KOLA FOLAMI, M.SC, PMP, CSM

Newmarket, Ontario • 416-***-**** • adrlb1@r.postjobfree.com • www.linkedin.com/in/kola-folami

PROFILE

Project Manager with over 10 years of experience in various facets of project management. Knowledgeable in applications of Scrum, Waterfall, and Agile methodologies. Skilled at developing processes that facilitate continual progress and team achievement. Experienced in coaching teams ranging in size from 10 to 70 people and demonstrated success completing projects ranging in budgetary scale from $400K to $1.3M. Dedicated to applying principles of Agile management to projects and tasks.

Areas of Expertise: Leading Teams • Multi-Tasking and Prioritization • Problem Solving • Communication Skills • Project Management Methodologies • Agile Project Management • Scrum Master • Business System Analysis • Data Insights and Analytics • Change Management • MicroStrategy • Power BI • Database Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NORTHBRIDGE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Canada 2018 – present

Project Manager/Scrum Master/Senior Business System Analyst - Business Intelligence and Analytics

Implemented Agile management ideals by facilitating exercises such as sprint planning and team leading stand-ups. Managed project timelines and communicated with management staff and clients to ensure project progressed satisfactorily.

Enacted delivery upon completion of projects and ensured that delivery adhered to agile practices maintained by the company.

Oversaw progress of software developers on applications and applied principles of agile methodologies to keep project on track.

Coached team in optimal time utilization through concepts of Scrum and Agile management methodologies which assisted the team in managing time and task schedules.

Led sprint reviews and daily scrum meetings to touch base with team and ensure that all members were performing satisfactorily.

Worked within the Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) Agile environment to define product backlogs, sprint backlogs, user stories, system diagrams, and data flow diagrams.

Conducted product backlog refinement and prioritization with the product owner, this contributed greatly to the overall success of the Scrum administration.

Maintained constant communication with the senior management staff of client companies and internal teams to track progress of projects.

Carried out stakeholder analysis and technical and system analysis as per the key duties of a business system analyst (BSA) to effectively manage the expectations of stakeholders and have a better elicitation of requirements.

Created vital formal business requirements and technical specifications documentations (BRD and TSD), systems operational documentations, user guides, and training materials.

Worked extensively with the Data Governance team during the creation of the new enterprise data warehouse (EDW) based on IFRS 19 requirements to ensure that the governance standards were strictly adhered to.

Took part in technical development of documents, dashboards, visualizations, and dossiers using both MicroStrategy and Microsoft Power BI tools.

ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE CO. (RSA), Canada 2016 – 2018

Project Manager/Scrum Master/Senior Business System Analyst

Provided Agile management leadership such as sprint planning and team leading stand-ups for project, entailed building a data warehouse for the corporate data infrastructure. Led team in creating multiple software applications that served various purposes in sectors such as health care and tech. Tracked progress of project by maintaining constant communication with senior management staff within client companies and internally.

Managed project timelines and communicated with management staff and clients to ensure project progressed satisfactorily.

Enacted delivery upon completion of projects and ensured that delivery adhered to agile practices maintained by the company.

Applied basic management principles to tasks to optimize time management and achieve goals.

Led requirements to gather activities to drive business priorities.

Participated in the implementation of Guidewire ClaimsCenter. Involved data-related architecture for legacy system data migration to the ClaimCenter and legacy system data harmonization approach to ensure the data warehouse is built to user specifications.

Led the MicroStrategy, reported projects to generate user-requested reports and dashboards from the presentation and access layers of the EDW. Ensured that set development timelines were met.

Created vital systems operational documentations, user guides, and training materials to facilitate adoption of the new systems by users.

Led the claims management modernization and creation of new EDW to implement a common business transformation and intelligence platform across the Canadian businesses (RSA & Johnson Inc). Provided a single source of all business claims metrics and management information for the entire organization, accessible from any workstation with the appropriate security approvals.

EXPRESS SCRIPTS, Canada 2009 – 2016

Senior Technical Consultant/Lead Software Engineer

Provided leadership and technical expertise to the maintenance, development, testing, implementation, and support of the Pharmacy Benefit Admin and Management Information System comprising of the Claim Management (eligibility and claims adjudications), Benefit Management, and Provider Management modules. Modules handled claims processing and payments, billing remittances and funding, online access to information, changes to eligibility information, reports that monitored benefit programs, and network management. Provided information to call centre personnel to assist with handling questions from dental and healthcare providers.

Worked with the technical team and business management to evaluate user requests and clarify objectives and functional requirements for new or modified computer programs. Assisted in determining feasibility, time requirements, compatibility with current system, and system capabilities.

Worked with project team to formulate detailed program specifications using analysis and design methodology. Assisted with definition and implementation of applications in a multi-platform distributed environment which contributed to the success of the project.

Wrote documentation describing program development, logic, coding, and corrections. Developed user manuals and operating procedures and provided research and follow-up on production problems. Trained users and provided technical assistance to resolve application and operating issues.

EDS, Newark, Delaware, USA 2007 – 2009

Senior IT Consultant

Key player in the maintenance, new development, testing, implementation, and support of the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) Project for the Delaware State Department of Healthcare Services. Comprised of the following modules: Provider Information System, Client Information System, Claims Processing System, Reference Table Maintenance, Benefit Management System, Quality Assurance and Utilization Management, Drug Rebate Information System, Notification Alerts, Correspondence and Electronic Communication, Imaging and Document Management, Interact Voice Response, and E-Forms. Extracted data from different systems into Source. Mainly involved in extract, transform, and load (ETL), developed using DataStage.

Worked closely with stakeholders in the Delaware State Department of Healthcare Services (DHS) to ensure proper systems adoption for the MMIS/EDS project infrastructure.

Carried out the upgrade and maintenance, as a member of the EDS Development team, and changed controls of enhancements and new features to the MMIS system. Ensured systems continued to meet user requirements.

Identified, analyzed, and devised solutions to identify business and technical information technology problems reported by the State and ensured a swift resolution.

Designed, coded, tested, implemented, and validated programs in the MMIS for business and technical information technology related issues as per the requirements from the State. Greatly contributed to the overall project success.

Supported the UNIX and DB2 RDBMS infrastructure and environment used by the MMIS application and MMIS architecture, development, and implementation platforms.

DUKE ENERGY, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 2006 – 2007

Senior IT Consultant / Applications Analyst

Played a key role in the development, testing, implementation, and support of the Duke Energy Nuclear Asset Suite System Projects that featured the following modules: Inventory Management, Contracts Management, Purchasing, Work Management, Account Payables, Action Tracking, Document Management, Equipment Tag Out, Engineering Change, System Administration, and Material Safety Data Sheets.

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, Canada 2002 – 2006

Senior Technical Analyst

AFRICAN REINSURANCE CORPORATION, Nigeria and Kenya 1988 – 2002

Director of Information Technology

EDUCATION

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance, 2020

Project Management Professional (PMP) – Project Management Institute, 2016

Master of Science, Information Systems – University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2001

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science – University of Lagos, Nigeria

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dashboards and Data Discovery Training Certificate – MicroStrategy, 2019

Advanced Reporting Training Certificate – MicroStrategy, 2019

DB2 RDBMS – IBM, 2006

Database (including SQL and PL/SQL) Administration Certificate – Oracle, 2000

Backup and Recovery Certificate – Oracle, 2000

Advanced PL/SQL – Oracle, 2000

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member

Scrum Alliance, Certified Scrum Master, 2020 – present

Project Management Institute (PMI), Southern Ontario (Toronto) Chapter, 2016 – present

Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), 2009 – present

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