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Carl Ikomey

Carl Ikomey

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Accomplished Scrum leader with a track record of implementing Waterfall and Agile methodologies in achieving business goals and objectives. Providing leadership, direction, strategy, and vision in the areas of IT and product development, to facilitate and enable growth and business agility. Significant experience working with local as well as overseas customers, Scrum Teams, and Project Managers for securing & executing concurrent projects. Ability to handle end-to-end management of multiple projects from conceptualization and visualization to technology mapping and final execution of projects. Good Facilitator in all Scrum Ceremonies. Combine analytical knowledge and relationship-building skills to engage the Scrum Core Team at all levels of a project. Excels at identifying areas of improvement, ensuring the highest efficiency in Projects.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1

IIBA Advanced Business Analysis

Work History

Scrum Master

Suncor Energy
Fort McMurray, AB
11.2018 - Current
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Lead sprint reviews, daily scrums, and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided the necessary training to create a positive mindset toward Agile methodologies.
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
  • Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
  • Facilitate Daily scrum meetings, update log impediments and monitor burndown and burn-up charts to keep scrum team on track.

Scrum Master

CAPCO
10.2015 - 03.2018
  • Facilitate, coach, and mentor team members to follow all the agile best practices and create an ideal Agile environment.
  • Help the team remove impediments and escalate impediments that are outside of the team's purview and make sure the team is on track through the sprint to achieve the target.
  • Conduct all Scrum Ceremonies, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo Sessions, Sprint Review and Retrospective Sessions, Sprint Backlog Grooming Sessions, and Sprint Planning meetings.
  • Communicate with awide variety of vendors, and stakeholders, both business and technical, to ensure value-driven delivery and continuous improvement of the team (via implementation of Sprint Retrospective session’s feedback/suggestions).
  • Able to work with Product Owners and Client teams to ensure the team has a healthy backlog and prioritizes the backlog for upcoming sprints working in collaboration with Product owners.
  • Report the timely progress of the sprint via burn-down/burn-up charts and other reporting methods (as per project needs) to the PO and stakeholders involved.
  • Assessing the team’s velocity and collaboratively setting up the sprint targets accordingly to make sure the team is neither overloaded nor under loaded.

Scrum Master

LEVIO Site Internet
Edmonton, AB
01.2015 - 07.2015
  • Demonstrated true servant leadership by staying on top of any impediments or blockers faced by the team and escalating to the right channels
  • Proficiently organized and facilitated Daily Scrum, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Sprint, and Release Planning.
  • Collaborated closely with the product owner on backlog grooming to keep product backlog healthy and prioritized, ensuring acceptance criteria were agreed upon and stories were ready for sizing
  • Supported the Product Owner to ensure the backlog has sufficient prioritized user stories at a
  • Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
  • Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.

Education

Bachelor of Arts -

University of Yaounde
Yaounde - Cameroon
10.2001

Master of Science - Supply Chain Management

University of Liverpool
Liverpool UK
09.2013

Skills

  • Share Experiences and Encourages Collaboration within Scrum Team
  • Organizational and Time Management Skills
  • Good Communication and Listening Power
  • Optimism and Servant Leadership Flexibility, Persistence, and committed
  • Coach for Development Team and taking Responsibility
  • Ability to work with Product Owner, Stakeholders

Technical Skills

  • Agile methodology and Waterfall Methodology
  • SAFe framework, SDLC, PMLC
  • Kanban Framework
  • Jira, Balsamiq and Confluence Skills

Certification

  • SCRUMstudy Scrum Master Certified
  • IIBA Certified Advanced Business Analysis

Timeline

Scrum Master

Suncor Energy
11.2018 - Current

Scrum Master

CAPCO
10.2015 - 03.2018

Scrum Master

LEVIO Site Internet
01.2015 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Arts -

University of Yaounde

Master of Science - Supply Chain Management

University of Liverpool

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