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Sheri Omolade

Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area ∙ (240)-938-9883 ∙ Sherifat.omolade14@gmail.com


PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Experienced Project Manager/Business Analyst with over 15 years of experience leading and coaching
professionals in documenting and analyzing business process requirements, Software Development,
Data Quality Assessment & Management, Project Planning & Execution, Contract Management,
Public-Private Partnerships (P3) Collaboration, Risk Management, Cost Estimation, Resource
Management and Cost Management. An extensive experience in using problem-solving skills to
provide cost-effective solutions to meet challenging business demands on a wide range of Agile and
Waterfall projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
MS Visio, SQL, MS Project, Microsoft Office Tools, AutoCAD, BIM, Bluebeam Revu, Slack, SharePoint,
Trello, JIRA, Confluence, SDLC, Waterfall, and Agile, Lucid Chart, HP-ALM, Mainframe, UAT,
Req. Pro Requirements Management tool, VersionOne, Gap Analysis – As is vs. To Be, Manual Testing,
Cisco WebEx, Snag IT, ProEst, Tableau Projects and Change Management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Business Analyst Remote (Contract)
Change Resource and Support Services Inc.
Baltimore, MD
January 2022 – Current
● Responsible for creating requirements, developing s, and continue to manage User Stories utilizing
Jira and Trello for an Agile development team working on developing a Credit Union application.
● Actively collaborate with Product Owners refinement, grooming and prioritization of product and
team backlogs.
● Communicate plans, status, and issues to management on a regular basis.
● Facilitates and participates in a Joint Application Development session with large-group project
stakeholders to gather detailed business rules and functional requirements.
● Conducts Manual testing of Product functionality to validate whether the requirements have been
met and the desired result has been achieved based on the Acceptance Criteria.
● Designs and develop project templates based on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC
Methodology) in collaboration with a team of developers.
● Conducts and supervises frequent meetings to interview business users, subject matter experts,
(SMEs), technical staff and support personnel to obtain and document business needs and then
covert them into functional requirement document (FRD).
● Analyzes the needs of customers or requirements and find the best solutions by means of
automated systems.
● Effective use of MS Visio to create flow charts, use case and sequence diagrams to display a
detailed representation of various actors in the system and the interaction between the various
components of the system.
● Coaches other Business Analysts in best practices.

Project Analyst/Business Analyst (Full Time)


Kimball Construction Company
Rosedale, MD
Mar 2020 – Jan. 2022
 Managed the transitioning of the project management team from waterfall into a fully functional
Agile project management team.
 Designed and developed project templates based on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC
Methodology).
 Led a team of Project Engineers to create and publish the organization’s policies and procedures in
line with the Agile methodology.
 Oversaw all aspects of construction project using agile methodology from conceptualization phase
through post-construction phase by creating a unique collaboration environment between KCC,
subcontractors, & Client/end user.
 Created a project communication plan that ensured effective collaboration between all project
stakeholders.
 Successfully automated processes using software such as viewpoint one, Autospecs, and ProEst to
improve performance & quality management, thereby removing complex manual processes.
 Effectively collaborated with business and technical stakeholders in collecting requirements,
defining the project scope, creating work breakdown structure, and assigning resources to work
packages using Microsoft project.
 Developed project budget and cost estimate project schedules, with the appropriate level of detail
and scope to maximize efficiency for successful execution.
 Monitored project performance and reported on KPIs such as Schedule Variance (SV), Cost
Variance (CV), Estimate to Complete (ETC), and Estimate at Completion (EAC)
Business Analyst/Project Manager
TechSpires Inc.
Largo, MD
Jan 2019 – Nov. 2021
 Collaborated with stakeholder to develop a requirement and obtain signoff for the development of
an online school using K12 website as a reference.
 Created use case scenarios (K12) and documented workflow and business process.
 Monitored Learning Management System content effectiveness and manages launch of new
academic programs.
 Collaborated with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and
analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
 Conducted Manual testing of the Learning management system (LMS) to validate whether the
requirements have been met and the desired result has been achieved based on the Acceptance
Criteria.
 Performed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify the business-critical areas
from the user perspective.
 Involved in preparing Process Flow Diagram and other UML Diagrams using MS Visio.
 Coordinated the efforts to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal and external
customers to analyze functional requirements.
 Administered Requirement Change Request Process (RCR) for requirement management.
 Performed Requirement Analysis to Develop Use Cases, Activity Diagrams and Sequence
Diagrams. Hence developed and documented conceptual design of Application in System
Specification Document
 Involved in all requirements gathering and impact analysis activities.
 Scheduled and tracked application upgrades and patching while ensuring software is current.
● Oversaw system and application upgrade and maintenance to ensure uptime and reliability

Project Manager / Business Systems Analyst (Full Time)


Nelson Mandela Institution (NMI)
Abuja, Nigeria
Nov 2010 – Oct 2017
● Managed the transitioning of the project management team from waterfall environment into a fully
functional Agile project management team.
● Designed and developed project templates based on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC
Methodology).
● Developed and published procedural guidelines for a Private–Private Partnership collaboration
between the NMI and private investors.
● Successfully managed the design and approval of the African University of Science & Technology
(AUST) Master plan by the collaborating with the approving government agency.
Project Lead
Nelson Mandela Institution -NMI (Zimbabwean Government in Partnership with World Bank and
African Development Bank).
Jan 2014 – Sept 2016
● Led a team of SMEs and Construction Managers to establish a private postgraduate university for
Science and Technology in Zimbabwe.
Project Lead
Nelson Mandela Institution-NMI (Malian/ Tanzanian Government in Partnership with World Bank and
African Development Bank).
Jan 2011 – Aug 2013
● Led a team of SMEs and Construction Managers to establish a private university for Mining in
Mali.
● Successfully completed the construction of 20-room student hostel on time and below budget
● Successfully completed the construction of a fully equipped material science laboratory, equipped
office building, 240ha Campus security fence and gates.
● Established a PMO with the help of the management team which lead to the effective management
of projects.
● Part of the team responsible for Preparing the Bills of Quantities for various projects for the
purpose of tendering.
● Responsible for cost evaluation for various projects.

Senior Cost Estimator


Gitto Costruzioni Generali
Abuja, Nigeria
Sept 2005 – Apr 2009
● Established a PMO with the help of the management team which lead to the effective management
of projects.
● Part of the team responsible for Preparing the Bills of Quantities for various government projects
● Responsible for cost evaluation & feasibility studies for various projects.

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science April 2004 Concentration: Quantity Surveying (Cost Estimation)
Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria

CERTIFICATION
PSM 1, Google Data Analysis, Coursera- Requirements Writing, Examspm - Project Management
Training Bootcamp, P3 Institute - Certificate in Conducting Value for Money (VfM) & Public
Sector Comparator (PSC) for P3 Projects

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