Yves Ndoping
Buford,GA
Summary
Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
Sr Scrum Master | Project Manager
Georgia Power Company
Atlanta, GA
05.2022 - 11.2023
- Effectively managed 2 Scrum teams in a SAFe environment to update and redesign the “Georgia Power Company” App to capture PII, display rates and send out alerts to customers
- Worked with RTE and PM to establish roadmaps, create Features/Epics to facilitate PI planning and led the teams through execution and delivery of PI goals
- Liaised with other teams on the ART to resolve dependencies and mitigate risks
- Engaged PO and teams in constant refinements to ensure a healthy backlog and proper understanding of business requirements
- Coached the teams and some stakeholders on SAFe/Agile practices
- Led the team through multiple PI plannings and represented the team in all ART level meetings
- Redesigned the release management process and constantly updated the release pipeline
- Identified and implemented process improvements in areas such as Release Management and Reporting metrics which significantly improved our overall process
- Helped restructure Digital-ai (VersionOne) to properly align to Agile values
- Coached teams and stakeholders through PI plannings and facilitated Agile ceremonies.
Sr Scrum Master | Release Manager
Allstate Insurance Co
Northbrook, IL
03.2020 - 01.2022
- Manage 1 Scrum team of senior engineers tasked with redesigning the “Allstate mobile App” to update existing features and add new features such as Get quote, Doc & Coverages, Legal, Claims, autopay, eSignature and find Agent
- Managed 2 Kanban teams to find, triage and fix any defects from product deployment
- Track and report Operational Readiness across all backend components
- Provide daily updates to business and stakeholders on operational readiness of all components
- Effectively managed three teams through multiple PI plannings: resolving dependencies, attending scrum of scrums and providing all ART level updates and metrics
- Redesigned, Tested, deployed, and supported Allstate mobile App successfully
- Reduced production outages and stabilized production environments by effectively coordinating production support teams to Find, Triage and Fix defects in a structured manner
- Facilitated chaos engineering meetings to improve components leading to better Prod outcomes
- Coached scrum team on Agile values leading to team maturity, while coaching Kanban teams on WIP management, continuous workflow, Triage/Prioritization, and defect resolution.
- Streamlined project delivery by conducting daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and review meetings for multiple projects simultaneously.
Scrum Master | Contract
JJ Tech Inc
02.2015 - 01.2020
- Establish objectives and manage the scrum team members in execution of projects while adhering to best Scrum practices
- Work together with the Product owner in prioritizing the product backlog and liaise with business managers to exceed project objectives
- Mitigate risks and exploit opportunities
- Established release manager functions from the ground up through collaborative efforts with directors, program managers, development managers, quality assurance, change management team and handle multiple large scale infrastructure releases across the organization
- Key Accomplishments: Educated and reinforced Scrum methodology and Agile framework to team members and key stakeholders
- Effectively coached team and Product owner on story point sizing and Feature Mapping
- Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally
- Worked with product owners in Backlog refinement and continuous delivery of Features/objectives
- Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning and other scrum/team related meetings
- Protected development team from outside distractions, tracked and resolved
- Impediments/dependencies so the team stayed focused on sprint goals
- Modeled core agile principles of collaboration, transparency, iteration, empowerment, prioritization, and team accountability.
Education
Associate of Science - Computer Programming
Gwinnett Tech
Lawrenceville, GA08.2024
Bachelor of Science - Economics
University of Dschang, Western Province Cameroon
Dschang, Cameroon10.1999
Skills
- Team Building
- Process Improvement
- Communication
- Agile Transformation
- Agile Methodologies
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Agile Project Management
- Change Management
- Servant Leader
- Project Planning
- Waterfall Methodology
- SAFe
- Product Backlog Management
- Agile Coaching
- Scrum Framework Expertise
- Project Tracking
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Development Team Trainings
- Software Development Life Circle (SDLC)
- Coach
- Empathy
- Conflict Resolution
- Facilitator
- Release Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Trust & Relationship Building
Languages
French
Professional Working
Affiliations
- volunteering
Certification
- Scaled Agile – SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM – SASM)
- Scrum Alliance – Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
- Scrum Study – Scrum Fundamentals Certified
Workflow Tools
- Digital Agility (VersionOne)
- Jira
- Rally
- Azure DevOps
- Confluence
- Mural
- Miro
- MS all
- Service Now
- SQL
Timeline
Sr Scrum Master | Project Manager
Georgia Power Company
05.2022 - 11.2023
Sr Scrum Master | Release Manager
Allstate Insurance Co
03.2020 - 01.2022
Scrum Master | Contract
JJ Tech Inc
02.2015 - 01.2020
Associate of Science - Computer Programming
Gwinnett Tech
Bachelor of Science - Economics
University of Dschang, Western Province Cameroon
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