GEORGETTE ACHIMBI
Charlotte,NC
Summary
Results-driven Project Manager and Scrum Master with extensive experience in leading cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and drive agile transformations. Proven track record in assembling project teams, assigning responsibilities, and optimizing resources to ensure timely and successful project delivery. Adept at fostering collaboration and communication, maintaining comprehensive project documentation, and implementing data-driven strategies for process improvements. Skilled in managing stakeholder expectations, enhancing team performance, and prioritizing initiatives aligned with organizational objectives. Seeking to leverage expertise in project management and agile methodologies to drive impactful results in a dynamic environment.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Accrue Partners, Inc. (Contract)
Charlotte, NC
01.2023 - 12.2024
- Successfully led Agile teams to deliver high-quality products by facilitating key Scrum ceremonies (Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives), ensuring team alignment, and continuous improvement.
- Increased team value delivery by 30% through establishing measurable metrics to track progress and encourage continuous improvement.
- Removed impediments, and guided the team toward efficient collaboration, self-organization, and ownership.
- Utilized JIRA for backlog management, user story tracking, sprint planning, and generating detailed status reports to monitor team progress.
- Coached team members and stakeholders on Agile principles, promoting transparency and trust, while fostering a culture of collaboration.
- Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to both team members and management, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Collaborated with the Release Train Engineer (RTE) during PI Planning to align on objectives, strategy, and timelines for successful Program Increment execution.
- Served and supported the Product Owner and Development Team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality value to customers, with predictable outcomes.
Scrum Master
SSI-Schaefer Systems, Inc. (Contract)
Charlotte, NC
06.2019 - 10.2022
- Protected the teams from overcommitment, managed the backlog, and prioritized the resolution of defects and bugs, resulting in the on-time delivery of a major initiative.
- Tracked visibility configurations and other management tools to keep business partners engaged, leading to a reduction in feedback time.
- Shielded the teams from external interference to ensure optimal functionality and productivity.
- Supported the teams in identifying and gathering requirements for building a CI/CD pipeline, enabling frequent deployment to production.
- Built a trusted and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem solving.
- Facilitating discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
- Assessed maturity of the teams and organization, coaching the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
Scrum Master
Emerson Automation Solutions
Houston, TX
08.2016 - 05.2019
- Engaged with fellow Scrum Masters to identify opportunities for improvement across delivery processes, driving organizational change, and achieving a 10% value increase per quarter in sprint goal delivery.
- Facilitated discussions and conflict resolution while empowering the team to self-organize.
- Promoted quarterly Agile health check meetings to identify areas for improvement and helping the team develop potential solutions.
- Assisted the Product Owner, other project leaders, and the Scrum team in adopting an Agile mindset, defining, and familiarizing the team with the Definition of Done and Definition of Ready.
- Focused on enhancing Agile practices and values by actively coaching team members on a growth mindset and advancing current Agile adoption.
Accountant
Atlantica Management USA, Inc
Houston, TX
06.2010 - 07.2016
- Provided financial reporting, including monthly profit and loss statements, budget forecasting, and cost analysis.
- Acted as the subject matter expert in finance during Kanban meetings, collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Provided operational support across accounts receivable, accounts payable, customer service, and other units to enhance cross-functional collaboration.
- Supported management and auditors with reporting and financial analysis to ensure compliance and transparency.
- Created communication plans and validation processes for successful implementation of production changes.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Belhaven University
Houston, TXBachelor of Science - Finance
Missouri Western State University
Saint Joseph, MOCORE INTERESTS
Community Of Practice / BeingAgile ConsultingSkills
- JIRA, Confluence, and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint)
- Scrum, Kanban, Backlog Refinement
- Sprint Planning, Retrospectives
- Conflict Resolution
- Agile, Scrum, SAFe, SDLC
- Team Empowerment, Coaching
- Development team trainings
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Project Management
- Team Empowerment and Coaching
- Process Improvement Initiatives
- Functional and Technical Documentation
- Conflict Resolution
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Risk identification
- Requirements gathering
- Agile best practices
- User story creation
Certification
• Certified SAFe 5.0 Scrum Master (SSM) - Scaled Agile, Inc.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
Timeline
Scrum Master
Accrue Partners, Inc. (Contract)
01.2023 - 12.2024
Scrum Master
SSI-Schaefer Systems, Inc. (Contract)
06.2019 - 10.2022
Scrum Master
Emerson Automation Solutions
08.2016 - 05.2019
Accountant
Atlantica Management USA, Inc
06.2010 - 07.2016
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Belhaven University
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Missouri Western State University
CORE INTERESTS
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