Adebowale Ajayi

• Led 4 Agile teams in network-related projects, focusing on routing, switching, and protocol optimization to enhance network performance and reliability.
• Collaborated with network engineers to establish and maintain "Definition of Done," ensuring network projects meet quality and performance standards.
• Proactively identified and resolved network-related impediments, Both technical, resource-related, and organizational, to maximize team productivity and project efficiency.
• Facilitated all Scrum Events including Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, and Product Backlog Refinement. Workshops with stakeholders.
• Assisted in defining and deploying forward order processes and facilitated continuous improvement of existing processes.
• Monitored story points, tracked sprint progress, and maintained burndown charts to guarantee that network projects were consistently completed on time and within scope.
• Planned and tracked sprints closely and helped the team to focus on commitments &delivery.
• Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to teams and management.
• Organized & facilitated team and organization Agile maturity workshop sessions.
• Worked with team to align technical project priorities with business goals, ensuring streamlined flow of communication and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Prepared various dashboards in Azure DevOps which reflects risks, dependencies, and impediments.
• Helped Product owner with effective management of Features, Epics, Stories, and prioritization.
• Ensured INVEST criteria were met for all user stories in backlog.
• Effectively supporting Delivery Squad through changes in objectives and re-prioritization of requirements.

• Optimized procedures and products through utilization of Agile and Lean principles.
• Successfully established Agile practice and migrated team from Waterfall to Agile.
• Boosted productivity and minimized issues leading to defects tracking by monitoring risks and upstream/downstream dependencies at program level.
• Reduced operational risks by instructing teams on delivery controls and regulatory measures.
• Identified opportunities to Improve team performance and assisted in developing self-organizing techniques through team feedback, Kanban metrics, charts, and reports.
• Elevated backlog health by mentoring product owner and team on backlog refinement and prioritization.
• Assisted development team and mentor other Scrum Master through strong product expertise, technical strategies, as well as product intent.
• Facilitated two data teams migrating from data to ERP (Project Mercury).
• Aided Data Platform and Data Insight teams in efficiently establishing safety, security, and functionality of varied customers' data.
• Oversaw mature Agile teams amidst struggle period during Agile delivery.
• Collaborated with teams to maintain product quality and consistent delivery while adhering to Agile principles. Discovered and resolved challenging issues or escalated to formal channels, peer networks, and S2S.
• Broke down program epics into granular vertical slices that do not span iterations or program increments through collaboration with program directors and product owners.

• Effectively guided three scrum and one Kanban teams
• Creating working agreements, establishing and helping teams by all means to achieve their Sprint Goals
• Facilitated retrospectives using innovative game techniques and closure of action items on improvements.
• Educated and coached the teams on the usage of Jira & Confluence tools.
• Took ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, and coordinate directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremony.
• Helped Product owner with effective management of backlog.
• Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all user stories in backlog.
• Ensured teams are adhering to DOR and DOD criteria.
• Optimized workflow efficiency, lead ceremonies and ensured smooth delivery.
• Educated and ensured Agile/Scrum implementation methodology, practices, values and framework were adhered to by team members while resolving impediments by coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional team
• Assisted in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work.
• Coordinated scrum team's Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings, Sprint Retrospective Meetings, and Backlog Grooming meetings.
• Contributed to ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile and Traditional Project Management

• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives which led to value delivery to stakeholder
• Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset toward Agile methodology
• 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.
• Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.

• Developed and presented project and funding proposals.
• Defined project scopes, cost estimates and schedules.
• Managed projects while defining scopes, establishing schedules and estimating expenses.
• Assessed vendors to confirm business and labour practices aligned with company standards.
• Optimized business and management practices to improve all facets of project development and execution in all Key Account Outlets
• Managed brand project to achieve first-class customer service and in-store activation
• Manage trade incentive program to optimize investment in retail and key account outlets

• Conducted regular meetings with team to discuss issues, concerns and updates.
• Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
• Identified trends and assessed opportunities to improve processes and execution
• Established and implemented departmental policies, goals and objectives.
• Drive effective consumer engagement program to grow brand equity

Channel Development and stakeholder management

• Grow business by +10% over SPLY via target monitoring and achievement
• Ensure brand availability, Visibility, Distribution and Correct Pricing in all Horace outlets
• Conducted regular meetings with team to discuss issues, concerns and updates
• Established and implemented departmental policies, goals and objectives