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Stephen A. Adetuwo
Scrum Master
Essex
Summary
Certified Scrum Master with over 10 years of experience leading Agile teams, facilitating Scrum ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives), and delivering high-impact projects using Agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban. Proven ability to improve team velocity, track progress using burn-down charts, and remove impediments to ensure 100% sprint goal completion. Skilled in fostering communication and collaboration between teams and stakeholders to meet business objectives.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Triple A Consults
1 2023 - Current
- Organized and facilitated Scrum ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives), leading to 100% sprint goal completion
- Tracked progress using burn-down charts and velocity metrics, ensuring clear alignment between the team and stakeholders
- Guided the team in refining EPICs, features, and user stories, delivering high-quality increments each sprint
- Collaborated with the Product Owner to manage the product backlog, aligning with business priorities.
Project Manager
The Mentor and Mentee African Initiative
03.2023 - Current
- Used Agile methodologies to deliver projects on time and within budget, meeting organizational goals
- Managed stakeholder expectations and contributed to successful fundraising initiatives.
Commercial Project Manager
Bacardi Martini Limited
11.2019 - 01.2023
- Applied hybrid Agile methodologies, ensuring product increment delivery and timely sprint goal completion
- Improved sprint velocity by 15%
- Managed cross-functional teams, leading successful project delivery.
Key Accounts Manager
Bacardi Martini Limited
04.2017 - 11.2019
- Increased sales by 15% within the first quarter by negotiating joint business plans with key customers
- Improved product availability by 20% through optimized inventory management.
Project Officer
Guinness Plc
03.2013 - 04.2017
- Conducted requirement analysis workshops, reducing project revisions and driving successful outcomes.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Obafemi Awolowo University
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Political Science and Public Administration - undefined
University of Benin
Skills
Agile Tools: JIRA, Trello, Confluence, Burn-down Charts, Velocity Tracking, Sprint Cycle Optimization
Scrum Metrics: Improved Team Velocity, Reduced Sprint Cycle Time, Increment Delivery
Change Management and Continuous Improvement: ADKAR, Kaizen, Lean Six Sigma
Project Management Tools & Methodologies: MS Project, Visio, SharePoint
Business and Data Analysis: Power BI, Stakeholder Assessment, Business Architecture, Business Requirements Analysis (Current State Analysis, Future State Analysis, Gap Analysis)
Certification
Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1), Scrum.org, 2024
Accomplishments
- Increased organizational efficiency by facilitating sprint planning and daily scrum using JIRA, resulting in a 24% improvement in operational workflows during the Salesforce CRM implementation.
- Enhanced team collaboration and knowledge sharing by leveraging Confluence for process documentation and sprint retrospectives, which contributed to a 15% increase in team productivity and automated key sales workflows.
- Utilized JIRA dashboards to monitor burn-down charts and sprint progress, providing stakeholders with real-time visibility, which led to a 17% revenue increase by enabling faster decision-making and strategic adjustments.
- Led backlog refinement and user story creation using JIRA and Confluence, breaking down EPICs into manageable tasks, improving team velocity by 20%, and launching a revamped website on time, which resulted in a 30% increase in site traffic.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives) using Trello, leading to a 25% improvement in user engagement through the continuous delivery of website features and enhanced UI/UX design.
- Applied Agile marketing principles and managed digital marketing sprints using JIRA, holding regular sprint reviews to adjust strategies. This resulted in a 25% increase in lead generation and 20% improved customer engagement through personalized marketing efforts.
- Spearheaded process automation during development sprints using JIRA and Trello, reducing manual tasks by 30% and operational costs by 15%, while maintaining a well-organized product backlog aligned with sprint goals.
- Implemented Kanban boards in JIRA to visualize workflows and eliminate bottlenecks, accelerating project delivery times by 25% and enabling faster time-to-market for business initiatives.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
Warren Buffett
Software
Microsoft Office
Confluence
Microsoft Project
Mondaycom
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Interests
Charity
Healthcare Projects
Agile Methodology
Information Technology
Collaboration
Digital Transformation
Social Development Projects
Timeline
Project Manager
The Mentor and Mentee African Initiative
03.2023 - Current
Commercial Project Manager
Bacardi Martini Limited
11.2019 - 01.2023
Key Accounts Manager
Bacardi Martini Limited
04.2017 - 11.2019
Project Officer
Guinness Plc
03.2013 - 04.2017
Scrum Master
Triple A Consults
1 2023 - Current
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Obafemi Awolowo University
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Political Science and Public Administration - undefined
University of Benin