Adebola Odumade

I am writing to express my interest in the position of a Product Owner . As a Product Owner and  formerly a scrum master, my five years of experience motivating scrum teams to perform their best work and my comprehensive understanding of agile software development and waterfall project management make me a great fit for your organization.

My current work as a Product Owner has given me the opportunity to serve project teams to build great products. My professional experience  where I have succeeded in building multiple high performing teams. I’d love to use my leadership abilities to add value to my team.

Examples of Projects Completed.

• Served  the team that built Cube99 which is a sharing platform offering online review Flight & Travels Hotels Restaurants Nightlife Culture & Tradition Relaxation, user generated contents, from real travelers (business & tourists.
• Served the team that managed & implemented the migration of data of Volvo from Ford Motors   to Geely Motors.
• Involved in designing BubblePerk which is one of our ongoing mobile and web-based ventures and which aim to make ad content creation, sharing and monetization more fun.
• Served the team that built the system to secure Information & Data Exchange between internal data sources.
• Was involved in building the ecommerce website for Farms Venture.

CAREER SUMMARY

Experienced Product Owner with a proven track record of process improvements and delivering high-quality products.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS           

• Ability to establish and maintain harmonious relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues.
• Ability to perform well under pressure, manage conflict and flexibility in handling unexpected work assignments as and when necessary.
• Diligent, highly motivated and attentive to details.
• Passionate, courageous and enthusiastic.
• Ability to effectively identify problems, establish priorities and proposes solutions.
• Communication, information and ideas/knowledge sharing skills.
• Strong organizational, administrative and analytical skills.
• Ability to multi task and manage conflicting demands.
• Desire and ability to learn.

EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL 

Product Owner

Tecvinson

2021-Till date.                                   Sweden

• Collaborating with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
• Defining the vision for the team’s product
• Creating a product road map based on this vision
• Managing the product backlog and prioritizing them based on changing requirements
• Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development
• Developing user stories
• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
• Liaising with the product team and end-users to deliver updates
• Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
• Prioritizing needs.
• Evaluating feedback at each iteration.

Scrum Master

Zanerio , Denmark                                                                                             2015- 2021

Tasks:

• Establish an effective administrative systems and procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness within the team.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and demo sessions.
• Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline. 
• Work closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.
• Liaise with external organizations to share knowledge, policies and practices to update industry information.
• Develop effective working relationship with member’s internal and external stakeholders.
• Defining project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value.
• Managing risks and issues.
• Performing delivery planning for assigned projects.
• Leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work.
• Mentoring and developing team members.
• Supporting the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance.
• Responsible for Planning and Backlog refinement, removal of impediments from team progress and lead the teams to self-organization.
• Maintained backlogs for multiple products and maintained the product roadmap and provided status updates to stakeholders.

Examples of Projects Completed.

• Managed & Implemented the migration of data and systems of Volvo from Ford Motors to Geely Motors.
• Secure Information & Data Exchange between internal data sources.
• Was involved in building the ecommerce website for Farms Venture.

Project Manager (Assistant)

Redeemed IT, Sweden                                                                                                         2010-2014

Tasks:

• Planned and monitored project budget/spending.
• Guided projects to completion on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant to scope commitment. 
• Tracked and managed product backlog, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task break-down.
• Addressed problems through risk management and contingency planning.
• Arrangement and organization of special events, such as seminars, conferences, meetings, workshops, etc
• Arrange and monitor schedule of appointments.
• Updating, processing and filing of all documents.
• Establish an effective network and proper distribution of information within the organization.
• Worked with accounting personnel in resolving invoice discrepancies.

Examples of Projects Completed

• Presentation/consultancy: Building a workable business strategy for Ikett recruitment company, Karlskrona, Sweden.
• Project report: Managing over-confidence and decision making.
• Analyzing advertising photographs for Erickson.

Project Support Assistant/Administrator

Abvco Limited, Nigeria   

                                                                                                                                                2004 - 2006

Tasks:

• Providing the best possible level of service and identifying areas where mutual benefit can be gained by the Customer.
• Involved in the universal process of organizing people, building and maintaining strong working relationship with customers and resources efficiently so as to direct activities towards common goals and objectives.
• Providing vital support in meetings, taking minutes, manage diaries, preparing the agenda and following up actions discussed.

Achievements:

• Increased earnings by 60 %through supplier information and follow up.
• I initiated the speedy delivery of projects with strong project management skills which in turn increased the number of projects by 60%.

Examples of Projects Completed

• I initiated the speedy delivery of products from the point of collection to delivery. 
• Managed and monitored the importation of textile products and materials from Austria, United Kingdom, Switzerland and South Korea.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2020.                   Certified Scrum Master

2007-2008   Msc in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainabilty - Blekinge Institute of Technology, karlskrona, Sweden.

2006 -2007      Msc in Business Administration - Blekinge Institute of Technology, karlskrona, Sweden.

1998-2003       Bsc in Accounting – Obafemi  Awolowo University, ile ife, Nigeria.

TECHNICAL SOFTWARE SKILLS

• Microsoft office experience (excel, word, power point)
• JIRA

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Nigerian Red Cross Member(Special Duty Officer and a leader)             2001-2006
• HIV/AIDS peer educator trainer (UNICEF certified)                                2005-2006

LANGUAGES

• English Language (Fluent)
• Danish Language(Basic)

INTEREST

• Executing tasks that are demanding
• Travelling
• Reading

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2020.                   Certified Scrum Master

2007-2008   Msc in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainabilty - Blekinge Institute of Technology, karlskrona, Sweden.

2006 -2007      Msc in Business Administration - Blekinge Institute of Technology, karlskrona, Sweden.

1998-2003       Bsc in Accounting – Obafemi  Awolowo University, ile ife, Nigeria.