SUMMARY

• Over 13 years of IT experience in the field of Software Development
• Over 6 years of experience in Lean and Agile Methodologies
• Experience in transitioning teams from traditional Waterfall Methodology/Framework into Cross Functional Scrum teams
• Experience in coaching, training, and working with all members of the Program and Portfolio layers
• Experience in transitioning teams from Scrum to Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) for multiple organizations
• Experience working as servant leader for multiple Cross Functional product teams simultaneously in a high performance/velocity environment.
• Experience in facilitating as the Release Train Engineer by guiding, training, and managing ART(s)
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) Certified
• Contain a deep understanding of technical, architectural, and systems flows from actual experience
• Experience in working with many different types of technologies, including but not limited to CMS, AWS, APIs, social integration, platform integrations, web, mobile, migration of backend and frontend, and etc.
• Skilled in weighing initiatives against opportunity costs, feasibility, and product roadmaps.
• Experience in improving Teams from low performing to highly productive Teams
• Experienced in all stages of SDLC implementations using Waterfall Methodologies, Agile, SAFe, and Lean.
• Well versed in PMI PMBOK standards and industry best practices
• Experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pair Programming
• Experience in identifying impediments that is affecting team velocity and removing them
• Experience in resource allocation and capacity planning for a Program Increment and Sprints
• Experience in working with onshore/offshore Integrated teams
• Highly skilled in using and implementing digital tools like JIRA and Rally to help improve productivity
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• JAVA, C++, C#, BASH scripting, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• JIRA, TestLink, Rally, BugZilla, qTest, Azure Devop
• Selenium WebDriver
• Firebug, XPATH, XPATH Finder, Google Chrome Developer Tool, Browsers Developer Toolbar, Cross Browser Testing Tool, Fiddler
• Apache Subversion (SVN), and FishEye
• Weblogic, Apache Tomcat, Jasper Report, Glassfish, Resin
• Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, Office and SharePoint, MS Project, CA Clarity, Confluence, Trello and LiquidPlanner
• SAN: Servers, Storages, FC and iSCSI switches, AWS
• Oracle, MySQL
• Linux, UNIX, Oracle Red Hat, Suse, CenTOS and Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Enterprise Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for oversight of a group of RTE, Scrum Masters and their agile teams, for continuous coaching to instill the Lean Agile Principals and Scrum Values and to ensure that consistent practices are communicated across the teams and to the partners Product Managers, Senior Management, and etc.
• Supporting the Data & Analytics Business Unit in continuous improvement of practice and mindset in providing the most value to the customers.

Confidential, NY

Release Train Engineer/Uber Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate all Program level ceremonies like BRP Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt sessions, Scrum of Scrums, COPs, Epics and Features prioritization, and etc.
• Continuously guiding the organization in its SAFe and Agile journey.
• Coach Teams, Scrum Masters, Business, and Leaders on Agile values and principals to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts.
• Conduct regular Agile/SAFe, Process and Tools trainings to all levels of the System.
• Develop training materials to support the required need.
• Work with the Portfolio teams (including LPM) to create a yearly financial forecast.
• Monitor, generate and radiate metrics to check the health of the ARTs to sustain successful PI and program commitments.
• Work with the ARTs to remove impediments and resolve/prioritize dependencies.
• Champion cultural change and collaborate with other Coaches on plans and techniques for accelerating and advancing the organization's transformation.
• Work with technical and product directors to understand technical limitations that could impact business objectives.
• Conduct Program level capacity planning
• Work with program and portfolio level VPs/Directors to create Roadmaps and Forecast.

Consultant

Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Coach Teams, Scrum Masters, Business, and Leaders on Agile values and principals to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts.
• Champion cultural change and collaborate with other Coaches on plans and techniques for accelerating and advancing the organization's transformation.
• Mentor teams, leading them to be self - directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency.
• Servant Leader/Coach to newly formed Scrum Team
• Facilitate Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demo/Review, Daily Scrum, and Retrospective meetings.

