A resourceful and solution-oriented professional with successful years of experience facilitating the delivery of solutions to clients. An analytical thinker, deft in evaluating and implementing processes while promoting a culture of continuous improvement. Impressive collaborator with experience in facilitating processes, excellence for agile methodologies, and best practices. A wealth of experience garnered in coaching and managing teams in diverse industries. Exquisite communication skills, versed in fostering self-organizing and high-performing teams.
Skills
Coaching & Mentoring
Facilitation
Team Collaboration
Effective Communication
Interpersonal skills
Enterprise Agility
Conflict Facilitation
Servant Leadership
Lean System Thinking
Project Management
Process Improvement
Agile / Lean Practitioner
Agile Software Development
Stakeholder Management
Risk Assessment & Mitigation
Work History
Agile Coach / Scrum Master, 05/2021 to Current Kareo – Remote
Account Executive
Sales
(Multiple States), CA,
Identify anti-patterns, coach team on Agile and Scrum practices, and guide team towards incremental delivery of value daily, meeting sprint goals, vision, and roadmap
Enhanced team efficiency by facilitating capacity planning and tracking velocity using metrics on Jira
Collaborate with Product Owner, Team members, and SMEs to define solutions and drive relentless improvement
Influenced peer pairing, team collaboration, and improved communication to ensure that flow of work is inhibited, increasing commitment by 20%
Build cross-functional teams to deliver solutions by organizing teams around features and encourage personal development of team members
Identify and resolve impediments and bottlenecks, manage dependencies, and shield team from external interferences thereby increasing team velocity by 15%
Support product owner in backlog grooming and facilitating sprint refinement ensuring healthy backlog for next sprint.
Scrum Master, 10/2020 to 04/2021 Kareo – Remote
Backend Api Engineer Iii
Development
Irvine, CA,
Establish alignment, collaboration, and process improvement by 25% by facilitating cadence events like sprint refinement, sprint planning, reviews, daily scrums, and retrospectives meetings
Guided team members in decision-making and problem identification and guide them to solutions
Identified and helped remove impediments to maximize value delivery at each sprint
Optimized communication and collaboration to build self-organizing team and achieve consensus towards delivering increments of value
Pioneered teams’ efforts towards continuous improvement
Utilized agile metrics to provide transparency and track sprint progress
Partnered with team in documenting DOD and ensuring acceptance criteria are met
Coached organization on agile knowledge, implementation, and adaptation to achieve desired mindset.
Scrum Master, 01/2014 to 12/2018 CCF Real Estates & Services, Anambra – City, STATE,
Projects: Glorious City Estate, CCF New Heaven Estate
Fostered adoption of Agile and scrum principles and practices shrinking time to market and increasing speedy delivery of value by 15%
Helped team better manage changes and deliver solutions to satisfy customer’s needs
Facilitated continuous feedback and transparency using information emitters resulting in open working environment
Supported product owner to keep product backlog healthy and prioritize backlog in preparation for sprint planning to ascertain effective deliverables
Maintained time boxing and inspired team participation in sprint events, driving continuous delivery and improvement
Accelerated delivery of value; identified dependencies, resolved impediments and shielded team from interferences.
Project Coordinator / Project Manager, 10/2008 to 12/2013 Sylver Oil Nigeria Limited – City, STATE,
Maximized transparency to track team velocity, making information radiators visible for all to provide transparency on progress
Promoted effective communication and collaboration within multiple onshore and offshore teams by 30% building consensus for achievement and continuous improvement
Prepared and distributed progress reports and metrics for key stakeholders and clients
Directed team by using organizational resources to improve work capacity and mentoring team members
Energized team by ensuring engagement in project and making meaningful contributions
Collaborated with stakeholders and team members to set realistic and achievable goals.
Education
Master of Arts: English Language and Literature, Expected in 12/2008 Nnamdi Azikiwe University - Awka, Nigeria, GPA:
Bachelor of Arts: English Language and Literature, Expected in 05/2004 Ebonyi State University - Abakaliki, Nigeria, GPA:
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