Olaniyi Adetifa

+1-587-***-**** aduv0d@r.postjobfree.com

Edmonton, Alberta

PROFILE SUMMARY

• Project Management Expert with PMP, ACP and RMP and Business analyst with CBAP, and very good in writing SQL queries; presently working with Software Solutions Provider. I have over 17years of multi-industry experience in progressive research, and change implementation of varying project types in Agile environments. In-depth knowledge of Design Thinking, Software Development Lifecycle Methodologies, Agile, Waterfall Methodology and Business Process Improvements. Superior knowledge of statistical research, DevOps, and Lean methodologies. Skilled in analyze, define, and gathering requirements for several business function and processes in the organization, Business process improvement, data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and process/design reviews. Have led cross-functional teams to design, implement and deliver working products and solutions. Demonstrate excellent communication, and problem-solving skills to achieve product optimization, and with demonstrated examples in Software Solutions Provider, Oil&Gas, Construction, Human Capital Management, Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Finance Services.

• Business Analyst offering 10+ years delivering cost effective, high-performance technology solutions to meet shifting organizational demands. Focused with exceptional planning and implementation abilities.

• Business Analyst versed in JIRA, SAP cloud solution, data modeling, data mapping and user acceptance testing, as well as solving complex problem in high pressure environments. Excels at cultivating, managing and leveraging client relationships.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• MS Office 365, Power BI, JIRA, MS Excel, SQL, C#, MS Project, REST API’s, Google Analytics, SharePoint, Kofax Total Agility (KTA), Tableau, Visio, Adobe, Java, Phyton &MATLAB.

• Web development and digital product design.

• Very good in business process automation and RPA. Also comfortable with Data Analysis on Power BI.

• Lean Sigma Certifications-Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt (CSSMBB), and Certified Six Sigma Champion (CSSC).

• Ability to work in a complex enterprise environment.

• Versatile with quantitative research methods such as surveys.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Requirements gathering and translation of requirements.

• Strong negotiation skills, excellent persuasion skills, multiple client’s management and attention to detail.

• Conflict resolution and stakeholder management.

• Technical skills, Troubleshooting skills, Modeling skills, and External Client Modeling skills.

• Leadership experience, decision-making skills, problem-solving skills, and strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across the organization.

• Flexibility to work in a diverse environment and embrace change, Critical thinking ability and Strong Analytical skills.

• Demonstrated business systems analysis experience for Cloud ERP solutions.

• Knowledge of proven industry best practices and standards

• Correctly identifying and fulfilling customer and business needs.

• Quick learner, Self-motivation, able to do multi-tasking, and strongly believe in teamwork.

• Creating clarity and prioritization of technical and business requirements.

• Ensuring Excellent user experience, driving customer adoption by delivering value propositions.

• Agile, Waterfall Methodology can anticipate and adapt to changing priorities and manage resilience in uncertain times. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) -Cert. No:58230070- Date: Sept. 12, 2022

• Project Management Professional (PMP)- Cert. No: 3310845- Date: Sept. 09, 2022

• Project Management Institute - Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)- Cert. N0:3360144- Date; Oct. 11, 2022

• Project Management Institute- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)- Cert. No: 3346916- Date Sept. 26, 2022

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)- Cert. No: 001417551- Date: Sept.16, 2022

• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB)- Certificate Number: 419***********- Date; Sept 20, 2022

• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)- Certificate Number: 081***********- Date; Sept 26, 2022

• Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt (CSSMBB) - Certificate Number: 264***********- Date; Sept 27, 2022 EDUCATION

• MBA, University of Exeter, UK- Specialising in strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, consultancy, advanced marketing &Leadership Oct.2011

• MSc, Engineering Project Management, Coventry University, UK Oct.2009

• HND, Electrical&Electronics Engineering, Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo June 2004 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Consultant December 2022 -Till Date

Waymaker Creative Services Incorporation.

• Designing new processes following the lean best practices, and responsible for building process improvement pipeline.

• Creating plans and strategies that will identify the various linkages between new and existing data forms, resulting in the integration of data models, development of data policies, and presentation of statistical analysis and data visualizations to help understand and improve service delivery online and offline.

• Supporting governance based on the service data model, service analytics standards, and the development of analytics tools, inclusive of both digital and non-digital service implementation.

