Naomi Eke
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
San Antonio, TX, United States
Toptal member since November 15, 2023
Naomi is a driven, certified project management professional with unique experiences and relevant knowledge from working in agile and hybrid environments. A strong motivator, mentor, and influencer with effective servant leadership, her professional capabilities include web and mobile app software project delivery. Naomi has led agile teams to deliver technical functionality on project initiatives in enterprise companies like M&T Bank.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Business Transformation
- Excel 2016
- Leadership
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Outlook
- Team Building
Work Experience
Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master
Independent Health
- Led multiple cross-functional agile teams in developing and implementing complex IT projects, resulting in increased efficiency and productivity.
- Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring team collaboration and continuous improvement. Managed stakeholder communication and engagement, ensuring transparency and alignment.
- Developed and implemented Agile methodologies and best practices, resulting in improved team performance and project outcomes. Coached and mentored team members and stakeholders, promoting an agile mindset and culture.
Vice President of Transformation Execution and Project Management
M&T Bank
- Managed high-priority initiatives valued over $5 million under the LIBOR transition program, impacting three or more businesses or functions, often requiring considerable resources and high levels of functional integration from initiation to close.
- Led agile teams to deliver technical functionality on project initiatives. Ensured execution of tasks defined in the project plan to achieve the project goals. Executed all parts of the project plan and monitored and controlled project work.
- Implemented approved actions that were required to mitigate project risk events. Identified risk-related issues needing escalation to management. Communicated project plans to affected parties to ensure a shared understanding and align stakeholders.
Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master
Global Value Commerce
- Managed team metrics and made recommendations to the team and management for improvements. Worked with the development team on UI/UX issues and worked with graphic designers to create mockups and wireframes for simpler changes.
- Developed, modeled, and coached the Scrum framework. Led daily scrum stand-ups and agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple concurrent projects.
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies inside each sprint, including sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospectives.
IT Project Manager
Charles Schwab
- Created and managed project development environments on agile project management tools. Made the Jira board visible to the team during daily standups and tracked the work in progress of each sprint, improving team productivity by 20%.
- Collaborated with team members to identify and remove impediments using an agile mindset. Escalated complex issues for timely resolution to maintain schedules and serve customer needs.
- Provided project milestone details from the transformation project roadmap to appropriate stakeholders. Developed high-level team engagement presentations for the senior management team and conducted retrospectives to discuss improvements.
Project History
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Transition Program
Set up new lending indices for commercial banking and functional business areas at M&T Bank.
ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Secured Overnight Financing Rate Data (SOFR)
2. Utilized the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY)
Member Action Web and Mobile
Launched and managed multiple web and mobile releases for member actions at a top-rated New York health insurance provider.
Global Value Commerce Agile Transformation
Executed an agile transformation within the IT department of the organization by leading the adoption and implementation of the Scrum and Agile frameworks to suit various project and operational needs.
Education
Master of Arts (MA) in Economic and Social History
University of Glasgow - Glasgow, Scotland
Certifications
ITIL Foundation Certification
PeopleCert
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
SAFe 6 Agilist
Scaled Agile
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Jira, Microsoft Access, Zoom, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel 2016, Microsoft Word, Project Management & Work Tracking Tools
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Waterfall Delivery, Agile Leadership, Agile Delivery, Scrum, Agile, Kanban
Industry Expertise
Software
Other
Teams, Team Building, Outlook, Leadership, Sprint Planning, Project Tracking, Stakeholder Management, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management, Economics, Business Transformation, Business Analysis, Business Planning, Strategy, Technical Project Management, Coaching, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Agile Product Delivery, Project Planning, Resource Management, Roadmaps, Program Management, eCommerce, IT Project Management, Scrum Master, Data, Product Owner, Finance, Hybrid Project Management, Strategic Planning, Information Technology, Health IT, IT, Agile Transformation, Delivery, Commercial Banking, Scrumban, Waterfall Methodology, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), IT Operations foundation
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