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United States

• Implemented the Scrum framework and facilitated scrum events such as Sprint planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives to guide cross-functional teams, resulting in a 20% increase in team.
• Utilized Jira to track project progress, manage tasks, and create visibility across the organization, enabling the team to make informed decisions based on burn down charts, velocity, and other Scrum metrics.
• Coached and mentored the team in adopting Agile practices, leading to a 10% improvement in productivity and delivery outcomes.
• Proactively removed impediments, ensuring the team remained focused on project goals and reducing project delays by 15%.
• Collaborated with stakeholders, data engineers, and the team to define project requirements, prioritize tasks, and align on business objectives, enhancing project success rates.
• Collaborate with other squads and participate in the SAFe ceremonies and events, such as the Program Increment (PI) planning, System Demos, and Inspect and Adapt workshops when required

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

• Conducted statistical analysis using ANOVA test, logistic regression, and Chi- squared test to extract meaningful insights from data and drive informed decision-making processes.
• Utilized R programming language to analyze and verify data integrity, ensuring the production of high-quality and trustworthy research results.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather, arrange, and correct data, significantly improving the quality of research presentations and increasing stakeholder engagement by 20%.
• Applied expertise in data analysis and visualization to deliver comprehensive research reports, effectively communicating findings and recommendations to diverse audiences.
• Ensured adherence to project timelines and milestones, leveraging Scrum methodologies to prioritize tasks, track progress, and meet research project deadlines successfully.

Greater Accra Region, Ghana

• Increased team delivery rate from 25% to 75% through effective coaching, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.
• Analyzed sprint metrics through visualization for better understanding of report resulting in 30% team improvement in project delivery and decision making for the upcoming sprint.
• Improved on-time delivery by 30% through effective sprint planning and proactive management of project dependencies.
• Collaborated with scrum team to define criteria for Automated Testing, Integration, and continuous delivery.
• Met quality standards by ensuring TDD (test driven development) was adopted during sprints.
• Reduced defects by 30% through the implementation of rigorous testing practices, ensuring high-quality electoral applications.

• Facilitate break-out sessions during PI planning and ensure team committed initiatives are well analyzed, understood and dependencies are clearly spelt out during PI.
• Facilitated Scrum events, such as Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives, leading to a 40% improvement in team collaboration and a 25% increase in on-time project delivery.
• Supported the product owner in writing various issue types, such as epics, stories, technical debts, and bugs, ensuring adherence to INVEST criteria and prioritizing them for action every sprint based on priority and.
• Proactively identified and resolved impediments, resulting in a 15% reduction in blockers and a 10% increase in team efficiency, leading to smoother project execution.
• Create Jira project board to track sprints and confluence board for documentation for established team ways of working, applications, and project implementation process.
• Create project plans and roadmaps on Jira to track team progress towards delivering program increment (PI) objectives every quarter.

Ghana

• Created and Implemented modules for students on Excel, networking, hardware setup, software installation, patch management and cybersecurity awareness.
• Conducted hands-on lab sessions to teach students practical skills in securing computer systems, detecting vulnerabilities, and implementing protective measures.

Master'S Degree, Development Economics And International Development

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd