Celine Weladji

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SUMMARY

Collaborative, Responsible, Committed and knowledgeable experienced technical scrum master with over 6 years hands on experience working in the implementation of project life cycle in various phases and stages of software Development in Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, XP, Kanban). Prior to being a scrum master, I worked as a DBA with comprehensive experience in Designing and administering database solutions that improve business efficiency and needs. I have had the honor of serving in teams that are cross-functional as well as teams which work in a distributed and offshore environment. I am an excellent servant/leader skill in facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, teaching, and coaching effective Agile practice.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: HP-UX 10.x, Sun Solaris, RHEL 7.4, Linux, Windows

RDBMS: Oracle 10g, 11g, 12c, MS SQL Server

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX Shell Scripting, PERL.

Tools: JIRA/CONFLUENCE, RTC, Toad, SQL Server Management studio, SQL developer,VersionOne

Database Utilities: SQL*Plus, Oracle Enterprise Manager, ASM, SQL*Loader, RMAN, DataPump, Crontab

SKILLS

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Kanban

Jira

Facilitative

Professionalism and ability to manage challenging situations

Conflict Resolution

Communicative and Social

Great Team Player

Situationally Aware

Empowered Mindset

Strong MS Office skill

Continual Improvement

Problem Solver

Agile Methodology

Scrum

Project Management

Understanding of business analysis principle

Software Development

DevOps

Quick Learner

Attention to Detail

Strong Customer Focus

Strong Analytical and problem – solving Skills

Servant Leader

Release Planning

Results- Oriented

Self motivated

Ability to Multi-task

Able to work in a fast-pace environment

Risk Management

Great Team player and Team builder

Capacity to lead multiple priorities of significant scope in a fast-paced environment

Financial Services

Feature Driven Development

Positive Attitude and enthusiastic

Process Improvement of backlog tracking and other metrics

Demonstrated understanding

Ability and Desire to train

Scrum at Scale

Release Management

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, University of Yaoundé Cameroon, 2003

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified SAFe® 5 Scrum Master (SSM)

Oracle Certified Associate Certification (OCA11g)

EXPERIENCE

iDirect Government, Herndon, VA January 2021-Present

Scrum Master

Identify and remove organization and team impediments and help resolve issues and conflicts - Shield the team from external interference.

Facilitates the sizing of stories during the backlog grooming, or Sprint Planning sessions for the Team

Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with business owners, product owners, project sponsors, vendors and key clients.

Establishing team level cadence and driving team level ceremonies (e.g. Sprint planning, team Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement, etc.)

Work with the teams to drive the definition and refinement of the program and team backlogs.

Escalate to leadership where needed and where possible remove impediment for the team(s).

Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on team-level progress and quality.

Act as a liaison to assigned program team and third parties, release manager, or between the team and other scrum teams.

Provide real time feedback to the methodology team based on experiences with software delivery teams.

Ensure scope, goals, milestones, budget, risk, status, change request and critical issues are effectively communicated to the client and project team.

Use historical velocity and planned velocity to assist team with commitments.

Conducts formal review with business sponsor at project completion to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.

Tracks and measures client satisfaction levels and make and implement recommendations.

Generates appropriate communication, process and educational plans for mitigating the disruption of change while facilitating identification and removal of obstacles to change.

Identify and remove technical and/or organizational challenges standing in the way of allowing my team to reach its full potential.

PNC Bank, Pittsburgh, PA March 2020 –November 2020

Scrum Master

Provide effective leadership of Agile Teams and Agile processes.

Serves as a pillar in the implementation of scaled agile and its practices.

Mentor team members on agile methods and best practices.

Work with teams to ensure that the principles of the SAFe methodology are protected.

Facilitate communication and collaboration within and around the teams (release & Iteration planning, user stories, backlog grooming, agile testing, etc.)

Identify and remove organization and team impediments and help resolve issues and conflicts - Shield the team from external interference.

Report on project velocity, risks, roadblocks, sprint burn-down and project release status.

Maintain product knowledge to increase efficiency in delivery of all product deliverables.

Helps in aligning the teams with lager release trains, ensuring the common organization goal is met.

Represent the Team in the Scrum of Scrum (SoS) meeting, which helps the team to stay updated on the latest developments in terms of backlog.

Uses independent judgment to identify problems and recommend solutions.

Support Scrum team(s) throughout entire project lifecycle which includes ensuring Scrum theory and practice is understood and adhered to by the team.

Guide teams to maximize delivery of value and establish a healthy team rhythm.

Schedule and facilitate Teams Events, assist with internal and external communication, and foster transparency.

Assess Scrum maturity of team and coach to reach higher levels of maturity that is sustainable for the organization.

Manage the release process by coordinating with developers, stakeholders, and QA to ensure a smooth process.

Develop iteration maps to facilitate effective coordination with other Scrum teams, and/or operational teams and to monitor delivery of key features.

Consult with the Product Owner to ensure priorities and with Delivery Team to account for technical dependence.

Metropol Tech Inc., Laurel, MD Apr 2018 – Mar 2020

Scrum Master

Coach and Mentor the team and the organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices, values.

Facilitate Sprint Planning/Pre-Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, and Product Demos.

Guide and educate the team on self-organizing to fully realize the potential of Agile/Scrum frameworks.

Assesses the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.

Facilitates getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work within the scope of time.

Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution with the team.

Manage communications, issues, risk and scope change throughout the project lifecycle.

Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.

Support and educates the Product Owner with respect to grooming, maintaining the product backlog, and backlog creation.

Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example.

Facilitate the coordinated preparation and execution of release planning for the ART.

Work with the ART team who prioritizes the features to be considered in the next program increment (PI) planning cycle.

Facilitate the ART team's refinement of features to be considered in the next PI planning cycle to meet the Feature Definition of Ready.

Assists the ART in communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.

Ensure effective communication and coordination for and during PI planning.

Citizens National Bank, Los Angeles, CA Oct 2015 – Mar 2018

Scrum Master

Serve as a senior team member, responsible for facilitating the adoption, implementation and sustainability of agile processes, principles, and practices.

Lead the scaling of Agile from team level to enterprise level.

Act as a change agent and as part of the team of Coaches leading and supporting teams and individuals in their Agile journey.

Make decisions and independently drive any aspect of agile rollout at a team and management level.

Provide high-touch and hands-on team guidance, support, and coaching in close cooperation and collaboration across all roles and functions, to facilitate increasing maturity at a sustainable pace.

Help increase efficiency of team, motivate team members, and promote changes to ensure quality while delivering the highest value to the client.

Inspire all stakeholders at any level in their Agile transition.

Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career.

Advice on dependency management techniques between internal teams and third parties, release managers, or between agile teams.

Become a strategic partner in organizational road mapping and structuring to drive increased ROI, greater adoption and higher transformation success.

Foster speed, innovation and encourage continuous improvement.

Admiral Insurance Company, Austin, TX Jun 2012 – Sep 2015

SQL Database Administrator

Performed database backup/recovery and restoration.

Upgraded databases from SQL Server 2008R2 to 2012.

Set up and managed various High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions (Log Shipping, Mirroring, Replication).

Maintained, created, and monitored various database processes.

Monitored relational database to optimize database performance, resource use and physical implementation of database.

Ratify multi-threading, semaphores, deadlock and blocking issues.

Supported production environments and mission critical databases on a regular basis with on-call responsibilities.

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