OLUWAKEMI AKANBI

*** ******* **, *********, ********

224-***-****

adq6bc@r.postjobfree.com

linkedin.com/in/oluwakemi-akanbi

Summary

Successfully coordinate my team to be mature and provide the value and the workflow should define the definition of done, facilitate all the ceremonies of the scrum and prepare the mind of the team to be an agile mindset.

Grooming the backlog with the product owner. Make my team ready for the oncoming sprint through refinement of the backlog in small pieces in order to make the product backlog healthy and easy to be worked on to provide good velocity. Let the management allow the team to be self organized

Experience

SCRUM MASTER

Instacart

Jan 2021 - Present (1 year 4 months +)

●Collaborate with the product owner to groom the backlog

●Facilitate all the agile celemories events

●Serve as a servant leader to the member of agile team and utilize the team feedback

●To help the team to remove implement and continuous improve

●Help my team to manage their calendar and ceremonies with the timebox

●Support,motivate and coach development team for high performance

●Helping the team to be self-organized and improve the workflow toward the definition of done.

●Help the team to remove obstacles in order to meet the sprint goals to produce the shippable project

●Collaborate with the QA to ensure testing efforts align and the system deliveries and business processing

●Facilitate the refinement to provide health backlog

●Facilitate UI and UX to remove impediments and delivery value to the customer

●Coach the UI and UX to design baseline for developers to work on.

●Facilitate the team to improve the bank ATM machine in order to make it easy for the customer.

●Coach the product owner to groom the backlog for the capital market to be healthy.

●Facilitate the team during the SDLC methodologies.

Scrum Master

Uber

Jan 2018 - Jan 2021 (3 years 1 month)

● Led 2 cross-functional Scrum teams of 5 developers and 2 testers on multiple projects leading to $150 million in cost savings/avoidance while reducing delivery time by 22%.

● Undertook daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and goals are being met.

● Supported teams in determining the resource allocation to maintain agile practices and ensure smooth project delivery.

● Facilitated and coordinated user story interdependency meetings across multiple scrum teams to review and align teams' work to meet the delivery schedule.

●Led daily scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.

●Clearly communicate with all stakeholders, including Product Owner and Team, manage risks and resolve impediments

Project Manager

Lake County Grading Company, LLC

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 (2 years 1 month)

● Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and Monitored performance.

● Must be extremely proficient in reviewing and understanding all construction document including specifications and drawing

● Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and Budget constraints by solving complex problems and Working closely with senior leaders.

● Pioneered the efforts across handling the entire gamut of functions about facilitating daily scrum Meetings, Backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.

● Facilitated user story estimation workshops using Planning poker technique

Project Coordinator

Uline

Jan 2015 - Jan 2016 (1 year 1 month)

● Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.

● Tracked hours and expenses to keep the project on task and within budgetary parameters.

● Performed on-site field surveys and wrote technical narratives to document processes and design changes.

● Checked compliance of company safety plan and delivered recommendations to address regulatory issues.

Education

University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting

Licenses & Certifications

Professional scrum master (PSM1)

SAFe Scrum Master 5.1 (SSM )

Skills

●agile • budgeting • coaching • delivery • functional • graphic design • leadership • meeting facilitation • mentoring • microsoft excel • Jira • Coach Agile Team • relentless improvement

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