OLADEJI SULE

Anderson, IN, ***** / adusqc@r.postjobfree.com /

Summary Certified Scrum Master with 5 years IT experience as a scrum master leading self-organized and cross-functional teams to deliver software implementation, I've coached team members on Agile practices and principles while motivating and inspiring colleagues to achieve professional goals. I also Liaise with Operations Division and Development team using Agile Central Rally and JIRA to manage the scrum Process to create User stories that will deliver a service model that supports the team. I possess stellar verbal and writing communication skills along with extensive experience providing executive-level briefing and status reporting. Education SCRUM MASTER CERTIFIED CREDENTIALS (SMC) 05/2017

FUNDAMENTALS oF SCRUM CREDENTIALS (FSC)

05/2017

High School Diploma

Overcomers International College, Lagos, Nigeria

09/2009

Skills

Languages

Experience Avidxchange

Scrum Master, Charlotte, North Carolina

Worked with business users and stakeholders in identifying and documenting User Stories.

those that would make up the Product Backlog, created and documented acceptance criteria, estimation, and prioritization for product releases. Coordinated with the Product Owner in identifying the User Stories for the Sprint Backlog. Coordinated the Scrum Team in Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings, Sprint Retrospective Meetings and Backlog Grooming meetings, also clear any impediments the Scrum team faces during the Sprint making sure all their needs are met.

Coordinated the Scrum Team during each sprint towards a shippable product release, working closely with the Product Owner to make sure each user story in the sprint Servant Leadership Strong analytical skills and interpersonal skills

Excellent communication skills Good work ethics

Teambuilding Project Management

Critical thinking Detail-oriented

Problem solving skills

Yoruba English

Pidgin

+1-917-***-****

Coordinated with the Product Owner in identifying and prioritizing user stories to identify 05/2020 - 12/2022

backlog is being attended to.

Elicited and documented requirements for the various channel applications leveraging the micro-services, this increased Efficiency for the business users decreasing time from an average of 2 weeks to 5minutes.

Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected team and management.

Worked with a well self-managed cross-functional development team (QA, Designers, products.

Studied the inherent systems to have a clear understanding of the business processes and associated system workflow.

Analyzed client’s systems and business processes identifying key areas that may be impacted by the suite of micro-services.

Worked with the development team on the application design and development while transitioning from a Waterfall environment.

Configured Defect management tools like HP ALM for logging defects and managing defect history and traceability.

Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins. Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.

Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.

Capital One

BUSINESS ANALYST/SCRUM MASTER, Chesapeake, Virginia Helped the SAFe Agile transformation at both team and program level for the successful execution to support and deliver strategic technology products. Worked closely with the Business team to understand, analyze, and respond to RFI’s/ RFP’s, preparing solutions based on the IT requirement and costing for the same as IT transitions activity.

Interact with Technical teams to get inputs for RFP’s and RFI’s then consolidate to a comprehensive Proposal.

Assisted the team in Agile Release Train (ART) activities, including Product Increment planning, system demos, and was involved in Inspection and adaptation procedures by collaborating with RTE.

Performed requirements gathering using both formal and informal sessions through interviews, questionnaires, video conferencing, JAD sessions, and conference calls. Analyzed, defined, documented, and communicated business requirements to technical needs.

Gathered experience in using Confluence in addition to JIRA to manage the scrum team, track performance using velocity charts/burndown charts and integrate other project- related tools in one platform.

Involved in identifying the problem definition as part of continuous process improvement using Define, Measure, Analyze and Improve to support the business continuity of the organization.

Implemented UML diagrams like User-System diagrams, process flow diagrams, sequence diagrams from the gathered requirements and created diagrams using Rational Rose.

Facilitated creation of “as-is” and “to-be” business Process Flow using MS Visio. Created user stories, product documentation, user manuals, and developed mockup screens to communicate GUI design with web app developers and help them clarify functional and non-functional requirements.

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legal, marketing, etc.) to execute roadmap and bring new functionalities to the various 10/2017 - 02/2020

architects, developers by interacting with the end customers to meet business partner’s Assisted the product owner and business in prioritizing and breaking down the user stories using the WSJF method.

Organized special Collaborative sessions and Spikes with the Team and SMEs were necessary to help resolve the issues.

Facilitated Scrum Ceremonies.

Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on- task and productive.

Enforced alignment of project strategy with business objectives and made modifications to promote efficient project completion.

Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement. EMOSUL NIG LTD

Project Manager/Construction Manager, Lagos, Lagos Reduced costs by driving competitive subcontractor bids and effective contract execution. Remained up-to-date on best housing and building practices and negotiated pricing and schedules.

Resolved installation inefficiencies to reduce project lags and promote on-time deliverables.

Thoroughly reviewed material proposals and negotiated contracts. Oversaw employee attendance record, handled payroll and ordered new materials for sites.

Managed commercial construction projects by working effectively with general contractors, subcontractors, engineers and architects. Communicated daily with vendors to keep project fully operational. Obtained building and specialty permits from local jurisdictional agencies. Directed day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope and monitored progress of construction activities.

Achieved optimization by analyzing material and labor costs. Managed construction schedules to achieve adequate labor coverage for all projects. 07/2011 - 01/2017

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