SUMMARY:

• I have excellent experience with coaching Scrum Teams to adopt Agile/Scrum framework and mindset
• Coached scrum teams to become high performing teams in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Coached senior leadership with adopting Agile/Scrum methodology and effectively implemented Scrum framework to deliver project in a very fast paced environment
• Experience with following software development methodologies: Agile / Scrum, Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Waterfall
• Strong client facing experience having worked with fortune 500 companies to medium scale and small scale companies in diverse cultural environments.
• Extensive experience working in highly structured process oriented environment to completely unstructured fast paced growing environment.
• Excellent communication skills, presentation skills, people skills, negotiation skills, conflict resolution skills, solution oriented mindset and have been complemented for high emotional intelligence.
• Independent decision making ability and aptitude to manage crises in a highly time sensitive deadline driven environment.
• Disciplined in maintaining high quality standards and keen attention to details.
• Ability to effectively adjust and adapt to changes in project scope and requirements

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SDLC: Agile / Scrum, Rational Unified Process (RUP/Scrum), Waterfall, ASAP (SAP Implementation Methodology)

Applications: SDL Tridion CMS, Rally, JIRA, ServiceNow, GlobalShop (ERP), SalesForce, ACT/XACT, SharePoint, SAP (ERP), Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office suite, MS Project, WebFOCUS etc.

Requirements Management / Defect Tracking Tools: Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office, SharePoint, HP QC, JIRA, Rally

Languages: SAP - ABAP/4, VB, COBOL, C, C++, SQL

Databases: MS SQL Server, Oracle 8i, MS Access

Quality Standards: SEI-CMM

Mobile Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows 8 mobile

Industry Experience: Banking & Finance, Mortgage, Wireless/Telecom, Manufacturing, Electronics, Energy, Mortgage and IT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Scrum Master & Project Manager on multiple Agile/Scrum

Responsibilities:

• Helped scrum teams to migrate from Waterfall mindset to Agile mindset and provided coaching on adopting Scrum framework
• Coached scrum teams to become high performing teams in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Coached senior leadership with adopting Agile/Scrum methodology and effectively implemented Scrum framework to deliver project in a very fast paced environment
• Facilitated Scrum events for XACT, Global Shop, Service Now, CMDB and VCE Sales Portal Migration Projects
• Facilitated Backlog Refinement to help the team maintain a healthy Product Backlog (Stories ready for consumption equaled 2 sprints Velocity) and set right priorities
• Delivered various Scrum Artifacts such as Definition of Done, Product Backlog, Release Backlog, Sprint Backlog, User Stories, Sprint Review Report, Burn down and Burn up charts, Sprint Retrospective meeting report
• Coached Product Owner with effective Product Backlog management, backlog prioritization, story writing
• Team servant leader: Impediment removal, empowering team focus, creating supportive team environment
• Led VCE Sales Portal, Global Shop and Service Now enhancement projects using Agile/Scrum methodology
• Developed various artifacts such as Project Charter, ROM, Project Plan using MS Project, Resource Plan and Weekly Status Reports
• Communicated effectively Project Status, Release Plan, Risks, Issues remove any Impediments that may have adverse effect on delivery.
• Release Management of following applications: ServiceNow, Global Shop, SalesForce and Sales Portal
• Provided teams with the leadership and coordination necessary to move their Release into the Production Environment

Scrum Master & Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated Scrum events
• Facilitated Backlog Refinement to help the team maintain a healthy Product Backlog (Stories ready for consumption equaled 2 sprints Velocity)
• Facilitated the team creation of Scrum Artifacts such as Definition of Done, Sprint Review Report, Burn down and Burn up charts and Sprint Retrospective meeting report.
• Assisted Product Owner with effective Product Backlog management, writing user stories
• Team servant leader:
• Impediment removal, empowering team focus, creating supportive team environment
• Coached new team members on Scrum framework and got them up to speed with application and processes
• Managed complete project lifecycle and delivered projects within budget, time and scope.
• Developed Project Charter for both projects including other PM Artifacts like Risk Management Plan, Communication plan, Stakeholder list, ROM Estimates, Issue Log, Change Requests, Budget Reports, Status Reports, Sprint Reports, Burn Down and Burn Charts.
• Managed both projects from Inception to Transition
• Effectively managed internal and external stakeholders, identified and mitigated risks, managed scope, budget and time of project delivery.

Scrum Master & Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated scrum Events: Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.
• Helped Product Owner in maintaining healthy backlog and prioritizing backlog items
• Gathered requirements by interviewing internal and external stake holders (various ATS vendors, studying their products and identifying best features to include in the ATS Application)
• Converted Requirements to User Stories.
• Studied product features, compared features with features available in competitive products and suggested solutions to develop cutting edge product.
• Facilitated backlog grooming sessions between Sprints and managed product backlog
• Application was developed using .Net technologies (ASP.Net 4.0, C#, ADO.Net), MS SQL Server 2012, and mobile technologies (Hybrid Mobile App - JQuery, HTML5, KendoUI, PhoneGap, REST API) and is developed on Cloud - SAAS model, to be provided to customers on monthly subscription basis
• Dynamic frontend was developed using HTML5, JQuery, KendoUI and Phone Gap
• REST API services were developed to exchange data from backend server

Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated preparation of “Request For Information” (RFI) in order to purchase Commercially off the shelf (COTS) Contingent Workforce Management System and Vendor Management application
• Coordinated preparation of Request for Proposal (RFP) document by eliciting requirements from various stakeholders
• Coordinated distribution of RFI and RFP to key vendors and coordinated application demonstrations and walk through
• Was actively involved in identifying key business functionalities to be tested for POC upon vendor selection
• Worked closely with Beeline team in successful implementation of the application at Nokia
• Was involved in the Post Production support and assisted users with the production issues on as need basis
• Technical Environment: Beeline, SharePoint, MS Office, MS Visio

Project Manager & Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with key stakeholders in identifying scope and gathering requirements
• Communicated project plan, project status, project issues and potentials risks in a concise and precise manner to bring out a clear understanding to the stakeholders
• Created various Use case diagrams and wireframe diagrams
• Tested system functionality and conducted UAT
• Dynamic Website was developed using .Net Technology (ASP.Net, C#, ADO.Net), SQL Server 2008, and mobile technologies for providing website access and functionality on mobile devices (iOS and Android) using mobile web browser.

Project Manager & Resource Manager

Responsibilities:

• Drafted Project Proposal, Project Plan, Resource Plan and negotiated Vendor Contract with the client
• Provided bi-weekly status reports to major stakeholders
• Managed 70+ field personnel (wind turbine commissioners) across multiple wind parks
• Was responsible for resource planning, resource management, hiring of qualified resources, on-boarding and off-boarding of resources
• Managed vendor relationships / contracts for hiring contract resources
• Prepared standard and ad hoc management reports and presentations to assess and communicate resource hiring and scheduling progress and metrics.
• Ensured timely progress and execution of resource deliverables.