ISSIFU SIAW AWUDU
Warsaw
Summary
An Agile professional with more than 3 years' experience in Agile coaching and Scrum mastery, and expert in Agile frameworks such as Kanban, Kaizen, and Scrum, as well as scaling frameworks such as SAFe. Expert in facilitation and coaching of various Scrum events, as well as fostering self-organization within teams. Some of the key accomplishments included the maturation of two teams, the improvement of collaboration between cross-functional teams, and the promotion of an Agile mindset across the organization. As an Agile Transformer/Scrum Master, I am seeking to utilize my Agile and Scrum skills to guide teams in delivering high-quality increments and fostering a continuous improvement culture.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
Agile Transformer/Senior Scrum Master
Haleon
05.2023 - Current
- Responsible for assisting business and other leaders in unlocking business value and discovering opportunities that will enhance their performance.
- Organizing and conducting workshops for teams and leadership on Agile values, principles, and best practices across all Agile frameworks, including six-sigma, lean, 5S, and Kaizen.
- Coaching and supporting Squads in completing high-quality increments that meet a defined definition of done.
- Support the Scrum teams in delivering on their committed tasks by Facilitating regular Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, refinement, Daily-Standup, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
- Coaching and collaborating with product managers to manage the backlog and achieve sprint/incremental goals.
- Coaching and continuously improving teams, as well as identifying and resolving any internal or external obstacles or conflicts that may affect productivity.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- In charge of promoting self-organization among teams and ensuring the transparency of product development, making the team accountable and responsible for its actions.
- Work collaboratively with the Tribe and Pillar leads to define the vision, strategy, and North Star metrics for the program.
- Facilitate and build strong collaboration between stakeholders and Scrum teams.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing, promote growth, and foster feedback culture within the team.
Consultant- Agile Coach/Scrum Master
UBS Management Consulting, UBS Management Consulting
05.2021 - 05.2023
- Ensure agility best practices are implemented across multiple business areas and ways of working are adopted
- Responsible for ensuring that the team lives by agile values and principles and follows the processes and practices that the team agreed they would use
- Responsible for improving the transparency of collaboration between experts from different business units to enable an Inspect& Adapt mindset.
- Part of the advocates of the Agile journey and change, promoting the Agile mindset in places in the organization where Agile is not yet conventional.
- Collaborate with product owners, engineering team and senior management to define and prioritize product features and requirements.
- Coaching, training, and supporting close collaboration with other cross-functional teams to promote self-organization,autonomous and lean thinking.
- Prepared presentations to explain revisions, enhancements and process improvements of organization's systems and programs.
- Part of the Agile Center of Excellence CoE, a community that contributes to the advancement and promotion of agile practice.
Associate
PwC Polska, Polska
03.2020 - 04.2021
- FCU-KYC/AML, Advised the client on issues relating to risk assessment and CDD with respect to third party payers.
- Conducted preliminary investigations to confirm violations that occurred and obtained relevant documents and testimony from involved parties.
- Analyzed financial statements, bank records and government databases to identify fraud and other instances of financial crimes.
- Prepared reports of investigation in accordance with guidelines and instructions.
- Assisted with collecting and developing information from variety of sources.
Agile Project Lead
GCB BANK LTD
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Been the agile evangelist by providing expertise on agile methods and transformation
- Responsible for ensuring that the team lives by agile values and principles and follows the best practices.
- Responsible for improving the transparency of collaboration between experts from different business units to enable an Inspect & Adapt mindset.
- Part of the advocates of the Agile journey and change, promoting the Agile mindset in places in the IT department.
- Met with manager weekly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
Education
M.Sc. - Finance and Accounting
Kozminski University
01.2020
EDUCATION - Logistics, Procurement and Supply ChainManagement
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
01.2016
Higher National Diploma - Purchasing and Supply
Takoradi Technical University
Skills
- Agile
- Confluence
- SCADA
- JIRA
- Kanban
- Microsoft Office suite
- Negotiation skills
- Power BI
- Product Management
- Python/SQL
- Risk Assessment
- Six sigma
- Stakeholder Management
- Statistical Analysis
- Test Driven Development
- Interpersonal Relationship
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II)
- Registered Scrum Master. (RSM)
- Registered Product Manager (RPO)
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Agile Transformer/Senior Scrum Master
Haleon
05.2023 - Current
Consultant- Agile Coach/Scrum Master
UBS Management Consulting, UBS Management Consulting
05.2021 - 05.2023
Associate
PwC Polska, Polska
03.2020 - 04.2021
Agile Project Lead
GCB BANK LTD
01.2016 - 01.2018
M.Sc. - Finance and Accounting
Kozminski University
EDUCATION - Logistics, Procurement and Supply ChainManagement
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Higher National Diploma - Purchasing and Supply
Takoradi Technical University
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