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Akua Amoateng

New York,New York

Summary

Certified ScrumMaster and servant leader with over 3 years of experience in coaching and leading multiple projects. Skillful at creating and building relationships that assist with organization positioning. Expertise in Agile methodology, problem-solving, and leveraging agile values with business initiatives to deliver quantifiable and sustainable results. Proven ability to monitor project progress, meet deadlines, motivate, organize, and lead scrum teams to improve the organization's overall efficiency.

Team-driven Scrum Master knowledgeable in task prioritization, risk management, and workflow optimization. They are committed Agile experts with over 7 years of expertise in public speaking, presenting information clearly, and developing high-performing teams. Collaborative individuals remain poised in all types of situations.

Deadline-oriented critical thinker helps team members understand Agile scrum practices and principles. Certified Scrum Master with vast knowledge of web development technologies and automated testing. Comfortable leading large teams in process and product development.

Offering excellent project management, multi-tasking, and communication skills to coordinate multiple, concurrent projects with competing demands. Makes sound decisions in high-pressure settings and utilizes analytical problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Articulate communicator with strong customer service skills.

Experienced in consulting with customers and other stakeholders to gather requirements, define scopes and set project plans. Capability of managing complex, high-visibility technical projects. Effective at technical support, inventory management and customer relationship development.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SCRUM MASTER

Securian Financial
2021.03 - Current
  • Worked in an agile way with 2-week sprints, frequent releases, continuous integration and daily stand-ups
  • Drove the adoption of Agile scrum in my team; by coaching and guiding the team which increased the productivity and quality by over 18%
  • Conduct team meetings to review project progress and identity blocks and risks
  • Track and report project progress and status using JIRA
  • Manage the operation of the organization by using Scrum values and the Sprint Method to complete projects and meet deadlines
  • Drive timely decisions by key stakeholders in the context of the overall program and assigned projects relative to scope, schedule, cost and benefits.

SCRUM MASTER

MHC Software
Burnsville , MN
2018.09 - 2019.03
  • Guided the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediments and guided the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values
  • Assisted product owner in implementing backlog grooming methodology across all scrum teams
  • Managed the operations of the organizations by using Scrum values and the Sprint Method to complete projects and meet deadlines
  • Facilitated discussion, decision making and conflict solution
  • Managed software releases on biweekly basis for 1 year
  • Ran daily standup and provide a daily development velocity as it compares to the sprint plan
  • Track and reported project progress and status
  • Trained and coached product development ream on story point estimation on an as-needed basis.

Project Administrator

Prime Therapeutic
Eagan , MN
2018.07 - 2018.09
  • Supported the implementation of scrum and other agile methods which led to an increase in efficiency by 30% for timely delivery of projects
  • Tracked and reported project progress and status using JIRA
  • Telephone conferences with stakeholders
  • Assisted with setting up project meetings, preparing action plans and analyzing risks
  • Worked alongside Project Managers, Scrum Masters and Product Owners to assist with planning, keeping track of budget and organization to improve project efficiency.

Security Department Intern

Macys Systems and Technology
Johns Creek , GA
2017.05 - 2017.08
  • Served as the ScrumMaster/Agile Project Manager for a group project to build a new database that notified employees when systems were down to reduce system failures that impacted business and customer experiences
  • Collaborated closely in an Agile Product Delivery environment to ensure the development of a Potentially Shippable Product
  • Supported Scrum Teams in resolving impediment by collaborating with ScrumMaster
  • Improved Scrum Teams' processes and fostered a collaborative environment by facilitating Sprint Retrospective with ScrumMaster.

Education

Manhattan Center For Science and Mathematics

University of Hartford

CUNY Lehman College

Skills

  • Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Ceremony Facilitation
  • Critical Thinker
  • Communication & Negotiation
  • Servant Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Coaching Scrum & Agile Practices
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • JIRA
  • Story Development
  • Removing Impediments
  • Enforcing Rules
  • Strategic Planning

Certification

Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, 2020

Timeline

SCRUM MASTER

Securian Financial
2021.03 - Current

SCRUM MASTER

MHC Software
2018.09 - 2019.03

Project Administrator

Prime Therapeutic
2018.07 - 2018.09

Security Department Intern

Macys Systems and Technology
2017.05 - 2017.08

Manhattan Center For Science and Mathematics

University of Hartford

CUNY Lehman College
Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, 2020
Akua Amoateng