Ajong Asong

Columbus, Ohio www.linkedin.com/in/ajong-asong adxcud@r.postjobfree.com 614-***-****

Team-driven Scrum Master knowledgeable in task prioritization, risk management, and workflow optimization. Committed Agile expert with over 6 years of presenting information clearly and developing high-performing teams. The collaborative individual remains poised in all types of situations. Flexible and willing to contribute to team success. Organized and motivated team player, to apply time management and organizational skills in various environments. Expert in identifying and removing impediments. Strong knowledge of Kanban and XP Programming. Strong communication, analysis, domain knowledge, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Skills

Risk Mitigating planning.

Scrum methodology

Resource planning

Coaching Agile best practices

Jira, Confluence

Scaled Agile Framework

Supply Chain and Logistics

Training & Development

Project planning

DevOps Processes

Software Development Life Cycle Principles

Professional Experience

Scrum Master-Contract

PenFed Credit Union-Mclean, VA June 2021 – Present

Developed and managed a visual system to Improve Dependency Management within teams

Facilitated and re-enforced WIP (Work in Progress) limit sessions for Kanban teams, workflow planning sessions, and Kanban quantitative retro.

Facilitated and re-enforced Agile Ceremonies (Backlog Refinement, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo, Sprint Retrospectives, Scrum of scrums, Communities of Practice)

Worked closely with Product Owners in product backlog management and continuous delivery of features.

Track and remove teams’ impediments, identify the true source of an obstacle, demonstrate skills in overcoming difficult obstacles impacting the team, anticipate and prevent potential obstacles before they occur

Scrum Master

Comcast-Philadelphia PA Jan 2018 - May 2021

Organized and facilitated Scrum ceremonies, from sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review, and sprint retrospective up to backlog refinement sessions.

Partnered with the product owner to aid in short and long-term release planning, as well as to maintain a healthy product backlog and ensure readiness for sprint planning.

Remove impediments that are obstructing the team from achieving sprint goals, help the team remain creative and productive while making sure its successes are visible to the Product Owner.

Preside over the coaching and training of product owners, stakeholders, and the Development Team regarding Scrum processes

Closely monitor and present the team’s velocity, roadmap, release progress to the management

Coached the team on how to observe Agile best practices on self-organization and management, including the elimination of impediments.

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Texas Children Hospital-Houston TX Jan 2015 – Jan 2018

Guided the planning, implementation, adoption, and compliance of enterprise architecture strategies, processes, and standards using highly scalable and available AWS systems and architecture

Coordinate and participate in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog

Facilitates Grooming meetings, Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings.

Served as a Servant Leader to two teams and coached 5 other teams as an Agile coach

Provided effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching to support successful, on-time, high-quality delivery of software solutions.

Possessed a solid understanding of the Scrum framework to evolve teams in their goal of achieving successful project deliverables.

Coordinated and assisted Program level Release planning meeting (SAFe), identifying dependencies.

Identified risks, dependencies, and potential issues and proactively look for solutions to address them

Determines the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Created Work Break down structure (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).

Business Analyst

AvMed- Miami FL Apr 2011- Jan 2015

Plan and develop use cases, business, functional, and non-functional requirements

Coordinate new functionality in the benefits system with product development and developers

Research/Troubleshoot client inquiries regarding system and process issues

Created Business Rules Document and Requirement Traceability Matrix to track the requirements.

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

Prepare, analyze, and summarize various weekly, monthly, and periodic operational results for use by various key stakeholders, creating reports, specifications, instructions, and flowcharts

Conduct full lifecycle of analytics projects, including pulling, manipulating, and exporting data from project requirements documentation to design and execution

Evaluate key performance indicators, provide ongoing reports, and recommend business plan update

EDUCATION

University of Buea, Cameroon Dec 2009

Bachelor’s in Business Administration

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Aug 2021

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