OMOLADE M. ADEWOLE
Chicago,Illinois
Summary
Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams.
Effective communication and leading high-performance teams.
Well-versed in building positive relationships with the product owner, customers and other stakeholders.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
CHICAGO, IL
02.2019 - Current
- Assisting product owner manage product backlog by making sure that user stories are regularly groomed, prioritized by business value and are sprint ready
- Facilitating all Agile Ceremonies including Retrospectives, Daily Stand-ups, Product backlog grooming, Demo/Review and Sprint Planning
- Guide team on how to get the most out of the sprint by self-organizing themselves
- Coach and reinforce Scrum methodology and Agile framework to team members and stakeholders
- Remove impediments by finding right solution to ensure progress
- Building a trusting and safe work environment where issues can be raised without fear, blame and retribution
- Engaging with other Scrum Masters to increase effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
- Researching Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with team
- Provide all support to team using servant leadership style whenever possible, and facilitate team building events
- Resolving conflict among team by coming to consensus
- Effective communication with the team by making sure task boards are being updated
- Tracking and effectively communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress to all required teams and management.
- Facilitate Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Lead sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Manage product backlog and support Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Collaborate with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
Agile Scrum Master
Costco Wholesale IT Division
Chicago, IL
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
- Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
- Assessed Scrum maturity of team and organized and coached team to higher levels of development.
- Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Led sprint retrospective, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- 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.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
Project Manager
FAITHFUL GLOBAL CONNECTION
Lagos, NG
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Served as point of contact for teams when multiple teams are assigned to same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy
- Delegated tasks on projects to employees based on their skills and experience
- Professional and Effective communication with all clients and team members
- Facilitate meetings to review deadlines for off-shore and on-shore projects
- Scheduled meetings based on team and clients availability.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Managed projects from procurement to commission.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
- Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders.
- Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
- Oversaw high profile projects for by planning, designing, and scheduling phases.
- Fostered relationships with vendors to promote positive working relationships.
- Provided management for internal personnel, contractors and vendors.
- Drove team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance.
- Identified, reviewed and applied policies and procedures.
- Updated operational methods, oversaw accounting procedures, tracked information and compiled data to improve efficiency.
- Provided accurate, detailed quantity take-offs from project drawings and technical specifications.
- Reined in project costs while meeting key milestones.
- Headed project teams specializing in design and launch activities.
- Eliminated discrepancies in progress by reviewing performance, spend and timeline.
- Reduced expenditures by effectively negotiating vendor and service contracts to drive savings.
- Boosted revenues by coordinating and executing projects and growing inventory diversity.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Managed over 50 calls per day
- Built successful project plans covering objectives, resources and staffing to meet schedules.
- Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
- Adhered to budget requirements with excellent planning and consistent expense monitoring.
- Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
- Obtained needed resources by strategically negotiating with stakeholders and outside suppliers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Agriculture
Abeokuta, Nigeria2012
Skills
- Certified Scrum Master
- 6 years of experience as Scrum master leading technical and non technical team in agile environment
- Waterfall methodology
- Servant Leader, Mentor and Coach
- Coordination and Facilitation of all scrum ceremonies
- Excellent Interpersonal and Effective Communication skills
- Atlassian JIRA
- Confluence
- Microsoft teams
Certification
Scrum Master Certification (introduction to scrum master training) LearnQuest on Coursera.
Certificate Scrum Master Certification (Scrum Methodologies)LearnQuest on Coursera.
Certificate Scrum Master Certification (Scaling Agile and the Team-of-Teams) LearnQuest on Coursera.
Certificate Scrum Master Certification (Combining Scrum with Other Agile Methodologies) LearnQuest on Coursera.
Certificate Foundations of Project Management Coursera.
Certified Scrum Master ( Scrum Alliance certificate)
Timeline
Scrum Master
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
02.2019 - Current
Agile Scrum Master
Costco Wholesale IT Division
01.2017 - 01.2019
Project Manager
FAITHFUL GLOBAL CONNECTION
01.2014 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Agriculture
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