Emmanuel Olajide Ssm, Popm Email & Phone Number

United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Facilitate key Scrum ceremonies to enhance teams’ collaboration and efficiency, including Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Remove the software development team’s impediments, resolve conflicts, support the team’s needs, and promote Agile's core values and principles, substantially improving team productivity and engagement.
• Mentor and coach team members in adopting Agile best practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), nurturing a culture of continuous improvement, self-organization and autonomous work.
• Implement and maintain relevant Agile metrics and reporting, such as burndown charts, velocity, and cumulative flow diagrams, to provide visibility into project progress and identify areas for improvement.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues, escalating them appropriately to ensure timely resolutions align with company policies and best practices.
• Spearhead continuous process improvement initiatives to optimize team efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Elicit business requirements through diverse methods including stakeholder interviews, document reviews, collaborative workshops, process mapping, and workflow assessments, transforming insights into comprehensive.
• Facilitate key Scrum ceremonies to enhance team collaboration and efficiency, including Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Partner with the Product Owner to prioritize the product backlog and communicate product roadmaps, facilitating seamless alignment among cross-functional teams and reducing time to market for crucial milestones.
• Gather and analyze user feedback, market research, and data to understand user needs and incorporate insights into product planning and development processes, increasing user satisfaction and engagement.
• Create and update project artifacts including workflows, process flows, requirements documentation, project plans, test plans, release notes, user guides, and workshop training materials.
• Develop comprehensive business cases for new features and improvements, providing detailed cost-benefit analyses and projected ROI to support strategic decision-making.

United States

• Spearheaded the Agile transformation for the IT organization, developing a roadmap and overseeing the achievement of milestones to establish robust Agile practices.
• Collaborated with senior leadership to promote and secure support for the Agile transition roadmap, enhancing organizational alignment and commitment.
• Authored business cases for the adoption of Agile tools aimed at improving transparency and collaboration across teams.
• Played a pivotal role in forming cross-functional teams by coordinating with department leads, boosting interdisciplinary cooperation and efficiency.
• Provided coaching and mentoring to teams on the utilization of Scrum and Kanban frameworks, elevating team proficiency and Agile adoption.
• Assisted new Product Owners in crafting and refining product backlogs to align with the definition of "Ready," ensuring readiness for development sprints.

Lagos State, Nigeria

• Participated in and led customer-facing communication, reporting on Sprint progress, burn-down chart, velocity, and story points, which contributed to a 15% increase in customer retention.
• Mentored and coached team members in Agile best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement, leading to increased individual and team performance.
• Spearheaded Agile Ceremonies such as PI Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups (DSUs), Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Proactively identified and addressed impediments to minimize external interference that could impact the team's productivity and focus, enabling team members to remain dedicated to sprint goals.
• Spearheaded agile implementation for scrum teams, resulting in a 40% increase in team velocity, driving the successful completion of 15 high-priority user stories per sprint.
• Increased revenue by $200,000 (converted) through analysis of data surrounding customers’ behaviors, vendor relationships, stakeholder goals, and workflow.

Lagos State, Nigeria

• Monitored and reported on project progress, key milestones, budgeted hours, and other critical metrics to stakeholders, consistently maintaining high adherence to project schedules, costs, and risk assessments.
• Translated user stories into test cases and supported Quality Assurance testing activities, contributing to the successful launchof the company’s first enterprise application, which achieved significant user downloads.
• Provided sprint and release updates to project management and leadership through visual representations such as burn-down and burn-up charts, enhancing transparency and stakeholder engagement.
• Identified, assessed, and managed project risks and issues, escalating them appropriately to ensure timely resolutions in line with company policies and best practices.
• Led the development of user stories and detailed business requirements, streamlining the process and significantly reducing the time required to develop new product features.

• Created detailed project budgets and resource estimates through data analysis and coached and trained team members to utilize the Agile development framework.
• Fostered a committed team atmosphere that encouraged creativity, research, innovation, and continuous enhancement, leading to practical outcomes.
• Managed over 100 annual events and cultivated robust client relationships to guarantee positive experiences, generating an 85% repeat business rate.
• Performed data collection and management, compiled project reports, presented program and project updates, and conducted presentations during project status meetings.

Master Of Science - Ms, Management Information Systems, General, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics, Second Class Upper Honors