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Agile Scrum Master
Oscar Ilonzeh
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London, United Kingdom
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5+ years of experience in supporting both agile and non-agile teams in their agility adoption, process improvement and delivery of customer satisfactory products.
I am passionate about my work and have the zeal to learn new technologies and approaches. I have good interpersonal and concise communicational skills. Loves building and empowering teams, watching the improvements as we inspect/adapt and evolve working practices drives me to constantly look for ways to support them better.
With a rich experience of working in different agile environments in delivering successful agile products to satisfied customers has given me vast knowledge in resolving conflicts, mitigating risks better, strategically tailor supports to individuals needs and coach others to actualize their potentials and surpass their past performances
Being both team-driven and delivery-driven, I am passionate in bringing both individuals and teams together in a cross-functional way and improving communications across the company to achieve business and user-centric goals, implementing the fundamentals of self-organization and continuous improvement along the way. Adept in Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile and Lean practices.
I am passionate about my work and have the zeal to learn new technologies and approaches. I have good interpersonal and concise communicational skills. Loves building and empowering teams, watching the improvements as we inspect/adapt and evolve working practices drives me to constantly look for ways to support them better.
With a rich experience of working in different agile environments in delivering successful agile products to satisfied customers has given me vast knowledge in resolving conflicts, mitigating risks better, strategically tailor supports to individuals needs and coach others to actualize their potentials and surpass their past performances
Being both team-driven and delivery-driven, I am passionate in bringing both individuals and teams together in a cross-functional way and improving communications across the company to achieve business and user-centric goals, implementing the fundamentals of self-organization and continuous improvement along the way. Adept in Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile and Lean practices.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2018 - ?
job
Scrum Master
The Telegraph.
* Proactively encourages early flagging of risks such as impediments as soon as they are discovered to aid quicker removal and managing the risks better.
* Guided the team in using the Kanban boards more efficiently to identify any workflow stoppers by continuously using the four practices of Kanban which helped visualize the process and expose any bottlenecks in the workflow.
* Lead initiatives in the organization and at team level to continuously improve our processes, practices, and communication i.e. incorporation of some elements in scaled agile to manage dependencies and integration issues.
* Facilitated scrum events ensuring the intended purpose and values are achieved and likewise constantly adding a touch of lean approach by reducing timebox of events to foster a more focused conversation.
* Coaches, mentors, teach and inspire my teams acting as an enabler for continuous improvement.
* Impart confidence in the team in their capability to achieve success.
* Routinely held 1-2-1's with all team members, helping them grow with the use of PDP's and career progression
* Guided the team in using the Kanban boards more efficiently to identify any workflow stoppers by continuously using the four practices of Kanban which helped visualize the process and expose any bottlenecks in the workflow.
* Lead initiatives in the organization and at team level to continuously improve our processes, practices, and communication i.e. incorporation of some elements in scaled agile to manage dependencies and integration issues.
* Facilitated scrum events ensuring the intended purpose and values are achieved and likewise constantly adding a touch of lean approach by reducing timebox of events to foster a more focused conversation.
* Coaches, mentors, teach and inspire my teams acting as an enabler for continuous improvement.
* Impart confidence in the team in their capability to achieve success.
* Routinely held 1-2-1's with all team members, helping them grow with the use of PDP's and career progression
Scrum, Scrum master, Agile, Continuous improvement, Lean, SoMe, Kanban, Integration, Workflow, Processes
2015 - 2018
job
Money Saving Expert
unknown.
* Worked closely with the team supporting them to identify, mitigate issues and risk and managing external dependencies.
* Acted as a mirror to the team by revealing areas room for improvements or risks whilst not helping them resolve so they can be empowered and make decisions by themselves.
* Constantly enabling the team, not doing the work for them, nor solving their problems for them or taking over meetings for them. Encouraged team to drive events and openly involve more with conversations leading towards decision making
* Guided the team in defining their purpose ensuring there is a sprint goal during sprint planning so we can have a direction in the sprint. This became a key to motivation and a success recipe for us. We developed a habit of always asking why before we got started on most things to be done especially if it is a new work coming in mid sprint.
