Scrum Master Senior

Ashley Asengba -CSM, PSM*, SAFe *.*

*********@*****.*** 651-***-****

A versatile agile evangelist with a proven record of success in facilitating the delivery of high-quality products & services. A servant leader with several years of experience in the application of Scrum & agile methodologies. A Scrum Master with a proven record of success in leading diverse projects & transitioning teams from Waterfall to Agile. True leader Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal and escalation of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Agile (Scrum, Kanban & SAFe) • SDLC • User Stories

• Jira & Rally Operations • Change & Release Management • Prioritization

• Team Kick-off & Training • Adaptability/Negotiation skills • Data Analysis

• MS Office (Word, Excel, Project PPT.) • Conflict Resolution • Forecasting

• Agile Metrics • Facilitating removal of Impediments

• Servant Leader • Webex, Skype, Ms Teams, slack

CERTIFICATIONS

• SAFe Scrum Master- Scaled Agile

● Professional Scrum Master- Scrum.Org

● Certified Scrum Master-Scrum Alliance

ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Successfully transitioned 3 Teams from waterfall to Agile, coaching said teams on the Agile mindset and frameworks, then guiding teams through different stages of the adaptation of the Agile mindset & processes until teams attained maturity & are self-organizing

• Continually refined and evolved processes for predictable and rapid software delivery resulting in hitting 98.2% of project deadlines

• Optimized team performance, by improving team processes evidenced by improving team velocity, productivity and overall satisfaction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Integer Holdings-Remote

Senior Scrum Master Oct 2022 – Present

Leading 3 Scrum teams varying from 10 to 5 development team members each in the implementation of… Responsibilities:

● Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and daily scrums with the scrum team resulting in product features that reached about 4 million users

● Empower teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality

● Ensure that the scrum teams remain in the rhythm of continuously delivering customer and business value.

● Continually inspect and refine agile processes for predictable and rapid software delivery resulting in hitting 98.2% of project deadlines

● Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be discussed without fear of blame, with an emphasis on healing and problem solving.

● Manage multiple large technological development and implementation projects, and multiple small software development projects from inception to completion.

● Provide guidance to teams in the implementation of TDD, BDD, Code review processes.

● Help Scrum development teams to understand the value of commitments to delivery made at the beginning of the sprint and to one another during daily standups.

● Support team in drafting and refining working agreements including definition of ready and definition of done

● Coached Product owner on user story and acceptance criteria creation and backlog management when necessary

● Coach teams on effective use of Agile and SAFe methodologies and collaboration within and across the Agile Release Trains (ART) to effectively manage risks and dependencies.

● Protects team from over-commitment by empowering teams to make appropriate commitments through story selection, appropriate estimation, establishing acceptance criteria. TE Connectivity- Plymouth, MN

Scrum Master/R&D Product Dev Technician June 2019 – Sep 2022 Lead a scrum team of 9 developers in the development of a mobile app whose function is to transform customers experience by allowing current and prospective customers to enroll, register, login, manage profile and make payments on the go directly from their mobile phones or tablet devices.

Responsibilities:

● Enforced scrum and Kanban principles as a scrum master that resulted in reduction of Cycle time by 25% thus increasing team and throughput in less than 2 months.

● Enabled improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning for sprints by identifying & tracking hidden tasks that increased customer satisfaction.

● Facilitated Agile adoption Retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with outcome resulting in enhanced performance.

● Removed obstacle for the team by escalating an issue to leadership resulting in early delivery of customer issue solutions. Customers provided positive feedback.

● Championed cultural change and collaborated with other Coaches on plans and techniques for accelerating and advancing the organization and transformation.

● Developed and delivered team and organization training materials and workshops, building knowledge and skills to facilitate the Agile transformation.

● Ensuring that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.

● Wrote Agile FAQs, articles and success stories which were distributed via newsletter and posted on a SharePoint site to improve the Agile maturity level.

● Mentored teams, leading them to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency.

Audaculus Marinus, Nigeria

Project Coordinator April 2015 – May 2019

Responsibilities:

● Created project schedules with milestones, due dates and estimates for required resources which will then be submitted to management for approval.

● Maintained and monitored project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures

● Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project.

● Assessed project risks and issues and provided solutions where applicable

● Coordinated project management activities, resources, equipment and information

● Communicated with clients to identify and define project requirements, scope and objectives and participated in project design meetings and proposed improvements if necessary

● Acted as the point of contact and communicated project status to all participants and worked with the Project Manager to eliminate blockers

● Adhered to budget by overseeing expenses and implementing cost-saving measures. EDUCATION

● Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park, MN), (On going)

● Undergrad: Mass Communication (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria)

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