• Working implement develop, and share service metrics and service performance dashboards for internal and public use.

• Facilitating and informing program area workshops about current data and performance practices.

• Regularly using the service journey to frame future measurement models.

• Coaching and mentoring team members and others to develop and grow their analytics fluency.

• Researching best practices and makes recommendations for the direction of data-driven governance policies to support the adoption of digital services, and service delivery information management.

• Creating data statistical analysis and data visualizations leveraging data querying languages within available data management technologies.

• Supporting corporate priorities based upon data-driven evidence using existing and new analytics, data visualizations, data modeling and storytelling.

• Maintaining and updating issues and risks register, analyzing issues, and escalating issues and risks as appropriate. Providing advice on information systems strategy, policy, process, management and service delivery.

• Preparing status reports, meeting minutes, change requests, and other documents

• Presenting the requirements and the potential solutions in order to receive a client sign off.

• Gathering, analyzing and defining business requirements and process related data for determining roles relationships and data structures to meet business security privacy, and to prioritize process improvement initiatives.

• Analyzing the existing systems and processes to identify process inefficiencies, and suggest best fit to improve processes.

• Conducting, documenting, analyzing, managing business requirements, business cases and technical studies.

• Designing, developing, documenting and implementing information systems business solutions. with team members to create proposals, bids, contracts, and other documents in form of reports, research papers, educational texts, and articles.

• Developing policies, procedures and contingency plans to minimize the effects of security breaches.

• Creating project plans and coordinate activities with client representatives such as members of the community, and businesses, and government agencies.

• Liaising with clients and various internal stakeholders on ongoing basis to identify and document existing processes.

• Gathering, creating, understanding, documenting and interpreting client business needs and help to describe both the big picture and the details for the project team.

• Attending to management detailing tasks and reviewing the timelines associated with the execution of those tasks. Senior Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst March 2020- December 2022 Joas Integrated Services Limited (JISL)

• Increased revenue by $20M through analysis of data surrounding customer behaviors, vendor relationships, stakeholder goals, workflows and production support.

• Discovered an additional $4M in savings after compiling data and identify dead industry trends.

• Researched and prepared presentation for C-level suite regarding profitability reports, policies, internal operating inefficiencies and industry trends.

• Provided trainings to the team on JIRA, SAP Cloud, Google Suite, Systems Analysis, Visio Process Flow, UAT artifact, Data mapping, SQL (queries development), data analytics, and data visualisation.

• Designed and delivered project plans for the customer.

• Ensured tasks are executed in accordance with a defined project plan, and in accordance with control processes, including schedule management, status-reporting issues, scope, budget, risk and change management.

• Showed excellence in trouble-shooting, upgrading and the delivery of required functionalities and modules.

• Responsible for changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project cost both in the offshore and onshore projects using appropriate verification techniques.

• Participated in product development planning, providing key insights bases on predictive modeling which allowed the Management to circumvent a $58M legal fine.

• Authors, reviews, approves and facilitates the creation of deliverables throughout the project lifecycle such as proposals, business cases, use cases, project charters, conceptual designs, process models, detailed designs and test plans.

• Leads, plans, coordinates and reports progress of Business Acceptance Testing phase.

• Facilitated weekly project meetings to review schedule, status, issues, risk, procurement, and change management.

• Acts as a subject matter expert and provides change management support for system and process changes.

• Performed regularly effective risk management to resolve issues/conflicts that arose with the project team, and project stakeholders.

Business Analyst/Project Manager – April 2015- March 2020 Joas Integrated Services Limited (JISL)

• Designed, Introduced, and Implemented Safety and construction processes (e.g. Business Process Reengineering(BPR), Issue and Action Log, Project Status Log, Site Inspection Issue Log, Weekly Inspection Report, Non Conformance Report, U see U act, Recovery Schedule, Weekly Progress Report, Submittal Process, Substitution Request, Request for Instruction (RFI), Request for Change (RFC), Site Instruction (SI), Construction Change Directive (CCD), Request for Proposed Change (RFPC), Change Orders (CO), Project Status Log, Risk Register, Weekly Housekeeping Report, Loss Prevention and Observation (LPO), Ergonomics Report, Safety Moment, Site Meetings, HSE Performance Index Board, QMS and HSE Weekly Tracker, Unsafe Acts, Condition and Near Miss(UACN) Report, and Safety Incentive Package) into JISL operation that lead to significant improvement in reputation, quality, risk management, safety, cost management, time, and successful audit.

• Worked as a liaison among internal and external stakeholders including government agencies in order to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate project-related requirements.

• Worked with stakeholders and clients to model and document goals, communicating transparently to meet 99% of deadlines.

• Traveled 3 of 5 days to work with clients, observing business processes, interviewing staff, and documenting practices.

• Identified business and technical requirements and opportunities in the context of the requirements that enable the Corporation to achieve its 90% project goals.

• Managed Information sharing and Stakeholders management, and coordinate project within budget and in a safe work environment.

• Modeled data to generate reports comparing business process evaluation, assisting C-level staff with appropriate KPIs based on improved operations.

• Conducted research, analyzed business operations, and problem solved operating inefficiencies, saving companies combined 900 man hours a month.

• Implemented and monitored the Company’s HSE Management System on site, and across the organization.

• Prepared budgets, forecasted and reduced risk through managing scope and contract change.

• Involved in the development and publication of documentation pertaining to requirements, data maps, payout and resolution process, associated communications, internal training material etc.

• Researched gathered, defined, and documented business requirements, determined the most effective and efficient solution options and translate into systems configuration, including business process re-engineering exercises.

• Developed policies, procedures and contingency plans to minimize the effects of security breaches, and risks throughout the project development life cycle.

• Collaborated with business clients and technical teams on the design development and implementation of business applications.

• Conducted reviews to assess quality assurance practices, software products and information systems. Project Engineer/Project Manager November 2011-March 2015 ExxonMobil

• Ensured timely project reviews, and preparation of a weekly project report, and monthly stewardship report for the project, and the stewardship reports for all Major Projects outlining progress, risks, and issues.

• Set and continually managed project expectations with project management team, design team, and other stakeholders ensuring adherence to the project timeline and safety requirements.

• Oversee and monitored the status of the prime contractor’s schedule, and contractor’s procurement schedule.

• Responsible for the submittal process procedures with the DCCs in accordance with the ExxonMobil document control standard and procedures, and participate in the review of the submittals, deliverables, method statements for all civil infrastructures, structural, MEP and Architectural materials and equipment.

• Established and supported the processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.

• Prepared Project technical reporting and Project Documentations.

• Reviewed processes with the team and the contractor regularly to ensure that work in field is aligned with original client briefs, contractor proposals, agreements and governing authorities having jurisdiction. Project Engineer/Business Analyst – October 2008- October 2011 Royal Mail Group

• Provided support to the hub and project manager in planning, managing and monitoring major projects from concept through implementation.

• Developed and deployed data, report, dashboard, and analytical services for organization with consistent high quality and reflects best practices for solution development, data modeling, as well as for data quality, visualization, and dissemination practice.

• Responsible for display of complex quantitative data in a simple, intuitive format and to present findings in a clear and concise manner.

• Performed business requirements and project management responsibilities as required within the hub. Project Manager/ Business Analyst – September 2005- September 2008 Mikano International Limited

• Identified operating improvements from internal data with SQL, and MS Excel which reduced man hours by 12% year over year.

• Tracked, extrapolated, and interpreted customer data using, data modelling, R, MATLAB, JIRA, Phyton, SQL, and Excel to report customer behaviors and state-wide retention numbers.

• Presented predictive modeling insights to C-level suite and stakeholders, participating in decisions surrounding policy packages that saved company $40M in legal costs in 2007.

• Responsible for the day-to-day activities of project team through reports (both formal and informal channels) to ensure project deliverables are completed accurately, on time and to the required quality assurance standards while ensuring compliance with all safety requirements, targets and procedures.

• Worked with 4 analysts to institute a new modeling technique that saved 60 quarterly hours in customer comparisons

• Increased the morale of the project team, drive a high-performing team and support a team-engaged culture.

• Performed daily overview of all relevant data, reports, and stored data in SharePoint and PowerBI.

• Collaborated with the project team in documenting test plans and other relevant test documents.

• Utilized various software development (SDLC) methodologies like Agile and Waterfall to develop solutions -

• a modification to the in-house development.

• Elicited, analyzed, and documented functional requirements for the solution using identified Business Use cases.

• Documented process reports using Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagrams on Microsoft Visio.

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