WALE OLAWANDE
Calgary,AB
Summary
As a passionate advocate for business growth and organizational excellence, I thrive on the opportunity to contribute my leadership skills to solving crucial challenges and optimizing team performance. In my role as a Product Owner and Project Manager, I embrace the responsibility of fostering Agile practices within project development teams. By guiding iterative and incremental development processes, I ensure the team's unwavering commitment to Scrum values, practices, and rules.
My goal is to not only deliver tangible results but also to instill a culture of continuous improvement, driving growth, sustainability, and meaningful impact for both customers and stakeholders. I am dedicated to creating environments where teams flourish, innovation thrives, and every project is a testament to collaborative success.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner and Go-To-Market Strategist
DigiTech Systems Incorporation
04.2023 - Current
- Development of a substantive E-Commerce website
- Managed different projects in partnership with 3rd party service providers, digital agencies and global brands such as Sony, Modern electronics and Infratech
- Collaborated with clients to define product vision, goals, and requirements for technology and website development projects
- Slashed product backlog by 52% by limiting the design in process in the inventory and working with an aging idea funnel helping the team with prioritization
- Translated stakeholder needs into user stories, prioritized features, and maintained a dynamic product backlog
- Facilitated effective communication between development teams, UI/UX designers, and stakeholders
- Drove 32% increase in engagement by enabling educational leadership to use the most relevant, engaging features and content in a timely, efficient manner
- Provided guidance, training, and resources for the completion of projects on Web-design, software design and SaaS
- This led to the implementation of the software and product adoption with a download of 175K subscribers within the first two weeks after launch
- Budget monitoring and resource control to effectively and efficiently deliver the projects as assigned.
Project Manager - 5G Roll-out
EXP International Inc.
02.2022 - 03.2023
- Defined and communicated the technical vision, goals, and requirements for telecommunications and 5G network initiatives
- Enhanced team efficiency by 27% by demonstrating proficiency in JIRA in managing iterations and developing reporting dashboards
- Translated intricate technical requirements into user stories, prioritized features, and maintained an adaptive product backlog
- Minimized distribution issues reported in the first 30 days post go-live by 30.4% by being highly available to the team, attending daily standups and providing a critical eye in all sprint demos
- Improved the team success by 31% by ensuring the development team understood both the customer and business impact of their deliverables
- Ensured compliance with industry standards and best practices in telecommunications and 5G network development
- Maintained 100% up-to-date roadmaps tailored to defined stakeholder groups.
Project Manager
Terragen Energy Solutions
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Managing cross functional teams of developers, system architects/Engineers, product owners and sponsors
- Led the development and launch of the APG
- Drove a $350K sales by translating the user/customer experience and needs into actionable product resulting in sales at scale
- Reduced employee turnover rate by 21% by consistently enabling the team and growing their skills and outlining clear project roadmaps for them to follow
- Work with the team to Analyze product requirements and develop appropriate roadmaps and programs to ensure they are achieved
- Maintaining a healthy backlog and protect the team from unhealthy external influence.
Product development Manager
Boom Global Systems & Technology (Boom GST)
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Led the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from concept to delivery, in the web payment domain
- Oversaw cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer expectations
- Developed and communicated product roadmaps, defining feature prioritization and delivery timelines
- Implemented agile methodologies reducing time-to-market by 25%
- Collaborated with UI/UX designers, engineers, and stakeholders to create seamless and secure payment experiences
- Implemented Agile methodologies, conducting sprint planning, review, and retrospective sessions for efficient project execution
- Ensured compliance with industry standards and security protocols in web payment solutions
- Ensured compliance with PCI DSS and other security standards.
