SUMMARY

• 9+ years of experience working in several agile/waterfallprojects; 5+yearsas ScrumMaster/Project Manager.
• Servant - leader capable ofdelivering large and small projects on time and budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams.
• Expert at coaching, mentoring and making the team adopt empirical Scrum process/values, removing impediments and fostering self-management. Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm, keeping the teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
• Excellent leadership skills including issue management, conflict resolution,and team building. A consensus builder who forges strong relationships among stakeholders at all levels of large, complex organizations.
• Possess good oral and written communication skills and the ability to effectively interface with various stakeholders Product manager, technical/ Cross-functional teams.
• Expertise in managing multiple projects while maintaining constant communication with the relevant stakeholders. Has good knowledge and hands on experience in Jira.
• Evangelize the benefits of Scrum to ensure smooth adoption and faster time to market.
• Contributed major role in organization transforming from waterfall to agile methodology.
• Strong knowledge of Product Lifecycle methodology and blended knowledge of Onsite/Offshore delivery Strategies

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban.

Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Visio, MS SharePoint, MS PowerPoint, JIRA, Confluence, Balsamiq.

Soft skills: Servant Leader Facilitator, Excellent Presentation and Strong Communications Skills, Team Management, Detail Oriented, Fast Learner, Proficient Coacher/ Trainer, Good Multitasker, Friendly Communicator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential | Santa Clara, CA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Hands on experience as Scrum Master; Servant leader manages several agile Projects
• Implements Scrum Framework and uphold Scrum Values and principles;Work with other Scrum professionals to improve Scrum implementation.
• Coaching the Team in being cross-functional and self-organized
• Perform Scrum Ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Backlog Grooming.
• Coach the Scrum Team to understand Empirical Product Development and enable effective conflict resolution.
• Effectively Remove impediments and protect the team members from interruptions/distraction to maximize productivity.
• Improved communication and adopted transparency in communication between Product Owner, Scrum Development Team and Stakeholders.
• Created user stories using INVEST criteria and assist the Product Owner break the Epics, userstories and prioritize Product Backlog
• Immense knowledge about prioritizing techniques like MOSCOW, Kano, and Bubble Sort.
• Familiar with Estimations technique like T Shirt sizes and planning poker.
• Implemented Agile scrum development framework for geographically distributed 20 + UI, development, QA team members.
• Utilized agile principles to help the team increase the velocity by 50%
• Analyze and maintain Sprint Burn Down Chart, Release Burn DownChart, Control chart-cycle time- measure & record various types of Velocity to improve team performance.
• Experience working with multiple teams/ scrum of scrums and focuses on relationship building
• Cross Region team coordination and effective end to end project delivery.
• Validated completed stories using Definition of Done.
• Escalated impediments as needed, mitigated risks and engaged team for continuous improvement.
• Does effective norming sessions and has periodic update in Confluence Page.
• Facilitated workshops, coached and mentored team on Agile framework and methodologies.

Confidential, Woonsocket, RI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), such as initiation, planning, requirement gathering, designing, development, testing, deployment, and dispositioning using Scrum-Waterfall Hybrid model.
• Project Management-Involved in all stages of PMLC (Planning, requirement gathering, design, development, testing, deployment. Version control/Maintain repository.
• Define project objectives, requirements, and assumptions necessary for a project.
• Co-ordinate with Business Team and prepare Project charter/Project plan/Cost Benefit analysis/Feasibility analysis.
• Maintain scope creep, controlling change management process and Use Case template.
• Conduct Kick-off meeting.

Confidential, Industry, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), such as initiation, planning, requirement gathering, designing, development, testing, deployment, and dispositioning using Scrum-Waterfall Hybrid model.
• Project Management-Involved in all stages of PMLC (Planning, requirement gathering, design, development, testing, deployment. Version control/Maintain repository.
• Define project objectives, requirements, and assumptions necessary for a project.
• Co-ordinate with Business Team and prepare Project charter/Project plan/Cost Benefit analysis/Feasibility analysis.
• Maintain scope creep, controlling change management process and Use Case template.

Confidential

Agile Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Comfortable in creatingrequirement artifacts: BRD, FRD, NFR, SRS, Usecase/ Use Case Diagram. Mockups/Wireframe.
• Very Good experience in requirement Elicitation: Facilitation of interviews, Requirement workshops-JAD sessions, Brainstorming, performing job shadowing/focus groups, creating prototype/Surveys.
• Capable of Capturing SMART Business requirements and Functional/ non-functional/Interface requirements
• Comfortable creating User stories with appropriate Acceptance Criteria as per business and technical needs.
• Requirement Analysis: Conducting GAP Analysis-analysis between AS In Condition and To BE state, Impact/ Risk analysis and mitigation plans.
• Walkthrough session, Create and maintain requirement traceability matrix.
• Conduct training session & create user manual.