SUMMARY:

• Overall 7+ years of experience including Adaptive Program/project management (Agile/SCRUM/RUP/XP), Agile/ IT development, Lean Six Sigma methodologies, PMO leadership, Business Systems Analysis/Re - engineering, strategic planning and reporting. Experienced in SCRUM based iterative incremental development showing increasing business value every SPRINT. Strong experience in processes such as SPRINT planning, Product Backlog management, agile estimation, daily SCRUM, metrics such as Burn-down & Velocity charts, Sprint summary report, Sprint review/retro meetings etc. Experienced in Agile coaching/mentoring, improving development team motivation, process innovation, SCRUM based emergency procedures, removal of project impediments, working with business/product owner to maximize business value and ROI in shorter period.
• 6 years of experience in Scrum Mastering and driving complex programs.
• Proactive and self - driven individual with excellent communication, written and presentation skills.
• As a Project Manager, worked on Project Planning, Monitoring and Controlling Project Performance and regularly update project status and progress in Project Portfolio tool

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Business Analysis: Project Management

Product Strategy & Roadmap: Stakeholder collaboration

Program Management: SQL

Agile Methodology: Design and Development

Multiple Platforms: Testing and validation

User Acceptance Testing: Process Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential — Santa Clara, CA

Senior Scrum Master/Agile Program Manager/ Agile Coach.

• Serving as a Scrum Master in ICG Imaging PM Team for HikVision and Bosch programs.
• Contributed strong foundation of experience in scrum theory as well as practical experience to the team who is new to Agile.
• Acted as a change agent and helped in transforming the teams from traditional approach to Agile.
• One of my key accomplishments is coaching the product owner and team by overcoming the resistance to adoption of Scrum.
• Successful in presenting the scrum metrics in the ops reviews with a wide range of audience.
• Acted as the servant leader for a team of thirteen engineers to optimize the Image Quality and Algorithms development process to meet customer requirements.
• Developed team building capabilities within the team and showcased increased collaboration and team motivation spirit.
• Monitored the dependencies between Algorithm teams between Finland, Israel and Santa Clara and helped the team track and achieve milestones using Agile Practices.

Confidential — Dublin, OH

Systems Analyst / SCRUM Master

• Scrum Master for Confidential Smart Threat Services group.
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight the business unit.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Conducting Scrum events and updating the business unit on scrum metrics.
• Participating in the PMO activities and being a part of COE.
• Monitoring the team’s velocity and coaching the organization on Scrum fundamentals.

Confidential — Columbus, OH

Agile Project Manager/SCRUM Master

• Scrum Master for Customer services web application development team, leading Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives utilizing Version One.
• Implemented Kanban flow in the agile teams progressing towards continuous deployment. Worked with teams with CI/CD approach using Kanban.
• Engaged Infrastructure managers in delivering the virtual memory platforms based on the client specifications.
• Gathered requirements from Business Managers, Supervisors, stakeholders, Data Governance Team and the subject matter experts through meetings to understand needs of the system.
• Facilitated Iteration Planning meetings and coordination of release management activities for deployments.
• Closely tracked iteration progress reporting velocity and managing capacity.
• Developed and implemented repeatable processes related to production and fostered an environment of continuous improvement.
• Ensured that the project meet corporate SDLC and PMO standards, compliance and industry best practices.
• Making working partnerships with business/cross functional stakeholders to create enterprise culture of trust and transparency that are essential for agile development/project management.
• Coordinating with Product Owner to prioritize requirements/Product Backlog based on Delivery schedule, SPRINT summary, Business Value based on ROI calculation.
• Facilitating Release planning, Agile estimation (story points), SPRINT planning, Daily SCRUM, SPRINT review and Retrospective meeting to track progress, eliminate project impediments and setting strategies.
• Creating metrics such as “Burn-down” and “Velocity charts” for each SPRINT and tuning/adapting the subsequent Product Backlog/development/Release Plan to meet feature delivery deadlines.
• Inviting active participation from customer in user acceptance testing for every SPRINT delivery and focusing on pro-active customer collaboration rather than customer negotiation.

Confidential, Hillsboro OR

Project Analyst Intern

• Achieved good feedback on effort analysis and support indicators from product development projects.
• Implemented SQL scripts to pull project schedule status data from databases into Excel.
• Excelled in overtime tracking and reporting for non-exempt development work and actual effort recording, to aid in and planning and managing future work.
• Analyzed data, charting data, producing reports and giving recommendations using advanced excel and VBA.
• Worked in teams understanding PLC and SDLC methodologies.
• Improved the headcount planning techniques by 30% with advanced excel to increase the efficiency by problem solving and delivered results under accelerated time frames.

Confidential

Project Management Trainee.

• Top and accurate assessments on the Project Estimates for the call flow process.
• Resolved technical issues with Dell Precision laptops and maintained statistical data.
• Provide basic technical support to Dell's Services Clients
• Troubleshoot issues that include printer set-up, password resets, troubleshooting account specific client applications, and basic diagnosing of the desktop/laptop software problems.