Chukwuemeka Ovuworie
EXPERTISE
BIO
Agile Project Manager with 7+ years of experience propelling cross-functional teams to develop software products within quality, budget, and time constraints. Extensive experience with a wide range of software development methodologies and frameworks, including Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall. Obsessed with continually adapting and improving development processes to maximize value and mitigate risk. Substantial agile coaching and mentoring expertise in environments spanning development teams, the agile transformation of an enterprise, and the education industry. Strong Python programming skills and sound technical knowledge of many aspects of web development. Solid foundational knowledge of machine learning and natural language processing and experience working with large language models.
WORK EXPERIENCE
AI Training | Part-Time Contractor at Outlier
Scale AI, Inc.
May 2023 - Present
• Creating and fine-tuning math, physics, programming, and general prompts for large language models (LLMs) • Structured evaluation and ranking of responses generated by LLMs and/or humans by assessing factors such as accuracy, relevancy, fulfillment, and presentation • Improving LLM performance by developing exceptional technical content in response to prompts
Mentor | Part-Time Contractor
OpenClassrooms
April 2022 - Present
• Guiding, supporting, and motivating students from S&P 500 companies through a wide range of learning paths: Agile Project Management, Scrum Master, Application Developer Apprenticeship, and Python Basics for Market Analysis • Monitoring student data and creating action plans to keep students on track to completing projects on time • Reviewing student project work and providing constructive feedback for improvement • Updating administrative notes on the internal system to track student progress within 24 hours of a virtual mentoring session and alerting the student success team when a student needs additional support
Founder & Principal Manager
Dot Evoke LLC
March 2019 - Present
• Business management, domain name sales, marketing, negotiation, company branding, and accounting • Using DNS over TLS, web scraping, natural language processing, and other machine learning algorithms to identify and acquire domain names to register for sale to brands, internet traffic acquisition, and advertising • DevOps experience using Python and MongoDB with GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Docker containers, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to orchestrate automated workflows
Software Project Manager
Schlumberger
January 2015 - February 2019
| AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COACHING : • Facilitated agile ceremonies and scrum events: sprint planning, daily scrum, daily stand-up, sprint review, sprint retrospective, backlog refinement, etc. • Tracked and communicated project progress through agile metrics: sprint burndown, release burndown, velocity, value delivery, work in progress (WIP), cumulative flow, test coverage, etc. • Managed, measured, and continuously adapted and improved agile development processes to maximize value using a range of methodologies and frameworks: Agile, Kanban, Lean, Scrum, and XP • Used agile tools (Azure DevOps) for product and sprint backlog management, metrics tracking and reporting • Used organizational levers to remove impediments • Coached hundreds of employees as an Agile Coach to adopt new agile principles and practices during the enterprise agile transformation: 1-on-1 coaching, developed presentations, newsletters, and video content • Instructed live classes of 30 software engineers on the following courses at Schlumberger: Introduction to Agile Development, Code Review, and Pair Programming | SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT : • Led multiple cross-functional teams simultaneously to develop software products within quality, budget, and time constraints: 8+ products, 30+ projects, $500K-$3M budgets • Guided projects through all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) using Waterfall methodologies and Rational Unified Process (RUP) • Authored numerous project artifacts: project plan, requirements document, architecture and design specification, quality and test plan, project risks, intellectual property review, release plan, release notes, etc. • Backlog management and feature prioritization with stakeholders to maximize value and mitigate risk • Managed quality assurance, test plans, and quality metrics tracking and reporting • Collaborated with internal and external resources to successfully deliver projects
Software Team Lead
Schlumberger
January 2013 - January 2015
• Led two software development products simultaneously through all phases of the SDLC • Implemented the JetBrains static code analysis tool InspectCode to run 1300+ inspections, including logical errors, code smells, redundancies, potential improvements, and suggestions • Championed the use of the Math.NET Numerics library to standardize mathematical algorithms in the code, reduce development time, and improve code performance by 20% • Introduced test-driven development, pair programming, code reviews, and Code Contracts to reduce defects by 75% • Researched literature, formulated, and solved equations to predict annular pressure buildup in wellbore annuli
Software Engineer
Schlumberger
April 2007 - January 2013
• Integrated the NIST REFPROP and GERG-2008 thermodynamic fluid properties calculations into PIPESIM, which were utilized in the $208 million Decatur carbon capture and sequestration project funded by the Department of Energy • Developed and implemented groundbreaking heat transfer models (SPE 131137 MS)
EDUCATION
Master of Science
Cranfield University, September 2005
Aerospace Dynamics
Master in Science
University of Birmingham, July 2002
Theoretical Physics And Applied Mathematics
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Scrum Master I
Scrum.org
Issued: 3/1/2022
Credential ID: https://www.scrum.org/certificates/767680
Verified Agile Project Manager
8+ years of experience
Preferred commitment: Part Time
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