Scrum Master Project Coordinator

‘TOYIN IDOWU, BSc., SSM

+1-214-***-**** Phoenix, AZ ***********@*****.***

CERTIFIED AGILE PRACTITIONER

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY ACCELERATED ADOPTION AGILIST

Notable Accomplishments:

Coached and mentored lean agile principles as a scrum master that resulted in reduction of cycle time by 20% thus increasing team's throughput in less than 8 weeks.

Recognized Agile Champion with Black Pelican in driving the transformation agenda within the organization in adopting an Agile Mindset.

Successfully guided multiple work-streams simultaneously through transition from Waterfall to Agile development approach within 6 months at Black Pelican.

Assisted with lowering project execution time by 20% for Sterling Bank PLC by streamlining procedures, implementing KPIs, and improving communication among engineers and stakeholders.

Team Lead on establishing the Project Management Office at Continental Trust Bank and creation of IT suite.

Recognized for providing strategic leadership on a high-profile projects and programs ($500K-$15M) in planning, designing, executing, automating, and reporting for personal investments, workplace investments, and managed accounts products.

Education:

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics, University of Jos, Nigeria - 1997

Certifications / Training:

SAFe Scrum Master 4.6 (SSM)

Google Data Analytics

PRINCE2 Foundation in Project Management – (APM)

Project Management Professional (PMP) – in training to obtain by November 2022

Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered)

Skills:

Expertise in SDLC methodologies – Agile, Scrum, Waterfall and Kanban

Strong technical command of project management tools – Rally, TFS, JIRA/Confluence, Version One, MS Project, MS Office Suite

Well versed in Project control software, version control and collaborating tools – SharePoint, Primavera P6

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse teams

Strategic Planning & Execution; Process Optimization and Release Management

Professional Experience:

Black Pelican, Lagos, NG Jan 2018 – November 2021

Scrum Master

Facilitate the estimation of work and efforts for “Story & Tasks” and helped the team to update their time against original estimate in JIRA, to keep track on each story’s efforts.

Serving as an Agile Coach and mentor to teams on adoption and improving agile methods and practice.

Facilitate Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, Retrospective and Release Planning events.

Help remove team impediments daily to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals.

STERLING BANK PLC Dec 2007 – Dec 2017

Project Manager / Scrum Master

Managed a project with multiple teams for the managed accounts and big data products – Private Wealth management, Sterling Portfolio Planner, Electronic Trading Functions, Portfolio advisory services Mobile applications, Rep Profile, and Customer notification.

Worked with the Business, Product Owner, Senior Management, and Release Management to understand the vision of the product, prioritize the backlogs, and to develop the sprint release plan.

Facilitated Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo, and Retrospective meetings for managed accounts and customer rep profile projects.

Tracked and communicated the team status and progress to the business, product stakeholders, vendors, squads, and executives via JIRA Dashboards – task report, burn up & burn down charts.

Served as an IT Project management liaison to the business client and performed hands-on analysis of the business and technical environments.

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA Feb 2006 – Nov 2007

Product Manager

Partnered with development and cross-functional teams to define Continuous Integration and Continuous deployment strategy.

Participated in the change management and process improvement initiatives as well as provide recommendations to improve/enhance existing procedures and controls.

Prepared and Managed Implementation/Release Plan, Business continuity, and Disaster Recovery plan documents using MS Project.

Maintain excellent communication regarding project/program status and priorities with sponsors, driving planning and tracking of tasks, schedule, resources, dependencies and success criteria.

CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK LIMITED July 2001 – Feb 2006

Project Coordinator / Business Analyst

Conducted project presentations and coordinated with all project stakeholders to make sure that appropriate project controls are instituted, and developed federally required documents, procurement documents and project status documents.

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