Charisma Iwu

About Charisma Iwu

I’m an experienced Scrum Master & Agile Leader with over 8⃣ years of success in driving…

Experience

1. Scrum Master

   Analog Devices

   Oct 2022 — Present

   Facilitated Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives across 3 cross-functional Scrum teams consisting of 8–10 members each, improving team velocity by 28% within 9 months.• Led the successful delivery of 12+ high-priority firmware and embedded systems projects, ensuring timely release cycles and reducing time-to-market by 15%.• Championed Agile best practices and Scrum frameworks, mentoring junior Scrum Masters and training over 25 team members on Agile values and principles through workshops and coaching sessions.• Utilized tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, and Miro for backlog management, sprint tracking, and collaborative planning, improving team collaboration by 35% based on internal feedback surveys.• Acted as a liaison between product owners, developers, QA engineers, and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and managing expectations across departments, which led to a 20% increase in stakeholder satisfaction.• Proactively identified and removed impediments affecting team performance, reducing average issue resolution time from 3 days to 1.8 days by streamlining escalation and support processes.• Supported Program Increment (PI) Planning and collaborated with Release Train Engineers and System Architects as part of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) implementation.• Conducted root cause analyses and facilitated risk assessment sessions to improve sprint planning and execution, minimizing disruptions and delays.