Scrum Master

WALE AKINDUYITE

SCRUM MASTER

Mobile: 443-***-**** E-mail: *************************@*****.***

PROFILE

Experienced Agile professional known to be very articulate communicator with ability to create solutions to business problems using innovative ideas. An all-round effective leader skilled in managing stakeholders and client’s expectations, serving the team towards project success, resolving conflicts, and building consensus towards increased productivity and continuous improvement.

COMPETENCIES

-Scrum, Kanban

-Agile coaching

-Business & IT planning

-Servant-Leadership and all-round leader

-Conflict resolution

-Communications skills

-User story slicing & Estimation of backlog items

-Stakeholder engagements

-Presentation skills

-Project Management

-Business Operations and Strategy

-Problem solving, analytical and self-management

-Microsoft office (advanced user of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Projects, Outlook, Microsoft management studio)

-Data analysis proficiency - SQL, Python, Tableau

OTHER SKILLS

• Leadership and Teamwork

I am an enthusiastic team player with ability to adapt to changing environment and varied workloads. I have managed several projects where I demonstrated problem solving skills and collaborated with stakeholders at various levels. I am a motivator and an assertive communicator.

• High Sense of Organization

I can meet tight deadlines and deal with prioritization of conflicting requirements. I have excellent time management skills with demonstrable commitment to quality and continuous improvement.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

Bachelor’s Degree - Computer Science and Industrial Mathematics

Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1)

WORK EXPERIENCE

AMAZON. March 2021 till Date

Scrum Master

Facilitating Scrum ceremonies and rituals efficiently and effectively with 2 teams.

Maximizing the value of shared common goals and aligning the team to focus while offering psychological safety for all.

Coaching teams to be self-managing and able to work independently of Scrum Master while offering me opportunity to serve the larger enterprise in its Agile adoption and continuous improvement plans.

Supporting offshore team members and resolving conflict within and outside of the team

Managing stakeholder expectation through frequent engagements with Product Owner and Stakeholders gaining more changes or updates on work items and ensuring obsolete items are expunged from our backlog

Continuous backlog refinement to offer more understanding of work items in next sprints and offers more Architectural discussions with team members.

Enhancing a working relationship with Developers, Team members and company-wide IT in managing and supporting deployments, contact-centre operations and maintenance.

Tracking feedback from users via updates from PO, users and stakeholders and bringing that to the team knowledge.

TEYEMATICS (Contract) . July 2020 -February 2021

Scrum Master

Coached two development teams on Agile implementation and adoption coming out of a waterfall environment and transitioning to a framework that suits their development needs.

Worked on implementing upgrades on various e-commerce projects within the larger organization

Frequent engagements with other committee of practise within the enterprise understanding processes and documenting such for continuous improvements.

Facilitated various Scrum Master sync coaching others on various techniques and coaching approach that I have seen successes at doing with teams.

Coached the Product Owner on the importance of scrum rituals and ceremonies and maximize the value in metrics and how it helps in road map and planning activities.

Coached the team on various Agile process, methodologies and framework and gain understanding on which to adopt.

Consistent alignment with career coach and other leaders in the organization and seeking executive approvals timely.

Coached organization in Agile implementation from top -bottom and recommended various training sessions for everyone in the organization on need basis.

Facilitated all the Sprint ceremonies and events ensuring proper understanding and importance and alignment with roles and expectations.

Shielded the development team from interruptions from stakeholders and other teams within the organization.

QUADOT December 2017 - June 2020

Scrum Master

Helped Product Owner with training on prioritization techniques and coached on writing INVEST ready user stories to streamline planning and execution.

Tracked projects progress continuously and relating information and reports to functional program managers as needed.

Created a working collaboration with Product owner, team members and other Scrum Masters within the organization to define solutions and drive progress.

Coached the PO on understanding and documenting clear requirements gathered from stakeholders and users.

Supported two teams on various fin-tech and real estate web-based applications and guiding them on roles and creating a cohesive product vision that draws on the needs of stakeholders towards achieving buy-in and shared understanding.

Identified and removed impediments as they occurred reflecting in improved productivity and very frequent incremental releases of usable software.

Coached the team on other framework and methodologies in Agile identifying which process to adopt across teams working on varying applications.

Coached the team towards self-management and understanding their cross-functional capabilities.

Leveraged metrics to have meaningful conversations with the team and forecasting, planning and road map discussions.

INEC - (Nigeria) August 2002 – September 2017

Data Analyst

LINKS - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wale-akinduyite-886b65254

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