Khalilullah Onifade

About Khalilullah Onifade

Extensive experience at driving the adoption of agile values, principles and practices…

Experience

1. Scrum Master

   First Horizon Bank

   Jun 2018 — Present

   Successfully implemented systems that helped to achieve over 40% increase in customer conversation rates and generated $5M in revenue •Worked on SAFe Framework with other Scrum Teams, Attended Scrum of Scrum to coordinate dependence across various other scrum teams in Agile Release Train, worked with Release Train Engineers and System Architects •Protect my team from Over-Commitment, manage backlog, prioritized resolution of defects or bugs •Attend weekly meetings to share the status of the project, discussing impediments, delays and dependencies on other teams. Brought in Agile best Practices such as Continuous Integration, code/design Reviews, transparency, accountability, JIRA tracking, self-management and team empowerment •Act as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements and handling project changes. •Collaborate closely with the product owner on Backlog Grooming to keep product backlog relevant and always prioritized; ensuring acceptance criteria are agreed upon and stories are always ready for sizing •Effectively track teams Progress, Including Burndown Chart, velocity and release forecasting •Provide creative solutions to agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability. •Coaching teams to write good User Stories, Prioritize the work based on business value and customer needs. Placed substantial effort on team member role training, time boxing and providing strong metrics for all team members •Built a trusting Environment where problems or concerned are raised without the fear of being blamed, judged with a strong emphasis on Problem Solving