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🔎Mentored and coached four teams in transitioning to a new Agile environment and Lean best practices, resulting in a 15% increase in project efficiency.🔎 Led Scrum Ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and sprint planning, fostering improved team collaboration and communication.🔎Created and delivered comprehensive training materials for Scrum Masters and teams, enhancing their understanding of Agile best practices and improving team dynamics.🔎 Provided ongoing coaching and guidance to the Product Owner and Development Team on backlog refinement and effective prioritization strategies.

🔎Orchestrated and managed enrollment and recruitment activities, resulting in a 10% increase in the number of prospective candidates enrolled.🔎Led multiple teams in the recruitment and admissions process, offering support in program assignments, job placement, and scholarship applications.🔎Utilized Applicant Tracking Systems to maintain a candidate pool through the Career Services Department, ensuring students' successful employment opportunities.🔎Delivered responsive and informative interactions with students, setting clear expectations for the admission process.

🔎Organized and facilitated Agile planning, daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and sprint and release planning, contributing to a 20% increase in project delivery efficiency.🔎Collaborated effectively with faculty, administrators, and cross-functional teams to drive Agile adoption.🔎Managed SaaS tools for Microsoft Suite, project management, and CRM Salesforce to support remote work environments.🔎Developed and delivered over 30 training materials to help teams’ transition from a waterfall mindset to Agile, resulting in improved sprint performance.

Atlanta, Georgia

🔎Accurately forecasted new student enrollments, collecting data to measure project performance and contributing to a 30% increase in student retention.🔎Managed inquiries and provided support for prospective students and parents, achieving weekly performance goals.🔎Reviewed and improved recruitment strategies and student applications, conducting interviews that directly impacted student retention.🔎Played a vital role in quality improvements for planning, infrastructure, employee retention, and academic assessment.

🔎Coordinated Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, sprint reviews, daily scrums, and sprint retrospectives, fostering timely project deliveries.🔎Provided leadership and coaching to more than five teams, facilitating Agile methodologies' successful implementation.🔎Selected as a central point for the escalation and removal of impediments and risk management, effectively managing complex issues.🔎Authored and delivered clear written and oral communications on project progress and status to internal and client teams, ensuring transparency and alignment.🔎Created and implemented strategic initiatives and identified multiple organizational impediments with other Scrum Masters and Campus Executive Leaders to improve overall successful Agile transformation.

Chicago, Il

🔎Led strategic planning and reinvention team for student programs in driving delivery leveraging scaled agile practices and ceremonies.🔎Selected as one of 300 participants city-wide to serve as a centralized point for the escalation and removal of impediments and risk management.🔎Helped increase first time, full-time college student graduation rate by 17% and increased adult education transitions by 171% quarter over quarter.🔎Ensured the development teams practiced Agile principles. Completed retrospectives and product demonstrations regarding student success, and resolved action items--while assisting product owner with backlog maintenance.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Activities and Societies: Campus Activities Board (CAB)-Student Involvement & Leadership Development CHANCE Program Public Relations.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business/Corporate Communications

Activities and Societies: TRIO NBGSA- National Black Graduate Student Association Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education.