Godwill Ngimndoh
Charlotte, NC *****
*************@*****.***
6+ years in the IT field, a bilingual, Scrum Master and Project manager, promoting 4+ years career in agile methodologies. Ability to coach, build self-organizing and cross functional teams, with 70% proven success rate of meeting deadlines and a 30% rate of reducing project cost in an Agile environment. Collaborative individual with ability to remain poised in all types of situations. Skilled Scrum Master with great experience in empirical process decision-making and problem-solving abilities. Well versed in coordinating projects with co-located and off-side teams. Experience in Scrum/Kanban Framework, agile principles and values. Desired to apply expertise to new roles with progressive organization.
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Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Scrum Master
Wells Fargo - Charlotte, NC
Jan 2018 to March 2021
Monitored and facilitating Scrum processes and Agile practices to get a mature team.
Coordinate all scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint retrospectives, sprint demos, story grooming, and release planning
Collaborate closely with product owner to create clear and concise backlog stories, making it relevant and prioritized, ensuring acceptance criteria on DoD are agreed upon and stories are ready for sizing.
Effectively use of scrum metrices such as burn down, velocity chart to monitor work in progress.
Acting as a servant leader by proving support and also teach with examples. Promote continuous improvement and quality productivity and foster innovation with empiricism Ensures the scrum values and scrum pillars are achieved.
Bring hidden risk to surface and quickly see things you could not.
Communicated and presented weekly updates to manager using confluence and scrum dashboards.
Documented team working artifacts within JIRA such as: commitment rosters, calendar planning and teams working Agreement.
Foster an agile culture, building trust and collaboration across all team members
Introduced scrum principles, practices and benefits to delivery team and demonstrate the benefits of the scrum framework by allowing team to monitor the progress of projects and be aware of pertinent project issues
Scrum Master
DEBOTECH Inc - Morrisville, NC
June 2016 to December 2018
Contributed to product roadmap planning, project scheduling and release management.
Identified and removed organization and team impediments to enhance productivity and efficiency.
Trained new team members 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.
Participated in iteration planning and capacity planning to create acceptance criteria and tests that define "done" for developed features.
Facilitate team in playing Planning Poker to help define story points for users.
Increasing process efficiency and process enhancements through retrospective meetings.
Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches. Project Manager
Walmart - Charlotte, NC
February 2014 to December 2016
Oversaw budgets for project, tracked expenses and timelines and communicated with key stakeholders on milestones
Maintained close connection with project personnel to quickly identify and resolve problems.
Trained and coached key team members on production techniques to establish expectations and ensure compliance and quality guidelines
Develop new analytic tools to allow senior management to understand impact of each project
Proactively communicated any risks, design and quality issues, or increases in scope/time required to ensure projects remained on track.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
University of Buea Cameroon
Skills
• Scrum Methodology
• Scrum Processes
• Task prioritizing
• Kanban
• Agile Methodology
• Team Oversight
• Project Management
• Team Building
• Agile best Practices
• Continuous learning
• Backlog Management
• Problem Resolution
• Jira
• SDLC
• Confluence
• Waterfall
• Negotiation
• Agile
• Microsoft Office
• Meeting Facilitation
Certifications and Licenses
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Present
Professional Scrum Master
Present
CompTIA Security+
Present