SAMSON TEMISAN BEECORF

• Executed and delivered large projects, submitted comprehensive reports to our clients, which meant both a split of office and site time, where i visited sites to ensure works was running on schedule.
• Implemented and maintained systems for successful planning and project management.
• Devised annual business plans to grow reach and profit.
• Developed clear brand voices to improve marketing image and reputation.
• Established and nurtured key business contacts to maximise client exposure.
• Closed high-value business deals through persuasive pitches and presentations.
• Developed and maintained project timescales, providing contingency planning to support timely completion.
• Prepared, managed, supervised and took accountability for the estimates
• Solved problems on jobs and larger refurbishment works to find solutions
• Implemented excellent customer service to our clients throughout the works
• Curated work schedules and reviewed them daily
• Assembled subcontractors and ensured progress of work
• Submitted payment requests
• Planning of materials and ordering of parts to ensure jobs are organized
• Established good relationships with the clients and client teams.
• Negotiated contract terms for maximised client benefit and profit.
• Generated Key Performance Indicator reporting to drive better performance.

• Harnessed Agile methodology and scrum ceremonies, in deep collaboration with the Product Owner to manage the overall product strategy and product backlog, and worked on structuring epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria, making the same available to developers for world-class product development
• Created structured and detailed documentation of business requirements, processes, business solution architecture, and operating models as part of the overall product development for our digital banking upgrade project for over 120,000 users
• Coordinated product owners and business SMEs during client conversations related to requirements definition, elicitation, solution approach review, business verification, and product launch to gather quality requirements that would solve business needs
• Oversaw the entire lifecycle of product development including requirements documentation, solution approach documentation, business verification/testing approach documentation, supporting test phases -integrated-, system-, alpha-, beta-, UAT, and performance tests
• Performed root cause analysis for any issues/defects raised & worked with the solution team in resolving the defects leading to a reduction in organizational expenses by 45%
• Closed high-value business deals through persuasive pitches and presentations.

Project- EduFi Product- Managed the team that developed and implemented an EdFinTech solution designed to help students manage their finances easily, effectively managed the product backlog, prioritizing user stories and ensuring clear acceptance criteria, resulting in a 25% increase in the team's ability to deliver high-value features

As a servant leader and coach for 6 Agile Scrum teams, ensuring the effective use and practice of the Agile framework, I Managed and reported 100% of the tasks and activities assigned to the Scrum teams successfully

Key Responsibility:

• Overhauled 15+ complex projects and managed 100% of the Scrum process from initiation to management to delivery of EduFi Product
• Managed and supported all efforts of 3 development teams to simplify and enhance the customer experience of EduFi Product
• Supported 7 stakeholders as the project manager to ensure the highest quality products to customers
• Communicated effectively with multiple levels of stakeholders to clearly articulate delivery strategy and priorities to gain buy-in and alignment with business goals and objectives
• Carefully, effectively identified and communicated the value of work to the scrum team, driving delivery alignment to expected outcomes and success criteria
• Developed, prioritized, and maintained a well-organized roadmap, backlog of features, and release strategy
• Clearly communicate what needs to be done and review the product regularly to accept or reject features or changes
• Ensured core Agile ceremonies in team environments, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives
• Coordinated and collaborated with 3 other product teams related to project dependencies and relationships
• Ensured that 100% of inter-team risks, impediments, and blockers were identified, communicated, and resolved
• Supported and educated 4 product owners concerning grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Achievement focus: -To Design, Develop and Implement the Afro shop- e-commerce Platform - This is a web and mobile application that allows customers to order groceries online and have them delivered to their doorstep, by implementing a third-party shipping and payment gateway delivered through agile-scrum principles - This project achieved a reduction in cycle time by 30%, increased productivity by 26% which resulted in customer satisfaction and improved efficiency

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinated and collaborated with 3 other product teams related to project dependencies and relationships
• Ensured that 100% of inter-team risks, impediments, and blockers were identified, communicated, and resolved
• Worked as an Agile transformation coach/consultant where Scrum, and Kanban techniques were applied along with some safe principles
• Organized and facilitated overall Release and Sprint planning - including daily stand-ups, reviews/demos, and retrospectives
• Focused primarily on training the teams to write good user stories, prioritize the work based on business value and handling of the tasks by the team
• Placed substantial efforts on team member role training, time-boxing and providing strong metrics for all players
• Maximized Agile best practices such as continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, Jira tracking, product visioning, self-management, empowerment and role training
• As a Scrum Master for three separate teams (20+ people), I identified process changes required to accelerate development and remove major impediments
• Facilitated Scrum of Scrum calls following the Agile process
• Protected team from over-commitment, managed backlog, and prioritized resolution of defects/bugs
• Made sure impediments were removed, as these projects relied on data from multiple departments, which required constant, effective communication to unblock the team and make sure the team remains on focused to the task at hand
• Mentored teams to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision-making, conflict resolution, and transparency skills
• Facilitated meetings to iron out blockers, conducted JAD sessions with the Product owner and other stakeholders on a regular basis and helped the team to make better use of this time and estimate more effectively, thus ensuring healthy sprint progress
• Communicated team status/progress via Release/Sprint Burndown charts, Story Acceptance rate and defects and made sure the stakeholders were carried along
• Built the team's agile knowledge and empowered the team to make process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings
• Frequent follow-up and friendly reminders to the team on updating JIRA tasks on a daily basis for more accurate reporting
• Successfully led and delivered 15 corporate projects as part of our go-to-market strategy, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards
• Implemented the new front-sales software for 2000+ devices and salespeople
• Executed initiatives from inception to implementation, improving project delivery timelines by 15%
• Facilitated effective communication and collaboration among project team members, leading to a 35% increase in cross-functional cooperation and knowledge sharing.

• Continuous Improvement Facilitation
• Achievement focus: I Facilitated regular retrospective meetings to identify process improvements and implemented changes that resulted in a 30% reduction in development cycle time and improved product quality
• Key Responsibilities:
• Focused on solving business problems, working with Product Owners to define business requirements, eliciting, analyzing, and validating requirements for transformational changes in information systems, integration, and business processes and translating them into system requirements
• Facilitated several brainstorming sessions with various executives, managers, and subject matter experts including CX, UX, Product Management, Architects, and Devs within the organization for multiple process improvement projects leading to a 75% reduction in cost
• Slashed payroll/benefits administration costs 30% by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services.