FAROUK DADZIE
Milwaukee,WI
Summary
Accomplished and forward-thinking servant leader with a mindset focused on growth and leadership. Certified Agile Business Analyst (LAI- AB) Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF), and Product Owner (SAFe). A strong skills as a Business Analyst, Agile Team Facilitator, Leading Team, and Scrum Master. Has 3 plus years of experience in delivering results through analysis, creative solutions, and high-level relationship-building skills to foster quality working relationships with teams, individuals, and stakeholders. Excellent communicator with a strong interest in personal development, team problem solving, and organization.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Business Analyst/Scrum Master
Northwestern Mutual
Milwaukee, United States
08.2021 - Current
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, Pi planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and retrospective
- Worked with business and development team to achieve customer satisfaction
- Helped identify organizational and team impediments and worked with the leadership team to create effective strategies to overcome them
- Worked with Test Engineer to do UI testing on an application
- Worked with Product Owner to clean over 80 percent of backlog items
- Stepped in as a Business Analyst to create user stories in Jira and managed tasks associated with respective user story
- Worked with team to identify critical system dependencies and provide business and application consultation for their project
- Facilitated story estimation sessions and backlog grooming sessions
- Developed Deployment Plan for feature release
- Fostered and helped team members to reach their potential by encouraging transparency, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Helped scrum team identify dependencies with other teams and communicate the status of dependencies during PI planning
- Helped improve organizational agility by defining and educating the team on standard best practices such as Definition of Ready and Definition of Done
- Assisted development staff with drafting project plans, and advising personnel on milestone planning.
- Investigated and addressed system issues to enhance usability and improve functionality.
- Helped deploy system enhancements to improve field operations.
Business Analyst/Scrum Master
Maya Partner
St Louis, MO
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Facilitated sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives
- Communicated user story statuses and escalating impediments when needed Independently
- Coordinated with project team and product owners to develop and update product roadmap
- Gathered project requirements by conducting 101 meetings and workshops then convert those requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and models
- Coordinated with product owner in backlog refinement and prioritize user stories
- Conducted story mapping sessions which help in visualizing user journey
- Worked with product owner and development team to decompose epics into user stories
- Worked with team to identify capacity and set realistic sprint objectives.
- Removed impediments to product success, leveraging cross-functional Scrum team talent to provide targeted solutions to unprecedented program errors.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Enforced alignment of project strategy with business objectives and made modifications to promote efficient project completion.
Team Lead/Safety Analyst
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee, WI
04.2017 - 03.2020
- Led and facilitated daily team meetings
- Facilitated communication within the internal team to determine a clear understanding of art project scoops
- Collaborated with various internal departments to learn and convey Museum information to enhance visitors' and vendors' experiences
- Led safety-related training as directed by upper management
- Provided support to the team using servant leadership style and leading by example
- Documented and analyzed art projects incidents and problems.
Intern: Crime Analyst
Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, WI
05.2015 - 08.2015
- Analyzed criminal intelligence information from a variety of sources such as previous investigations, legal instruments, information storage, and retrieval systems, and social media
- Developed slideshows mapping areas of concentrated criminal activity, and built criminal profiles based on careful analysis of crime patterns and occurrences
- Gathered crime data for a specific geographical area and jurisdiction
- Documented criminal incident data and preventative practices using predictive analytics
- Assisted with the improvement of new crime analytical capabilities, systems, and processes
- Facilitated daily roll calls and workshops to keep abreast of police technological advancements
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice/Sociology
Lakeland University
Sheboygan, WI05.2014
Skills
- Agile Team Facilitation, Scrum, Kanban, Business Analysis, Waterfall Methodologies, Time Management, and Project Management
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Scrum Ceremony Facilitation (Sprint Planning, Sprint Review / Demo, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum / Standup, Backlog & Product Grooming / Refinement)
- Organizational, and time management skills
- Team Building
- Interpersonal communication
TOOLS
- Microsoft Office, Visio, JIRA, Miro, Trello, Confluence, Zoom, GoogleMeet, Slack, Skype for Business
METHODOLOGIES
- Scrum/Agile, SAFe (Scaled Agile), Kanban, and Waterfall
Certification
- ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) Certified Agile
- Business Analyst (LAI-AB) Certified SAFe 5.0 PM/PO
- ICAgile Professional Certificate: Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF)
- Certified Scrum Master- in progress
Timeline
Technical Business Analyst/Scrum Master
Northwestern Mutual
08.2021 - Current
Business Analyst/Scrum Master
Maya Partner
03.2020 - 08.2021
Team Lead/Safety Analyst
Milwaukee Art Museum
04.2017 - 03.2020
Intern: Crime Analyst
Milwaukee Police Department
05.2015 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice/Sociology
Lakeland University