Aanu Araoye
Program Manager at United States Marine Corps
Solution Architect | Project Manager | Scrum Master | Product Manager | Active Clearance
A Program Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Project Manager, Product Owner and Military Veteran leveraging an active Secret Security Clearance and over seven years of proven experience in the government sector and the US Marine Corps. As a Lean Advocate and Value Enabler I consciously drive team and business agility through early and continuous value delivery, waste elimination, maximizing resources and accommodating changes early and throughout the project lifecycle. Highly adaptive, proficient in change, risk management and managing stakeholders as a way to drive continuous flow of value. I have successfully supported multiple complex projects and co-led agile transformation across co-located and distributed teams.
United States Marine Corps
https://www.linkedin.com/company/marines
Worked to provide continuous improvement for Marine Corps Order Writing System development life cycle, realizing one hundred percent reduction errors over five years of tour.
●	Ensures all updates received from commanding officers were implemented to specifications, meeting all requirements as desired by the stakeholders, elicited requirements from ten different divisions, through interviews and research to develop orders more effectively, generating two hundred orders per minute, a 68 percent change from previous performances, led to hundred percent contract procurement.
●	Managed five consecutive annual Combat training events for over one thousand marines across ten sites, using SharePoint and excel document as tracking tools to achieve full accountability. Created epics, features and user stories using Jira software to support developers, adequately tracking progress, and implemented ideas to remove stumbling blocks and barriers which encouraged the cross functional team to function at their best capacity, establishing a full functioning communication channel.
Aurora, Colorado, United States
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Program Manager
United States Marine Corps
https://www.linkedin.com/company/marines
Promoted agile values and principles through training, coaching, and mentoring, resulting in smooth transitioning. Organized and facilitated Annual Training deployment by conducting daily stand-ups, review, retrospectives demos and other movements while achieving the Commanding officer’s intent. 
●	Support Senior military officials to verse strategy development, execution, implementation or planning as well as assisting in writing and production of deliverables. Facilitated Annual Training deployment, conducting daily stand-ups, review, retrospectives demos and other movements while achieving the Commanding officer’s intent. realizing one hundred percent reduction errors over five years of tour. 
●	Tracked and communicated team velocity and other deployment metrics with, and to all affected teams and management. Provided guidance to training and implementations that ensured Marine readiness and deployment support across the battalion. Promoting agile values and principles through training, coaching, and mentoring, resulting into smooth transitioning by identifying risks/impediments, removed them promptly, and escalated where necessary, increasing the efficiency of the developer by fifty percent.
Aurora, Colorado, United States
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Administrative Specialist | Scrum Master
Google
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Organized, ordered, managed program calendar and program materials for Vaccine Verification projects as well as generating document attendance, incidents reports and other observations. 
●	Ordered and oversee distribution of equipment to staffed reception desks across North America and coordinate the training for corresponding reception while adhering to the project charter. Worked closely with project sponsor and assigned project managers to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives.  Managed requirements and workflows using Google calendar throughout the project’s lifecycle to ensure adherence to project scope, achieved optimal solutions to satisfy business needs. 
●	Established project initiation phase across North America Sites through continuous planning, communications, and synching with other teams, using tools such as Gmail, google calendar, resulting in a smooth workflow for the team members, eliminating all project speculated failures. Created contents for business operations and training, facilitating smooth transition of content for further usage.
Aurora, Colorado, United States
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Hiring Our Heroes Fellow, Project Manager
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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•	Collaborated with regional security managers and project teams to prioritize collected requirements that eradicated possible obstacles, resulting into optimum functionalities across the department. 
•	Managed requirements and workflows throughout the project’s lifecycle to ensure adherence to project scope and to ensure optimal solutions to satisfy business needs. 
•	Facilitated design thinking sessions to identify persons and product features that contributed to the deployment of training seventy officers across the departments in the west Texas locations.
•	Clarified requirements to the development teams, providing necessary essentials, maximizing project timeframes.
•	Conducted value stream mapping to review processes for possible improvements, resulting production optimization.
•	Identified, analyzed, and developed business requirement for proposed projects, including process flows and reports. Translated customer’s needs into functional requirement specifications.
Odessa/Midland, Texas Area
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Transportation Security Administration Specialist (TSAS)
Information Technology 
Online IT degree coursework which specializes in multiple subject matters and equipped me with targeted skills that are useful in preparation for certifications. After completing the program, I am well versatile with  foundational and practical knowledge across the field of information technology
Computer and Information Sciences, General
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Colorado State University-Global Campus
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Leading Marines
The Leading Marines distance education program (DEP) serves as the foundation of the professional military education building block program, and supports the development of the requisite leadership skills for our future leaders.
Military and Strategic Leadership
United States Marine Corps
Personal Administration Specialist Course
Administrative Specialist
Marine Corps Combat Service Support School
High School Diploma
Secondary School Coursework
12 Grade
Osogbo International School
he Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (MCGCM) is a decoration presented to recognize members who have completed three years of honorable service. Enlistment bars displaying the period of time for which the award was presented were used until 1953 when subsequent awards became denoted by Service Stars worn on the award medal.
