Olawale Williams
Scrum Master
Hamilton,ON
Summary
Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Scrum Master
GLS Canada
Toronto, ON
02.2021 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
Scrum Master
Digital Bananas Technology
London, United Kingdom
03.2019 - 02.2021
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Supported IT product owners in product backlog compilation and maintenance, addressing recurring concerns and recommending improvements based on user feedback.
- Supported Agile team collaboration, accountability and visibility through thoughtful orchestration of team dynamics, goal setting and talent recruitment.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
Business Analyst
Bell Canada
Mississauga, ON
08.2016 - 02.2019
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Performed competitor bench-marking analysis to identify manufacturing savings opportunities and potential product enhancements.
- Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.
- Evaluated trends to understand competitive environments and assess current strategies.
- Led cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts and opportunities of technology changes.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
- Researched competitors to build report of rising trends in telecommunications markets.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Supported leadership team with reporting, analysis and business presentations to inform divisional strategies.
- Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
- Analyzed open orders, backlog and sales data to provide sales team with insights.
- Drafted reports on company financial metrics to assess successes and account for deficiencies.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences And Humanities
University of Toronto
Mississauga, ON 01.2010 - 06.2013
Skills
Meeting facilitation
undefinedCertification
CSM
Timeline
Scrum Master
GLS Canada
02.2021 - Current
CSM
07-2019
Scrum Master
Digital Bananas Technology
03.2019 - 02.2021
Business Analyst
Bell Canada
08.2016 - 02.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences And Humanities
University of Toronto
01.2010 - 06.2013
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