Ezekiel Nwafor
New Carrollton,MD
Summary
Certified Scrum Master with 5 years of experience in leading agile development teams and implementing Scrum methodologies. 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. 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 utilize analytical problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Articulate communicator with strong customer service skills.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Fidelity Investments
Richmond , VA
03.2021 - Current
- Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
- Led daily Scrum and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
- Monitoring the development progress throughout each sprint to ensure project was within scope and budget.
- Performed an active coaching role for organization wide Agile implementation
- Documented new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance.
- support team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
- Conduct regular retrospectives to identify areas for improvement and implement action plans to optimize team performance and delivery.
- Help track and report key metrics and progress of the team's work, such as sprint velocity, burn-down/burn-up charts, and team capacity. Assist in maintaining transparency and visibility of the team's progress and performance.
Agile Scrum Master
Best Buy
Pittsburgh, PA
01.2021 - 02.2022
- Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
- Trained and mentored highly effective teams to meet corporate service standards.
- Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.
- Enforced the values and principles of Agile by focusing on continues learning
- Fostered and encouraged interactions and collaboration amongst scrum teams.
- Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems and distractions to meeting team goals.
- Documented new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance.
- Facilitated Scrum events, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives for a cross-functional development team of 10 members.
- Implemented and maintained agile development tools, such as JIRA, for efficient backlog management, sprint tracking, and reporting.
- Identified and addressed conflicts or challenges that arose within the team.
Scrum Master
Capital One Bank
North East , DC
08.2019 - 11.2020
- Identified and addressed potential risks and bottlenecks, working closely with the Scrum Master to mitigate issues and maintain project momentum.
- Assisted in facilitating Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Help ensure that these meetings are productive, timeboxed, and focused on achieving the team's goals.
- Assisted the Scrum Master in managing the product backlog, including organizing and prioritizing user stories, ensuring that they are well-defined and actionable. Help coordinate backlog refinement sessions to ensure the backlog is groomed and ready for upcoming sprints.
- Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.
- Helped maintained relevant project documentation and tools, such as the team's Kanban or Scrum board and ensure that information is up to date and accessible to the team.
- Stayed current on emerging technologies and trends that could benefit production process.
- Help established and promotes best practices, templates, and tools for project planning, execution, monitoring, and control that helps ensure consistency and efficiency across projects.
- Ensured adherence to Scrum frameworks and addressed any deviations or misunderstandings.
- Helped team members understand and embrace Scrum, guide them in implementing agile methodologies, and promote continuous improvement.
- Ensured that meetings are effective, focused, and encourage collaboration and self-organization within the team.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Political Science
Enugu State University of Science And Technology
Enugu, Nigeria 10.2014
Skills
- Documentation and Reporting
- Project Team Coordination
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Complex Problem Solving
- Software Development, CI/CD, Cloud infrastructure automation, Networking Agile and Scrum methodologies
- Docker and kubernates container orchestrations
- Experienced AWS cloud platform user
- Scrum methodology
- Conflict resolution
- Conflict Management
- Team leadership and coaching
Additional Information
- Experience in practicing DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud Infrastructure Automation and Amazon Web Services.
- Continuous-integration using Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, and slack.
- Continuous delivery and configuration management (Jenkins plus Ansible).
- App Deployment on Kubernetes cluster.
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
- Devops Engineer Certification
Timeline
Scrum Master
Fidelity Investments
03.2021 - Current
Agile Scrum Master
Best Buy
01.2021 - 02.2022
Scrum Master
Capital One Bank
08.2019 - 11.2020
Bachelor of Science - Political Science
Enugu State University of Science And Technology
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