SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience in implementation of Agile Scrum Framework and Agile Scrum Values as a Scrum Master for high - performance teams across multiple industries like Oil and Gas; Technology, Media and Telecommunications(TMT) and Retail.
• Certified Professional Scrum Master 1 by Scrum.org and Certified Scrum Master by Scrum Alliance.
• Certified SAFe 5 Agilist
• Deep exposure to project processes in client-facing roles for clients like Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Charter Communications(Spectrum), Motiva, Walmart etc.
• Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills.
• Technical experience in Robotic Process Automation using UiPath (VB.Net), C#, UFT, WTT
• Well-versed in using Project/Application lifecycle management tools like JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM, Microsoft tools like MPP, TFS, Office365, ServiceNow etc.
• Mission-focused Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams.
• Well-versed in building positive relationships with customers and other stakeholders.
• Strong requirements gathering, scope development and inventory coordination abilities.
• Skilled at overseeing complex, high-value technical projects with excellent planning competencies.
• Experienced Project Manager with top-notch implementation and project management abilities.
• Extensive experience in overseeing teh End-to-End lifecycle of a project from requirements gathering to delivery .
• Highly organized, methodical and skilled at overseeing daily milestones across high-performance teams.
• Managed multiple releases as part of Release Management by working closely with development, QA and business teams to accomplish goals and exceed customer expectations.
• As a Release Manager, coordinated and ensured Operation and Support readiness for all new product launches
• Extensive experience in using ServiceNow for creating Releases (monthly, supplementary) and change tickets for all planned and adhoc releases.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Cumulative experience of having driven more than 106 Sprints for various projects and clients.
• Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
• Facilitated Scrum framework - sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
• Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
• Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
• Managed and delivered 8 Products to market ( 2 flagship products )
• Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
• Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
• Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
• Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
• Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
• Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore. Extensive experience in managing both Onsite and Offshore teams.
• Generating project metrics and coordinating with clients on other project governance activities.
• Facilitated and ensured transparent communication between all teams including stakeholders and relayed feedback to team members in an effective manner.
• Coordinated scheduled releases and updates as part of Release Management
• As a Release Manager, scheduled weekly cadences with teams for planning releases and ensured all new features, changes and met teh release criteria before production deployment
• Created Monthly releases, Supplementary releases, Change tickets in ServiceNow as part of Release Management

Confidential

Senior Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Created Test Scenarios from requirements and broke them down to specific test cases to ensure maximum functional coverage of AUT.
• Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
• Reduced defect leakage to production by more than 90% by employing risk based testing techniques
• Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing.
• Increased automation of regression test suite and effectively reduced manual efforts for regression testing by 80%
• Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to development team.
• Coordinated regression test automation activities across supported applications.
• Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems.
• Communicated risks associated with test execution and took mitigating action when necessary.
• Participated in available s to improve software noledge.
• Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
• Designed testing scenarios for usability testing.
• Worked closely with different departments to develop innovative solutions to functionality issues.