CHUKS OYEBANJI
Agile Scrum Master
Columbia,MD
Summary
An agile enthusiast with a combination of over 7 years of experience in multiple industries including Construction, Insurance, and Automobiles. Scrum master with a focus on Project & Program Management and expertise in Agile transformation. Efficient in using Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban to optimize team productivity and achieve project goals using strong leadership qualities and critical thinking.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Scrum Master
CarMax
Laurel, MD
07.2019 - Current
- Coach and ensure the creation of Agile teams in Carmax Laurel responsible for the delivery of quality products to both internal and external stakeholders
- Responsible for adoption, and optimization of Agile framework, processes and practices
- Foster positive relationships with partners, business units, and scrum teams to help manage impediments as seen by the scrum teams
- Removed team impediments daily that improved delivery of the team output for sprint goals by 17%
- Through data analysis, I assess team maturity, optimize scrum team velocity, and identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance
- Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, user story refinement, and sprint retrospectives
- Proactively track status of dependencies and impact to teams work for sprints
Scrum Master
State Farm
Baltimore, Maryland
05.2016 - 06.2019
- Worked proactively to remove impediments and ensured successful project delivery
- Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, user story refinement, and sprint retrospectives
- Proactively tracked status of dependencies and impact to teams work for sprints
- Managed and supported compliance to Agile methodology through team observation and facilitation which increased productivity output by 37%
- Managed internal and external stakeholders engagements to ensure expectations are managed and development team is uninterrupted
- Supported implementation of migration from Trello to Jira to manage workflow and track team success
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload
Project Coordinator/Scrum Master
SVT Constructions
Albany, New York
03.2014 - 04.2016
- Worked with products team to define acceptance criteria and ensured timely project delivery
- Supported team growth by 11% by onboarding and training of new team members
- Documented and communicated expectations, project scope, budget and goals to team members and other stakeholders
- Implemented management approved incentives to keep team motivated and this influenced successful project delivery by 75%
- Successfully guided development team to becoming self organizing by training them on agile principles
- Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments
Scrum Master
SunTrust
Annapolis, MD
05.2013 - 03.2014
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts
- Ensure prioritization and tradeoffs take place along with communication to stakeholders
- Supported and collaborated with Product and Engineering teams and management to drive strong understanding of value of enterprise agility, innovation, lean and continuous improvement
- Proactively track status of dependencies and impact to teams work for sprint and/or PI plan
- Coached and delivered training on agile and lean principles and values, technical agile practices, facilitations and other business critical practices
Education
B.Sc. - Economics
University of Ilorin
Nigeria10.2012
Skills
- Advanced problem solving skills
- Physical and Remote team management
- Conflict Resolution
- SDLC, Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
- Planning & Prioritization
- Agile product management
- Stakeholder Management and Negotiations
- Deliverable Tracking
Certification
- SAFe 5.0 Scrum Master (SSM) – Scaled Agile, Inc.
- Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
Timeline
Scrum Master
CarMax
07.2019 - Current
Scrum Master
State Farm
05.2016 - 06.2019
Project Coordinator/Scrum Master
SVT Constructions
03.2014 - 04.2016
Scrum Master
SunTrust
05.2013 - 03.2014
B.Sc. - Economics
University of Ilorin
Tools
- Jira
- Confluence
- Trello
- Gsuite
- MS Office Suite
- Rally
Tools
- Jira
- Confluence
- Trello
- Gsuite
- MS Office Suite
- Rally
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