Lekan Hammed

OLALEKAN STEPHEN 5642, W 4rd, Indianapolis, IN-, USA ♦ - ♦- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER Senior Project Manager bringing highly credible technical leadership to direct multi-functional project teams engaged in full system development and implementation in high tech environments. Experienced overseeing diverse teams of developers, analysts and quality professionals engaged in complex projects with budgets up to $500,000. Solid understanding of agile project management tools. Certified in Agile practitioner. SKILLS  Agile certified practitioner  Team training and development  Cross-functional team management  Team building and motivation  Research and trend analysis  Skilled negotiator  Customer relationship management  Proficient in JIRA, Bamboo, Confluence, Trello,  Effective communicator Moqups, Slack, Skype  Complex problem solving  Programming WORK HISTORY Program Manager / Scrum Master, 02/2018 to 08/2019  Implemented Portfolio for Jira to drive release planning and achieve 12% reduction in development costs.  Interacted with customers and clients to identify business needs and requirements.  Led sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.  Collaborated with senior leadership to define requirements and build projects that achieved or exceeded corporate plans.  Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.  Worked closely with other departments to better understand product features in order to develop postdelivery support plan.  Sourced additional resources and staff to meet timeline demands.  Trained and managed team of 15 of developers and discussed issues in order to provide resolution and apply best practices.  Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.  Produced development and release reports each month, team leads and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks. Release Manager, 01/2015 to 11/2017  Coordinated efforts of over 100 team members engaged in E-commerce and logistic projects involving over 30 production application.  Resolved problems and provided solutions to customers by communicating requirements to subordinates.  Developed long-term business strategy by using customer feedback to identify necessary product, process improvements.  Implemented Portfolio for Jira to drive release planning and achieve 18% development velocity increase.  Worked with development team leads to resolve integration problems, improve operations and provide exceptional customer service.  Collected, modeled and analyzed data in order to make proactive adjustments to plans and meet all milestones.  Coordinated development, testing and release of complete suite of web-based software offerings.  Produced development and release reports each month, team leads and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.  Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.  Worked closely with other departments to better understand product features in order to develop appropriate training materials.  Delivered 42% decrease in bug to feature deployment ration by implementing zephyr test management suite.  Collaborated with project stakeholders, including developers, quality assurance team members and business analysts.  Clarified release process to IT and business through work sessions, presentations, and formal documentation.  Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.  Negotiated agreements between employees to clarify misunderstood directions and resolve conflicts affecting performance.  Recommended architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutions.  Delivered five- and eight-hour training sessions for newly hired call center representatives, team leaders, and management staff. Controller, 08/2014 to 12/2014  Coordinated development, testing, release of complete content management system in 7 2-weeksiterations.  Reorganized team, established efficient SDLC processes, fostering transition to agile methodology.  Partnered effectively with service providers to manage risk and minimize solution impact. E-Business Data Manager, 10/2011 to 12/2014  Increase of 120% in e-business channel revenue by integrating web application with e-payment platforms.  Managed team of 4 in web development projects including corporate website, recruitment system, knowledge management, training portal and achieve 90% recruitment and training cost savings.  Worked closely with other departments to better understand product features in order to develop, post deployment support, training materials.  Coordinated development, testing and release of complete suite of web-based software offerings.  Monitored resource usage and managed tasks so costs did not exceed budget projections.  Coordinated with vendors to identify and procure appropriate equipment necessary for project completion.  Analyzed project-related information and made recommendations based on discoveries.  Collaborated with leadership staff to determine appropriate budgets.  Built and utilized reporting systems to keep customers and management in loop with latest information.  Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.  Produced weekly report to senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.  Monitored social media and online sources for industry trends. EDUCATION Postgraduate Diploma: Information Systems Management, 2018 University of Roehampton - London Bachelor of Science: Computer Science, 2011 Lagos State University - Lagos