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Theodore Njinyah

Columbus,Ohio

Summary

Certified Scrum Master /Business Analyst, with well-rounded experience in the development of IT projects and programs. Specialties include Agile/SCRUM Methodology, Rapid Application Development, Kanban and XP, and good knowledge of SAFe. Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused, and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager/Scrum Master

RxSense
03.2021 - 04.2024
  • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally
  • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint demos, retrospectives, Using Azure DevOps( TFS) to manage product backlog and report team metrics. etc
  • Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
  • Efficiently managed Issues/Risk resolution follow-ups and escalation
  • Prioritized backlog to meet the expectations of stakeholders
  • Managed team of development engineers, architects, and lead personnel within a technical team environment Facilitating Scrum of Scrum and Daily Stand-ups for offshore Scrum teams in Cameroon and India
  • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours
  • Coordinate and manage code releases and shared APIs with other IT groups
  • Publicizing the team's progress and successes to make sure they are highly visible to product owners/stakeholders
  • Successfully led the development of projects from conceptual to prototype to product release.

Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Fifth third Bank
04.2019 - 10.2021
  • Monitored and facilitated scrum processes and team meetings for product and service development
  • Led daily scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects
  • Worked with Project Managers, Developers, and Product Owners to drive projects to production, meeting deadlines and outcomes
  • Strong understanding of project management methodology and PMO standards
  • Ensured scrum process is followed properly by the development team
  • Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation, and implement with other scrum masters in resolving impediments
  • Worked with product Owners and End Users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs
  • Documented new features and strategies as well as Users Stories and criteria for Acceptance
  • Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches
  • Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems, and distractions to meeting team goals
  • Delegated tasks to each team member, regularly assessing workloads to complete tasks on time and within project parameters.

Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Boeing
06.2017 - 03.2019
  • Servant Leader responsible for facilitating Scrum Ceremonies (Daily Scrum, Grooming, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Sprint Planning)
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (Daily Scrum, Grooming, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Sprint Planning)
  • Provide coaching on agile methodologies
  • Responsible for providing metrics, project estimations and timelines to client
  • Manage development on java and ETL platforms
  • Responsible for escalating impediments to Sr
  • Management
  • Managed dependencies between other scrum teams (Scrum of Scrums), third parties, and other non-agile waterfall teams
  • Managed the work of consultants, allocating, and utilization of resources in an efficient manner by maintaining a cooperative, motivated, and successful team
  • Resolved cross-functional issues at project level by active communication
  • Tracked and reported status and metrics throughout the project.

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Kaiser Permanente
03.2013 - 04.2017
  • Defect tracking prioritize outstanding defect in reporting system
  • Coordinate between development team and the management team to resolve any conflicts/defect in team of requirements
  • Expertise in developing test cases, Test plans and procedures in manual and automated test environments
  • Motivate team players with excellent business, analytical, communication, presentation, and management, technical and written skills
  • Capable in prototyping documents, models and attributes for consistency, completeness, and risk minimization
  • Involved in client interaction and support to the marketing team
  • User meeting resolve implementation and performance issue
  • Excellent communication and partnership skills which are essential for interaction and communicating with key shareholders at all level across the company to manage, in front and influence outcome.

Education

Bachelor’s in Business Administration -

University of Yaounde
Cameroon
03.2010

Bachelor of Science -

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance
Germantown, MD
02.2023

Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master (SSM)
10.2022

Skills

  • Organizational operations through adoption and implementation of lean agile best practices, as well as boost team collaboration, communication and performance while increasing return on investment Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, Feature Driven Development, Scrumban, SAFe, DevOps, LeSS and DA) Good understanding of SAP Security including different SAP releases, ECC, CRM,SOX, APO, HR, BI, S/4 HANA and GRCGood understanding of Power BI and BI tools
  • Jira, Visual Studio Online, TFS (Azure DevOps), Rally, Git , ServiceNow, Jenkins , Docker , VersionOne, Planview E1, Cloudera

Languages

English
Limited Working

Timeline

Project Manager/Scrum Master

RxSense
03.2021 - 04.2024

Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Fifth third Bank
04.2019 - 10.2021

Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Boeing
06.2017 - 03.2019

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Kaiser Permanente
03.2013 - 04.2017

Bachelor’s in Business Administration -

University of Yaounde

Bachelor of Science -

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master (SSM)

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