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Sammy Gbemi

@sammygbemi

Technical Project Manager at Walmart coordinating cross-functional delivery and making project status, risks, and impediments visible in Jira.

United States

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At Walmart, I coordinate cross-functional project work, track risks and mitigations, and publish project status in Jira. I also support project closeout, including server decommission and project artifact storage.

At Bank of America, I served as Senior Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer for Agile teams supporting global information security and automation initiatives. I facilitated SAFe ceremonies, managed interdependencies, and used Agile metrics and team health data to identify improvement opportunities.

At USAA, I led Agile transformations and coached Scrum teams, while partnering with leadership on Agile roadmaps and OKRs. At Shutterfly, I led Agile teams and managed enterprise-scale releases.

At MetLife, I led Agile Release Train execution across teams and facilitated PI Planning and ART syncs. I hold CSM, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, and CSPO certifications, along with AWS certifications.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Technical Project Manager

Current

Walmart

Jul 2025 - Present (1 year 4 months)

Coordinate cross-functional project work and drive ongoing status to keep progress on assigned tasks. Proactively identify risks and issues, drive mitigations, and create go-to-green plans to clear roadblocks.

Jira Project Management Risk Management Stakeholder Management Status Reporting

Senior Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer

Bank of America

Nov 2021 - Jun 2025 (3 years 7 months)

Served as servant leader and Scrum Master for multiple Agile teams supporting large-scale global information security and automation initiatives. Facilitated Agile ceremonies and managed interdependencies across teams to ensure timely delivery.

SAFe Scrum Kanban Agile Coaching PI Planning Scrum Of Scrums Facilitation Agile Release Train Dependency Management Jira Confluence Cybersecurity Risk Management NIST SOX Agile Metrics

Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach

USAA

Jan 2021 - Oct 2021 (9 months)

Led Agile transformations and coached multiple Scrum teams to improve Agile adoption, maturity, and delivery. Managed cross-team dependencies, risk mitigation, and compliance with enterprise governance policies.

Agile Transformation Scrum Agile Coaching Dependency Management Risk Mitigation OKRs Training

Senior Scrum Master / Agile Release Manager

Shutterfly

Oct 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 2 months)

Led multiple Agile teams to improve software development life cycle (SDLC) efficiency and delivery cadence. Drove Agile adoption across teams, enhancing collaboration, velocity, and predictability.

Agile Scrum SDLC Release Management Agile Dashboards Performance Monitoring

Release Train Engineer (RTE) / Senior Scrum Master

MetLife

Feb 2013 - Oct 2016 (3 years 8 months)

Led Agile Release Train (ART) execution across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy. Facilitated PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, and ART syncs to drive collaboration and Agile execution.

SAFe Agile Release Train PI Planning Scrum Of Scrums Facilitation Dependency Management Risk Management Agile Transformation