SUMMARY

• Proven track record in IT management, Project and Program Management, PMO methodologies and processes, software delivery methodologies like Agile, SDLC; IT due diligence evaluation, system integration, Client Relationship management, Budgeting & Forecasting, Risk management, Change & Release Management, Pre - Sales activities like Bid Proposal, RFP, and SOW, SLA Management; worked in numerous industries including Retail, Banking & Financial, Insurance, Automotive and Logistics industries.
• Solutions focused, Customer centric, Proactive and industrious professional with an ability to work in both independent and collaborative work milieu
• Strong Project Management Leadership skill in defining program / project level strategy, Planning, Staffing, Risk & Issue management and Budgeting.
• Matrix Managed / Directed / mentored team of software developers, BA, Architects, Project Managers to plan, develop and build high-functioning systems that meet / exceed client’s expectations delivering capabilities on time and on budget.
• Experienced Solution Manager with a unique blend of Managerial and Technical skills backed by strong record of business development, people management and resource optimization.
• A competent leader with repeated success in building stakeholder value and completing all projects within deadlines.
• Experience in working with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Business Teams,ScrumTeam members, Architects, Portfolio Managers and others to ensure the effective and efficient functioning ofscrumteams.
• Have experience in Banking/ Financial, Health/ Insurance, Logistics, Telecom and Automobile domains.
• Strong understanding of and hands-on experience in Capturing business requirements (user stories) with Agile Processes & methods, including Scrum
• Developed Strategy for cloud/virtualization API/Rest API services migration and implementation best practice
• Used JIRA, Version One, Confluence, IBM RTC and Business Process Management (BPM) and Primavera for Enterprise Project Portfolio Management tool.
• Been a part of implementing BDD/ATDD/TDD techniques/process in scrum team.
• Experience in Release Management for major and minor releases initiatives.
• Experienced in managing the Agile Software Release Process for multiple projects amongst geographically dispersed multiple agile teams
• Coach teams to applyscrummethods and train them to be self-organizing and self-managing thru meaningful use of Agile concepts like Backlog Refinement, User Story Value Mapping, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo, Sprint Retrospectives,ScrumofScrumsand daily stand-ups.
• Skilled at initiating, administering and executing across a portfolio of projects harmonizing technical needs with business realities
• Acknowledged for capacity to tackle challenging issues, analyze viable alternatives & provide innovative solutions.
• Experience in working asKanbanguru and executing project inKanbanmethodology
• Having experience in ArcGIS system, used for mapping spatial reasoning and explore data and share location-based insights
• Practicing Agile SAFe process to implement in features into business applications.
• Articulate communicator who can fluently speak the language of both people and technology, blending technical expertise with interpersonal skills while interacting with the cross-functional teams and customers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: MS-Dos, Windows 95/98/XP/08/NT8, UNIX, Linux

Languages: C, C++, .NET, Java, COBOL, Mainframe, XML, Visual Basic, Perl MSOffice, ETL - SSIS.

Tools: Version One, JMeter, QA Director, Track Record, ALM/QualityCenter.10Junit, Jprobe, Wily Introscope, HP Site Scope, SharePointTeam Foundation Server, Load Runner.

Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, ASP, VBScript, and JavaScript, SOAP

RDBMS: Oracle 11i, SQL Server 7.0 TOAD (Database Management Tool)P

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Roanoke, VA

Environment: Confluence, JIRA. HIPAA, .Net, Java, SVN, Oracle SQL Developer, PostgreSQLSOAP UI, Python, Teamcity, QA Complete, Test Complete.

Sr. Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Working as Scrum Team facilitator cum leader in training ofscrummethods to deliver value.
• Scheduling sprint planning sessions, working with product owners and delivery team to prioritize and groom stories for each sprint, as well as coordinate with component teams and other resources for dependent tasks.
• Hosts daily stand up meetings to monitor team backlog and track sprint delivery status.
• Facilitate variousscrumceremonies Release Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up,ScrumofScrums, Sprint Demos and Retrospectives.
• Used SharePoint to maintain all documents and collaborate with org standard.
• Participate in globalscrumprocess reviews and best practices to provide and seek feedback on scrummethods across various teams in the organization.
• Member ofScrum MasterCommunity of Practice that receives mentoring and provides coaching for other teammates by sharing best practices and lessons learned.
• Implemented a visual dashboard for thescrumofscrumsto make them more meaningful and simple to keep conversations focused on high priority issues and risks.
• Conducted retrospectives using different methods to effectively gather feedback and implement changes to address gaps and ensure that processes that work are followed.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of agile team, responsible for planning, tracking, and execution of projects/tasks to meet business needs in relation to priorities, budget, and schedule for agile delivery methodologies.
• Schedules/facilitates sprint planning sessions, working with product owners and delivery team to prioritize and groom stories for each sprint, as well as coordinate with component teams and other resources for dependent tasks.
• Used Business Process Management tool BPM to track/provide metrics to business leaders.
• Manages pods which include support platform team infrastructure needs, as well as agile pod that deploys software enhancements on monthly basis.
• Member ofScrum MasterCommunity of Practice that receives mentoring from agile coaches and provides coaching for other teammates by sharing best practices and lessons learned.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Environment: Java, J2EE, UNIX, Oracle SQL Developer, Ab Initio ETL, XML, ALM 11.5, ClarityVersion One. JIRA, Epi SERVER, RSA JASON, GitHub, Jenkins, AWS Salesforce (SF), SaaS, TSYS, IBM, ArcGIS, Messaging queue, SOAP UI, Cucumber, Ruby, Eclipse, Selenium, Maven, Eclipse, Firebug, Kana

