SUMMARY

• IT Project Manager and Scrum Master offering 12+ years of experience with an impressive record of delivering and implementing the projects as per schedule deadlines in Software Development space, utilizing Agile Software Development and the Scrum frame work, is seeking for Scrum Master/Agile Coach/Agile Project Manager roles.
• 12+ years of IT experience, 8+ years of Project Management experience and 3+ years of Scrum Master experience
• Experienced Scrum Master and Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering high - quality software, on-time and within budget and revenue up to $5M+
• Trained Scrum framework and Agile Methodology to team members and key stake holders
• Highly skilled in coaching, mentoring and leading technical, project management and leadership teams in adopting Agile/Scrum/Kanban best practices with strong business results
• Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules and fostering Self-Management
• Drive implementation of best agile practices: dynamic team collaboration, informative metrics, lean development, continuous improvement
• Extensive knowledge in IT strategy, Program/Project Execution, Application Delivery, Planning and Operations Management
• Ensured effective strong management techniques such as Communications, Change Management, Risk Management for highly complex IT projects in matrix environment
• Extensively used various Project management and Agile tools such as Rally, Clarity, MS Project, HP Plan IT, Quality Center, JIRA, Primavera and Project Tracking System
• Managed large projects/ programs with multiple technologies including Web Content Management, Web Application Development, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence /Analytics, ERP, Retail, Manufacturing and Infrastructure projects
• Provided Release services in both, Waterfall and Agile environments and w ell versed in multiple styles of Release and Change management processes

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Agile Principles
• Iteration /Sprint Planning Meetings
• Tasking Meetings/Retrospectives
• Relative Estimation
• User Story and Backlog grooming
• Kanban principles
• SAFe
• IT Program/Project Management
• SDLC Waterfall / Agile /EPIC
• Risk Management
• Release Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Onsite & Offshore Management
• Infrastructure Projects
• Data warehouse & BI/Analytics

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Clarity, MS Project, HP ALM, Primavera and PTS
• Rally, Jira, TFS 2012, Version One and Work front

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, North Canton, OH

Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Being as a Senior PM, responsible for managing high profile Integration projects within Scope, Schedule, Budget and Quality constraints for Logistics Program, TMS software and SQL Blade upgrade projects
• Collaboratively worked with Customers, Logistics business team, Vendor Integrations and Internal IT to develop project plan and manage multiple projects simultaneously from Concept through Closing Phase
• Helped business team preparing Business Case for Concept Request approval from IDB(Investment Decision Board)
• Coached and Trained project team transforming from Traditional to Agile methodology using SCRUM framework
• Worked with Product Manager to manage and prioritize backlog items by conducting Backlog Grooming sessions
• Conducted Daily stand-ups with project core team to remove any impediments for the project progress and keep it on track within Budget, Scope and Schedule constraints.
• Helped project team converting BRD into small User Stories/Tasks in Workfront
• Prepared Project Charter, ROM estimate, project Milestones in Initiation Phase
• Managed uncertainties on the project with appropriate contingency and maintained Risk mitigation plans for successful delivery
• Managed Infrastructure SLAs for the project by directly working with IT team and Solution Architect.
• Managed Infrastructure and Network set up for Integrated, Development and Test environment
• Planned and Executed customer Roll-out based on improved customer compliance score
• Conducted Go/No Go release meetings

Confidential, OH

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Being as Project manager and Senior Scrum master, worked with Agile Transformation team and reinforce agile methodology using SAFe framework for Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and downstream applications.
• Worked with EDMT team to Identified bottlenecks, gaps, unnecessary hand-offs and redundancies in the current process through Value Stream Mapping tool for Agile Transformation
• Implemented Kanban and SCRUM framework for continuous improvement of EDW projects
• Managed multiple SCRUM Teams (CREWS) on site and off-shore and run the SCRUM OF SCRUMS meeting for coordinating and tracking upstream and downstream dependencies.
• Set up Crews, Planning Levels, Portfolios and backlogs in Version One tool
• Worked with Product Owners for Feature Prioritization in Backlog log grooming sessions
• Worked with core team for sizing of requirements using T-shirt sizing to identify the Team Velocity
• Trained team in Version One Tool, Scrum ceremonies and Agile principles
• Coach the team on user story breakdown, acceptance criteria, Definition of Ready and Definition of Done
• Proactively identified and monitor Risks in Version One and develop mitigation plans
• Conducted Daily Stand-up, Delivery Planning, Sprint Planning and Retrospective meeting
• Removed impediments for Data Analysis and Data modeling activities and executed a successful Sprint.

Confidential, MI

Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Beings as an Agile Team Facilitator (ATF) responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously performing Agile Scrum ceremonies in Rally and Clarity
• Proactively managed and prioritized a User story backlogs and defects along with appropriate user acceptance criteria in Rally
• Conducted user story Sizing using Poker techniques
• Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, which included Backlog grooming sessions, Iteration Planning, Pre-IPM meetings, PI Planning, Daily Standups, and Iteration Retrospective.
• Enabled improvement in team Velocity by tracking tasks efficiently for each iteration
• Reported progress to all stakeholders through, Iteration Burn-Down Reports, and velocity
• Trained project teams on Agile methodology and Rally
• Worked with the Scrum Team and the Product Owner to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery Project Management
• Managed Application Development Solution, Confidential Pass IT project Financials by using Financial Reporting Tool (FRT)
• Created and Managed Project plans in for maintaining the project with in Scope, Budget and Time.
• Directly managed onshore and offshore global IT teams (Development, BA and QA) in Asia Pacific and Europe.
• Conducted design review meetings with technical and Infrastructure teams
• Project Performance target updates in bi-weekly governance meetings
• Prepared and analyzed financial reports for the monthly close-out process, reconciled monthly and quarterly variance reports and present to Senior Management.
• Responsible for providing monthly Financial Forecast, Resource Forecast and Actuals
• Prepared and analyzed financial reports for the monthly close-out process, reconciled monthly and quarterly variance reports and present to Senior Management

Confidential, OH

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a large highly complex multi phased Oracle Xstore POS projects from the Discovery phase through Roll-out phase to customers globally
• Managed multiple customized projects simultaneously for various retail customers and delivered successfully in accordance with client expectations and Oracle goals
• Successfully implemented customized Xstore software internationally based on their legal requirements.
• Successfully implemented Xmobile app for Android and Apple users.
• Manage stakeholder expectations as well as the change request process and project budget.
• Schedule and manage all meetings and interactions between customer teams, internal resources both on and off site and third party service providers such as AJB, VeriFone, FDMS, Givex and Chase Payment Tech
• Managed multiple projects simultaneously with PCI DSS compliance (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)
• Heavily involved with EMV and Tokenization projects
• Maintain customer relationship throughout project scope, from kick-off to Close-out process.
• Managed International teams throughout the project cycle