IKECHUKWU MADUKA EKWUNIFE
Rosenberg,TX
Summary
Dynamic Scrum Master with a proven track record at DIV HOSPITAL SERVICES, enhancing team performance through servant leadership and effective communication. Expert in agile methodologies, I successfully reduced spill-over stories by 35% while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. Committed to delivering high-quality results and driving project success.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
DIV HOSPITAL SERVICES
Houston, TX
05.2021 - Current
- Monitored progress of sprints, providing visibility into project status for stakeholders.
- Assisted with release planning and coordinated efforts between multiple teams working on related projects.
- Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
- Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
- Organized meetings between stakeholders from different departments to discuss potential solutions or strategies.
- Worked closely with senior management and other stakeholders during strategic planning sessions for upcoming releases.
- Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
- Developed training materials to educate stakeholders about agile methodologies.
- Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
- Participated in feature design discussions offering insights from an Agile perspective when necessary.
- Supported the development team in understanding user stories, acceptance criteria and definition of done.
- Acted as a servant leader to the development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.
- Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
JUNIOR SCRUM MASTER
FINBERS GROUP
Houston, TX
04.2019 - 07.2022
- Assisting in facilitated all scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospectives, to continuously add quality value to the business.
- Coordinated with product owners on backlog grooming to ensure READY items for the next sprint, reducing spill-over stories by 35%.
- Supported the Scrum team and ensured that the teams understood the product vision, product road map, and story mapping, which created the team's motivation to deliver value to the business continuously.
- Implemented internal and external communication to improve transparency and accountability which enhanced the team's performance by 10%
- Identified risks associated with sprint goals and worked with the team to mitigate them.
- Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
- Negotiated to secure favorable quotes and contracts for supplies.
Education
Master of Science - data science
DUNSTER BUSINESS SCHOOL
SWITZERLAND05-2025
Bsc - Accounting
Ebonyi State University
Abakaliki, Nigeria10.2005
GED -
Government high school
Lagos, Nigeria10.2000
Skills
- Servant leadership
- Team training development
- Presentation skills
- Empathy and emotional intelligence
- Scrum framework expertise
- Communication excellence
- Attention to detail
- Customer service
- Team leadership
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Agile methodology
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
- Public speaking
- Kanban knowledge
- Agile coaching
- Meeting facilitation
- Requirements gathering
- Adaptive leadership
- Leading scrum meetings
- Retrospective analysis
- Risk identification
- Backlog management
- Sprint planning
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library
- Oceanic Leadership Training institute
Timeline
Scrum Master
DIV HOSPITAL SERVICES
05.2021 - Current
JUNIOR SCRUM MASTER
FINBERS GROUP
04.2019 - 07.2022
Master of Science - data science
DUNSTER BUSINESS SCHOOL
Bsc - Accounting
Ebonyi State University
GED -
Government high school
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