Ayo Green, B.Ed., M.Ed., PSM, PMP, SAFe.

PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER

Agile Framework Servant Leadership Operations

Stewartville, NJ 08886 973-***-****

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PROFILE

A data driven and results-oriented Scrum Master with 8 years’ experience in Leading teams on Agile/Scrum Practices, facilitating Scrum Ceremonies and helping team deliver value. I have a history of successfully helping team deliver value and fostering collaboration. Coached team on scrum pillars of transparency, inspection, and adaptability. Foster an environment of commitment and team success.

SKILLS

Scrum, JIRA, SDLC, Active Listening, Negotiation Skill, Decision Making, Excellent communication skill, Problem Solving, Creativity, Coaching, Servant Leader, Change Management, People Oriented, Computer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Scrum Master

Agilify LLC, Louisiana

March 2022 -Till Date

• Support the largest software system in the state of Louisiana – Louisiana Department of Health

• Working together with Ernst & Young LLP to support the Project Portfolio Management Office

(PPMO)

• Working together with Ernst & Young LLP to manage complexity in implementing different modules.

• Supporting two different team on 50% allocation each to succeed in Agile practice and deliver increment.

• Supporting the state (LDH) in managing different Vendors.

• Work closely with teams in the identification of business requirements

• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint

• Ability to manage project’s scope and timeline, identify risk/issue, manage stakeholder expectations.

• Work with Product Owners to handle backlogs and new request

• Coordinate standard scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospective meetings, sprint review, daily stand-up, and backlog refinement

• Coach and mentored scrum teams on Agile and utilized Agile frame framework to enable teams to reach desired goals.

• Support Project Manager in planning quarterly team achievement meetings and assist in estimating team’s capacity vs workload

Snr. Scrum Master

Valley Bank, New Jersey.

Jan. 2019 – December. 2021

● Successfully resolved conflicts by focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect ● Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinements for 2-week sprint cycles emphasizing on continual improvement.

● Facilitated and led scrum events for the development of features that enhances online usage that contributed to increase in online banking.

● Coached product owner on product backlog prioritization in preparation for the sprint.

● Coached and mentored scrum teams on how Agile framework can be utilized to enable team to reach desired goal

● Facilitated weekly backlog refinement sessions with the team, ensuring work items are estimated as to product owners’ priorities.

● Successfully removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity

● Leveraged Burndown and team velocity charts to improve backlog estimates and product plans which helps in improving estimation.

● Coached 3 teams on development, upgrade, support, and deployment of financial system channels on windows, iPhone, iPad, and android platforms with a budget of over $2,500,000.

● Identified and removed impediments that interfered with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal resulting in meeting sprint goals in 99% of sprints.

● Coached teams on need for commitment to deliver products on time and the value of metrics and incremental delivery.

● Utilized creative skills in scrum ceremonies to coach teams transitioning into scrum in understanding and performing agility which resulted in team performance and overall product quality. Ayo Green B.Ed., M.Ed., PSM, PMP.

Scrum Master

British Petroleum, New York Jan.

2016 – Dec. 2018

● Facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos

● Track and communicate team velocity in Burn down charts and sprint/release progress

● Empower the team to self-organize whiles identifying and removing impediments and prevent distractions.

● Maintain and establish data quality, completeness, and monthly metrics for leadership review.

● Co-ordinate multiple project review meetings across different project milestones.

● Enable process standards and best practices for effective project execution.

● Facilitated Daily Stand up, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective meetings.

● Manage timely communication between various internal and external stakeholders.

● Communicate timely functional /technical/managerial feedback to Development team. Scrum Master

Cardinal Health, New York.

Sept. 2013 – Dec.2015

● Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up, sprint reviews, retrospectives, product backlog refinement and ensured there's full team engagement.

● Delivered 24 micro products through all stages of the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC).

● Coached product owners: helped them understand their role and how to create a cohesive product vision that draws in the needs of multiple stakeholders to achieve buy-in and shared understanding

● Managed Scrum artifacts, reports, and metrics, including Scrum wall, burn down/burn-up charts, and capacity plans.

● Facilitated discussions and conflict resolution while empowering team to self-organize.

● Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style ● Identified and removed roadblocks to teams working progress.

● Promoted an empowered and self-organizing team by shielding the team as necessary to establish a trusting and safe environment for raising problems, defining solutions, and committing to milestone deliveries.

● Utilized JIRA to track and effectively communicate team velocity, burn down charts and sprint/release progress to the team.

● Provided direction and coaching to the team to encourage adoption of scrum values and practices Ayo Green B.Ed., M.Ed., PSM, PMP.

Jnr. Project Manager

Walmart, New Jersey

Oct. 2011 – Sept. 2013

● Tracked project progress, managed the budget, and analyzed workloads with the help of MS Project

● Planning, organizing, and directing projects to optimize processes, systems and to enable business objectives

● Utilizing best practices, techniques, and tools for project planning, execution, project management, ongoing milestone/deliverable tracking, communication, and key performance metrics

● Develop project plans and budgets, works with users to understand complex problems, and focuses on bringing issues to resolution, escalating as necessary to meet timelines.

● Create and deliver presentations to senior level management on project goals and plans, including progress reports and score card.

Jr. Project Manager

Walgreens, New Jersey

May 2010-Sept. 2011

● Communicated with key stakeholders to determine project requirements and objectives.

● Develop or update project plans including information such as objectives, technologies, schedules, funding, and staffing.

● Monitored project milestones and deliverables in consultation with Project Manager.

● Monitor the performance of project team members to provide performance feedback to Supervisor.

● Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.

● Plan, schedule, or coordinate project activities to meet deadlines, also track budget performance using excel spread sheet.

CERTIFICATIONS

● SAFe 5.1 Certification

● Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

● Project Management Professional (PMP)

EDUCATION

• M.Ed. in Human Resource Management, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

• B. Ed in Business Education and Accounting, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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