Bola Adesope, PMP, CBAP, CSM, PSM, CSPO, ICP-ACC, SAFe SPC
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal member since October 18, 2022
Bola is a business and agile transformation consultant, trainer, speaker, and coach with experience and knowledge in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe frameworks. He worked with different organizations across North America, Europe, Africa, South America, and Australia delivering complex projects, programs, and transformation initiatives using a combination of different Agile frameworks. Bola also trained several professionals in different practices across the business analysis and project management.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Business Analysis
- Kanban
- Project Management
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
- Scrumban
Work Experience
Senior Business Agility Consultant and Agile Coach
Deloitte
- Stood up successfully the agile release trains (ART) in the largest bank in Canada through training, coaching, and mindset change, and got them through successful PI planning.
- Trained over 2,500 leadership and team members on Agile, Scrum, and Kanban, improving general agility and leading to faster product delivery and waste reduction.
- Delivered over 20 strategic, mission-critical, client-facing, and internally-channeled projects for different organizations across multiple sectors and market verticals.
- Helped set up and design different Agile operating models for organizations across multiple regions and locations.
- Set up over five project management offices and standardized project management functions in different organizations.
Agile Consultant, Agile Coach, and Scrum Master
Accenture
- Launched three new Agile teams to deliver a fraud transformation program for a bank.
- Coached new leaders to transform the organization's culture.
- Designed an effective release management system for a big bank that improved release efficiency.
- Assessed and improved the maturity of ten pods in a telecommunications company and provided recommendations on gaps and how to improve maturity adoption.
Scrum Master and Agile Coach
Sonnet Insurance
- Delivered an enterprise-wide replatforming project that reduced loading time and engagement by 45% within three months of launch.
- Designed a new and robust engagement model that improved the firm's interaction between technology and business.
- Delivered an RPA project that helped improve the time usage of call center agents tremendously while providing fast and quick responses to clients in an insurance firm.
- Trained mid-level managers on Agile principles and values, increasing overall awareness and knowledge of Agile.
Scrum Master and Agile Coach
Bell Canada
- Helped the leadership craft an effective Agile change vision that resonated with the entire organization.
- Launched three MVPs of three digital products within the first four months of development, drastically saving time to market.
- Designed new ways of working for five practices within the firm.
- Led three pods to deliver a strategic product using the agile delivery model.
- Released a new product with a 57% uptake improvement.
Project Management Consultant
Asset & Resource Management
- Designed and implemented a hybrid project management framework for the organization.
- Delivered a digital transformation program that improved the digital touchpoint of the organization.
- Won the leadership award for excellence for two consecutive years.
Head of Project Management Office
Digital Jewels Limited
- Set up a functional enterprise PMO and center of excellence for a consulting company.
- Trained over 1,000 clients in different organizations.
- Designed an intake and prioritization framework that managed work origination, prioritization, and delivery.
Project History
Next Evolution of Work (NEW) Transformation
Launched over 15 Agile teams across different work streams as part of the Agile transformation in the organization.
Chatbot Implementation
Led and launched a chatbot as part of an insurance company's contact center modernization and transformation.
Deployment of a Virtual Learning Management System
Launched an MVP and increments of the product within the first four months, thereby attaining faster time to market.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration
Metropolitan School of Business and Management - London, UK
Bachelor's Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Obafemi Awolowo University - Ife, Nigeria
Certifications
Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
ICAgile
SAFe SPC
Scaled Agile Inc
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
International Institute of Business Analysis
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Trello, Miro, MURAL, Slack, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Organizational Change Management (OCM), Agile Delivery, Agile Leadership, Design Thinking, Change Management, Release Trains
Other
Projects, IT Projects, Scrumban, Operating Models, Business Analysis, Project Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Scrum Master, Estimation & Planning, Business Management, Scrum Coaching, Maturity Assessment, User Stories, Product Owner, Team Leadership, Agile Program Management, Program Management, Business Transformation, Release Management, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Strategy, Operations, Business Model Canvas, Organizational Design, Psychology, Leadership, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), Quarterly Business Review (QBR), Value Stream Mapping, PI Planning, Product Management, Coaching, Stakeholder Analysis, ITIL, Business, Finance, Reporting, Business to Business (B2B), Agile DevOps, Agile Coaching, Change Leadership, User Personas, Communication, Business Cases, IT Service Management (ITSM), Microsoft, Corporate, Microsoft Project Server, Corporate Planning, Corporate Governance, Customer Success, Budgeting, Scope Management, Time Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Project Scheduling, Stakeholder Mapping, WhatsApp, Technology Strategy & Architecture, Business Processes, Training, CRM APIs, Customer Insights, Machine Learning, Content, SEO Tools, BI Reporting, Project Design, Agile Release Training
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