Agile Coach Product Owner

Shu Innocent Ambe

Scrum Master

Cincinnati Ohio . 513-***-****

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Summary

An accomplished and results-oriented professional with hands-on experience driving organization’s growth through implementation of agile best practices. Demonstrated expertise in using tools like JIRA and Confluence with knowledge of RALLY and TFS respectively. Skilled at increasing workflow productivity and efficiency by identifying areas of improvement in software and product development process. Adept at coordinating all scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint retrospectives, sprint demos, story grooming, and release planning. Strong leadership abilities with a track record of coaching organizations and teams on agile values and principles (Agile Manifesto) and advising them on Agile Best Practices. Excellent communication, analysis, interpersonal, and conflict management skills.

Areas of Expertise

Process Improvement

Agile Project Management

SAFe Scrum Master/ Kanban

Team Leadership & Mentoring

Relationship Management

Agile Team Transformation

Agile & Engineering Processes

Automated Testing

Conflict Management/Resolution

Tools & Environments

Tools: JIRA, Confluence, RALLY, TFS, Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power point.

Agile Flavors: Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe.

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux.

Career Experience

Best Buy, Cincinnati Ohio. 08/2020 – Present

Scrum Master

Utilize lean-agile framework for smooth management of delivery across multiple projects. Steer the transformation of a team with waterfall SDLC into Agile, while acting as an agile coach. Ensure smooth execution of Data Science Platform project/product deliverables using agile methodologies by guiding and assisting the team of product owner, architects, business analysts, and development team. Streamline and manage data engineering projects using agile methodologies. Understand scope and priority for customer initiatives through collaboration with program managers. Adhere to SDM policies and procedures, while driving continuous improvement and quality improvement plans. Devise and implement plan for upcoming scrum scope by liaising with architects, technical delivery leads, and scrum team. Produce and maintain KPIs and burn down charts on Sprint progress, backlogs, risk and productivity of the scrum teams.

Guided teams about scrum framework and agile methodology in several locations, while addressing and resolving incidents, delivery projects within budget and tight schedules.

Led successful coordination of all scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint retrospectives, sprint demos, story grooming, and release planning.

Leveraged expertise in managing project risks, dependencies, and issues.

Increased work productivity and efficiency through identification of areas of improvement in software and product development process.

Implemented new agile learning and development for best management practices in liaison with Board of Directors.

Walmart, Cincinnati Ohio. 03/2018 – 07/2020

Scrum Master

Created sprints for all iterations and developed a roadmap for all scrum teams and across the organization. Assisted team members in gaining knowledge about agile through Agile fundamental training and easing their transition from Waterfall. Organized scrum events, such as sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.

Saved the company hundreds of thousands of dollars by evaluating risks related to requirements implementation, testing processes, project communications, and training.

Coached and mentored cross- functional teams to self-organization and maturity.

Bank of America Houston Tx 04/2016 – 07/2018

Scrum Master

Facilitated sprint retrospective events by creating an environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with emphasis of problem solving. Established a productive environment where team members own the product and enjoy working on it.

Streamlined workflow productivity by identifying areas of improvement in software and product development process.

Improved project management efficiency by 20% by creating standards for documentation, planning, tracking, and communication throughout the project life circle, using Scrum, Kanban and project management methodologies.

Achieved best value and satisfied business owners/customers by coaching product owner regarding the scrum processes.

Led and executed projects successfully using agile tools, like Atlassian JIRA, Confluence with some knowledge on RALLY and TFS tools.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in (Name)

University of Buea

Certifications

PSM1 (Scrum.Org)

CSM (Scrum Alliance)

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