Deji Akin Abiri

Frederick MD

Phone: 240-***-**** E-Mail: adsgut@r.postjobfree.com

Scrum/Agile Project Manager

A multifaceted, and value-driven Agile project management professional with expertise in Agile Methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, extreme programing etc. Gained skills in delivering medium to large-scale projects as per time/budget constraints through efficient liaison and coaching of various Scrum teams. Possess a track record of transforming waterfall minded teams to Agile-minded teams, further complimenting the culture & management of organizations.

~ Generated most value from the Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review/Demo, and Sprint Retrospective.

~ Gained expertise in Scrum based iterative showing development in sustainable business value every Sprint.

~ Created and maintained the Responsibility Assignment Matrix and Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Skill Areas:

Agile/Scrum Methodology Project Planning &Delivery Business Solution Delivery Client/Product Owners/Stakeholder Relations Team Training/Mentoring Product Backlog Refinement

Agile Estimation/Monitoring Mid-sprint Review Sprint Workshop Project Management Tools Iteration/Sprint Planning Requirement Gathering Bug Management Process Implementation Analytical Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bank of America (November 2020 to present)

Sr. Scrum Master

Developed and delivered team and organization training materials and workshops, building knowledge and skills to facilitate the Agile Transformation

Led strategic Release Planning and Iteration Planning sessions

Work closely with development teams and stakeholders to ensure that MDM effort is focused on supporting the creation of business functionality that stakeholders need

Define and manage metadata pertaining to MDEs (primary source of record for MDEs, Lifecycle of MDEs, how systems access MDEs)

Coached DevOps Engineering team in writing code, integrate systems and build configurations to drive and innovate around server-based platform across organization

Coached DevOps team and implementing process to leverage open technology such as Docker, Git, Jenkins, Linux, AWS Cloud, JavaScript, Kafka, MongoDB & Zookeeper

Engaged with DevOps & Software Engineering team in the design and development of software tools to reliably manage application delivery

Led DevOps team to improving the predictability and reliability of software releases with the implementation of automated build, test and deployment tools and processes

Coach, mentor, motivate and coordinate project team members and influence members to take positive action adopting Agile practices

Facilitate and lead daily stand ups for organization to resolve impediments

Lead teams in using Agile Methodology including Scrum, Kanban & SAFe to improve team effectiveness

Drove scrum value by identifying, preventing, and eliminating potential issues and roadblocks across partner teams

QualTek (February 2015 – November 2020)

Project/Operations Manager

Facilitated organization to transition into the Agile world, and monitored integrations across multiple teams, and ensured relevant usage of Agile practices - story mapping, BDD, ATDD, CI/CD, Pair Programming.

Devised and maintained release plan for multiple projects and translated Product owner’s plans into usable user stories on Financial Applications.

Liaised with product owners to deliver bank value per committed requirements and filled in the gaps caused by the scrum framework using Agile principles/techniques.

Managed and reported project using Jira

Coached Product owners to better prioritize backlogs using Moscow/Invest

Monitored and supported teams on Agile practices and on how to improve their productivity and creativity level.

Coached team on lean environment and its practices.

Tracked and followed bugs until resolution and verification

Ensured team is quality driver and not number driven “No code debt/easy way”

Banked on feedbacks to better write user stories/Deliverables.

Worked with Security team to implement Proofpoint, mobile Iron for information security

Conducted PI Planning and Release planning across multiple team

Texas Capital Bank (March 2010 – February 2015)

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Coached DevOps Engineering teams and Scrum Masters, Stakeholders, Managers and Executives on Agile Values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts.

Coached DevOps team on using continuous integration, continuous deployment, and automated testing

Utilized strong coaching and mentorship skills in building a collaborative, productive and engaged team environment for the DevOps Engineering team.

Coached and mentored teams, leading them to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency

Coached leaders and teams through the transformation and provided the necessary training and references to enable the ideal management ad team structures

Facilitated Scrum ceremonies to champion idea of self-organizing teams in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with compliance to change & Release management processes

Positioning team to succeed by removing impediments while protecting Scrum team

Coach & Train Scrum team members to efficiently utilize Scrum Framework

Using Microsoft Project & JIRA Created and updated detailed project budgets and resource estimates

eTranzact Global (November 2007 – March 2010)

Project Manager

Planned, coordinated, and executed the project of electronic payroll solution for 350,000 police officers that generated a yearly income of $2 million.

Led the award-winning project of mobile payment solutions for 4,000 OLAM farmers which resulted in a safer and convenient way to access their money while boosting our market share by 20%.

Managed a team of 10 staff in the electronic automation of $100M internally generated revenue funds for four states in Nigeria which reduced the cost of processing payment by 40

Implemented intake workflow for new deliverables and enforced processes that foster customer review of product before deployment

Lead PMO team as well as champion Portfolio deliveries

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CREDENTIALS

Education:

St Marys’ University MBA Business Administration July 201 London, UK

Stony Brook University AD Project Management Aug 2014 Stony Brook, NY

Mountbatten Institute Dip International Business Mar 2011 New York, NY

Covenant University BS Info. & Comm Engineering Jul 2007 Lagos NG

Certifications:

Cloud/Software: AWS Azure Google Cloud ServiceNow SAP Salesforce JIRA VMware

Certifications: PMP CSM SSM SAFe AWS CSA Google Cloud CPC CBAP

Methodologies: ITIL Agile DevOps SCRUM Lean Six Sigma Waterfall Business Analysis Six Sigma Iterative

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