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                                            Jeremiah e. Agboiyi                                                                                                  

Expert in application of Information technology to streamline Software Development/Supply Chain Management.

Experience Summary:

Certified Scrum Master and with over ten years of IT experience. With domain expertise in Construction, Energy, E-commerce, Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas.  A servant leader – helping in facilitating and coaching team members with a focus on Agile methodology and Scrum principles aligned to the manifesto. Working closely with the Scrum team to complete sprints and deliver quality deliverables.  Facilitate the Scrum team - helped to maintain a vast array of skills ensuring the engagement and commitment of the team and lead the team to be passionate about their work. Coordinate with Operations Division and Development team using Agile methodologies to drive the Scrum framework in creating user stories that will deliver service model that supports the team. A self-motivated and self-Organized proactive and analytical Scrum Master with a strong Technical Background in software development and analysis, possess comprehensive years of experience as a Scrum Master, Business Analysis, client management and Supply chain/Logistics management. Ability to adapt, document and implement changes, motivate and drive process consistency.

CORE COMPETENCIES: Agile & Waterfall Methodologies, Project/Product Management, System/Software Implementation, Quality Assurance, Risk Mitigation, Conflict Resolution, Business Analysis, Sourcing/Materials Management, Inventory Planning/Forecasting, Materials acquisition/Budgeting, Procurement/Logistics Specialist, Certified Scrum Master.

Professional Experience:

WSP USA                                                                                                                              September 2015 – Present.

Scrum Master

Dallas, Florida, Puerto Rico.                                                                                                                                                  

Responsibilities:

·         Create an effective Scrum environment for the team, track burn down issues and progress and cleared impediments for the Scrum team by ensuring their needs are met and there are no obstacles hindering them from working properly.

·         Assist product owner in forming Scrum Team-Selecting developers, testers and business analysts

• Assisted product owner in creating, grooming and prioritize users story using Jira while employing techniques like Fist of Five, Planning Poker, wideband Delphi etc.
• Lead 2 Scrum teams in deploying software, also worked with offshore teams.

·         Protect development team from outside distractions, clearing impediments and resolving conflicts, keeping team focus on product backlog and project timeline. 

·         Work closely with product owner and development team in refining backlog and facilitate continuous delivery of features, goals and milestones.

·         Aligning, reinforcing and educating Agile methodology and Scrum framework to team members.

·         Facilitated Scrum Ceremonies - Sprint review, Demos, Retrospective, Backlog grooming and Daily stand up meetings. To keep the Scrum team fluid and transparent.

·         Collaborated and communicate with development team ensuring the customer’s requirements, deliverables acceptance criteria for each Project is clearly understood and maintained.

·         Motivate and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.

·         Provides solutions and continuous improvement opportunities to efficiently solve problems and provides critical thinking skills.

·         Delegated action items to each team member and manage, prioritized daily tasks based on deliverables and request deadlines.

·         Facilitates customer’s involvement to ensure their expectations are aligned regarding the development, delivery, and timely completion of their requests.

·         Managed and tracked sprints to ensure the Scrum team adheres to requirement and not permitting changes to sprint.

·         Managed and coordinate offshore teams to ensure smooth running of sprint and deliverables.

·         Coordinate and participate PI (Program Increment) planning and coached stakeholders in setting up ART (Agile Release Trains) and Solutions Trains.

• Aggregates team objectives into Program PI Objectives, creates and publishes the roadmap for visibility and transparency.
• Enabled improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning for sprints by identifying & tracking hidden tasks that increased customer satisfaction.
• Involved in Coaching new Scrum teams in various Scrum aspects and processes and adhering to the generally accepted Scrum rules for product/program/portfolio development

Agop Energy Services                                                                                                          January 2013 – August 2015.  

Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Midland TX.

Responsibilities:

·         Effectively engaged the team to maintain and update the backlogs, promote team buy-in and transparency while assisting to proactively identify risks, respond to risk and mitigate risks to deliver quality product in a timely manner.

·         Responsible for requirements gathering and delivery of Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional specification Documents (FSD), Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), as well as Test Plan, Test Scenario, Test Strategy and Test Case.

