YAW YEBOAH-ASUAMAH (PMP, CSM)

* ****** **, **** *** Mount Vernon, New York, 10552. Home: 914-***-**** Cell: 914-***-****

Email: adnup7@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER PROFILE

Experienced Scrum Master with knowledge on Agile Principles, Scrum ceremonies and practices. Demonstrated experience leading teams with a deep commitment to Servant-Leadership and an appetite for continuous learning and development. Proven leadership, coaching, motivating, and mentoring skills with track record of continued learning and career development. Have an exceptional organizing, communication skills and innovative problem solver. Results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in establishing and cultivating relationships to build team focus and flexibility.

CAREER HIGHLIGHT

●Certified Scum Master with 4 years of experience

●Certified Project Management Professional with years of experience

●Solid knowledge of SDLC, with experience helping drive Agile transition, adoption and change management

●Passionate about high quality software development, the people, processes and tools that support it

●Knowledge and experience with Agile Planning tools such as Jira

●Demonstrated experience coaching Agile mindset shift and behaviors across Scrum Teams including Senior Leadership

●Clear and concise verbal and written communication with deep understanding of group dynamics

●Knowledgeable and experience in setting organizational improvement boards to drive organizational learning and improvement

New York Life Insurance. July 16, 2020-Present

INSURANCE AGENT

Developed marketing strategies to compete with other insurance companies

Acted as a liaison between underwriting and clients/customers

Explained features, advantages and disadvantages of various insurance policies

Ensured that policy requirements are fulfilled including any necessary medical examinations and the completion of appropriate forms

Calculate premium of different types of insurance based on risk assessment

Taconic Innovations Inc. Mount Vernon, NY November 2015- August 2020

SCRUM MASTER/PROJECT COORDINATOR

Assisted two Scrum teams and equally drive adoption of Agile practices and principles in the company through facilitation, coaching and modelling Agile values and behaviors

Created a positive work environment where individuals feel valued and help team members manage working relationships through transparent dialogue and discussions

Ensured impediments are quickly identified and removed by ensuring teams create the relevant scrum artifacts, demonstrate transparency, drive continuous inspection and adaptation in everything they do

Supported teams to consistently deliver business value by understanding the intent of features and stories, use data to assess performance and lead improvement activities through these

Helped teams write good stories representing vertical slices of value using the INVEST criteria and other story splitting techniques

Coached the Development Team and PO to improve both Agile and engineering practices, productivity and self-organization by fostering a culture of accountability within the teams, establishing quality standards and delivery commitments

Supported teams to define and document their ways of working and hence enabling solid understanding of Scrum roles and the need for role distinction

Collaborated with and support the Product Owner in maintaining a health Product Backlog by looking for creative ways to manage the backlog, organizing and facilitating backlog refinement sessions, and ensuring every team member has an understanding of PBIs

Facilitated Sprint loading, release planning and collaboration between development and product teams to ensure team is consistently on a continuous improvement plan

Run workshops to help my teams assess their current capabilities and develop plans to improve team dynamics, practices and performance

Collaborated with other Scrum Masters, PO and Product Managers to identify, coordinate and resolved dependencies between teams

Tracked and radiated team level metrics such as burn-down charts, team health and velocity to both teams and Senior Management to continuously drive empirical process improvement

Acted as Servant Leader to Scrum teams, facilitated Scrum events while providing coaching to the organization as we continued on our journey to deliver best customer experiences by focusing on being Agile

Assess Scrum Maturity of the teams and organization and subsequently coached the teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

Identified and removed impediments and where needed guide the teams to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

Allied Partners, Riverdale, NY August 2015- 2021

COORDINATOR/AGILE SCRUM MASTER

Clarified project objectives, communicate plans and results to stakeholders and management

Provided guidance to project team from inception to completion to meet business requirements/deliverables

Developed progress reports, plans, cost estimates, schedule, prioritize, and resources plans

Monitored projects on an ongoing basis, quality, managing issue resolution and taking corrective action as necessary

Maintained Kanban board, charting work in progress

Drove team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance

Clinical Experience

Clinical Rotation/Team Leader December 2009-December 2011

Northern Westchester Hospital, NY, Greenwich Hospital, CT, White Plains Hospital, NY (Respiratory Unit, ER Unit) Phelps Memorial Hospital, NY (Pulmonary Function Test (PFT Unit) Blythedale Children’s Hospital- Westchester, NY (Pediatric Unit) Westchester Medical Center, NY (Trauma and Pediatric Unit)

Administered medication with the supervision of attending supervisor

Monitored patient’s vital status and ventilator settings

Collaborated closely with treatment team to ensure quality client care service.

Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.

Coached the clinical team on requirement elicitation and management techniques

EDUCATION

B.S. Health Science

Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY May 2006

A.S. Respiratory Therapy

Westchester Community College December 2011

CERTIFICATIONS

International Scrum Institute

SCRUM MASTER July 2019

Project Management Institution (PMI)

Project Management Professional (PMP) April 2020

New York Life Insurance Agent/Broker Series 17-51 March 12, 2020

LinkedIn Learning February, 2021

Six Sigma: Green Belt

LinkedIn Learning February, 2021

Learning Jira Software

Scrum Alliance May 16, 2021

Scrum Master Certified (CSM)

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