Lydia Kaunda, A-CSM

Co-Owner at Talent Elevate
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Location
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Swahili Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Building High-Performance Teams
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2023
    - Oct, 2024
  • Agile at Work: Getting Better with Agile Retrospectives
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Learning Azure DevOps
    LinkedIn
    May, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Leading Remote Projects and Virtual Teams
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Project Portfolio Management Foundations
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Agile Foundations
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Learning Jira Software
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Learning Microsoft Project
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Project Management Foundations
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Project Management Simplified
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Scrum: The Basics
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Metrics For Data-Driven Companies
    Duke University
    May, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Analytics
    The Art of Service Pty Ltd
    Feb, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Customer Analytics
    University of Pennsylvania
    Feb, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Operations Analytics
    University of Pennsylvania
    Feb, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • People Analytics
    University of Pennsylvania
    Feb, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Google IT Support Professional Certification
    Google
    Jan, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Occupational First Aid and Fire Safety Course
    Kenya Red Cross
    Nov, 2018
    - Oct, 2024
  • Client Relations and Etiquette
    Sheer Logic Management Consultants
    Feb, 2012
    - Oct, 2024
  • Human Resource Associate
    Institute Of Human Resource Management
    Aug, 2011
    - Oct, 2024
  • Advanced Certified Scrum Master
    Scrum Alliance
    Jul, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)
    Scrum Alliance
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Professional Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Co-Owner
      • Jan 2023 - Present
    • Kenya
    • Education Administration Programs
    • Founder
      • May 2022 - Present
    • United States
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • Partner
      • Feb 2021 - Present
    • Germany
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • IT Project Manager/Scrum Master
      • Mar 2022 - Aug 2022

      ● Servant Leader for a scrum/kanban team of 14, re-introduced scrum meetings and ensures that scrum guidelines are adhered to. ● Ensure adherence to company Software Development Life Cycle process, IT release schedule and manage the different work streams for the project team. ● Track and manage capacity, change, schedules and budgets of $4 million+ annually while working with cross-functional teams to manage a monthly agile release train ● Collaborate with the Business Analyst, Product Owner and the scrum team in user story creation and product Backlog refinement,this ensures effective work prioritization,estimating and planning Show less

    • United States
    • Insurance
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • IT Project Manager/Scrum Master
      • Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

      • Manage medium to high complexity, and multiple small to medium external/internal IT projects in accordance with LTCG’s project management methodology (blend of waterfall and agile) • Scope management; in/out identification, expectations setting, project and client project change requests • Cost management; actual cost tracking, forecast/re-estimate costs, ETC, EAC, and variance management, overall valuation of the project progress and execution • Project resource management and maintaining financial time tracking and reporting tool, true-up staffing profiles and maintain required fields in PPM tool • Risk & Quality management; tracking and resolving or mitigating RAID log items Show less

    • Project Manager/Scrum Master
      • Jul 2018 - Mar 2021

      •Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project from forecasting, resource planning,accounting, calculating value metrics and risk reserve management through the full Project Life Cycle. •Facilitates the scrum team of 9 to follow the Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to promote prioritization and commitment for each sprint. •Stakeholders management and PMO on portfolio planning, practices, procedures, KPI tracking and oversees the analysis, design, execution and support of all assigned projects Show less

    • United States
    • Information Technology and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Scrum Master
      • Mar 2016 - Jul 2018

      •Maintain and update project documents,templates,tools and reporting to management,clarify workflows and distribute project data and information for clear tracking to 5 departments •Partners with Product owners to ensure that the backlog is continuously refined and that sprint goals are understood by the teams •Facilitates and is accountable for owning the Scrum events •Partners with the product owner and project managers to communicate delivery and metrics of the work from the scrum team and ensure that any risks are proactively escalated Show less

    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Business Analyst/PM
      • Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

      •Gathered and analyzed data as a business analyst in the retail space to depict valuable trends and influence peers in the department and provided clear analysis reports to meet deadlines •Engaged and Partnered with other business analysts managers to track ,forecast and work on problem solving issues within the department •Managed strategic client relationships through collecting, tracking and analyzing customer feedback and established performance and KPIs for the team that optimized a customer centric service model Show less

Education

  • Moi University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Human Resources Management and Development Studies
    2009 - 2012

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