Maxwell Anekwe
Dallas,TX
Summary
A proactive, passionate and highly motivated Scrum Master with strong Technical Background and over 8 years of Professional experience working on Banking, Information Technology, Healthcare, and financial projects in an Agile environment. Experience coaching Agile Teams in self-organization and self-management, coaching organizations in the adoption of Agile Values and Principles.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
SCRUM MASTER
WELLS FARGO
08.2020 - 09.2023
- Guided cadence and synchronization at team level to improve effectiveness of progress towards iteration goals in daily stand-up meetings and ability to demonstrate working systems at end of the iteration
- Define and measure meaningful agile metrics to provide insights in these three team dimensions including Quality, Predictability, and Productivity
- Worked closely with other Scrum Masters in Agile Release Train (ART), facilitating team breakout sessions during PI planning, and participated in Scrum of Scrum (SoS) meetings
- Worked with Product Owner and Team in preparing for Program Increment (PI) Planning, and ensured dependencies were identified and negotiated with other Teams Pre, during and Post PI Planning event
- Oversee Monthly and Coordinated Releases (MR/CR), working with Dev team to create Change requests, get approvals, coordinate with platform team via Symphony and Document outcomes on Confluence
- Effectively assesses opportunities, gains support for improvements and follows through with implementation
- Shield teams from external interference, anticipate and address potential or actual impediments
SCRUM MASTER
CVS Health
02.2017 - 07.2020
- Worked collaboratively with product team to build and maintain a prioritized product backlog and set target dates based on velocity
- Effectively facilitated all Scrum meetings (Daily stand ups, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective and Backlog grooming)
- Fostered self-organizing agile teams
- Facilitate delegation of tasks and responsibilities among team members
- Removed impediments or guided team to remove impediments by finding right resource for given issue
- Worked with team to build structure that works best for team (TWA)
- Assisted with internal and external communication to improve transparency and radiate information
- Supported Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity, and innovation
PROJECT MANAGER
CVS Health
10.2014 - 02.2017
- Developed, implemented and managed team metrics, evaluate team metrics and make recommendations to teams and management for improvements
- At PMO level, worked with Program manager to champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Projects
- Work with Product Management to understand priorities and provide monthly metrics reporting
Education
Bachelor of Science -
University of Jos
2007
Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) Certification
Scrum.orgSafe Scrum Master 5.0 (SSM)
Scaled AgileProject Management Professional (PMP)
PMI.orgDevOps Training Course
Landmark TechnologyCybersecurity Training Course
Skills
- Agile, Scrum, Kanban, JIRA, Confluence, MIRO, Team Central, Skype, MS Teams, Outlook, Symphony chat, ServiceNow ITSM
- Backlog Management, INVEST, DOD, DOR, Release Planning, Capacity Planning, Estimation, T-Shirt Sizing, Fibonacci Series, Story Mapping, Impediment Management
- Relationship Management, Servant-Leadership
- DevOps, AWS, GitHub
Timeline
SCRUM MASTER
WELLS FARGO
08.2020 - 09.2023
SCRUM MASTER
CVS Health
02.2017 - 07.2020
PROJECT MANAGER
CVS Health
10.2014 - 02.2017
Bachelor of Science -
University of Jos
Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) Certification
Safe Scrum Master 5.0 (SSM)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
DevOps Training Course
Cybersecurity Training Course
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