CHUKWUEMEKA EMMANUEL OKEKE
Grays,Essex
Summary
PERSONAL PROFILE A Project Manager/Certified Scrum Master / Engineering Professional with a proven record of effectively managing all stages of various technological projects. Successfully delivered projects in PRINCE2 and Agile environments while leading cross functional teams of about 9+ to ensure high-quality deliverables are achieved within timeline and budgetary targets. Successfully coached team to be high performing and self-organized, through collaborative relationships and facilitate all scrum events, resolved complex issues, and won customer loyalty by frequent and early delivery of value.. An excellent negotiator and team player. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager/Scrum Master
High Tech IT and Engineering
07.2019 - Current
- Worked closely with the Product Owner in defining the product goal & road-map - Worked effectively within the Scrum Team to remove impediments and track them in Jira - Guided the team through continual improvement process and best practices
- Facilitated scrum master community of practices
- Ensured conducive environment which fostered self-organizing and self-managing team
- Empowered the Scrum team with regular inspect and adapt opportunities - Encouraged the Dev team to keep sprint backlog up to date - Facilitated all Scrum Events including the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint -Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement
- Workshops with stakeholders
- Assisted in defining and deploying the forward order processes and facilitated the process improvement of the existing process
- Created Epics, Features & Stories for the team in Jira and assisted Product Owner - JIRA admin activities for teams (created boards, workflows, filters, dashboards, reports using JQL..) - Planned and tracked sprints closely and helped the team to focus on commitments & delivery - Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to the teams and management - Organized & facilitate Team and organization Agile maturity - Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games techniques and closure of action items on improvements - Reflecting and radiating the metrics like burn down chart progress, quality, and velocity continuously to the team and various stakeholders - Prepared various dashboards in Jira which reflects risks, dependencies, impediments - Helped Product owner with effective management of Features, Epics, Stories and prioritization - Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog - Effectively supporting the Delivery Squad through changes in objectives and re-prioritization of requirements.
Project Manager
Almond Media Limited
London
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Defined and reviewed the project deliverables and their technical and quality assurance strategies, together with the benefits and realization plan
- Directed and coordinated all phases of project management in cooperation with the Agile Project Management team
- Developed strategies and plan,managed detailed project plan and schedule
- Explained user requirements into useful points understandable to stakeholders and project teams,guide product owner to write user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria
- Maintaining project plans and risk management through MS Project
- Performed requirement analysis, outline scope, budget and deliverable to establish project impact and outcome
- Aided Product owner in creating product feature and backlog on Azure DevOps, Managed stakeholders and project team through communication and task assignment
- Tracked and monitored the status and progress of the project using Gantt chart, Trello and Jira
- Facilitate sprint planning, sprint review, sprint retrospective, and daily scrum meetings.
Principal Air Traffic System Engineer
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency Port
Harcourt
09.2012 - 12.2022
- Daily collection and analysis of archived Air Traffic Data & voice on EUROCAT-C and DIVOS Air Traffic Management Systems and liaison with the stakeholders
- Data Debugging, Maintaining, and Monitoring Air Traffic Operational facilities i.e
- (PSR, MSSR, EUROCAT-C, VCCS)
- Supervising and monitoring teams working equipment and MLAT installations
- Analyzes configuration data of VSAT and fiber optic link software related issues
- Inspecting Installations, testing and maintaining operations of Radar motorization and Electrical and Electronics equipment
- Scheduling Preventive and Corrective maintenance of Radar systems and EUROCAT-C equipment including repair and replacement of unserviceable parts
- Collection of data for Operation and maintenance of Frequentis Voice Communication Systems and DIVOS Software.
Education
Fellowship - Data Science
Utiva.io Academy
Nigeria2022
Master of Science - Electronic/Telecommunication Engineering
University of Port Harcourt, Enugu State University of Science And Technology
Port Harcourt2021
Bachelor of Science - Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Enugu State University of Science And Technology
Nigeria 09.2003 - 10.2008
Skills
- Project Management and Planning
- Cost and Resource Management
- Stakeholders and Communication Management
- Change Management
- SQL,POWER BI and MS EXCEL
- Project Reporting
- Negotiating Skills
- Process Improvement and Qaulity Assurance
- Business Analysis : Requirements Gathering
- Risk/Issue and dependencies
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Self managed
- Estimation/Forecasting/Prediction
- SDLC Methodologies
- Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Kanban
- JIRA, Azure DevOPs,Trello, Confluence, Miro, Ideaboardz, Mural, Wallboard, Story Mapping, Capacity Planning, Skill assessment, Agile Maturity, Risk register, Dependency mapper, Remote collaboration, Fun retrospectives, Burn-down Chat, Risk Register, WBS
Accomplishments
- Scrum Alliance, Inc.|Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Feb 2023 - Feb 2025
Languages
English
Fluent
Timeline
Project Manager
Almond Media Limited
08.2022 - 01.2023
Project Manager/Scrum Master
High Tech IT and Engineering
07.2019 - Current
Principal Air Traffic System Engineer
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency Port
09.2012 - 12.2022
Fellowship - Data Science
Utiva.io Academy
Master of Science - Electronic/Telecommunication Engineering
University of Port Harcourt, Enugu State University of Science And Technology
BEng - Electrical/Electronic Engineering
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