
Gbemisola Aderibigbe
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Montreal, Canada
Toptal member since October 10, 2022
Bemi's expertise is in Agile transformation and building high-performing teams with the Scaled Agile Framework, Scrum, and Kanban. She has led the implementation of strategic product development roadmaps across several industries, conducting process and people change while balancing strategic and tactical approaches. Bemi's proficiency spans Agile release train management, change management, process standardization and improvement, program increment planning, coaching, mentoring, and training.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Change Management
- Coaching
- Facilitation
- Jira
- PI Planning
- Process Improvement
- Release Train Engineer (RTE)
Work Experience
Release Train Engineer
Levi Strauss
- Conducted workshops that improved efficiency and collaboration across the ART, such as feature splitting strategies, story mapping, value stream mapping, PI objective best practices, and the done-and-ready definition of the program.
- Facilitated ART ceremonies such as system demos, Scrum of Scrums, PI planning, and ART syncs toward a productive outcome.
- Partnered with business owners, product managers, and product owners to help assure strategy, vision, and road map alignment and execution.
- Served as the key subject matter expert with specialized knowledge in coordinating, leading, and coaching multiple Agile teams of teams.
Agile Coach | SAFe Implementation Lead
HP Inc
- Analyzed and made recommendations for improvements to the existing Agile organizational practices and patterns from the enterprise to the team level, increasing program performance by 10%.
- Improved commitment to program goals by 15%, enabling a safe environment for healthy conflict, treating people fairly, and behaving consistently through difficult situations, resulting in trust among critical stakeholders.
- Promoted the Agile culture and mindset across the organization; led teams and influenced leaders and partners through coaching and mentoring as they learned and adopted Agile practices that increased value delivered by 10% across multiple branches.
Release Train Engineer
TD Bank
- Produced and administered program artifacts that enhanced the facilitated program increment (PI) events that drove consistent, repeatable program delivery, accelerating profitable growth and customer success by 25%.
- Developed and implemented various enterprise and service provider technology solutions resulting in an increased 25% net promoter score and 65 % overall customer satisfaction.
- Managed and optimized the value flow across the Agile Release Train (ART) by promoting continuous delivery, eliminating 15% of waste from the system, and improving the transparency of work across different levels of the program and lines of business.
Agile Coach | Senior Scrum Master
Tecsys Incorporation
- Created a vision of high performance, which drove the adoption of key engineering practices such as continuous integration, test-driven development, and DevOps across scrum teams, thereby increasing the quality of work delivered.
- Facilitated several team improvement workshops such as story writing and splitting, story mapping, and other good practices to improve how teams work.
- Introduced a community of practices across different domains—architecture, business analysis, programming—within the line of business (LOB), which helped to increase knowledge and domain best practices.
Scrum Master
Schneider Electric
- Led and facilitated scrum ceremonies such as sprint reviews, daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
- Coached and reinforced the Agile framework and practices to team members and stakeholders.
- Collaborated with the technical team to improve the quality of the product by 70%.
Scrum Master | Project Manager
Interlerad Medical Systems
- Coordinated the release process along with other relevant departments within the organization.
- Coached and reinforced the Agile framework and practices to team members and stakeholders.
- Employed tools, including physical or virtual boards, collaboration, or productivity software, to maximize team effectiveness.
Project History
Release Train Engineer
Implemented various program and portfolio management improvement initiatives that identified redundant processes, eliminated waste, and increased performance.
Scaled Agile Implementation Lead and Agile Coach for a Unified Cloud Program
Led the implementation of a strategic product development roadmap achieving over 80% completion of deliverables.
Release Train Engineering
Led, supported, coached, and mentored a diverse team of scrum masters, product owners, and product managers across different time zones.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing
University of Aberdeen - Aberdeen, Scotland
Bachelor's Degree in Classics
University of Ibadan - Ibadan, Nigeria
Certifications
SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
Scaled Agile
SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)
Scaled Agile
SAFe 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Slack, Jira, Zoom, Confluence, Miro, MURAL, Google Workspace
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile, Change Management, Servant Leadership, Lean, Kanban
Industry Expertise
Financial Services
Other
Teams, Facilitation, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Agile Transformation, Process Improvement, Risk Management, Agile Coaching, Team Mentoring, Teaching, Software Release Management, Scrum Master, Microsoft Teams, Jira Align, Conflict Resolution, Coaching, PI Planning, Dependency Management, Product Roadmaps, Microsoft Office, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Agile Program Management, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Organization, Research, Networking, Presentations, Communication, Time Management, Problem Management, Active Listening, Teamwork, Collaboration
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