* Used dashboard on Jira to communicate to the team and business on the status of our product (states of epic completion). This enabled better visibility for the stakeholders and delivery managers on teams' progress without having to come to the team to avoid distraction/disturbance.
* Worked closely with other scrum masters contributing to the successful creation and development of a community of practice, promoting the agile centre of excellence.
* Acted as a mirror to the team by revealing areas room for improvements or risks whilst not helping them resolve so they can be empowered and make decisions by themselves.
* Constantly enabling the team, not doing the work for them, nor solving their problems for them or taking over meetings for them. Encouraged team to drive events and openly involve more with conversations leading towards decision making
* Guided the team in defining their purpose ensuring there is a sprint goal during sprint planning so we can have a direction in the sprint. This became a key to motivation and a success recipe for us. We developed a habit of always asking why before we got started on most things to be done especially if it is a new work coming in mid sprint.
* Used dashboard on Jira to communicate to the team and business on the status of our product (states of epic completion). This enabled better visibility for the stakeholders and delivery managers on teams' progress without having to come to the team to avoid distraction/disturbance.
* Worked closely with other scrum masters contributing to the successful creation and development of a community of practice, promoting the agile centre of excellence.
Scrum, Jira, Agile, It, Motivation, Community, Development, Direction
2015 - 2015
job
Scrum Master
True Clarity.
* Promoted "we culture over I". Grew and improved an effective self-organizing, cross-functional, and disciplined team where individuals recognized that team success is more important than individual success.
* Helped the teams establish and abide by a set of norms that helped them govern their standards, behaviors, extreme programme practices and interactions to become high performing.
* Maintained an open, active, and reliable communication with all stakeholders.
* Incrementally delivering quality improvements to content solutions by supporting Product and Development initiatives
* Making sure that all possible obstacles that could affect the team are removed.
* Supported RTE in facilitating PI events where needed likewise managing teams risks and program escalation.
* Helped the teams establish and abide by a set of norms that helped them govern their standards, behaviors, extreme programme practices and interactions to become high performing.
* Maintained an open, active, and reliable communication with all stakeholders.
* Incrementally delivering quality improvements to content solutions by supporting Product and Development initiatives
* Making sure that all possible obstacles that could affect the team are removed.
* Supported RTE in facilitating PI events where needed likewise managing teams risks and program escalation.
Scrum, Scrum master, Content, Development, Performing
2013 - 2014
job
Site Supervision/Engineer
Angus Building Company.
* Worked closely with the team supporting them to identify, mitigate issues and risk and managing external dependencies.
* Supervised workers, subcontractors and work activities.
* Prepared and presenting site inductions, safety briefings and toolbox talks.
* Assessed and managing safety hazards.
* Ensured appropriate site rules and welfare facilities are in place.
* Carried out regular inspections.
* Helped project managers to plan the work programme.
* Helped co-ordinate deliveries of materials, plant, and equipment.
* Completed records for site reports.
* Attended site management meetings.
* Carried out regular inspections to ensure compliance with relevant legal requirements, processes and procedures.
* Raised safety concerns at the appropriate level.
* Resolved problems and implementing improvements
* Supervised workers, subcontractors and work activities.
* Prepared and presenting site inductions, safety briefings and toolbox talks.
* Assessed and managing safety hazards.
* Ensured appropriate site rules and welfare facilities are in place.
* Carried out regular inspections.
* Helped project managers to plan the work programme.
* Helped co-ordinate deliveries of materials, plant, and equipment.
* Completed records for site reports.
* Attended site management meetings.
* Carried out regular inspections to ensure compliance with relevant legal requirements, processes and procedures.
* Raised safety concerns at the appropriate level.
* Resolved problems and implementing improvements
Management, Compliance, Presenting, Safety, Supervision, Processes
My education
Coventry University
Bachelors, Civil Engineering
Bachelors, Civil Engineering
City University
MSc, Civil & Structural Engineering
MSc, Civil & Structural Engineering
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