Scrum Master Time Delivery
Resume:
Jacob S. Conteh
Dumfries, VA 22025
***********@*****.***
Skills
Certified Scrum Master, College administrator, writing expert, seasoned editor, project management and team building professional with over 30 years hands-on experience.
Experience
Canadian University of Modern Technology/Principal and Special Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor
March 2019 – July 2022, Sierra Leone, West Africa
●Worked with government to transition college to a university
●Initiated and supervised contracts for university projects
●Supervised over 35 college employees
●Verified and signed all checks for employees and projects
●Built teams to mentor students and worked with different faculties to initiate new programs
●Managed successful college budget for three years
Self Employed/ Research and Writing Consultant
October 1985 - Present
●Organize, proofread, and edit college term papers, and doctoral thesis
●Edit articles for newspaper publications
●Organize and edit short stories for print magazines and websites
●Teach writing, grammar, literature, and poetry to college students
●Write product descriptions for companies
●Write and edit poems, advertisement, and book reviews
Monroe School/Special Education Teacher/Mentor
March 2009 – October 2018 – Washington, DC
●Taught writing, reading and English to high school students with Learning Disability
●Served as mentor to inner city students
●Help write and revise Individual Education Plans
●Represented school in planning and curriculum committee
National Industries for the Blind/Product Development/Administrative Support Specialist
February 2005 – February 2009, Alexandria, Virginia
●Responsible for analyzing and determining viability for over 100 new product requests from over 80 national agencies that employed blind employees.
●Executed an extensive market analysis using DUNS, GSA Advantage, haystack reports and other websites that resulted in over $5,000,000 annual sales.
●Managed a budget of over $180,000 for 120 trade shows and events. This included completing booth registrations and collateral material requests with 100% on time delivery.
●Processed, audited, and monitored expenses more than $150,000 annually for 6 Regional Sales Representatives ensuring 100% accuracy.
●Developed and maintained extensive and effective tracking and reporting systems resulting in a savings of more than 5 hours per week.
Freddie Mac/Loan Portfolio Specialist (Consultant) 2003-2005
March 2003 – December 2005, McLean, Virginia
●Monitored daily activities of 80 banks, mortgage companies and other international investors ensuring that they transmitted Freddie Mac funds in a timely manner.
●Responsible for 100% timely and accurate reporting.
●Successfully executed the review of 80 Banks escrow accounts to ensure there was no commingling of funds.
●Trained over 100 banks and mortgage companies on Freddie Mac programs and reconciled their accounts which generated over $2,000,000 monthly.
●Supervised the on-time transition of over 500 Freddie Mac clients for a 6 months period from MIDANET to Project Enterprise, generating more than 200 new loans per month.
Cable & Wireless/Tariff Coordinator
March 2003 – December 2005, McLean, Virginia
●Managed Cable & Wireless departure from long distance service by filing documents in all 50 states within an extremely short 30-day time. Since this filing was time driven, this saved the company about $1,000,000 dollars in regulatory penalty fees.
●Responsible for over 900 daily updates sent to the organization on pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and state regulatory commission’s regulations with recommended courses of action.
Education
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), December 2022
American Public University / Masters in Education
July 1991 – September 1993, Charlestown, West Virginia
The course prepared students to become school principals or administrators with comprehensive courses in human resources, school law, administration, supervision, curriculum, and management that prepared graduates to become high school principals or college administrators.
Andrews University/ Bachelor of Arts
September 1980 – August 1985, Berrien Spring, Michigan
Computer Learning Center/Diploma in Computerized Business Systems
August 1990 – August 1992, Alexandria, Virginia
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