Fru (Rodney) Ekeh, Orlando, FL | Professional and Certified Scrum Master
Technical Skills

Lead Agile Methodologies, Expert in MS projects & Excel,(Project tracking and management) Agile Development, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, Continuous Integration, Project Management, Agile Planning, Release Planning, ITSM/ALM, Miro, Jira/Confluence, Slack, Version One, Central Agile (Rally), Azure DevOps, Python, Pair Programming, Story Mapping, Facilitation, Coaching, Agile leadership, Risk Mitigation, TDD, ATDD, Test Automation, Continuous Integration, Conflict Resolution

Summary

?? Certified Scrum Master with 11 years of experience leading multiple teams through the agile transformation process and on various projects through SDLC using Agile frameworks such as Scrum and SAFe 5.0.

?? Working knowledge of SAFe and Kanban programs with skills in coaching, and facilitating ART execution including PI planning, Program backlog, PI objectives, and system demo and Tableau.

?? Experienced with Agile techniques, User Stories, BDD, ATDD/TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Continuous Deployment, Specifications by Example, Team/Pair Programming, Automated Testing, DevOps, and Agile Games.

?? Expertise using and teaching several Agile project management tools like Broadcom Rally (formerly CA Agile Central) JIRA/Confluence, Tableau, RTC and DevOps (cloud/on Premise) and ServiceNow.

Professional Experience

Sr Scrum Master | Old Republic Tittle (ORT), Orlando FL | January 2023-February 2024

?? Built the first scrum team at ORT, trained team, and delivered first three products at least 2 months ahead of schedule.

?? Led Agile training across the organization not excluding upper management.

?? Coached product owns on how to write user stories and on what is expected an Agile space for teams??? success.

?? Instilled accountability through training and coaching.

?? Derived various captivating ways to facilitate ceremonies such as retrospectives and sprint reviews to foster engagement.

?? Initiated first 3 sprints to establish baselines. Such as team???s velocity and team???s capacity.

. Used MS Project & Excel for comprehensive project planning, resource allocation, and portfolio management, ensuring successful project delivery on time and within budget.

?? Migrated from Jira to Azure DevOps where I illustrated metrics that will help teams and anyone else with vested interest in the project to be able to see and track the progress of project milestones.

?? Used MS Projects & Excel for high level planning, Time visualization, resource allocation, integration with project management tools and in reporting & portfolio management.

?? Presented team with metrics, burn down charts, lead time, and Circle time to breed more transparency.

?? Provided power point sprint report at the end of every sprint to PMO and upper management to show how the teams are doing and how we are burning down on the project.

?? Worked on ORT website with the teams to revamp the member experience.

?? Rewrote 4 applications (Closing Protection Letter, Product Ordering E-policy Payment, and Policy Jackets) and consolidated them under 1 landing page Called the TitlePod landing page.

?? Handled and delivered on a data Migration Project from Kentico11 to Kentico13.

?? Formed a Scrum of Scrum gathering with other scrum masters to instill good practice across the Organization.

Sr Scrum Master/Project Manger | Stephenson Construction Services INC, Orlando, FL | November 2017-January 2023

?? Orchestrated multi-million-dollar projects, spearheaded Agile transformations, and optimized workflows using industry-leading methodologies.

. Expert in stakeholder management, facilitating program events, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Proficient in utilizing tools like Broadcom Rally for efficient project planning, tracking, and management.

. Leveraged MS Project & Excel for comprehensive project planning, resource allocation, and portfolio management, ensuring successful project delivery on time and within budget.

. Led multi-million-dollar projects to provide a seamless onboarding experience to our customers by facilitating value stream identification using WSJF in sequencing features and capabilities.

?? Worked with Agile coaches in transforming the Digital solution for business (DS4B) from a waterfall environment to Agile by judiciously helping in drafting and implementing the ???Agile Transformation Playbook.???

?? Used Broadcom Rally (formerly CA Agile Central), for plan, track, and manage work while adhering Agile methodologies

?? Facilitated program events by working with Agile coaches to lead organizational change based on the SAFe 5 roadmap.

?? Supported stakeholders on Epics, negotiating agreement of scope, and planning system Demo, and Solution Demo.

?? Facilitated extensive Collaboration with Product owner and the entire team to have a shared understanding of the product goal enabling direct commitment to the Scrum Artifacts.

?? Led Pre-PI Planning and provides relevant business context in the defined PI agenda timebox.

?? Utilized MS Projects & MS Excel for planning, scheduling, and tracking projects. Specifically high-level planning, Time visualization, resource allocation, integration with project management tools and in reporting & portfolio management.

?? Participated in workshops to create the implementation roadmap and launching the first ART.