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Act as a Facilitating leader to multiplescrumteams spread geographically training them on effective use ofscrummethods to deliver value.
• Facilitate variousscrumceremonies Release Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up,ScrumofScrums, Sprint Demos and Retrospectives.
• Participate in globalscrumprocess reviews and best practices to provide and seek feedback on scrummethods across various teams in the organization.
• Implemented a visual dashboard for thescrumofscrumsto make them more meaningful and simple to keep conversations focused on high priority issues and risks.
• Conducted retrospectives using different methods to effectively gather feedback and implement changes to address gaps and ensure that processes that work are followed.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of agile team, responsible for planning, tracking, and execution of projects/tasks to meet business needs in relation to priorities, budget, and schedule for agile delivery methodologies.
• Represents team atScrumof Scrumsto report progress and identify impediments and risks for escalation.
• Schedules/facilitates sprint planning sessions, working with product owners and delivery team to prioritize and groom stories for each sprint, as well as coordinate with component teams and other resources for dependent tasks.
• Lead the charge for Datacenter work load Migration, API/Rest API services migration, new Cloud solution (VMware, AWS)
• Used Business Process Management tool BPM to track/provide metrics to business leaders
• Hosts daily stand up meetings to monitor team backlog and track sprint delivery status.
• Manages pods which include support platform team infrastructure needs, as well as agile pod that deploys software enhancements on monthly basis.
• Member ofScrum MasterCommunity of Practice that receives mentoring from agile coaches and provides coaching for other teammates by sharing best practices and lessons learned.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

Environment: Mainframe, DB2, PL/ SQL, SQL Loader, Java, WebLogic, UNIX, CA-7, Oracle, ETL/ Informatics, TOAD, LoadRunner, Team Foundation Server, ClarityDuration: May’10 - August’ 10

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Scheduling sprint planning sessions, working with product owners and delivery team to prioritize and groom stories for each sprint, as well as coordinate with component teams and other resources for dependent tasks.
• Hosts daily stand up meetings to monitor team backlog and track sprint delivery status.
• Conducted retrospectives using different methods to effectively gather feedback and implement changes to address gaps and ensure that processes that work are followed.
• Managed infrastructure team needs, as well as agile pod that deploys software enhancements on monthly basis Developed a data mart for generating reports. The data from production database is aggregated and populated in to summary tables in the data mart. Automated the process of loading the data through extensive use of Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures and packages to populate and distribute the data in the data-mart from the production database.
• Participated in a select group ofScrum Mastersthat refines processes as part of Agile transformation
• Preparing concise and effective management reports on day to day basis where required on defects, test status, risks and issues.
• Worked as Project Manager, involved starting from Initiative through Closing of this migration project. Time and quality are key constrain to strive this project
• Understanding the business requirement analysis and finding gaps in Use case and Business requirement documents.
• Prepared Effort estimation using SMC method
• Managed the team, mentoring, reviewing and ensure the process streamlined in place
• Prepared/Reviewed Functional, SIT test plans and Scenario documents
• Identified quality resources and dedicated the tasks and ensure the deliverables
• Prepared the Test Plan document and demonstrated with stakeholders
• Ensuring the daily build is ready for the team to execute test conditions.
• Used Business Process Management tool BPM to track/provide metrics to business leaders
• Reviewing the work of test engineers, and guided them with rehabilitative feedback.
• Preparing concise and effective management reports on day to day basis where required on defects, test status, risks and issues
• Actively participated in Identifying UAT cases for key business scenarios

