Project Manager Management

JIDE KUFORIJI KEHINDE, PMP, PSM *, LSSWB

PROJECT MANAGER/SCRUM MASTER

Email: ***********@*****.*** LinkedIn: linkedin.com Phone: 240-***-**** Location: DMV

PROFILE

Project Manager with professional experience in utilizing project management strategies, implementing agile practices, and adopting & refining scrum methodology to meet the needs of team members and stakeholders. My passion is fostering collaborative and positive team dynamics.

PROFICIENCIES (TECHNICAL SKILLS)

●Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, & PowerPoint

●Web-based Project Management

Tools: Trello, JIRA, Smart sheets

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Agile Methodology

Scrum Principles

Kanban

Waterfall

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Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Project management

Project Manager (Contract), Change Resource and Support, Inc May 2023- Present

Coordinates with stakeholders to define project goals, scope, and requirements. Creates comprehensive project plans, outlining tasks, timelines, resource allocation, and potential risks.

Key consultant in the planning and management of departmental and organizational initiatives and administrative projects.

Identifying potential risks and developing mitigation strategies. Proactively address issues that may arise during the project's lifecycle to minimize negative impacts.

Manages vendor and external consultant relationship, coordinating with them and other stakeholders to ensure smooth collaboration and alignment with project's goals.

Snr Project Manager (Digital Strategy), Trinity Logistics August 2022 – March 2023

Key lead in developing strategic project management plans, communications, stakeholder engagements, issue resolution, and executing transformation initiatives.

Led Large cross functional teams through project inception to execution with quick turns while effectively defining workflows, managing complex requirements, quality, risks, resources, and optimizing efficiencies and areas for growth across multiple work streams.

Supported the creation and development of IT metrics resulting in increased productivity and overall standardization of the company’s IT processes.

Managed the deprecation of IT legacy systems and the integration to newer systems, ensuring the fidelity of data extraction, effective people management and overall system adaptation leading to increased customer satisfaction across the organization.

Project Manager/Senior Consultant, Change Resource and Support, Inc. January 2019 – September 2022

●Oversaw the planning, tracking and implementation of project deliverables and monitored project status to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, scope and increased productivity.

●Transforming business requirements to user stories and defining “Done”

●Provide leadership on IT projects (of varying size and complexity) running concurrently. This includes administrative leadership, as well as technical leadership

●Maintained correspondence with key stakeholders and consistently communicated project status and reports, ensuring that contract deliverables were comprehensive, accurate, and delivered on time to support Quality assurance objectives

●Effectively apply IT Project methodology and enforce project standards using hybrid waterfall and agile models

●Identified and reported on agile metrics such as velocity, story points and cycle time

●Researched, identified, and monitored market issues and trends and developed new revenue model leads, leading to a 25% rise in revenue

●Partnered with the leadership team to resolve conflicts and help improve overall engineering and product delivery efficiency.

Graduate Remote Instructor, Earl G. Graves School of Business, Morgan State University August 2020- August 2021

●Collaborated with faculty to participate in the execution of course objectives

●Coordinated Scrum meetings and activities including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming and Release Planning

●Managed faculty and student relationship especially in the understanding of course objectives and aim.

●Ensuring continuous improvement and relentless drive in the execution of course features

●Responded to project management special duties as assigned by the department chair and developed extensive best practices for effective engagement.

Scrum Master, Grey Castle Technologies LLC October 2018– December 2019

●Created and developed project plans with appropriate milestones according to PMI governance guidelines and facilitated team meetings to provide clarity and ensure successful project execution

●Identified clients' needs and recommended the most effective business solution, improving the customer base and satisfaction rate year after year.

●Carried out IT processes and oversaw the facilitation of re-engineering of processes to improve efficiency and quality

EDUCATION

●Master of Science, Project Management, Morgan State University (Earl Graves Business School), Maryland.

●Bachelor of Science, International Law and Diplomacy, Babcock University.

CERTIFICATION

●Project Management Professional (PMP), Project management Institute (PMI)

●Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM 1), Scrum.org

●Lean Six Sigma White Belt (LSSWB), U.S Navy

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