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Ugonna Gloria Onwukeme

MARIETTA,Georgia

Summary

Experienced servant-leader with a proven track-record of delivering high-quality software using Agile Frameworks such as Scrum, SAFe, and Kanban. Mission focused Scrum Master with over 7 years of experience coaching, mentoring and managing highly skilled teams on large-scale projects. Well-versed in leveraging cross-functional IT, Agile, and QA teams to complete project deliverables on time and within budget. Demonstrated success applying project management best practices, technical expertise, and business acumen to consistently achieve targeted results while building positive relationships with product owners, team members and stakeholders.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

Asbury Automotive Group
08.2022 - 02.2024
  • Embraced a servant leader role, proactively removed impediments, while facilitating Agile Ceremonies and instilling the culture of continuous improvement and iterative development.
  • Managed and organized cross-team dependencies, encouraging effective communication and cohesion; resulting in a 25% reduction in delivery cycle time.
  • Proactively coached and mentored both Agile teams and Scrum Masters in SAFe principles and Program Increment planning, resulting to a collective team performance improvement.
  • Partnered closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to improve and prioritize the Program Backlog, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives and maximizing customer value enhancing transparency for stakeholders and promoting data-driven decision-making.

Scrum Master

Cox Automotive
03.2020 - 08.2022
  • Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies and planning of releases, removing impediments, providing guidance and supporting cross-functional teams.
  • Introduced and encouraged team to explore healthy Agile development practices, focus on quality and technical excellence predictable delivery, automation and continuous delivery.
  • Enabled stakeholder engagement and communications plans such as; handling of complaints, problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions and lessons learned and the collection and dissemination of relevant information.

Project Coordinator

Corvinus University Of Budapest
12.2016 - 01.2020
  • Liaised between departments to facilitate communication and keep appropriate parties updated on project developments.
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to stakeholders.
  • Prepared meeting agendas and minutes for distribution and record keeping.
  • Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations And Affairs

Corvinus University of Budapest
Budapest, HU
02.2020

Skills

MS Office, Leadership, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Project Management, Risk Management, Agile Development & Best Practices, Agile Frameworks - Scrum, Kanban, XP, JIRA, SAFe, Lean

Certification

PSM, MCP, IAPM, CFM

Timeline

Scrum Master

Asbury Automotive Group
08.2022 - 02.2024

Scrum Master

Cox Automotive
03.2020 - 08.2022

Project Coordinator

Corvinus University Of Budapest
12.2016 - 01.2020

Bachelor of Arts - International Relations And Affairs

Corvinus University of Budapest
Ugonna Gloria Onwukeme