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thaddeus Gomina

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A certified Scrum master with a proven record of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects, proficient in Agile methodologies and skilled with the ability to ensure high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets. I’m a continuous learner, critical thinker with growth mind-set who has vast experience in leading, coaching, supporting and mentoring teams. I have working knowledge in business process re-engineering, Stakeholder’s management, translating business needs into technical requirements, facilitating successful workshops, documenting requirements, developing business strategies, decomposing epics, and writing good user stories. With great communication and leadership skills, I have successfully Managed and facilitated all scrum ceremonies/events (Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review, Sprint Retrospective and Product Backlog refinement), resolved complex issues, and won customer loyalty, while paying attention to details and giving clients a professional experience. I am an excellent negotiator and team player, natural in building relationships with clients and internal teams. Efficient in the usage of vital Agile collaborative tools/software including: Atlassian suite, Jira, Confluence, Mural, Miro, Lucid-chart, Mind-map, Ideaboardz, Scrum planning poker, MS-Teams, Zoom among others.
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Aviva insurance and pension
Feb 2022 – Present
United Kingdom
Scrum master
• Worked closely with the Product Owner in defining the product goal & roadmap. • 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 continuous improvement of the existing process. • Created Epics, Features, fixed releases & 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. • Applied human centered design (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, Implement).