per OPM requirements.

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

Worked with the Scrum Team and the Product Owner to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery.

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

Work closely with project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.

Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.

Conducted presentations for stakeholders on sprints, release planning, daily stand-ups.

Monitored and ensured all audit and internal control exceptions in respect of operation functions are resolved within the required timeline.

Ensured operations regulatory and compliance reporting are completed on target date and ensured regulatory sanctions due to operational exceptions do not reoccur.

Ensured proof of accounts are prepared and reviewed for accuracy.

Identified and escalated systems and process inefficiencies typically not covered within documentation, and wherever possible assisted in finding and implementing effective solutions.

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