Taofiq Subair

Experienced Certified Scrum Master with 4+ years of success leading Agile development and deployment of COTS applications in financial and retail sectors. Skilled in web development technologies, COTS application deployment, and automated testing. Expert in resolving obstacles, facilitating team collaboration, and leading large, cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.

Passionate about continuous learning and experimentation, mentoring, coaching, and guiding teams to improve performance and processes.

R&D Agile Scrum Master

Canadian Tire Corporation

July 2021 - current /Toronto, ON

• Coached 20+ teams to higher levels of maturity by improving their process and ensuring they adhered to the Scrum framework
• Managed and supported the efforts of 4 members of the development team in a different time zone
• Facilitated discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution across 3 cross-functional teams
• Used Agile methods and processes to coach 3 product owners through complex problem-solving and solution strategies
• Ensured user stories were 100% ordered, defined, and ready to be worked on by the team
• Identified 10+ complex impediments and assisted 3+ teams in identifying a path to deliver on their sprint commitments
• Doubled the team velocity, throughput, burndown, and cumulative flow of the cross-functional team.
• Guided Agile principles and facilitation skills to ensure 20+ teams were working in an Agile mindset and utilizing Scrum practices

Scrum Master

TD Insurance

June 2020 - June 2021 / Toronto, ON

• Spearheaded productivity improvements through mentoring, resolving impediments, and tracking 100% of team metrics
• Managed and reported on 100% of the tasks and activities of the scrum teams
• Improved the productivity of 3 teams through continuous improvement initiatives and reduction of waste
• Organized and facilitated planning, scrum ceremonies, and optimization of backlogs for 3 teams
• Ensured 100% of development teams practiced core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
• Ensure the identification of 100% inter-team risk, impediment, and blockers were identified, communicated and resolved

Scrum Master

Canadian Western Bank

February 2019 - May 2020 / Toronto, ON

• Ensured 3 project teams lived Agile values and principles and followed client-required processes and practices
• Supported 3 product owners concerning grooming and maintaining product backlogs
• Spearheaded 50+ Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Story Refinement, and Release Planning
• Tracked and communicated 20+ projects' progress to 12 stakeholders and management staff
• Interfaced with 3 product owners on an active basis to manage product backlog and sprint activities
• Removed 50+ obstacles and managed risks to enable team efficiency and effectiveness
• Ensured 100% of Scrum activities were tracked, kept up-to-date, and reported

Certificate: SALESFORCE Cloud Computing 04/2022

Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology, Belleville, ON 

BBA: Business Administration 07/2010

Houdegbe North American University

Diploma: Insurance 11/2007

The Polytechnic, Ibadan.