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Olufemi Akinkuowo

Olufemi Akinkuowo

San Diego,CA

Summary

ABOUT ME: Mission - focused Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled and new teams; with more than 8 years of experience. Well-versed in coordinating software development life cycle (SDLC) projects with co- located, distributed and offshore teams. I am a self-starter who meets project deadlines and requirements while performing multiple tasks within fast-paced environments and complex projects. I respond rapidly and appropriately to changing circumstances; evaluate problems, make astute decisions to effect positive change, and refocus on new priorities. I thrive as a team player. Strong knowledge and experience using other agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

San Diego Gas & Electric Co
San Diego, CA
04.2022 - Current
  • Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
  • Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
  • Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.

WORKEXPERIENCE LOGISTIC SPECIALIST

United States Navy
San Diego, CA
01.2020 - 01.2023
  • Logistics Specialists are responsible for providing exceptional customer service operating financial accounting systems managing inventories of repair parts and general supplies that support ships, squadrons and shore-based activities to include the Military Postal System
  • Plan, direct, and control daily logistics and operational needs throughout the Supply Chain
  • Develop and maintain relationships with carriers, vendors,
  • Coordinate the transportation of goods from our warehouses to Fleet
  • Special Projects ar assigned

Scrum Master

United Healthcare Group
Elizabeth, NJ
05.2019 - 01.2020
  • Assessed each scrum, 's responsibilities and tasks to balance each employee's workload
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases
  • Planned Agile best practices and encourage team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity
  • Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity
  • Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement
  • Planned and arranged meetings with external organizations and individuals, enabling all parties to meet and discuss project progress
  • Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

SCRUM MASTER, Wells Fargo
Newark, NJ
03.2017 - 03.2019
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to find solutions and drive progress
  • Facilitated Scrum events such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand up, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
  • Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process
  • Applied agile methodology to help shorten lead and time and cycle time to achieve target
  • Asisted Product Owner, Value Steam Managers to draw up a road map for agile teams
  • Worked closely with Third Party Organisations to identify dependencies
  • Assisted Product owner to ensure Backlog is in good health

BUSINESS ANALYST/SCRUM, MASTER FCMB

Lagos
09.2012 - 01.2017
  • Conduct interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements
  • Worked with Project Manager to understand the vision of the product while prioritizing and developing software release planning
  • Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity
  • Implement user acceptance testing with a focus on documenting defects and executing test cases
  • Partner with product owner to ensure continuous refinement of backlog which may include stories on multiple projects
  • Built and utilized reporting systems to keep customers and management loop with latest information
  • Communicated with Scrum team members to keep the project on schedule
  • Gathered and disseminated project materials at key points to all stakeholders
  • Managed and motivate project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE -

University Of Lagos
2016

Skills

  • Public Speaking Project Management
  • Jira/Confluence/Azure
  • Devops Microsoft Office
  • PI Planning Capacity Planning
  • Development Team
  • Trainings Coaching
  • Webex, Zoom, Slack, Teams Risk Mitigation Planning
  • Planning and Coordination Conflict Resolution
  • Risk Identification
  • Backlog Management
  • Scrum Processes

Certification

  • Certified SAFe Scrum Master

Timeline

Scrum Master

San Diego Gas & Electric Co
04.2022 - Current

WORKEXPERIENCE LOGISTIC SPECIALIST

United States Navy
01.2020 - 01.2023

Scrum Master

United Healthcare Group
05.2019 - 01.2020

SCRUM MASTER, Wells Fargo
03.2017 - 03.2019

BUSINESS ANALYST/SCRUM, MASTER FCMB

09.2012 - 01.2017

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE -

University Of Lagos

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