SUMMARY

• 10+ years of professional experience in IT industry with specialization in Scrum.
• Participated in all stages of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Extensive experience in Agile and Waterfall methodology. Good in Project coordination.
• Able to Lead group, work independently and work as a member of the team.
• Able to multitask with multiple projects. Strong in Project Demonstration to end users. Able in communicating and getting the work done on time.
• Experienced in Mentoring Team while Leading the Projects.
• Experienced in Agile and Waterfall Methodologies
• Experienced in Scrum Ceremonies, Maintaining Burn down chart, solving the impediments.
• Mentoring the groups in Agile Methodology
• Experienced in Onshore Offshore coordination
• Experienced in using ScrumWorks, JIRA / Greenhopper, Confluence (Project Management tools for Scrum)
• Experienced in demonstrating to end users while UAT
• Created Test Plan Template and Test Case Template with Metrics
• Experienced in Preparing Templates, writing Test Plans and Test scripts
• Good in communicating and getting the work done on time
• Good in maintaining status reports and delivering the projects on time.
• Strong Analytical, Presentation and communication skills with quick assessment and problem solving approach.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows XP/2000/NT/98, UNIX

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum

DBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access, Documentum, Sybase

Internet: HTML, XML, ASP.NET, ASP, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, AOL, FTP

Scrum Tools: Scrum Works, Jira / Greenhopper

Office Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Scrum Master

Environment: JIRA, GreenHopper, Confluence, Blue UI, Blue JS, Java script, Services

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for conducting Scrum Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective)
• Getting team up to the speed to start the sprint
• Created and maintained team space in confluence.
• Responsible for the necessary and every day updates in the confluence.
• Involved in JAD sessions to get the requirements and wireframes.
• Reported in Scrum of scrums meeting
• Getting ready with ‘Sprint Ahead’ planning
• Prioritization of backlogs for future sprints based on the capacity of the sprint
• Communicated and interacted on a regular basis with development team, BSA, Designers and Product

Confidential, Old Tappan, NJ

Scrum Master

Environment: Windows XP, JIRA, GreenHopper

Responsibilities:

• Implementaion of Scrum Frame Work
• Responsible for taking care of all Scrum Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective)
• Acted as a Scrum Master for two teams.
• Acted as a Liaison between Management, Product Owner and Team Members
• Responsible for coordination of Product owners and Developers for sprint Planning
• Calculated and organized team capacity for every sprint
• Assisted Product Owner for Sprint backlogs and Prioritizing the backlogs.
• Making sure Task Board is up to the time in daily standup meetings.
• Used Chart Board in daily standup to make sure developers are on time and meeting sprint goals
• Resolved impediments as fast as possible to get going sprint smoothly
• Responsible for updating JIRA / Green hopper
• Communicated and interacted on a regular basis with the project manager and development team during different stages of the project.
• Coordinated test execution, while tracking and reporting test results and various reporting matrices during the testing phase.

Confidential, NYC, NY

Scrum Master

Environment: Internet Explorer, JIRA, GreenHopper, Confluence

Responsibilities:

• Mentoring the group on Agile Methodology.
• Responsible for Backlog Grooming / Sprint Planning / Sprint Commitment, Daily Standup meetings, Sprint Retrospective meeting
• Managed all facebook related upgrades
• Maintaining available time during the sprint.
• Story Time Estimation.
• Acceptance Testing is done to verify the completion of User Stories.
• Making sure Task Board is up to the time
• Daily standup meetings are conducted using screen share.
• Used Chart Board in daily standup to make sure developers are on time and meeting sprint goals
• Responsible for updating JIRA / Green hopper / Confluence
• Responsible for reporting Blockers / impediments and solving the problems.

Confidential, NJ

SCRUM Master / Manager

Environment: Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 5.0, .Net, MS SQL Server 2005, Agile Methodology (SCRUM), ScrumWorks, Quality Center

Responsibilities:

• Scrum Master (Agile - Management).
• Mentoring the group on Agile / Scrum Methodology.
• Acted as a Liaison between Client and Offshore Team
• Responsible for Sprint Planning, Daily Standup meetings, Sprint Retrospective meetings
• Story Time Estimation is done by scrum poker
• Making sure Scrum Board is up to the time.
• Responsible for updating ScrumWorks
• Maintaining Burn down Chart.
• Responsible for resolving impediments
• Writing and Maintaining Test Plans.
• Writing and Reviewing test cases, test scripts, UAT, and QA Summary Reports.
• Interact and organize with project teams in India and in USA
• Coordinated with teams in India and in USA.
• Backend is extensively tested to validate the data flow into tables.
• Defects are Tracked in Quality Center