Confidential

Environment: Visual basic, .Net, SQL Server, Oracle, Sql Server Reporting ServicesTeam Foundation Server (TFS), Sharepoint, SOAP, PDA deviceWily Introscope, mRBMI, SAP

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements of Reliability systems for .Net conversion project.
• Performed analysis, mapping, implementation, and testing for this conversion.
• Identified policies and procedures to implement on the enhanced system implementation.
• Conducted Joint Requirement Gathering Session to capture internal business rules which drives the system
• Maintain all artifacts in SharePoint which is used widely across organization for collaboration.
• Created project requirement document and change summary document to replace code sets.
• Conducted GAP Analysis of RBMI and ensure the business coverage andbusiness processes.
• Developed Data Flow, Work Flow and Process Flow in MS Visio.
• Assisted with data analysis by generating reports in MS Access.
• Conducted validation sessions / walkthroughs with technical andbusinessSME to identify and resolve open issues in the existing design document for technical logic additions / changes based on the dynamics of desiredbusinessflow.
• Worked closely with senior management,businessand technical SME to facilitate impact analysis, businessprocess and technical design decisions and created baseline documentation on the same.
• Used Business Process Management tool BPM to track/provide metrics to business leaders
• Reviewed test cases for components and identifying test data to support the test execution.
• Reviewed strategy document of performance Capacity planning.
• Involved in performance monitoring of Web application server, CPU memory and network performance communication.
• Analyzed the performance results with necessary graphs, reports and presented with PPT
• Prepared Deployment Readiness Assessment documents which used to ensure the quality of the system for each enhancements
• Involved in User Acceptance testing along with stake holders

Confidential - Kentucky

Environment: MFP/DSS Sever, J2EE, JMeter XML, Adobe Forms Server, ProCede IBM WebSphere, CaptivaDuration: Jan 2006 - Feb’08

Onsite Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Initial client contact, program development, proposal writing,
• Meet with stakeholders to understand their businessneeds and ultimately their businessrequirements
• Contribute to the project management plan in terms of requirements approach, risks, constraints, assumptions and planning.
• Provide delivery time based estimates to the project management team for requirements deliverables
• Detailed role included to translate the businessrequirements intorequirement document that delivery teams (such as architects and designers) can interpret
• Document the requirements in an objective, clear and meaningful format
• Raise any risks that may impact the requirements on a project
• Facilitate the requirements review and approval process
• Initiate and run meetings as part of requirements gathering activities
• Clarify any requirements to designers and Quality assurance team assigned to the project
• Establish a requirements traceability approach and matrix to be utilized by the project
• Manage any requirements change requests from a requirement point of view
• Understanding the Client Requirements as well as the Functionality of the Application.
• Setting the environment for performance test
• Analysis and Development Business Scenarios.
• Prepared the scripts on QALoad
• Execution of Stress Test, Destructive Test for EJB Timeout and Logging Standard
• Used Web and Citrix protocols and monitoring the Web server and Citrix performances.
• Analyze and produced performance test results using performance report document
• Managed a group of five QS resources on the project
• Understanding the Client Requirements and verified the same with Use Case documents
• Analysis and Development of Test Plan and review of the same.
• Executed Performance test with LoadRunner
• Setting the environment for performance test
• Analysis and Development Business Scenarios
• Used HTTP protocols for performance execution.
• Analysis and preparing summary report for performance test
• Involved in Code Review using Jstyle
• Responsible for Defect Management and Reviews.
• Tracking and reporting the Bugs by using the Syntest Bug Tracking Tool.
• Developed QTP scripts for key functionalities
• Co-ordinate between development team & testing team.
• Interacting with the onsite (QA and Development) People.
• Preparing the Test Summary Report.

Confidential

Environment: Java, EJB, Web Logic and Oracle 8.0, TOAD

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the Functionality of the Application.
• Involved in reviewing the UTP’s and making enrichments of the test cases and finding mismatches between the PSP (Program Specification) and the UTP’s
• Prepared Executed and Reviewed the Test cases.
• Tracking and reporting the Bugs by Defect Tracker.
• Preparing the Test Summary Report.
• Prepared the Traceability Matrix documents for checking the Test coverage.
• Understanding the Client Requirements as well as the functionality of the Application
• Prepared Non-functional and functional test plan documents
• Analysis and Development Business Scenarios
• Prepared and executed the scripts on QALoad for Load, Stress and Soak test scenarios
• Analysis and prepared reports for performance.
• Prepared and Executed the Integration Test cases
• Tracking and reporting the Bugs by MS Excel sheet.
• Involved in test automation using tool QARun 4.8 for Regression.
• Responsible for Training the team in performance tool QALoad