Project Manager

Current Location

Houston, TX

Work Authorization

US Citizen

Total Experience

12+ years

Scrum Master Experience

10+ years

Salesforce Experience

5+ years

Agile Experience

Yes

Secret Clearance

Yes

Name/ Number/ EMail

Stanley Okehie / 832-***-**** / *********@*****.***

●12 years of experience as servant leader / project manager who enables teams to self-organize, self-manage, and deliver via effective Agile practices as well as coordination across teams as part of an Agile Release Train (ART).

●12 years of experience as a Scrum Master for software development teams that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.

●12 years of experience with In-depth working knowledge of Jira, Azure DevSecOps (ADO), version one, Trello, clarity, rally, Tableau, Excel, service now, confluence, SharePoint, salesforce, UAT, migration, Visio, Office 365.

●12 years of experience with great skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.

●12 years of experience with knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)

KEY STRENGTH

●Agile Servant Leading

●Project Scope Evaluation

●Quality Assurance & Control

●Risk Assessment & Mitigation

●Budget & Resources Allocation

●Issues Identification & Resolution

●Strategic Sprint IT Planning & Execution

●UI/UX Optimization

●Agile Transformation

●Change Management

●Sprint Release Progress

●Culture Developing

●Scrum Product Development

●Salesforce Cloud Implementation

●Data Flow Administration

●Stakeholder Engagement

●Team Building & Leadership

●Cros-functional Collaboration

●Staff Training & Development

●Key Relationship Development

●Process Improvement Initiatives

SOFT SKILLS

●Excellent verbal and written communication skills

●Scrum, Kanban, SAFE

●Outgoing, driven, passionate, confident, flexible personality

●Facilitate versus dictatorship style

●Strong listener

●Team builder

●Strong organizational skills

●Creatively solve complex problems that extend beyond traditional scrum team boundaries.

●Problem / conflict management

●Passion for challenge

●Navigate environments to understand complexities and where the company is on its agile journey

●Solid understanding of software lifecycle development practices and disciplines.

●Power BI, Data and Analytics

●Microsoft Projects

WORK EXPERIENCE

Red Cross

Scrum Master / Project Manager

October 2023 – Current

●Led and facilitated Agile Scrum teams in delivering mission-critical projects, including disaster response software and volunteer management systems.

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●Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful implementation of new technologies and processes within the organization.

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●Utilized Agile methodologies to enhance project efficiency, resulting in the timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.

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●Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

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●Worked closely with Product Owners to prioritize backlogs, manage stakeholder expectations, and deliver customer-centric solutions.

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●Implemented process improvements that increased team velocity by 20% and improved overall project transparency.

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●Managed risks, resolved impediments, and provided leadership to foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

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●Coordinated with external vendors and internal teams to ensure seamless integration of new tools and platforms.

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●Developed detailed project plans and schedules, maintaining regular communication with stakeholders to ensure project alignment and timely updates.

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●Led training sessions to educate teams and stakeholders on Agile principles and best practices, contributing to a successful Agile transformation across the organization.

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●Fostered a collaborative culture by integrating Microsoft Teams for real-time development updates and team communication, ensuring transparency and quick issue resolution.

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●Championed the adoption of Jira Align to enhance portfolio management, align team objectives with organizational goals, and improve overall project visibility.

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●Conducted workshops and training sessions to teach team members how to create and utilize custom Jira reports, empowering them to track progress and develop a more accurate and actionable roadmap.

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●Guided the team through a successful transition to SAFe Agile, providing coaching and support to align team practices with the SAFe framework, ensuring smooth integration and improved cross-team collaboration.

●Encouraged continuous learning and improvement by promoting the use of Jira dashboards for monitoring sprint metrics, which led to data-driven decision-making and increased team efficiency.

●Successfully led multiple IT project implementations, ensuring alignment with Agile methodologies and best practices

●Managed end-to-end Salesforce.com implementation projects, enhancing operational efficiency and user experience.

●Demonstrated a strong understanding of Salesforce standard functionalities, including Sales, Service, and Marketing Clouds.

●Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to integrate MuleSoft for seamless data flow and application connectivity.

●Enhanced team communication and collaboration through effective facilitation of Agile ceremonies and stakeholder engagement.

Led organizational change efforts by aligning Agile transformation activities with executive priorities, enabling a culture shift toward cross-functional collaboration and continuous delivery.

• Facilitated change adoption through structured communication plans, stakeholder workshops, and ongoing Agile coaching sessions across IT and business units.

• Managed resistance to change by actively engaging key stakeholders and team leads, addressing concerns, and reinforcing the benefits of iterative delivery and transparency.

• Developed and executed change impact assessments during system rollouts and volunteer management platform upgrades to ensure readiness and minimize operational disruption.

• Championed the rollout of new collaboration tools (e.g., Jira Align, Microsoft Teams), conducting hands-on training and reinforcing usage through change champions within each department.

• Supported change management strategies tied to volunteer onboarding enhancements by integrating new feedback mechanisms and real-time reporting dashboards.

• Acted as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure changes in scope, requirements, or process were clearly documented, communicated, and approved.

• Leveraged Agile retrospectives as structured forums to reinforce change feedback loops and incrementally adjust processes for better stakeholder alignment and team buy-in.

• Established baseline KPIs to track the effectiveness of Agile-driven change initiatives, measuring adoption rates, team satisfaction, and process compliance.

Texas Children’s Hospital

Scrum Master / IT Project Manager November 2019 – October 2023 present

●Act as a dedicated Scrum Master for 2 Agile software development teams. (worked in a SAFE environment)

●Knowledge of Salesforce integration technologies, such as REST APIs or MuleSoft.

