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Brian Mokua

Brian Mokua

Scrum master
Huntsville,TX

Summary

Experienced Project Manager and Scrum Master professional with meticulous passion for helping businesses succeed. Possessing strong technical skills that include planning, GAP analysis, risk management, project management, UAT Testing, requirement gathering, writing user stories, removing impediment and creating project roadmaps. Experience in supporting organizations to deliver critical changes through effective business transformation and compliance from design to implementation.

A strong track record of setting effective goals and leading teams to achieve those objectives. Committed to continuous improvement and a proven ability to manage enterprises that deliver business and end user needs. Well-versed in managing and coordinating multiple work streams and subject matter in stakeholder and client relationship meetings. Confident, self-driven, self-motivated, and a self-starter with the ability to be successful in any kind of work environment due to outstanding work ethic and adherence to a standard of professionalism. A confident professional with a passion for learning and development. Eager to leverage experience

Experience using Jira, confluence, Rally,sales force, service now, Excel, Sharepoint, Vision, AWS, Office 365,

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Houston health care
02.2023 - Current
  • I have lead cross-functional teams to deliver strategic initiatives and meet emerging needs, including defined project plans, coordinated resources, managed implementation activities, and development/management of processes associated with program rollout and ongoing support
  • I develop strategies to reduce project costs (same costs but allowing for more projects) and increase project success rate from 50% to 75% by initiating a two-phase project selection process.
  • Manage project(s) and project resources throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle and manage Scrum teams as needed.
  • Engage business stakeholders to identify and incorporate business owned project tasks and dependencies
  • Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
  • Provides regular and timely Project status updates to project team and leadership as needed to ensure Projects are meeting the agreed-upon timeline
  • Create strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
  • Ensures projects are on schedule and deadlines are met.
  • Manages project budget and forecast
  • Directs and oversees the project team and manages conflicts within the group.
  • Efficiently identifies, escalates, and solves project issues.
  • Demonstrates leadership.
  • Responsible for change/communication management and weekly updates reporting to stakeholders and PMO concerning project progress.
  • Ability to drive strategic projects to completion on time and in scope.
  • Facilitate open communications between technical teams and the senior board.
  • Arbitrate issues arising from project work
  • Create useful working relationships with all members of the projects.
  • Gathering, analyzing, and disseminating information to the team in order to maintain project progress.
  • Reduce complex problems to easily understood narratives and informational materials (drawings, infographics, presentations, etc.)
  • Evaluate and document alternatives that will provide the most effective solutions to business problems.
  • Define and document business requirements for moderate-to-complex projects.
  • Deliver Business Process Design & Use Cases documentation for a variety of projects.
  • Identify, propose and influence IT solutions to moderate-to-complex business problems.
  • Negotiate requirements and deliverables with the client.
  • Perform user acceptance and application testing.
  • Participate in project scoping and estimation.
  • Anticipate client concerns and questions.
  • Provide timely and professional client-focused communications.
  • Prepare or review test plans and perform quality reviews of test results.
  • Provide consulting in information security technology alignment to the client to identify and satisfy the business needs.
  • Review designs and technical specification documents for alignment with business solutions.
  • Strong interest and knowledge of Business analysis and ability to resolve complex IT-related problems
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritize competing deliverables due to changing timelines.
  • Working with the IT team members to coordinate daily tasks and lead daily scrum.

Scrum Master

Morrison Healthcare
02.2022 - 01.2023
  • Scrum master for a team of nine working MPM,implementing Agile methodologies and scrum ceremonies to facilitate the on-time and frequently product delivery
  • Implemented Agile mindset by conducting burn down chart, team velocity analyses, and continuous improvement initiatives promoting sustainability in the team.
  • I have overseen interdependencies and integration of interrelated projects.
  • Highly experienced in facilitating technical design discussion and implementation of IT solutions.
  • I manage multiple IT Initiatives such Data & Analytics, Cloud Migration, Compliance, Power BI Reporting etc.
  • I actively managed stakeholder partnerships and communication.
  • Point of contact and subject matter expert on our EMT team applications.
  • Use of azure DevOps in project planning and tracking of our dev tasks.
  • Lead and facilitate Daily scrum ceremonies as well as grooming Features, stories, and tasks in Azure DevOps.
  • Train and coach cross-functional teams using azure DevOps across offshore teams.
  • Plan project road map and set requirement criteria.
  • Craft a vision and strategy based on input from customers, stakeholders, and internal staff team that can be clearly communicated to all levels of the organization.
  • Troubleshoot company pain points and issues to determine resolutions that lead to new fixes or projects
  • Determine and define project scope and objectives Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner.
  • Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about adjustments, and progress.

Scrum Master

Anchorage School District
07.2021 - 02.2022
  • Lead 2 scrum team consisting of 12 members to streamline a multifaceted compliance project
  • Facilitated team planning ,daily scrum, and tracking while coaching in Agile principles and values
  • Successfully transform the team's waterfall mindset Agile by developing effective training materials for the team to understand Agile delivery
  • Device a 17-page release plan and Agile charter and coordinate backlog refinement with the product owner to resolve blocking challenges.

Education

in Scrum -

Mind Tree Technology Training
Dallas, TX
02.2021

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Nairobi University
Nairobi Kenya
11.2018

Skills

  • Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, Visio, JIRA or TFS
  • Excellent organizational and analytical skills, process and detail oriented, self-starter who is highly motivated to obtain goals/results
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills, both oral and written, and tailor communication to various levels of organization
  • Ability to interact professionally with diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts
  • Ability to work in fast-paced changing environment while coordinating multiple complex projects simultaneously
  • Ability to work either independently or as part of larger team
  • Ability to think logically in solving assigned problems and to present recommendations with clarity in written and graphic form
  • Have strong interpersonal skills including team building, coaching, and mentoring

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Designed and launched the Project, resulting in a 15% increase in market share for the company.
  • Improved customer satisfaction ratings by 5% by transformation of the company form. Waterfall to agile
  • Achieved high sales by introducing AGILE for fast deliverables iteration
  • Supervised team of 12 staff members.
  • Actively participated in Scrum Master communities, conferences, shared experiences, and staying up-to-date with industry trends and best practices. Contributed to the growth and development of the Agile community.
  • Established and tracked relevant metrics and reported mechanisms to provide visibility into the team's progress, performance, and project health. Using data-driven insights to facilitate decision-making and identify areas for improvement.

Certification

.Certified Scrum Master

Certified (AGILE) Scrum Master - OrganizationFrom Scrum.org

· Certified Scrum Product Owner- (CSPO) - Organization From PMI

· Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) - Organization From PMI

· Service now SAP - Organization From SAP

· Certified ITIL foundation: Version 4 - Organization From Itil

Work Availability

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Timeline

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Houston health care
02.2023 - Current

Scrum Master

Morrison Healthcare
02.2022 - 01.2023

Scrum Master

Anchorage School District
07.2021 - 02.2022

in Scrum -

Mind Tree Technology Training

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Nairobi University

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