OLUWAFEMI GREATS
Newark,NJ
Summary
A Certified Scrum Master (PSM) with over 10 year’s project management experience in large organizations working across different states. Highly driven individual with a passion for building a cross-functional, self-organizing team, through coaching and training to deliver products on time and within budget using the scrum framework.
Subject matter expert and accomplished individual with a solid history of achievement in Sales, Banking & Finance, Marketing and Web Development with strong organizational, communication skills, and prioritization abilities.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
IT Project Manager
NUWORK NETWORK - Part Time
Newark, NJ
03.2022 - Current
- Manage product development and delivery using agile processes and practices.
- Implements Salesforce to help bring companies and customers together for our vendors while using data for what best serves the mission of the organization.
- Automate processes using Salesforce tools such as process builder, flow automation, validation rules for our clients to drive the best possible outcomes and redefine engagement.
- Handle all basic administrative functions including user maintenance, modification of page layouts, generation of reports and dashboards, creation of new fields and other routine tasks.
- Gather detailed requests for improvements or changes to the system, and implement these changes as appropriate.
- Oversee portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.
Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
Agile Scrum Master
DEALERTRACK
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Guide, coach and motivate the team and organization with the goal of increasing productivity via Agile/Scrum practices
- Put together a cross-functional team for the successful implementation of a streamline electronic in-state Reg & Title Solution
- Maintain involvement with the team's productivity through careful coaching, ensuring every team member understands their roles respectively and instills a sense of ownership in each member.
- Organize, lead and encourage participation in all scrum ceremonies (Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Demo, Retrospective)
- Proactively eliminate barriers, coach team members on best practices and facilitate scrum ceremonies
- Guide the team in creating Team Agreements for collaboration and communication and ensure that they are followed
- Lead collaborative discussion, decision making and problem solving
Manage the team to develop, capture and analyze metrics to facilitate team improvements - Partner with Product Owners to support product backlog definition, refinement, and sprint readiness
- Prepare and present reports on the progress and success
- Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Coaching teams to adhere to due processes to self-manage, not for micromanaging team members.
Scrum Master
WESTLAKE FINANCIAL
2017 - 2019
- Built an Agile team responsible for the successful rollout of instant auto pre-qualifying shopping service projects, significantly tied to the progress and realization of the Company’s objective to provide premium online car shopping experience for customers and Car dealerships through responsive innovative portals that track and monitor real time pre-qualify for auto financing.
- Managing the project development on Agile methodology, by promoting and supporting scrum and by helping everyone understand Scrum theory, practices, rules and values to create a positive mindset to Agile methodologies. Functioned as SCRUM master
- Support multiple scrum teams in continuously delivering innovative offerings in products we deliver to our existing customers utilizing the scrum framework.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create a positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Helps the team embrace SAFe Core values, adopt and apply SAFe principles as well as implement SAFe practices.
Promoted XP practices such as pair programming, peer review and TDD to the teams. - Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals; adopting Kanban techniques in the efficient delivery and release of products.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Facilitate Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives and sprint planning sessions to engage Stakeholders feedback, ensuring continuous team improvement, and efficient planning respectively to realize success throughout life of each sprint.
Project Team Leader
CLOUD PARTNERS
Lagos, Nigeria
2013 - 2017
- Led by example, applying thorough understanding of complex projects and business acumen to workplace challenges to motivate team members towards greater productivity.
- Built successful project plans covering objectives, resources and staffing to meet schedules and set tone for high productivity level.
- Provided management for internal personnel, contractors and vendors.
- Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and written and verbal communication skills.
- Identified potential risks and devised contingency plans, preparing team members to avoid and respond promptly to possible obstacles.
- Provided ongoing cost and estimate analysis reporting and managed cost allocation.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
Project Lead
INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC
Lagos, Nigeria
2008 - 2010
- Led team of engineers in providing design and engineering solutions to state ePayment tax collection plan
- Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
- Produced quality standards, checklists, report templates and processes.
- Met with stakeholders weekly and monthly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
- Planned, executed and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with contractual requirements.
- Provided team with coaching and direction.
- Drove team's execution of quality management throughout division, improving process effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, resource and process efficiency.
Education
Diploma Certificate - Computer Data Science
Harvard University (Extension)
Cambridge, Massachusetts 11.2023
Diploma Certificate - Finance & Insurance
Finance Manager Training
New York01.2021
Bachelor of Laws - Law
National Open University of Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria03.2017
National Diploma - Banking & Finance
The Polytechnics of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria03.2006
Skills
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
- Scrum Master
- Agile / Scrum Methodology
- Team building & people management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Business, Banking & Finance Analyst
- Computer Science
- Sales, Marketing, Written Communication
- Advance MS Office (Excel, Word, PPT)
- MySQL database management
- Performance Evaluation and Optimization
- Amazon Web Services - AWS
- API Design and Development
- Scripting: PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Javascript
- User Interface (UI) design: Adobe and Corel Draw
Accomplishments
- Winner, 2017 Rails Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
- Developed DRY package - an Atom Code Editor Package that helps developers / programers to speed up code writing during development
- Winner, Global Creative Contest (Sex Education category)
- Featured stories, poems and artworks in TakingITGlobal’s Panorama Magazine
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
- Business to Business Sales Certificate
- B2B Marketing Certificate
- Finance Manager Certificate
Additional Information
- Successfully led a community-based computer learning summer tutorial (Ms Word, Ms Excel and CorelDraw) with Ifako-Ijaiye-Ogba Youth Development Foundation reaching 150 participants in 2 editions in 2 years
- Supported ScholarshipWorld.Org, an organization that gives scholarships to middle school students across 6 South-West states in Nigeria reaching over 30, 000 participants so far
- Technical and financial supports to FreeGift International Ministry, a faith based Christian Live Drama Ministry to reach more people in West Africa countries and South Africa
Work Availability
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Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Timeline
IT Project Manager
NUWORK NETWORK - Part Time
03.2022 - Current
Agile Scrum Master
DEALERTRACK
01.2019 - 01.2022
Diploma Certificate - Computer Data Science
Harvard University (Extension)
Diploma Certificate - Finance & Insurance
Finance Manager Training
Bachelor of Laws - Law
National Open University of Nigeria
National Diploma - Banking & Finance
The Polytechnics of Ibadan
Scrum Master
WESTLAKE FINANCIAL
2017 - 2019
Project Team Leader
CLOUD PARTNERS
2013 - 2017
Project Lead
INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC
2008 - 2010
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