●Use Salesforce work management tools, such as Jira or Trello, to track progress and manage project backlogs.

●Utilize Salesforce data management tools, such as Data Loader or Salesforce Migration Tool, to migrate and manage data between environments.

●Led agile Scrum team in Salesforce Cloud implementation project.

●Maintained a deep understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the Salesforce platform, and stayed up to date on new features and releases

●Proficiency in Salesforce products and solutions, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud.

●Lead the UIUX team, Release Management team, Migration team (Used Service NOW)

●(WORKED SAFE) Plan, coordinate, and launch successful agile release trains with complex scope and interdependencies in a multi-vendor, public sector environment.

●Provide leadership, direction and mentoring to the team by encouraging them to adopt and mature strong Scrum practices.

●Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines. Organize and facilitate effective Scrum meetings: backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily status meetings, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

●Proven abilities to work successfully with technical and non-technical groups and manage multiple responsibilities.

●Excellent analytical, problem-solving, team playing and communication skills.

●Experience reporting to executive management.

●Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodology as well as more formalized waterfall style Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

●Cultivate an environment whereby the team is motivated, self-organizing and self-sufficient. Encourage your teams to routinely inspect and adapt.

●Assist the team in establishing a consistent and predictable team-level cadence (predictable velocity). Identify and facilitate the removal of team impediments and escalate as appropriate.

●Work with and coach Product Owners to develop, manage, and continuously update the team's product backlog.

●In partnership with the Product Owner, track and communicate information such as team velocity, sprint release progress, impediments, team successes, etc. with stakeholders.

●In coordination with Product Managers, RTE, and Scrum Masters, facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration when projects require it

●Assist Product Owners and Product Managers with planning and refinement activities.

●Develop JIRA and Aha! reporting to aid technical delivery leads and product owners in understanding team activity and progress such as burn-down charts, dependency mapping, user story mapping, road mapping, and estimation.

●Lead or participate in continuous improvement efforts to mature project management and project delivery practices. Partner with business and technology stakeholders on agile tool maturity and capability improvements.

●Together with other Scrum Masters, coordinate the workflow between the teams of the domain and the other department to ensure aligned delivery for projects as well as for business-as-usual requests.

●Spearheaded the end-to-end implementation of Salesforce.com, leveraging Salesforce capabilities to optimize workflows and improve patient engagement

●Played a pivotal role in managing Agile methodology projects, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability within the team.

●Applied hands-on experience in MuleSoft projects to facilitate data integration and streamline processes across departments.

●Developed and maintained comprehensive project documentation, ensuring transparency and effective communication with stakeholders.

●Cultivated strong relationships with both technical and non-technical teams, enhancing collaboration and project success.

Goldman Sachs

Scrum Master / IT Project Manager April 2017– November 2019

●Led agile Scrum team in Salesforce Cloud implementation project.

●Provided guidance and support to team members on Salesforce best practices.

●Maintained a deep understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the Salesforce platform and stayed up to date on new features and releases.

●Partnering with Agile Coach to implement best practices and improve processes, and with the Dev Leads and Team members to deliver the multiple Scrum Teams’ committed goals. (worked in a SAFE ENVIRONMENT)

●Led support teams in execution of sprints resulting in successful story completion and increased velocity, record and address impediments and retrospective action items in a timely manner to help achieve team alignment.

●Facilitated Scrum meetings and agendas – 15mins time boxed and parking lot DSU for off agenda topics, support healthy communication on assigned teams resulting in effective daily meetings including scrum of scrums.

●Coordinated inter-team dependencies resulting in success epics, maintain sprint backlog and velocity metrics, ensure that accurate and up-to-date metrics are maintained.

●Collaborated with other teams and Scrum Masters to coordinate work, manage dependencies, and improve the environment for Agile development.

●Assisted the Agile Coach and trainer to coach/train the teams and organization on the Scrum process.

●Ensured that accurate and up-to-date metrics are maintained.

●Coordinated team’s effort to ensure releases and products ship on time and with quality

●Coordinated team’s effort to ensure releases and products ship with high quality and on time. Plans and packs all sprints. Ensures JIRA is updated with current work and statuses. Manages epic priorities and upcoming epic work, and communicates to external parties on release status.

●Defined the critical success factors and key performance indicators for the process, tracks defect rates per release for each application and version, and provides organization accountability for application environment reliability.

●Managed risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality.

UBER – Scrum Master / IT Project Manager June 2012 – April 2017

●Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and product backlog refinement sessions. (WORKED IN SAFE ENVIRONMENT for half the contract)

●Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodology as well as more formalized waterfall-style Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

●Interfaced with clients and other project stakeholders to lead the delivery of product releases.

●Proactively managed and mitigated risks and issues across the Scrum team and assisted in resolving any identified blockers.

●Managed the activities, user stories, tasks, and deliverables of application releases throughout the Agile SDLC.

●Supported and enforced the Agile methodology and framework used by the project team.

●Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress within the agreed reporting framework.

●Guided the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.

●Guided the team on how to get the most of self-organization

●Guided the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.

●Assessed the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

●Removed impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment

●Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving

●Facilitated getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work

●Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

●Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

●Supported and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog

●Provided support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example.

EDUCATION

University of Houston– Bachelor’s in general business (2006-2011)

Colabery School of analytics – Project Management 2011-2012

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM)

CSM (Certified Scrum Master) - Certified

Professional Scrum Master - Certified

ITIL Version 4 - Certified

Project management professional (PMP) – Certified

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