Confidential

Agile Technical Project Manager/Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated as a ATPM/Scrum Master in multiple business objective projects in which the continuous adaptation of SCRUM proves a significant increase in velocity and improved morale within Teams.
• Coordinate with other Cross Functional SCRUM teams and Kanban teams like Data Engineering, Marketing, System, DevOPS, Security, Release Management; to provide more transparency across teams to identify and remove blockers; and to obtain greater business value with short turnarounds.
• Utilize Agile Scrum practices to help the teams to improve team’s velocity .
• Facilitate Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Demo/Review, Daily Scrum, and Retrospective meetings.
• Responsible for and coordinate release cycle (from development to production)
• Work with the teams to identify risks, dependencies, and impediments, and work to resolve it
• Coach/Mentor and facilitated three Cross Functional Scrum teams to deliver and maintain quality products, while applying the Agile principals and the SCRUM framework within SAFe.
• Developed training materials and coached a Program to transition into SAFe; including scrum masters, product owners, and the development teams.
• Transitioned a Program of 125 members (13 Teams) from Waterfall to Scrum and tan to Scale Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Facilitated as the Release Train Engineer role by guiding, training, and managing the ART

Confidential

Agile Technical Project Manager/Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Coach/Mentor and facilitate three Cross Functional Scrum teams (Integrated onshore/offshore) to deliver and maintain quality products, while applying the Agile principals and the SCRUM framework.
• Facilitating as a Scrum Master in multiple business objective projects in which the continuous adaptation of SCRUM proves a significant increase in velocity and improved morale within Teams.
• Coordinate with other Cross Functional SCRUM teams and Kanban teams like Data Engineering, Marketing, ECOM, System, DevOPS, Security, Release Management, Editorial, User Research, and Business; to provide more transparency across teams to identify and remove blockers; and to obtain greater business value with short turnarounds.
• Utilize Agile Scrum practices to help the teams to improve team’s velocity .
• Facilitate Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Demo/Review, and Retrospective meetings.
• Facilitate Team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships to improve velocity.
• Protect team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity. Encourage and implement process improvements.
• Use JIRA to digitally communicate the team status within the organization in an Agile Framework using metrics such as Burndown and Burnup charts.
• Determine the team capacity from historical data. Created Work Break down structure using Epics, User stories and corresponding activities (tasks) while staying in aligned with the company’s main objectives.
• Monitor the project progress and radiate the information to stake holders. Identify and mitigate team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) on daily basis.
• Coach Teams to move focus away from manual testing to automation, applying the Agile Testing Methodology and Teams saw significant improvement in Velocity.

Confidential, Rockville Centre, NY

Proxy RTE/Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Coached/Mentored cross functional three teams of twelve members to deliver and maintain quality products, while applying the Agile principals and the SAFe framework.
• Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team to identify team’s velocity since adopting Agile.
• Facilitate d Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Demo/Review, and Retrospective meetings.
• Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
• Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships and improved productivity.
• Protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximized productivity. Encouraged and implemented process improvements.
• Helped team to clarify goals and activities to be on-track
• Used Rally to communicate the team status within the entire organization in a Scaled Agile Framework using metrics and burndown charts.
• Determined the team capacity from historical data. Created Work Break down structure using Epics, User stories and corresponding activities (tasks) while staying in aligned with the company’s main objectives.
• Monitored the project progress and radiated the information to stake holders. Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) on daily basis.
• Worked with Senior Management, Business & Release Management to understand the vision of the product, prioritized and developed software release planning.

Confidential, NY

Assistant to Scrum Master/Lead QA

Responsibilities:

• Regularly served as servant leader and also facilitated sprint planning, backlog grooming, standup, retrospective, and Sprint Review.
• Helped removed team impediments .
• Develop/Maintain Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Suites, and create Test Cases and Scenarios for Web Services and Client/Server Applications in multiple platforms such as Windows, iOS, and Android.
• Perform Business Functionality, User Interface and Experience (UI/UX), Integration, Performance, Black Box, White Box, System, Load, Database, Smoke, Regression and UAT testing.
• Manage offshore automation and manual testing teams.
• Conduct testing on Adobe Content Management System —CQ
• Act as the gatekeeper for all deployment to sign off on release.
• Conduct meetings with Product Owner and Stakeholders to plan future scope and prioritize current scope.