United States Marine Corps
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
The Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) Medal is a decoration presented by the U.S. military to recognize members of the Marine Corps Reserve who have met specific service requirements as of July 1, 1925. To be eligible for this medal, service personnel must have attended with an SMCR unit at least 90% of all scheduled drills in a year for three consecutive years, including duty in an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) billet in Training Category A. Prior to April 24, 1961, 80% attendance at all scheduled drills was required to be eligible for the medal. Service Members may also be eligible if they attend an IMA billet in Training Category A for three consecutive field training periods. Active Duty for training may be authorized to be performed in replacement of regular annual field training periods. It is noted that between the dates of July 1, 1925 to April 24, 1961, medal eligibility required four consecutive years of service. Successive awards of the Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal are indicated by bronze service stars worn as attachments on the award medal.
United States Marine Corps
Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal
Recognition of exceptionally outstanding leadership
Department of Homeland Security
Employee of the Month
Given by a officer senior to a Marine whose performance is considered noteworthy or commendable beyond the usual requirements of duty
United States Marine Corps
USMC Letter of Appreciation
Certificate of Appreciation is given by Any officer senior to a Marine whose performance is considered noteworthy or commendable beyond the usual requirements of duty may.
United States Marine Corps
USMC Certificate of Appreciation
The National Defense Service Medal is a service award of the United States Armed Forces established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. It is awarded to every member of the US Armed Forces who have served during any one of four specified periods of armed conflict or national emergency from 1950 to the present
United States Marine Corps
National Defense Service Medal
Coursera
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Google Project Management Certificate
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Coursera | Google
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CDE3T6NS5G2H
Google Project Management: Specialization
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Scrum Inc.
s3.amazonaws.com
ID#PO-1491681
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
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ICAgile
358-25275-1315383e-dc28-4216-a4f3-ef5177ba6865
ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Project and Delivery Management
Scrum Inc.
s3.amazonaws.com
ID#SM-4272747
Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
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LinkedIn
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Agile Software Development: Scrum for Developers
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/agile-software-development-scrum-for-developers
Utiva
396
Ajile Product Manager
Scrum.org
Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
LinkedIn
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Comparing Agile versus Waterfall Project Management
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Scrum.org
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Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
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LinkedIn
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Scrum: The Basics
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LinkedIn
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Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
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LinkedIn
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Human Resources Foundations
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LinkedIn
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C01): 1 Cloud Services Overview (2019)
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c01-1-cloud-services-overview-2019
LinkedIn
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Exam Tips: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C01)
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/exam-tips-aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c01
LinkedIn
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Programming Foundations: Fundamentals
http://www.linkedin.com/learning/programming-foundations-fundamentals-3
LinkedIn
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Word Essential Training (Office 365)
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
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International Scrum Institute™
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03300421254709
Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
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Scrum Inc.
Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC)
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San Francisco, CA
Teddy Yeh
Product Manager at GaiaGPS
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Alexandria, VA
Brett Quick
IT Project Manager (S6)
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San Diego Metropolitan Area
Christopher Bonutti
Transitioning Naval Officer June 2022 | TS Clearance | Project Manager | Engineering, Communications, Technology
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United States
Felicia Snow
Military Service at Texas Army National Guard
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Denver Metropolitan Area
Karen Smith
Manager of Client Service at Leafbuyer Technologies
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Suitland, MD
Alton Minor
Senior Network Engineer\PMP\PMI\SCRUM MASTER\AWS\ITIL V4\CCNA\VMWARE\CONFIGURATION MANAGER\INSTRUCTOR
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Fort Irwin, CA
Jose Torres
Automotive Maintenance Manager at US Army, DSL
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Jersey City, NJ
Felicia Snow
Student at Austin Community College
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
Tammy Villamar
District Manager at Chuck Latham Associates, Inc.
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Denver Metropolitan Area
Karen Ross
Controller at Chuck Latham Associates, Inc.
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Kennesaw, GA
Andrew Heymann
Aspiring Author, Domestic Operations Planner at Georgia National Guard, TS-SCI
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Fort Polk North, LA
Javontae Harrington
Flight Operations Supervisor at US Army
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Greater St. Louis
Gabriel Reagan
Proud Air Force Veteran with 20+ years of service to our country. Overseeing workflow optimization, and delivering risk assessment with data-driven solutions to global customers.
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Richmond, VA
Rob McKenna
Learner | Veteran
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Jacksonville, FL
Jason Maris
Transitioning Summer 2022, Medical Recruiter, RBLP-T, B.S. Health Care Management
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Cleveland, OH
Makayla Rose
Consultant at Deloitte | Army Veteran
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Topeka, KS
Michael Comstock, MBA
Client Services Manager at Chuck Latham Associates
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Rochester, NY
Charles Datz
Product Manager at Harris Corporation
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Greater Seattle Area
Patrick Croffie, MS, CSM, CSPO
Global Supply Business Manager at Amazon
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U.S. Marine Corps Veterans
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Military History and Strategy
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Global Public Health - Social Determinants of Health
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Transitioning Junior Military Officers
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Civil Affairs Association
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Military Intelligence Group: China Region
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DOD Skillbridge Community of Practice
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Digital Marketing
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HR Nigeria.com
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Military-to-Civilian Transitioners
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NiDAN - Nigeria Diaspora Alumni Network
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Boots to Loafers
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Military Veteran Recruiter Network
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Port Harcourt Business Network - Nigeria West-Africa | Oil & Gas
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