Kelvin Ibezim

Acted as scrum master for agile teams, Facilitating scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers, developers, and other stakeholders to create a comprehensive inventory of design elements, including typography, colors, icons, components, and patterns.
• Led the implementation of the scrum framework within a 6-member team and worked closely with the Product Owner, Developers, and QA, in achieving sprint releases.
• Acted as a bridge between UX designers and developers, ensuring that design specifications were effectively translated into functional user interfaces.
• Establish a standardized naming convention and file organization system to ensure consistency and ease of navigation within Figma projects.
• Encouraged a user-centered approach by advocating for the integration of user research findings and usability testing feedback into the design process.
• Prioritized the alignment of UX design efforts with project goals and user needs, balancing creativity with practical considerations such as timelines and resource constraints.
• Collaborated with the product owner to prioritize and refine the backlog, to create a well-defined backlog of API modernization tasks and data initiatives, driving a 35% increase in strategic goals.
• Communicated dependencies and potential risks to the completion of a sprint, ensuring adherence to scrum practices while mitigating risks that may impact project deliverables.
• Introduced and implemented a customized JIRA dashboard, enhancing transparency and real-time reporting for stakeholders, leading to a 30% reduction in status update meetings.
• Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative environment that facilitated effective communication and shared understanding of Sprint goals.
• Facilitated stakeholder engagement, ensuring that all relevant parties were actively involved in the project lifecycle, promoting transparency and collaboration..
• Utilized data-driven insights to drive innovation, identifying opportunities for process optimization and implementing improvements that positively impacted project outcomes.
• Ability to break down business requirements into concise JIRA/AZURE tickets (Epics, user stories, tasks) and define acceptance criteria in proper backlog management.
• Conducted regular training sessions on Agile principles and Scrum practices for team members, leading to a 35% increase in team engagement and a smoother transition to Agile methodologies.

• Facilitated Agile-related events (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives) and supported the active management and disposition of decisions, issues, and risks.
• Promoted/facilitated communication and collaboration within the Agile team to support value delivery and Sprint commitments.
• Utilize Figma's commenting and feedback features to encourage collaboration and gather input from stakeholders throughout the design process.
• Supported the professional development of UX designers by providing opportunities for skill enhancement, mentorship, and exposure to emerging trends in UX/UI design.
• Worked closely with software engineers, product managers, and engineering teams to get high-quality products and features through the SDLC (build, test, and release on time).
• Managed project schedules, identified possible issues, and communicated them to project stakeholders.
• Provided cross-functional coordination with Engineering and Product Management and inter/intra team communications to deliver outstanding program outcomes.
• Facilitated requirements gathering in the form of user stories, and QA acceptance criteria/test cases, and presented demos to key stakeholders.
• Leveraged tools and methodologies such as wireframing, prototyping, and design thinking workshops to facilitate collaboration and iteration within the UX design team.
• Developed and maintained project charters, communication plans, metrics, and reporting mechanisms to track progress.
• Led successful cloud migration projects from on-premises data centers to cloud platforms, achieving cost savings and scalability improvements.
• Maintained release and dependency plans across Engineering teams and external partner
• Updated Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product, sprint backlogs, and tickets in both Jira and ServiceNow
• Managed projects within the integrated user experience portfolio, ensuring alignment with the industry's best architecture patterns and security practices.
• Utilized data visualization tools to create insightful reports and dashboards, providing key stakeholders with actionable insights to drive decision-making processes.

• Maintained project schedules by managing timelines and making proactive adjustments and closely collaborated with team members to identify and quickly address impediments.
• Led and facilitated Agile ceremonies for cross-functional teams working on machine learning and artificial intelligence projects.
  • Coordinated the development of an API integration between an e-commerce platform and an external inventory management system. The project aimed to automate product listing, update real-time inventory levels, and provide sales analytics.
  • Initiate the establishment of a design system by assessing the project requirements, identifying key components, and defining design principles that align with the project goals.
  • Assisted the team with the introduction of SAFe, mapping epics within an over-arching goal and how our team would be coordinating work with other teams through Big Room Planning/Program Increment Planning
  • Effectively track Team's progress and team's KPIs including Burn down chart, velocity chart, user story estimation, and release forecasting utilizing JIRA, Confluence, and rally in managing workflows across boards.
  • Lifecycles Worked closely with UI/UX designers to break down complex functionality and features into structured, intuitive UI using Figma and Fig jam
  • Presented project plans, timelines, and requirements to clients. ServiceNow was used to initiate and track risks and changes
  • Fostered and nurtured professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration throughout project lifecycles.
  • Led and guided technical delivery teams, applying a profound understanding of processes and methodologies to consistently achieve high-quality solutions. Maintained a hands-on approach to ensure project success.
  • Coordinated and facilitated the entire software development life cycle, utilizing SDLC, and tools such as JIRA and Confluence, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables.

• Utilize enterprise project management tools and applications to provide project status and reporting, while adhering to PMO processes, documentation standards, and best practices
• Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and navigating through ambiguity to productivity.
• Achieved project outcomes across all technical teams using my analytical skills and resources collected hard data metrics to develop business cases.
• Outlined work plans, determining resources, wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of
  project scope determination, Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives,
  timelines, and milestones.
• Collaborated with UI/UX designers and engineers, and DevOps to define solutions and drive progress.
• Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to stakeholders and business clients

• Outlined work plans, determined resources wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
• Create, manage, and update project charters, schedules, risk management plans, communication plans, project budgets, gate reviews, and project management documentation.
• Exposure to project deployments using CI/CD Framework, Familiar with other agile approaches: Kanban, XP, Familiar with testing techniques, TDD, BDD, Unit testing.
• Worked on solution design document(SDD) & and process definition document (PDD) and contributed to the design and development of bots using automation anywhere and UiPath.
• Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to key stakeholders and business clients using SharePoint, Power BI, and Ms. Suite.

• Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
• Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues during project execution.

• Managed key responsibilities in B2B organizations
• Led business insights as a self-starter, Using business metrics to pivot company goals and managed a roadmap to increase ROI from 22%- 90% in the first year
• Analyzed key aspects of the business to evaluate factors driving 100% results and summarized them into presentations.
• Implemented Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase velocity within the first year of adoption by 60%.
• Effectively manage time and prioritize tasks and work streams to achieve department and business goals
• Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.