Olo Aje

About Olo Aje

Resourceful and results-focused Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master adept in collaboration with Engineering, Product Management, Quality Assurance, Client Support, and Release Planning teams with a continuous improvement philosophy focused on mentoring and coaching an Agile framework. Knowledgeable and persuasive communicator with excellent communications and interpersonal abilities to build rapport with inhouse and remote teams to strengthen individual and group strengths focused on motivation and accountability with a “do things right, once, and on-time” attitude. Demonstrated ability to provide Scrum leadership in multiple environments with solid understanding of tools and software, ability to deliver successful outcomes with all levels of management to gather requirements and successfully deliver on-time projects in software development, web development, and ecommerce industries.Strong professional skilled in Agile Principles, Content and Project Management, Creative Writing, Email Marketing, and Training. Experience in SDLC, JIRA, Confluence, GSuite, Slack, HipChat and Zoom, and other tools.Highlights of Expertise:Adaptive Scrum, Dual Track & Kanban MethodsMentor & Coach Product Backlog OrganizationAgile Workshops/Metrics/Continuous DevelopmentRetrospective Approaches/Agile Framework/ScrumMultiple Life Cycle Project Management/DeliveryContinuous Improvement EnvironmentScrum Meetings/Planning/Review/DemosRisk Identification/Mitigation/EscalationAgile Software Development MethodologiesObstacle/Conflict Resolution/Discussion

Experience

1. Senior Project Engineer Scrum Master

   Hormel Foods

   Jan 2020 — Present

   Build and coach high performing teams.• Lead and manage all scrum related activities for your pods.• Facilitate the daily standup meetings which includes both verbal and email communicationsto collect and consolidate team updates.• Work across sprints to help facilitate capacity conversations and identify work that may beblocked due staffing/casting challenges.• Help organize, prep, and facilitate planning sessions & estimations for future sprints.• Mentor and develop new Associate Scrum Practitioners added to the group.• Look at key metrics such as sprint velocity, scope, flow and improve the overall podperformance• Flag issues/risks and other key actions that may need to interface with non-agile portions ofthe company• Manage and activate release plans• Ability to work with relevant engineering teams to ensure DevOps related activities occur asintended• Ensure teams actions are aligned with the project goals / vision.• Ensure Scrum practices are used and improved within and across teams• Foster a continuous learning environment helping teams to inspect & adapt• Facilitate large group discussions

Education

• Wichita State University

  Bachelor's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering