PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS:

• 15+ years of experience as Functional / Technical Project/Program Manager/Scrum Master with areas of focus in Delivery Management. Domain knowledge includes HealthCare, Banking, Insurance, Energy, ServicesManufacturing, Utility, Retail and Telecom. Handled client - facing assignments for more than 6+ years in USA.
• A keen planner, strategist and implementer in End-to-End project management from Project Initiation to Closure to meet project specifications.
• Implemented large-scale business critical transformation programs.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies - Backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand ups, retrospectives and demos.
• Played administrative and leadership roles to make the delivery possible.
• Manage metrics on Sprint progress, guiding the team to remove impediments.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum based environment along with cross-functional teams.
• Experienced in Risk Management by balancing the impact through RAID log. Removed obstacles which impacted the delivery of the project.
• Proven experience leading Scrum technical teams with a passion for the developing the talent within the team.
• Well versed in Change, Demand and Incident Management Processes. Have the ability in focusing Release & Deployment Management, which significantly increases the business value, and optimizing the Risk and Cost.
• Experienced in setting up and building large complex programs, managed key client relationships and delivery for projects. Well versed in Stakeholder, Vendor and Test Data Management.
• Diverse experience in delivery management, consulting, operations and presales. Worked on multiple stages of proposals from RFP to creating SOW / WO for mid and small size estimates on Microsoft Release Management.
• Built successful teams providing strategic direction and thought leaderships. Expertise in Agile/Scrum model based projects for more than 3+ years. Extensive experince in Kanban, TDD, BDD and XP. Good knowledge in SAFe . Responsible for creating project milestones, schedules, tracking project Cost.
• Insightful expertise in project management activities like Initiation, Scope, Effort & Time Estimation, Costing and project budgeting, Resource Allocation, Scheduling, Risk Management and Execution Control planning.
• Proficient and well experienced working in DevOps. Extensive experience in Datawarehouse, Peoplesoft testing
• Excellent in implementing continuous Integration (CI), Continuous deployment (CD), release management, configuration management and learning. Managed large sized projects with 50+ members for multiple LOBs.
• Executed projects using both traditional Waterfall and Agile. Expertise in Agile Project Management by being adaptive from the initiation of the project till the closure.
• Expert in creating Master test plan, Test strategy, Test schedule and Test summary. Well versed in managing Functional/ Integration/ System/ UAT & Regression for given application.
• Experience in Test Management using tools like QC/ALM. Track record of leading projects with 5-10 MUSD and fetched revenue growth. Have 3+ years of experience in Anti-money laundering (AML).

SKILLS - TECHNICAL:

Operating System: WIN 10.00

Languages: Java6.0, J2EE, .NET

Database: Oracle 10, MS Access, SQL Server 2012, Teradata, RSSQL

Automation Tools: QTP 10.0, PsScriptEnterprise

Bug Tracking Tools: ABTS, PBN, & Quality Centre 10.0, HP ALM 12Rally, Visual Studio Online, TFS, JIRA6.2,7, JIRA7.2.2

Configuration Management Tools: VSS, WinCVS, CSVed

Other Tools: Araxis Merge 2003, XMLDiff, Remedy 5.01.02, STAT 5.0.3, KDiff3, ActiveVOS, ATG10.2, JBOSS FUSE ESB, SOAP UI, Angular JS, SharePoint, Primavera, Ecosys, Clarity, Microsoft Project Plan, Confluence, ServiceNow, McCafe, REST API, Cloud hub and JIRA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Scrum Master

Tools: JIRA (v7.12.3) & Confluence (v6.6.4)

Responsibilities:

• Moved all the provider applications to One scrum team under one umbrella from waterfall to agile scrum model. Was successful in coaching and motivating multiple vendors to implement the scrum model. Core facilitator from requirement initiation till project moving to production.
• Provided entire Process flow and Understanding documents to the team.
• Periodical Sprint Status reports to the Director and highlighting Risks and challenges.
• Highly pro-active and taking ownership of budget and timesheet allocation.
• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Project Retrospective & Iteration Reviews. Mentoring team members and other stakeholders on Agile best practices.
• Responsible for creating capacity planning to ensure planned and scheduled capacity are in sync & also ensures that the story point estimation is met. Conduct and facilitate Scrum of Scrums with other Masters.
• Removes impediments to the team’s ability to perform by working closely with Product Owners for backlog user stories. Helped team to clarify goals and actions to achieve them.
• Experience in managing the cross-functional teams. Hands-on experience with JIRA and Confluence tools.
• Prepared status deck for each sprint to showcase the Value delivery, Burndown and Velocity Charts.
• Prepared eazyBI reports to showcase the sprint progress to the team and management
• Providing effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership and coaching skills to onsite and offshore teams.
• Manage metrics on Sprint progress - guiding the team to remove impediments. Facilitate discussion, decision making and conflict resolution. Risks are identified and reported on time.
• Responsible for assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed and developing schedule to ensure timely completion of projects.
• Well versed in moving the projects from waterfall model to Kanban methodology.

