MATTHEW EKHATOR

PRODUCT OWNER SCRUM MASTER

+1-385-***-**** adxv9c@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced and motivated Agile Champion with 8 years of experience as a Scrum Master/ Agile Team Coach and proven leadership skills especially with the ability to inspire and motivate colleagues to achieve professional goals and objectives and a history of success working with cross-functional teams.

Professional experience across financial domains with emphasis on best Scrum practices according to the understanding of the business for both client/server architecture and web- based applications.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Morgan Stanley, USA - May 2020 - Present

Scrum Master/Product Owner

● Work with the stakeholders, customers, and users in identifying and documenting Epics.

● Effectively communicate weekly project status using the Burndown charts to the business leadership, while identifying the problem definition as part of continuous process improvement towards the business continuity of the organization. TECHNICAL SKILLS

• SDLC Methodologies: Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Kanban

• Agile Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, CA Rally, HP Agile Manager, Tableau,

• Modeling Tools: MS Visio, Rational Doors, SAP Financials

• QA Testing Tools: ALM, HP Quality Center, JIRA, Load Runner, Mercury QC

• Documentation Tools: Confluence, MS Office Suite, SharePoint 2010/2013

• Software Skills: SDLC, Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox

ROLES DOMAIN EXPERTISE CORE COMPETENCIES

• Scrum Master IT Agile Methodologies

• Product Owner Banking and Finance Business Planning

• Project Manager Hardware/Software Software Implementation Conflict Resolution

Agile Leadership

● Educate and ensure Agile/Scrum implementation, methodology, practices, values, and framework are adhered to by team members, while resolving impediments by coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

● Coordinate with the scrum team in Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings, Sprint Retrospective Meetings and Backlog Grooming meetings.

● Work closely with the developers working on Web Orchestration and Java APIs to integrate it with different applications.

● Create Sprint Burndown, Burn-up and Release Burndown Chart to keep track of the team’s velocity and sprint progress for forecasting, and any scope changes.

● Coordinate with the scrum team during each Sprint towards a shippable product release by working closely with the Product Owner to make sure each user story in the Sprint Backlog was worked on.

● Work with a well self-organized cross-functional development team (Developers) to execute roadmaps and bring new functionalities to the product.

● Track and manage all change requests by taking them through the complete change request lifecycle in the Backlog Items (PBIs) using techniques like MoSCoW and estimated Story Points -Planning Poker.

● Mentor and coach business analysts, developers in applying agile principles and practices to achieve team unity and high performance.

● Foster strong team value and create an environment where the teams are self-organized and continue to explore and implement ways to improve.

● Assist the PO in setting realistic project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the organization, and plan accordingly by conducting project related presentations.

Catalyst Investment, USA - Dec 2018 - Apr 2020

Scrum Master/Product Owner

● Effectively guided Scrum and Kanban teams.

● Created working agreements, established, and helped the teams by all means to achieve their Sprint Goals.

● Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games.

● Took ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinated directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through Scrum-of-Scrums ceremony.

● Educated and coached the teams on usage of Jira & Confluence tools.

● Reflected and radiated the metrics like burn down chart progress, quality, and velocity continuously to the team and various stakeholders.

● Prepared various dashboards in JIRA using advanced JQL & Filters, ● Helped Product Owner with effective management of backlog.

● Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog.

● Ensured the teams are adhering to the DOR and DOD criteria.

● Educated business on usage of Confluence for business requirements.

● Facilitated continuous improvement initiatives and process reviews.

● Optimized workflow efficiency and led the ceremonies and ensured smooth delivery.

● Exhibited confidence and had an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.

● Transitioned teams from Waterfall to Scrum and Kanban. Nigerian Institute of Medical Research- Sept 2015 – Nov 2018 Scrum Master/Product Owner

● Coached Kanban teams in developing team processes and determining the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.

● Created working agreements, established, and maintained Work in Progress (WIP) limits.

● Created & maintained live dashboards in Jira and Created reports in Confluence by linking Jira and Confluence.

● Planned for releases to be delivered to the release train which was deployed in production and tracked the progress through Jira.

● Communicated with different stakeholders, Third party vendors for any blockers or issues.

● Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame and retribution.

● Conducted daily stand ups with the core scrum teams, to monitor the project status and manage any roadblock.

● Interacted closely with the PO to itemize and analyze the product backlogs and epics. CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)

Project Manager Professional (PMP)

Certified SAFe Agilist

EDUCATION

University of Benin, Nigeria

Associate Degree in Information Technology

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008

Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

English Language and Literature

Jan 2008 – Jan 2012

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