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Selly Dumbuya

Washington,DC

Summary

Adept at constructing and planning workloads in order to promote improvements to product design and implementation. Excellent relationship-building, organizational and project management skills with a focus on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Owner

Michael Thompson Consulting
11.2022 - Current
  • Owned and prioritized product backlog.
  • Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
  • Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
  • Focused on building critical features up front in order to identify constraints and technical challenges.
  • Coordinated with software developers to create custom applications and trackers to achieve client goals.
  • Conducted market research to identify new opportunities and target markets.
  • Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data, and budget factors.
  • Improved website visibility through development and implementation of SEO strategies.

Project Manager

MedStar Health
Beltsville, MD
09.2017 - 08.2022
  • Manage team responsible for the design, configuration and implementation of the complete PeopleSoft HCM solution for the project which includes benefits, time, payroll, employee self-service, managers self-service and PeopleSoft HCM processes and forms
  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
  • Oversaw the upgrading of office systems with a new real-time scheduling software, ensuring better workflow and higher customer satisfaction
  • Oversaw the communication across departments to plan weekly all-hands meetings to ensure that all projects were planned and executed in conformity to recommended standards and company mission
  • Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
  • Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets.
  • Built and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.

Agile Scrum Master

Wells Fargo
Washington, DC
05.2012 - 08.2017
  • Led 2 cross functional teams of business analyst, java developers, DBA’S, and QA teams in the development of various platforms, and web systems
  • Increased team morale and performance, providing servant leadership and coaching to the team to encourage adoption of agile mindset, principles, core values and practices
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Collaborated with the Product team, PMO, Stakeholders, and Scrum Team in finding better ways to continue approach implementation, mitigate risk, and solve problems
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Facilitated the process of prioritizing, and refining requirements, estimating, breaking down user-stories, and establishing a goal for a successful sprint
  • Establish and monitored metrics for tracking progress in cycle time, lead time, release burn-down, burn-down chart, defects/quality, and the value being delivered
  • Created a trusting and safe environment for the Scrum team where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving.

Education

MBA - Accounting

Strayer University
Online
12.2022

Skills

  • Project management
  • Product development
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Kanban / safe / scrum
  • Automated testing
  • Mobile / Web Development
  • Risk management
  • Change Management
  • Data Migration
  • Servant leadership
  • Conflict resolution
  • Process Optimization
  • Effective Communication
  • Jira/ mural/ Miro/ Confluence
  • TDD/ Devops / SDLC
  • Google Analytics
  • Waterfall
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Problem Resolution
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Developing Software Applications

Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Certified SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master

Timeline

Product Owner

Michael Thompson Consulting
11.2022 - Current

Project Manager

MedStar Health
09.2017 - 08.2022

Agile Scrum Master

Wells Fargo
05.2012 - 08.2017

MBA - Accounting

Strayer University

Certified Scrum Master

Certified SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master

Selly Dumbuya