Project Manager
Boom Global Systems & Technology (Boom GST)
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Constant liaison with the system architect to design and develop the projects workflow model
- Led the planning, execution, and delivery of integrated online payment platforms for e-commerce clients
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, UX/UI designers, and stakeholders, to ensure project alignment with business goals
- Boosted team productivity by 17% by creating and updating all project deliverables per the Agile Framework on all assigned projects
- Managed stakeholder expectations and increased their engagement by 15% providing regular updates on project progress and addressing concerns, risks, proactively
- Facilitate the constant meetings with stakeholders and sponsors for better, seamless communication as regards, API's and back-end integration with the systems -Integrating with banks and other relevant financial institutions
- Coordinating all 3rd party vendors and contractors to ensure effective project delivery timelines.
Product Development Manager
TMWC Group
Australia
01.2009 - 01.2013
- Prevented a $75K loss by collaborating with Product management and Engineering in identifying risk mitigation strategies, ensuring that risk was communicated early and often
- Serve as an enabler between the sponsors and the agile team
- Ensure continuous workflow optimization and process development.
Logistics, Supply chain & Procurement assistance
National Petroleum Investment Services (NNPC/NAPIMS)
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Supervise contractors' payments and documentations
- Ensure all company assets are properly in the EMS (Enterprise Management Software).
Project Management Executive & Business analyst, Intern
ACCENTURE (Formerly Arthur Anderson)
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Worked with the IT department during the merger & acquisition in the banking industry to ensure seamless integration of all inter-banking platforms, Customer Management Systems (CMS) Ops, Financial control (FinCon) and HR.
Education
BSc. In Business Administration -
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Agile/Scrum methodologies
- User-centric design thinking
- Web development technologies and frameworks
- Stakeholder management and engagement
- Go-To-Market strategy
- Agile Frameworks
- Risk Assessments
- Product Planning
- Salesforce CRM Software
- Market Trends Analysis
- Data Analytics
Affiliations
- Member, ForbesBLK
- Member, Agility11 (Agile All-Stars)
Certificates Trainings
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) - Agility 11
- Google Digital for Africa - Google
- Applied Psychology; Matching Strategies with Consumer Personalization - Alison
- Management Course - Analyzing Competitors & Customer Personalization - Alison
- Product Management - Piston & Fusion
- Effective Marketing for present day Consumer - British Council
Core Skill Set
Digital Marketing: SEO, SEM and APIs., Campaign Management: GTM, Strategy Development, Channel Management, Event Planning and Budgeting., Retail Marketing Processes: Creative Development, Instore and Outdoor Branding, Promotions and Sales., Product Management: Product Strategy, Launch Events, USP Documentations, Vendor Relationship: Stakeholder Analysis, Vendor Assessment, Communication Management., Event Management Tools: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Eventbrite., Process Improvement: SWOT Analysis, GAP Analysis, User Acceptance Testing and Data Analysis., Marketing Automation: Salesforce Marketing and Adobe Experience Cloud, CRMs: Skynamo, MS Dynamics, and HubSpot., Analytics: Google, Adobe, Hotjar, Facebook, Data Visualization Tools: Tableau and PowerBI., Agile Tools: MS Project, JIRA, Azure DevOps, PI Planning tool under SAFe. 6.0, Slack and MS Teams, Presentation: PowerPoint, MS Visio, Tableau, Excel, and Videos.
Timeline
Product Owner and Go-To-Market Strategist
DigiTech Systems Incorporation
04.2023 - Current
Project Manager - 5G Roll-out
EXP International Inc.
02.2022 - 03.2023
Project Manager
Terragen Energy Solutions
01.2019 - 01.2021
Product development Manager
Boom Global Systems & Technology (Boom GST)
01.2016 - 01.2018
Project Manager
Boom Global Systems & Technology (Boom GST)
01.2014 - 01.2015
Product Development Manager
TMWC Group
01.2009 - 01.2013
Logistics, Supply chain & Procurement assistance
National Petroleum Investment Services (NNPC/NAPIMS)
01.2007 - 01.2008
Project Management Executive & Business analyst, Intern
ACCENTURE (Formerly Arthur Anderson)
01.2006 - 01.2007
BSc. In Business Administration -
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