SUMMARY

• Over 7 Years of extensive experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) namely Analysis, Designing, High level design, Low level design, Development, Performance, Testing and Maintenance.
• Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand - up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Assisted team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, sizing and task definition and participated proactively in developing and maintaining team standards.
• Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
• Used Rally, JIRA and TFS to successfully integrate and centralize projects
• Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management.
• Built relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them.
• Accomplished servant-leader capable of delivering large-scale software and Web development projects on time & on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams.
• Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management.
• Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
• Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology.
• Continuously learned Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with the team.
• Engaged with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
• Involved in software development / Production support on web-based front-end applications.
• Coached scrum teams to full adoption of Agile / Safe best practices for stories, features, scaled dependencies
• Written JUNIT Test cases for Unit testing and used SONAR to maintain code quality.
• Involved in code review and configuration build management for the application using Ant and Maven.
• An effective communicator, committed team player with commitment and a strong work ethic.
• Excellent Client interaction skills and proven experience in working independently as well as in a team.
• Collaborative work ethics and refined leadership skills with ability to motivate teams and thereby increase Productivity.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management Tools: MS Project, MS Office, JIRA, IBM - Rational Team Concert, Rally, ALM.

Programming: Java, HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Spring Framework.

Web Development Tools: Visual Studio / 2010

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7.

Other Skills: Jenkins, Waterfall, Agile Methodologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Optum, MN

Project Manager/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Managing all project related information like Status Report, Issues and Risks, Assumptions, Change Management, Milestones, QA, and Project Budget using PPM Optics.
• Working with the Team and the Product Owner to define Team specific norms.
• Tracking project dependencies outside of the project team's control and escalating issues as necessary
• Monitoring and controlling the project budget.
• Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions.
• Scheduled and facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, managed Kanban story board, Sprint Demo & Sprint Retrospective meetings.
• Removed impediments and resolved conflicts. Radiated information to ensure transparency.
• Supported the Product Owner to ensure the backlog has sufficient prioritized user stories at a ready status to stay ahead of the Team.
• Determined the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Created Work Break down structure (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).
• Planned, managed and facilitated three Safe Agile Release Train Program Increment (PI) sessions.
• Facilitated, coached, & guided the teams on the values and practices of Agile and Safe methodologies.
• Ensured that Agile, Safe principles and processes are properly implemented and adopted.

Confidential, Quincy, MA

Scrum Master/ Asoc PM

Responsibilities:

• Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management
• Involved in Agile methodology with respect to the successful development of the project.
• Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions.
• Used Jira tool for Scrum & Kanban, creating burn down, burn up and other artifacts as needed.
• Updated the team homepage in JIRA Confluence with the recent developments and scrum artifacts to ensure transparency and visibility.
• Worked on improving the work intake process and quality of software using Kanban techniques, and prepared reports for the stake holders.
• Responsible for coaching two teams during the early stage transition from Waterfall to the Scaled Agile Framework (Safe).
• Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and story estimation.
• Direct and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.
• Acted as a Project Manager when necessary.
• Guided projects to completion on time, within scope, and on budget.

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Scrum Master/ PM

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Retrospective meetings.
• Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding the control and release processes.
• Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
• Coordinated weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items.
• Worked with the Scrum Team & Product Owner to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery.
• Helped team to solve problems rather than provide solutions.
• Facilitating Scrum of Scrum for offshore Scrum teams in US states and India.
• Managing the overall performance and delivery of cross-functional.
• Designed and developed the project using Spring MVC design pattern.

Confidential

Technical Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Followed Agile Methodology (TDD, SCRUM) to produce high Quality software & satisfy the customers.
• Facilitated Daily Scrum Meetings and Monthly Reviews meetings. Conducted sprint retrospective and followed up on action items for continuous improvement.
• Coached team members on Agile processes and facilitated planning meetings and retrospectives. Maintained task board and produced daily burndown charts.
• Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency, and radiated information.
• Work closely with project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
• Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and led by example.
• Working with stake holder’s / product owners to prioritize the requirements for sprint.
• Interfaced with Program Management Office to ensure project goals and requirements are being met.

Confidential

Scrum Master / Developer

Responsibilities:

• Acted as Scrum Master for Product teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.
• Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding the control and release processes.
• Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency, and radiated information.
• Continuously learned Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with the team.
• Engaged with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
• Facilitated sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos.
• Helped team to solve problems rather than provide solution.
• Involved in design and development using Spring Framework.
• Developed the UI using JQuery / JavaScript.
• Used Eclipse IDE for developing the application