·         Monitor Sprint and product release using burn down charts and Scrum board to measure team progress, velocity and project status.

·         Analyzed and reported competitive economic and industry trends to marketing and Sales team.

·         Participated in Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and interviews with stakeholders, business users, Clients, Development team members, and subject-matter experts (SMEs) to communicate their perspective and gather requirements.

• Helped the team in Sprint review to review the potentially shippable product increment (PSPI) to the business users, higher management and all the other stakeholders.

·         Created and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to trace technical requirements to their business requirements and the test case requirements to their functional requirements.

·         Involved in writing Test Plans in accordance with the business requirements for the UAT and Implemented company’s business standards in SharePoint.

• Protected the team from over-commitment and prioritize resolution of defects/bugs. Achieving goals of addressing and resolving issues within short time frames.
• Working knowledge of other agile concepts such as continuous development and deployment, Test Driven development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Kanban, XP, Crystal, FDD etc.
• Worked on decomposing EPICs into smaller user stories for effective utilization by considering and identifying SMART tasks with the help of the team.

·         Collaborate with project stakeholders to negotiate scope boundaries, approaches to mitigate risk, priorities of specification elements, and adjustments as indicated to alleviate conflicting requirements.

·         Developed the project plan with assistance from the management and included provisions for project scope changes and issues and initiated efforts to make improvements.

·         Analyzing existing system to ensure it meets documented requirements standards and conducted project kick off meetings with team members to explain roles / responsibilities, relationships with other groups, deliverables, timelines, assignments and status reporting.

·         Responsible for change order management of assigned change orders, documenting change order requests from client and verifying existing system for new change orders.

Exel Logistics                                                                                                                          April 2003 – December 2012.                                                                        

Operations Manager

Houston TX.

Responsibilities:

• Supplier Interface:  Oversaw material flow and follow up system action message to eliminated downtime due to material issues, expediting and prioritizing purchase orders as needed and daily MRP review to insure supplier accuracy and timeliness. Preparing title change and return documentation to enhance change of ownership.
• Supplier communication and reporting: Reports suppliers non-confirms, managed requisitions, improved management visibility from shop floor through the entire supply chain avoiding shortages, preventing overages and meeting demand dates.

·        Collaborate with other departments and managements to determine materials that are needed and resolving any materials discrepancies.

·        Ensure purchase of necessary materials and maintaining inventory to ensure materials are readily available for field office and inspectors. Overseeing the distribution of materials as needed and helping in forecasting to plan future orders. Coordinate and supervise materials receiving process. Keeping and maintaining record of procured items, communicating and maintaining relationship with suppliers.

·        Coordinate the flow of information between production and accounting and helping to make sure all PO’s are processed and paid on time

• Lead and direct: Managing task, participating in weekly management meeting, training/cross training and development of team members. Lead research, track order acknowledgment by vendors, implement agreement for procurement, and obtain relevant data for report creation, prepares report on current materials procurement status leading to proactively engaging in processes for positive outcomes and sourcing strategies, reducing materials discrepancies by 15%.
• Supervised Materials acquisition and Budgeting: Managing the approval process and ensuring job specifications are met and followed. Ensuring that quality materials/equipment are purchased within organizational budget. Checking and following up on requisitions, analyzing bidder’s quote and managing projects in a cost-effective manner. Complies and execute strategies in accordance with company policies.
• Negotiating contracts and criteria’s, identifying cost drivers, checking and preparing quote for materials and analyzing price change justification, mapping out project scope, vendors/suppliers terms & conditions and schedules. Resolving vendors/internal customer issue. Establishing and communicating both internal and external priorities/delays and expediting when needed. Resulting in effective communication, lower TCO and meeting deadlines.

• Coordinate, ensuring timely deliveries by vendors. Control and evaluate the materials handling process, lead and direct materials flow and ensuring adequate on-hand inventory for daily production support. Effectively communicating and resolving issues that may slow down production and general warehouse maintenance. Leading to efficient performance, enhancing workflow and easing the AP/AR payment processes.
• Lead insight on planning experience in resolving discrepancies in production maintenance schedules.