Scrum Manager

Olakunle Omotunde

Baltimore, MD 443-***-**** *************@*****.***

AGILE & SENIOR SCRUM MASTER

Excellent and dynamic, hands-on, Scrum Master with experience managing large enterprise software development projects that meet demanding time restraints and exceed all expectations. Demonstrated ability to motivate, organize, lead and coach Scrum teams across multiple locations, with a verifiable track record of managing complex projects while delivering on time, within budget and above expectations. Ability to manage many projects at once while working within strict deadlines and maintaining professionalism. Skilled in providing effective leadership in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, with outstanding oral and written presentation and communication skills. Promoted to positions of increasing authority and responsibility because of strong leadership skills, teamwork, customer service and overall performance. Excel at turning individuals into teams that work efficiently and exceed expectations. Exceptional academic qualifications, including a BSc in Accounting.

HIGHLIGHTS

Expertly promoted continuous improvement and helped teams increase productivity and foster innovation.

Collaborated closely with product owner on backlog refinement to keep product backlog relevant and prioritized, ensuring acceptance criteria were agreed upon and stories were ready for sizing.

Effectively tracked team's progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.

Worked with Scrum Masters across four sites to prepare for and facilitate potentially shippable

increment planning sessions.

MAIN SKILLS

Process Documentation Project Budgeting Documentation Skills

Quality Assurance Automated/Manual Testing Performance Testing

Product/Project Management Agile Methodologies (Scrum, XP, Kanban) Streamlining Efforts

Strategic Planning Prioritizing/Multi-Tasking Product Development

Technical Skills Process Improvement Project Status

Accomplished manager Project supervision Problem Solving

Written Communication Planning Protocols Research

Inventory Management Logistics Customer Service Inventory control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cummins, March 2019 – Present

Scrum Master

Utilize abilities and skills of individuals and foster a feedback culture to support team building and development.

Provide effective defect tracking and management to ensure highest quality software.

Design and implement test suites that exercise and validate product functionality in the most efficient way.

Provide test scenarios and feature files with detailed steps for automation to enhance testing efficiency.

Proactively collaborate with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches across the organization.

Support the product owner with grooming and maintaining product backlog and working with the team.

Advocate for quality and the customer experience to ensure customer satisfaction and gain referrals.

Collaborate with QA peers on test case reviews and continuously improved test approach and design.

Proactive communicated any risks, design and quality issues, or increases in scope/time required to ensure projects remained on track.

Research and proposed changes to processes and tools to drive innovation in the quality discipline.

CNO Financial Group, June 2015 - March 2019

Senior Scrum Master

Proficiently organized and facilitated daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning. Collaborate closely with product owner on backlog refinement to keep product backlog relevant and prioritized, ensuring acceptance criteria are agreed upon and stories are ready for sizing.

Effectively tracked team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.

Expertly promoted continuous improvement and help teams increase productivity and foster innovation.

Contributed to product roadmap planning, project scheduling and release management.

Identify and remove organization and team impediments to enhance productivity and efficiency.

Explained SAFe Agile principles and transition teams to agile framework with Scrum to enhance team skill levels.

Monitored and managed dependencies on other teams and external projects to ensure potential issues are resolved.

Improved Agile Release Train processes and participate in iteration planning to create acceptance criteria and tests that define “done” for developed features.

Integrated and worked with other teams on the Agile Release Train.

Amazon, October 2014 – June 2015

Learning Ambassador

Onboarding new hires by providing the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors in order to become effective organizational members.

Assisting other Associates when required

Coordinate ambassador identification training program and track both new hire onboarding and existing associates training activities.

Supporting operational procedures from Receiving to Shipping out Customer orders

Coordinate and facilitate any training related programs for Train the Trainer

Document feedback results to help the learning department identify strengths as well as area of improvement

Balance and prioritize multiple tasks

American Funds - June 2013 – October 2014

Project Manager

Oversaw the daily operations of the office which includes developing intra-office communication protocols, streamlining administrative procedures, inventory control, supervising staff and delegating task. Day to day operations in a busy office environment to include dealing with customers/customs clearance/invoicing/creditors invoices/customer & other reports/other administration duties Manage and maintain continuous relationship with target customers. Assign Accounts to staff by geographical location.

Monitored significant trends, rate changes and policies to reflect on established accounts.

Collaborated with oversea partners to ensure the department is proactive in providing quality operational performance.

Developed customer value propositions for all appropriate business opportunities and exploit persuasive selling strategies.

Implemented and maintained good working practices & procedures to ensure the department run efficiently, effectively and with professionalism

Employed best practices and management controls to provide superior service to internal and external customers.

EDUCATION & Certifications

Certified Scrum Master Scrum Alliance March 2015

Certified Scrum Master International Scrum Institute June 2014

Bs Accounting University of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria 1997-2001

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