Florence Tifuh Ajoh Tebo
N butler boulevard Lansing Michigan 48915
Mobile number:517-***-**** - Email: ***.****@*****.***
Professional Summary:
Innovative scrum master with over 5+ years agile project management experience in managing all facets of large scale SDLC projects. Highly trained individual with strong knowledge of software development methodologies, web development technologies and mobile applications development technologies. Detail-oriented with strong management, communication, and problem-solving skills, exemplified by accomplishments in process improvement, team building, and relationship management. A dynamic team player with exceptional communication, problem-solving, decision-making and conflict-resolution skills. Excellent in managing vendor agreements, risk mitigation and stakeholder relationships.
Skills
·Agile Frameworks : Scrum/Kanban/SAFe
·Project management
·Business management
·Stakeholder management
·Agile Coaching
·· Servant Leadership
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·Requirement gatherings & analysis
·Story Estimation
·Risk Management
·Conflict Resolution
·Web technologies
·Software Testing
·· MS Office Tools : PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Word, Access
Work History
03/2020 to Current
Scrum Master
DATA Service Group Bear DE
· Serving as an agile consultant and scrum master for Bear workstation agile development environment for multiple projects, responsible for scheduling daily standup calls, facilitating spring planning sessions and providing sprint commitment updates to client
· Working with product owners, development teams, clients, and 3rd party vendors in requirement gatherings, formulating project scope and tracking open defects to closure
· Assisting Product Owners in refining, and ordering backlogs for upcoming sprints
· Helping team members complete tasks successfully and on-time and resolving encountered during development
· Protecting and shielding teams from external distractions and overcommitment, leading to on time deliverables of several project initiatives
· Working with client in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility of project
· Coordinating and synchronizing project plan, activities, and dependencies with parallel projects
· Coaching and mentoring development teams to adhere to scrum values and implement agile best practices
· Facilitating user acceptance testing with a focus on documenting defects and executing test cases
· Coaching teams to focus on business objectives while tracking progress to ensure project milestones are completed on time, on budget and with the desired results
07/2017 to 08/2020
Project Coordinator / Scrum Master
US Bank– Dallas, TX
Worked as a Project coordinator and scrum master on various projects for US Bank's electronic payment processing systems. Roles and responsibilities included ;
· Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation, plans and project reports
· Conducting quality assurance of reports to ensure accuracy
· Working with project managers and IT teams to eliminate issues and impediments within projects
· Closely collaborating with project members to identify and quickly address problems
· Working with other LOB managers across departments to identify and define project requirements, and project scopes
· Working closely with development teams to verify that business needs are fulfilled, and deliverables are produced within specified budget, quality and time
· Facilitating monthly meetings with clients to document requirements and explore potential solutions
· Implementing US Bank's digital transformation with agile, facilitating scrum ceremonies such as backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives and daily standups
· Managing product backlogs with POs and supported SCRUM framework activities for bi-weekly sprint releases
02/2013 to 05/2017
Business Manager
National Financial Bank Yaounde, Cameroon
· Managed day-to-day business operations, including accounting, finance, HR, marketing and public relations
· Identified market product demands and customer trends to bring in new customers and retain existing ones for sustainable profits
· Spearheaded business operations by consistently seeking methods to improve profitability through cost containment, efficiency improvements and revenue generation
· Worked with sales representatives to develop strong customer connections with company teams and promote long-lasting relationships
· Created, managed and executed business plan and communicated company vision and objectives to motivate teams
· Brought in new business connections and revenue generation opportunities by improving networking strategies
Education
12/2012
BBA: Business Management
University of Buea - Cameroon
Certifications
Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) – SAFE 5.0
Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM 1)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM).