SUMMARY

• 14 years of IT experience in analysis, design, implementation, testing and production support of SAP BW, HANA, BOBJ, BODS in Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Automotives.
• Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience in Agile Methodology, Scrum processes, Sprint Planning, Story based Development and Project Management
• Experience in Software Development Life Cycle SDLC including Agile and Waterfall through implementation and testing.
• Experience in keeping team motivated and on track to achieve sprint goals, resolving bottle neck issues and publishing impediments to product owner stakeholders
• Working with Product owner On Artifacts like Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burndown, Release Burndown
• Experience in Coordinating and managing code release by working in tandem with other teams
• Proficient in design and implementation of applications using SAP BW, SAP HANA, BOBJ, BODS
• Expertise in Documenting maintaining project files Project scope, Business case, Resource planning Scheduling, Risk register, Issue register, Change control register, Progress reports
• Created Current Process Flow as - is process Future Process Flow to-be process using MS Visio
• Experience in application development with SAP HANA
• Experience with SAP BW, HANA, SQLSCRIPT, BODS
• Worked on SAP BW decommision projects moving to SAP HANA
• Responsible for fully understanding the source systems, documenting issues, following up on issues and seeking resolutions
• Ability to co-ordinate effectively with development team, business partners, end users and management
• Deep understanding and capability in troubleshooting of the common issues faced during the development lifecycle including coding, debugging, testing and final roll-out
• Expert in problem solving skills with the ability to think creatively and strategically about alternative solutions and opportunities
• Vast experience in work environment with a mix of onsite-offshore Global Delivery model
• Experience in reviewing and monitoring project progress, planning managing dependencies and risks, Resource Planning
• Self-motivated, excellent technical writing and oral communication skills, Strong analytical problem solving skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Certified Scrum Master
• Certified Project Manager
• Application Development Management
• Agile coaching
• Team Building Leadership
• Processes implementation and improvement
• Agile Transformation
• Project Budgeting Cost Controls
• Training Coaching
• Vendor Management
• Multicultural remote teams management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Working as Scrum master for SAP BW Decommission project, Implementing SAP HANA
• Planning sprint release and making sure team has a crystal clear understanding of sprint goals
• Working with Product Owner in finding ways to effectively maintain prioritize the Product backlog and release plan
• Facilitating daily scrum meetings and responding to the impediments, tracking baseline, sprint planning and sprint retrospective
• Making sure complacency doesn't set in team, at same time avoiding overcommitting to stakeholders
• Championed the cause for continuous design and refactoring to minimize code duplicity, complex logic, poor named identifiers etc.
• Ensuring Product backlog is of manageable size, preparing Product Release Burndown charts
• Provide visibility to team impediments/risks and help eliminate them
• Helping team in self-management by creating artifacts like team task board, sprint Burndown chart, impediments list etc.
• Facilitating Mid Sprint checkup to re review the acceptance criteria of committed Product backlog items
• Encouraging team to adopt pair programming, peer review, preparing reusable components and best practice documents
• Preparing charts showing the rate of new PBIs completed VS new one added thus detecting schedule drift in early stage
• Managed offshore teams across different geographies
• Ensured task completion to specification, on time and within budget.
• Representing the team to report overall project status and upcoming risks and suggest solutions about it.
• Tracking milestones and Publishing team's progress and successes to make sure they are highly visible to product owner / stakeholders.
• Resolving internal team conflicts and Keeping the team motivated to ensure successful sprints.
• Training new team members in Agile principles, scrum processes and helping them transition from waterfall methodology to agile practice
• Progressed from problem statements to well-documented design, created Mockup screens for Business and end users to review the requirements
• Mentor team members to create a cohesive and highly functioning Agile team
• Proactively identify, vocalize and remove impediments to enhance delivery
• Present opportunities for process improvements to further improve team processes
• Coach teams on continuously adapting and prioritizing events and backlog items
• Ensure team understands the Version One tool to maximize efficiencies across teams
• Help develop creative and efficient solutions for complex, time critical problems
• Active participant in people leadership sessions with a focus on team dynamics
• Develop relationships with Product Owners and Program Team to prioritize and determine business value

Confidential, Fortworth, TX

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Scrum master for SAP HANA Implementation project for SAP PM(Plant Maintenance).
• Organizing/facilitating Scrum ceremonies (i.e. standups, planning, retrospectives) for multiple project tracks and removing impediments by interacting with appropriate personnel, thereby ensuring that the teams are fully functional/productive
• Updating agile tracking systems to provide transparency on sprint backlogs and supporting the Product Owner with grooming backlogs, using process tools such as CA Agile Central (Rally)
• Engaging internal stakeholders in critical discussions and facilitating them build consensus for decision making
• Orienting teams to work with agile techniques: User stories, automated testing, continuous integration, and guiding teams to become self-organized
• Partnering with Product, Development teams to set appropriate release dates and ensuring successful rollout of product to customers
• Facilitating discussion and conflict resolution at all levels of the organization in order to improve team productivity while promoting continuous improvement and helping teams understand retrospective outcomes/information radiation
• Facilitating teams on fixing deployment issues, enabling close collaboration among all roles/functions(including both colocated & distributed teams) and ensuring consistent quality and on-time delivery of projects
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress to management
• Communicating cross dependencies among teams and aligning these on timing
• Coaching teams to attain scrum maturity at a sustainable pace
• Hiring and recruiting staff in order to fill skill gaps

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Acted as Scrum Master for SAP HANA development teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.
• Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding the control and release processes
• Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency
• Assisted with prioritization and resolution of software defects
• Built relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them
• Coached Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog
• Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology
• Continuously learned Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with the team
• Engaged with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
• Facilitated getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitated sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos
• Helped team to solve problems rather than provide solutions
• Interfaced with Program Management Office to ensure project goals and requirements are being met
• Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
• Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and led by example
• Removed impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
• Took responsibility of delivery and management of the tasks
• Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management
• Updated Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs
• Worked with the Scrum Team and the Product Owner to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery
• Document and communicate project status to project team, management and/or Project Management Office