Catherine Ndondoki e Epah

About Catherine Ndondoki e Epah

I was raised to be HUMAN, be kind with my words and leave people better than l found them. I am Catherine Epah, from Cameroon, West Africa. Started my career 11years ago. lt’s been 9 years now since l transition into the role of a Scrum Master. WHAT I DOI am a Leader Who Serves ~ supports teams in delivering quality product to the business frequently. We do this using agile and the different agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) in software development projects, where I Teach, Motivate, Lead, Coach, Mentor, Facilitate and Organize teams.HOW I put the interest of my team first at all times, being empathetic and being an active listener. I actively listen to the needs of my Developers, P.O and Stakeholders. l make sure the team have all they need to get the work done and l always appreciate the teams for the work they do, even when we don\'t achieve our goals. And from time to time, l ask my team how they think l can serve them better. I help to provoke their thoughts, by asking them a lot of questions How do you think we can get things done betterHow do you think we can improveWhat do you think if we get now it will make our job easier I also ask my team members if they need help and how we can increase on our delivery rate. I always strive to create a near conflict free zone for my team, help resolve conflicts, create a fun environment for the team and encourage collaboration and communication between team members. I help remove road blocks, protect my team from external interference and ensure my team respect the time box during meetings. l coach my team on the importance of the agile/scrum processes and make sure my team is embedded on the scrum values. HOW I RELENTLESSLY IMPROVE ON MYSELFMeet with my coach once a week to learn and ask him questions, l attend webinars, read books and attend our Community Of Practice Meetings (5 times a week). For the day I stop learning, I\'ll start failing. Continuous learning is the backbone of a progressive career and a Scrum Master is a lifelong learner.Background: Agile | Scrum | DevOps | Agile Coaching | Project Management | Scaled Agile | SAFe | Program Management | Kanban| User-centered design | Agile Best Practices | User Stories | ADO | Fibonacci Sequence | Facilitation| Retrospective | Sap| Mentoring | Confluence | Collaboration | PI Planning | Jira | Roadmaps | Process Improvement| Servant Leader | Agile Principles | System thinking | CSM | PSM | Loan | SDLC | Pipelines | Continuous Deployment | Scorecards| Release | Release Manager

Experience

1. Senior Scrum Master

   Central States Funds/TeamCare

   Apr 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Buea

  Bachelor's degree, Geography

  2008 — 2011