Fadekemi

Results-driven Senior Business Analyst and Agile Delivery Lead with over 10 years of experience supporting enterprise digital transformation initiatives across federal, defense, and commercial sectors. Proven ability to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams by driving requirements elicitation, Agile delivery, process optimization, and enterprise solution implementation. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, facilitating stakeholder engagement, managing SDLC activities, and delivering technology solutions that improve operational efficiency, compliance, and user experience.

Skilled in Agile frameworks including Scrum, SAFe, Lean, and Kanban, with strong expertise in Power Platform, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, reporting, workflow automation, and business process improvement.

Scrum Lead & Senior Business Analyst - Leidos / Department of Defense - Fort Meade, MD

(2024-08)

Lead Agile delivery activities across multiple cross-functional teams supporting enterprise modernization and mission-critical technology initiatives.

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and stakeholder review sessions.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to gather, analyze, and validate functional and non-functional requirements.
• Improved sprint velocity and delivery predictability by approximately 20% through Agile coaching and process optimization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, workflow diagrams, and delivery documentation using Jira and Confluence.
• Support risk mitigation, dependency management, and release planning efforts across enterprise programs.

Business Analyst - Teksynap / NOAA - Reston, VA

(2023-11 - 2024-05)

Designed and implemented enterprise Power Platform solutions that automated workflows, improved reporting visibility, and increased operational efficiency by 50%.

• Conducted stakeholder interviews, process mapping workshops, and gap analysis sessions to identify business and technical requirements.
• Created business requirement documents (BRDs), functional specifications, process flows, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborated with developers, testers, and project managers to support end-to-end SDLC and Agile delivery activities.
• Developed SharePoint and Power Automate solutions to streamline approval processes and reduce manual operational tasks.
• Supported UAT coordination, issue tracking, and post-deployment support activities.

Business Systems Analyst - Maryland Judiciary - Annapolis, MD

(2017-06 - 2023-11)

Supported statewide digital modernization initiatives, application enhancements, and legacy system migration efforts.

• Led stakeholder workshops to gather business requirements and document current-state and future-state workflows.
• Performed data analysis, process improvement assessments, and compliance documentation activities.
• Coordinated UAT testing efforts and worked closely with development teams to resolve defects and validate functionality.
• Maintained centralized documentation repositories and improved process governance across multiple operational teams.
• Provided executive-level reporting and status updates for ongoing modernization projects.

Security Systems Analyst - Marriott International HQ - Gaithersburg, MD

(2011-12 - 2017-04)

Managed security systems implementation activities, vendor coordination, and enterprise operational support initiatives.

• Created SDLC documentation, business process workflows, executive reports, and system requirement documentation.
• Conducted root cause analysis and data-driven investigations to identify operational issues and improve performance.
• Collaborated with cross-functional business units to support system upgrades, compliance activities, and process optimization.
• Supported reporting and dashboard initiatives to improve visibility into operational and security metrics.

Bachelor of Science - Political Science - Bowie State University

Associate of Arts - Business Administration - Howard Community College