?? Coached and facilitated ART execution by coaching the RTE on his role and expectations.

?? Supported decision making with SEO and PSM regarding priorities, tradeoffs, including proposing ???what if??? scenarios for decision when competing priorities exist.

?? Analyzed Client purchasing methodology to optimize processes within SAP, customizing Automatic PO generation, updating Purchasing Info Records from purchasing documents such as PO and Outline

?? Partnered Scrum Masters to train product owners and onboard developers on working in an Agile/SAFe environment.

?? Trained teams in use of Agile tools like Jira, Confluence, Planning poker, Relative estimation, and other agile techniques.

?? Succinctly followed our Agile transformation playbook to help in Agile implementation.

?? Attended our Scrum Community of Practice meetings involving Scrum Masters and Digital Solutions for Business (DS4B).

?? Served the team in multiple capacities as a servant leader and facilitator by helping input features and stories in both our portfolio and workstream Jira boards and training BAs and Product owners on how to use these tools.

?? Scheduled and facilitated team level events including sprint planning meetings, daily standups, demos, and retros.

Scrum Master | Mission Health, Asheville, NC | May 2015-November 2017

?? Served 3 teams and supported the $17 million NextGen project to deliver comprehensive web-based information system.

?? Led successful Agile transformation techniques: Tuckman???s Model, Coaching, Mentoring, Teaching.

?? Frequent inspection of the product and adaptation to the transformation changes and input during the project.

?? Aligning development with customer needs and organizational goals colocation of resources to the same workspace.

?? Worked with delivery teams to improve the turnaround process time.

?? Involved in transformation of the IT teams involved in Multiple projects from ???fragile??? to Scrum.

?? Involved in facilitating scrum events as requested and as necessary

?? Introduced communication tools to facilitate communication with our distributed team members in Houston and Costa Rica

?? Coached members of the development team and the organization in better ways to adopt and practice agility.

?? Worked with two scrum teams to ensure that various phases of the project adhered to the scrum framework

?? Assess Scrum Maturity of teams and the organization and coach teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable. Encouraged and implemented process improvements. Created team???building opportunities

?? Enable and Follow-Up on teams to self-organize, self-manage & deliver following Lean-Agile practices.

?? Worked with three teams of business analysts, developers, architects, testers, and quality engineers to create unique applications to implement project work through excellent

?? Practiced great multi-tasking, priority analysis, reporting, and time-management skills in high pressure situations.

?? Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress through careful tracking and supported continuous improvement within the team through retrospectives.

?? Monitored the progress of projects and released the information to stake holders.

?? Used the burndown/burnup chart to monitor the teams??? work.

?? Participated in discovery sessions, interviews, prototyping, document-reviews, plan setup, plan configuration with clients.

?? Documented progress and communicated to upper management and stakeholders

Agile Scrum Master | Computer Task Group (CTG) Rochester, MN | October 2014-May 2015

?? Liaison between client area and technical organization by planning, conducting, and directing the analysis of highly complex business problems.

?? Updated and maintained standards and best Agile practices across teams with attention to detail.

?? Collaborated with product owner on Release planning, sprint planning, story grooming, and demo meetings.

?? Develop business architecture using requirements such as scope, processes, alternatives, and risks.

?? Worked with Delivery team to initiate Customer projects, including review of intake forms and business process reviews.

?? Analyze client???s business requirements and processes through documents, interviews, workshops, and workflow analysis.

?? Worked closely with my team???s tester to Conduct 5+ levels of testing including functional, regression, user acceptance, integration, and performance to verify the client???s needs are met

?? Communicate client???s business requirements by constructing easy- to-understand data and process models.

?? Engaged client to gather software requirements/business rules and ensure alignment with development teams are met.

?? Translated stakeholder requirements into well-defined epics and features for the backlog & hence refinement.

?? Evaluated risks related to requirements implementation, testing processes, communications, and training teams.

?? Draft and maintain business requirements and align them with functional and technical requirements.

*Additional Scrum Master Experience | 2013-2014

Education/Certifications

?? B.Sc. Banking and Finance, University of Buea, Cameroon. 2009

?? Asc. Sccrual Science Valencia College Orlando Florida

?? B. Sc. Health Service Administration, University of Central Florida. (4 Classes to go 2024)

?? Professional Scrum Master, PSM, Scrum.org

?? Certified Scrum Master, CSM, International Scrum Institute.

?? SAFe Scrum Master 5.0, SSM Certification, Scaled Agile Inc

?? Certified DevOps Foundations LinkedIn Learning

?? Certified Transitioning from Waterfall To Agile Project Management, LinkedIn Learning