OT Uwagbai
@otuwagbai
I’m a Senior Scrum Master delivering enterprise Agile under Scrum and SAFe.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m an accomplished Scrum Master with 7+ years of Agile experience across Scrum and SAFe environments, supporting financial services and tech organizations. I bring a delivery-focused mindset and a strong facilitation style that keeps teams aligned, prepared, and moving.
Most recently, I’ve led long-term improvements to Kanban workflow practices to strengthen WIP limits, lead time, cycle time, implementation time, and overall throughput. I also strategize on feature-to-story sizing and use metrics reviews to optimize execution and sustain on-time quarterly commitments.
I’ve served in leadership roles such as Agility Lead, where I collaborated with product and technical leadership to refine and prioritize backlogs during transformations, including migration from On-Prem to AWS. By removing blocked/impediment tickets and improving team processes after retrospectives, I helped increase delivery by 40% while using Jira dashboards to provide real-time progress to leadership.
I’m a Certified Scrum Master and SAFe 6 Scrum Master who enjoys coaching teams toward higher maturity and continuous improvement (Kaizen). I partner closely with POs, Tech Leads, QA, and engineers—strengthening backlog readiness, clarifying outcomes, and driving releases with disciplined ceremony execution.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led Kanban workflow improvements to increase key team delivery metrics, including WIP limits, lead/cycle time, implementation time, and overall throughput. Collaborated with Product and Tech Leads to refine backlog priorities and delivered secure authentication capabilities while optimizing execution through regular metrics reviews and SAFe ceremonies.
Coordinated with Product Owners and Tech Leads to refine and prioritize backlog during an on-prem to AWS migration. Removed 60% of blocked impediment tickets within a quarter to increase team delivery by 40%, and built Jira dashboards to provide real-time release and sprint progress visibility to leadership.
Managed Jira to maintain product and sprint backlogs, including Scrum boards, status reporting, and burn-up/burn-down tracking. Facilitated SAFe/Scrum events and coached teams to improve process maturity (Kaizen), collaborating closely with the Product Owner to deliver Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) features and resolve defects with QA and engineering.
Fostered a data-driven Agile culture and coordinated cross-functional delivery of critical demos and sprint outcomes. Managed Jira burndown/velocity for multiple teams, maintained a 90%+ sprint completion rate, facilitated Scrum events, and reduced tech debt through PO/Tech Lead/PM prioritization.
Scrum Master
Vig Acquisitions
Apr 2019 - Mar 2022 (2 years 11 months)
Served as an Agile/Scrum leader, coaching development teams on Scrum adoption to improve consistent sprint execution and productivity. Improved project visibility by introducing Jira dependency tracking (increasing delivery tracking by 30%) and used Jira Align to monitor feature delivery and release readiness across Scrum teams.
Partnered with IT managers to ensure project requirements, monthly goals, and milestones were met while supporting Agile team alignment. Facilitated Team Sync ceremonies, helped prioritize and maintain the backlog by resolving low-priority/redundant items and addressing tech debt, and supported initiatives including Skype-to-Zoom Room setup and cloud migration to SharePoint/OneDrive.
SAFe Scrum Master
Mansatek
Oct 2015 - Mar 2017 (1 year 5 months)
Guided teams in SAFe/Scrum practices by reinforcing Agile SDLC and improving collaboration across Dev, Product Owner, and Product Manager. Facilitated Scrum of Scrums to resolve cross-team dependencies and improved leadership visibility through sprint metrics tracking and support for consistent business-value delivery via story selection and estimation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum
Earned the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) credential to demonstrate proficiency in Scrum roles, events, and practices.
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
Earned the Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master credential to demonstrate knowledge of SAFe principles and Scrum at scale.
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