ADEOLA OLA-BALOGUN
Austin,TX
Summary
Dynamic and team-oriented IT Project Manager with 8 years of experience in asset management, risk mitigation and project leadership. Innovative and driven with passion for delivering high-quality work. Detail-oriented and focused on maintaining organization and identifying opportunities for process improvements. Proven ability to develop and implement innovative strategies, streamline operations, and enhance overall project efficiency. Seeking a challenging role to leverage my leadership skills, stakeholder management expertise, and project management acumen to drive organizational success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
IT Project Manager
The Adecco Group
01.2023 - Current
- Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics.
- Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.
- Led and assisted technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
- Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to stakeholders.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion.
- Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
Technical Project Manager
Mason McDuffie
01.2021 - 10.2022
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
- Responsible for change/communication management and weekly updates reporting to stakeholders
and PMO concerning project - Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritize competing
deliverables due to changing timelines. - Manage project(s) and project resources throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle and manage Scrum teams as needed.
- Provides regular and timely Project status updates to the project team and leadership as needed to
ensure Projects are meeting the agreed-upon timeline - Create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
- Ensured projects are on schedule and deadlines are met and Managed project budget and forecast
- Arbitrate issues arising from project work
- Review designs and technical specification documents for alignment with a business solution.
- Efficiently identifies, escalates, and solves project issues.
- Ability to drive strategic projects to completion on time and in scope.
- Deliver Business Process Design & Use Cases documentation for a variety of projects.
- Engage business stakeholders to identify and incorporate business-owned project tasks and
dependencies - Working with the IT team members to coordinate daily tasks and lead daily scrum.
Project Manager
Atuzee Group
07.2018 - 12.2020
- Implementing new member enrolment services for insurance claims
- Plan project road map
- Determine and define project scope and objectives Predict resources needed to reach objectives and
manage resources effectively and efficiently. - Provide project updates consistently to various stakeholders about adjustments and progress.
- Use of azure DevOps in project planning and tracking of our dev tasks.
- Facilitated discovery and ensures the removal of roadblocks and promotes them in a timely and
assertive way. - Craft a vision and strategy based on input from customers, stakeholders, and the internal staff team
that can be communicated to all levels of the organization. - Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Ensured effectiveness of all ceremonies: prepare and engage cross-functional teams, prepare, and
engage the Product Leadership Team. - Ensured team retrospectives brought about Agile working improvements.
- Ensured the team is focused on sprint commitments and shields the team from distractions and hidden
work. - Assures there are no commitment changes during the Sprint., Collaborates with Leadership Teams to ensure team success.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
Project Manager Scrum Master
Applied Optoelectronic Inc
07.2016 - 05.2018
- Integrated an Auto inspection software for microchips (Daitron machine software)
- Managed multiple project teams with over, 10 developers and vendor teams ensuring we meet the
delivery. - Worked with the Product Owner to gather business process data and requirement decisions as a
product analyst. - Handle multiple projects across project teams simultaneously.
- Drive discovery sessions to gather requirements from clients, while simultaneously guiding them on
best practices and recommendations - Document the discovery as user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria, value maps, and the
overarching project management plan. Lead the daily scrum ceremonies across 2 major SAFE teams
for our UX improvement projects. - Lead our teams to successfully monitor our applications using Splunk and Grafana.
- Collaborate with the Live operations team, QA, Engineering, and various partners to prioritize and
coordinate efforts to deliver on schedule. - Tracks, maintain and report on various video localization projects.
- Coach, facilitate, and maintain steady and beneficial Agile process methodologies for the teams, driving
process, and transparency. - Communicate with the business about the team velocity and project health while supporting the PMO
in reporting on all teams status. - Prepare and lead project plans, documentation, risk mitigation, and resource management as needed
for cross-team initiatives and large projects/programs. - Resolve urgent issues and remove impediments for the team Lead and facilitated architecture and
design of Single Page Applications and Micro-frontend. - Analyze and grant access rights for audits, risk & compliance assessment & audit responses using
archer. - Managed & troubleshot multiple applications using SFDC (salesforce) and ITIL framework on L3.
- Troubleshooting of incidents using Splunk & violet support tool to drive solutions from the Splunk logs.
Human Resources Assistant
Ark Jeff Financial
01.2014 - 03.2016
- Filed paperwork, sorted and delivered mail, and maintained office organization.
- Organized new employee orientation schedules for new hires.
- Delivered friendly assistance with new hires throughout interviewing and hiring process.
- Screened applicant resumes and coordinated both phone and in-person interviews.
- Effectively manages client expectations and escalations
- Ability to work either independently or as part of a larger team.
- Ability to work under minimal direction.
- Ability to think logically in solving assigned problems and to present recommendations with clarity in written and graphic form.
- Experience in leading, and managing technical professionals
- I have strong interpersonal skills including team building, coaching, and mentoring
- Supported senior managers and department leaders by completing projects and problem resolution under tight budgets and schedule demands.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Managed bookkeeping, prepared budgets and cost reports.
- Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.
- Mentored and guided associates in approaches designed to exceed expectations of customers and members.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Banking And Finance
Al-Hikmah University
Ilorin07.2012
Skills
- Proficient in MS 365, MS PPT, Azure DevOps, Clarity, MS Project, JIRA
- Stakeholder Relations
- Project Budget Allocation
- Risk Mitigation
- Strategic Planning
- Excellent communication skill
- Team Oriented
- Excellent Listening skill
- Goal getter
- Ability to Multi task
- Project Development
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Workflow Planning
- Timely Project Completion
- Project Planning and Business case
Certification
- Certified (AGILE) Scrum Master
- Certified Scrum Product Owner- (CSPO)
- Service now SAP
- PMP - Project Management Professional
Timeline
IT Project Manager
The Adecco Group
01.2023 - Current
Technical Project Manager
Mason McDuffie
01.2021 - 10.2022
Project Manager
Atuzee Group
07.2018 - 12.2020
Project Manager Scrum Master
Applied Optoelectronic Inc
07.2016 - 05.2018
Human Resources Assistant
Ark Jeff Financial
01.2014 - 03.2016
Bachelor of Science - Banking And Finance
Al-Hikmah University
- Certified (AGILE) Scrum Master
- Certified Scrum Product Owner- (CSPO)
- Service now SAP
- PMP - Project Management Professional
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