Confidential

Project Manager / Scrum Master

Database: Elastic Search 1.7 & 5.2

Application(s): YEXT3.0.6, Master Data Management, JAVA/J2EE

Technology: MuleSoft 3.8.2, REST API, New Relic and E-Commerce

Tools: JIRA7.2.2, AWS Kibana5.2, Jenkins, GIT and Confluence

Queue’s: RabbitMQ, IBM MQ

Environment: (s): Sandbox, DEV, UAT, Stage and Production.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting Sprint planning meeting in Agile/Scrum model and update the tasks status in JIRA.
• Interaction between Middleware, GMA and DEP teams to ensure deployment changes.
• Preparation of status report, Minutes of Meeting and cascading to clients on a weekly basis.
• Responsible for planning and oversee the Release/deployment process.
• Follow-up with stakeholders in different countries to ensure task completion within stipulated timelines.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Single point of contact for the projects handled. Responsible for gathering requirements, adhering schedule in Waterfall/Agile model. Responsible for performing Multi-speed and Release Regression.
• Responsible for Resource allocation, Quality Metrics, RAID log, Change Request & Audit Processes.
• Track the progress of the project and avoid schedule variance for a team of 10.

Confidential, Atlanta

Project Manager /Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gathering requirements, adhering schedule and maintain budget in Agile/Scrum Model.
• Responsible for Client and Vendor co-ordination, Resource Management and consolidation of User Stories.
• Responsible for preparing Quality Metrics, RAID log, Change Request and Audit Processes.
• Participate in all design related discussions and provide solutions to the team.
• Hands-on experience in I@ Confidential portal and defect retesting followed by closure.
• Worked on TFS by integrating custom tool or third-party service.

Confidential, Richardson

Project Manager / Scrum Master

Tools: Used: Java/J2EE, Docker, Confluence, Angular JS, Soap UI, RESTAPI, MavenSplunk, JIRAv6.2.7, TFS, Rally, Jenkins, GIT, ServiceNow, Clarity, E- commerce and WebSphere V8.5.5

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Resource allocation, Quality Metrics, RAID log, Change Request, Audit Processes.
• Consolidate User stories under Agile/Scrum methodology and track it to closure.
• Participate in all design related discussions and provide solutions.
• Involved in implementation of OCE to handle the CRU phone unlock requests and Mobile/Tablet testing.
• Responsible for gathering requirements, adhering schedule and maintaining budget in an Agile/Scrum model. Responsible for planning and oversee the deployment process

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Executed automated test scripts, analysed the results.
• Closely worked with TDM team by providing the format for creating the test data.
• It involved multiple geographies like UK, Dublin and US.

Confidential, Cranston, Rhode Island

Project Manager

Software Tools Used: Argo Confidential Teller Product, Clarity, Profit stars Back End, ALM 11

Technology: Mainframe - CICS, Confidential Teller front end system, AMLRetail Banking, Capital Market, OTC Derivatives, Treasury and Finance.

Responsibilities:

• Implementing OTC derivatives products knowledge in the project.
• Consolidate User stories under Agile/Scrum methodology and track it to closure
• Highlight the progress & milestones achieved by the Test team.
• Prepare the Daily Test Progress Report and Test Execution Report.
• Responsible for gathering requirements, adhering schedule and maintain budget in Waterfall model .

Confidential, Rhode Island

Project Manager

Technology: Mainframe, Capital Market and IM Star station

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement Analysis, Test Planning, Client co-ordination and Resource Management.
• Responsible for Resource allocation, Quality Metrics, RAID log, Change Request, Audit Processes and Vendor co-ordination. Responsible for Test Script review and Test coverage analysis.
• Tracking Test Execution and its reporting and managing defects into closure.
• Responsible for gathering requirements, adhering schedule and maintain budget in Waterfall Model.

Confidential, Rhode Island

Project Manager

Environment: B0 and QA

Tools: Clarity, ALM11

Technology: Mainframe - CICS (Customer information Control systems), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Retail Banking, Capital Market, Treasury and

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement Analysis, Test Planning, Client co-ordination and Resource Management.
• Responsible for Test Script review and Test coverage analysis.
• Tracking Test Execution and its reporting and managing defects into closure.
• Responsible for gathering requirements, adhering schedule and maintain budget in Waterfall model.

Confidential

Project Manager

Technology: Retail Banking, Mainframe - CICS (Customer information Control systems), Investment Banking, RISK and Marketing.