SUMMARY:

• A Scrum Master Certified Professional, having over 20 years of experience in managing/delivering end - to-end solutions for various clients in US, of which 5 years relevant experience as a Scrum Master.
• Hands-on experience in all phases of SDLC including Project Management, Requirements analysis, System analysis / design, Development and implementing custom application software in various industries.
• Expertise includes Client management, Vendor management, Mentoring Onsite and offshore Project Teams and implementing end-to-end customized solutions for various clients from Project kick off until implementation and post- implementation support.
• Experience in leading the transformation from Waterfall to Agile Scrum methodology. I have trained, guided and mentored the client teams with respect to new methodology
• Collaborated with Product Owner in creation of User stories and keeping the Product backlog groomed/prioritized.
• Conducted Daily stand-ups, Sprint planning sessions, Product review (along with Product owner) and Sprint retrospective meetings.
• Provided all stakeholders with sprint metrics like Team velocity, Burn down charts etc.
• Expertise in managing / executing simultaneous projects on Imaging / Workflow systems, Treasury/Risk management systems, Maintenance and material management systems and other commercial applications.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. Technical Delivery Manager

• Lead the transformation from Waterfall to Agile Scrum methodology.
• Trained, guided and mentored the business teams with respect to new methodology, for 3-4 sprints.
• Collaborated with Product Owner in creation of User stories and keeping the Product backlog groomed/prioritized.
• Managed multiple Scrum teams, spread over multiple geographical locations, for smoother transition
• Sprint planning - based on 2-week sprints.
• Requirements gathering / Task breakdown based on Stories (by Analysts / development team).
• Creation of Spring backlog for each sprint.
• Held Daily scrum meetings.
• Closely monitored progress for each sprint.
• Updated Sprint burn-down chart as per progress, for each sprint.
• Held Sprint review and Retrospective meetings, for each sprint, with all stakeholders involved.
• Collaborated closely with all managers/directors and ensured that their needs were met to their satisfaction.
• Facilitated exhaustive JAD sessions. Documented all requirements in Functional specifications document and ensured that the business team signed off on the same. (Requirements Management).
• Was the single point of contact for customers? Acted as a bridge between Business teams, Project teams and all other stakeholders in every project.
• Involved with design team and development team meetings and guided the process in case of any issues being faced by the team (Design and Analysis)
• Guiding and mentoring project teams (Onsite and offsite) - held regular team meetings with onsite and offshore teams. Made sure that their voices were heard and any issues/concerns were dealt with and/or resolved
• Developed and managed project plans using MS Project. (Project Planning / Tracking)
• Created WBS for each project and tracked each project closely to ensure that the production deployment(s) are aligned with every release.
• Scope changes and were clearly documented. Estimates were created in terms of effort required and change Management process was successfully (Scope Management)
• All out-of-scope changes were driven through the change management process. Stakeholders decided what changes be taken up before Production deployment and which ones will be taken up as enhancements.
• Maintained a Risk management document wherein all potential risks (short term and long term) were documented along with action taken to mitigate them. (Risk Management)
• All out of scope, Risk and change management being updated to the upper level management on time to time.
• Ensured that all artifacts, source code and processes were aligned with the client’s Quality process. Also ensured that System integrated testing was executed as per approved Test cases/plans. (Quality management)
• All defects were entered / documented in HP ALM tool. They were closely tracked to completion. Also, enhancements were separately documented in the Scope document. (Defect management)
• Release management - closely worked with IT, support and release management teams to ensure that every release was devoid of any defect(s). (Release management)
• UAT management - Actively worked with business users to ensure all UAT defects/issues were documented and all changes were documented separately to take them thru the change management process. (UAT management)
• Worked with all relevant teams to ensure that the approved / tested release package was implemented in production environment.
• Dealt with multiple vendors for resourcing needs. Negotiated rates with them to ensure that client is benefited (Vendor management)
• Managed 20-25 contractors along with Full time employees

Environment: TIBCO, Java J2EE, Oracle 11g, Adobe Flex, Clarity, HP Quality Center, Agile (Scrum Methodology), JIRA.

Confidential, Des Moines, IA

Project / Delivery Manager

• Took over the project Manager Role after the project ran into trouble soon after kick-off. Managed/delivered the solution to the utmost satisfaction of the customer
• Interacted with the Business and vendors and resolved lot of hiccups in the project within a limited time frame
• Worked with business representatives of the state and translated the work to the offshore manager and worked with the team to develop the needs to the client satisfaction
• Involved with the state vendor on procurement of software hardware etc.
• Facilitation of Prototype.
• Involved in data transformation, data migration process.
• User acceptance and User training being facilitated.

Environment: .NET Framework, XML, Oracle 11g, File Net eProcess Workflow.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Senior Technical Project Manager

• Study and analyzed and presented the artifacts:
• Requirements document including Functional and non-functional requirements.
• Gap analysis document.
• Detailed Test cases and Traceability Matrix.
• IT Readiness process.
• System Governance Process.
• Change and Release management processes.
• Configuration management process.
• Data Migration process for present and future groups.
• Disaster Recovery strategy and plan.
• Over and above the deliverables listed, we actively participated in UAT Testing and all activities related to Production go live and post production support.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Application Development Manager/ Scrum Master

• Business and functional module to process Medicare/Medicaid claims and to determine Medicare and Medicaid eligibility being analyzed in full depth
• Led Sprint Planning sessions, worked with team on user story selections and estimates. Led daily stand-up meetings, and removed impediments. Challenged and praised the team along the way.
• Tracked sprint tasks to update sprint burn down chart and create sprint review documentation.
• Worked with team to learn strengths and weaknesses to improve team sprint velocities.
• Worked with Product Owner and stakeholders to prioritize Project Backlog.
• Responsibilities as Technical Lead required reviewing and signing off on
• Implementation of the project in production

Environment: FileNet P8, WebSphere, DB2, Java, JSP, Agile methodology (Scrum), MS-SharePoint.

Confidential, New York, NY

Project Manager

• Involved in the project from initiation to completion of the project
• Organized and led the team for all the JAD user Design Process
• Guiding and mentoring project teams (Onsite and offsite) - held regular team meetings with onsite and offshore teams. Made sure that their voices were heard and any issues/concerns were dealt with and/or resolved
• Developed and managed project plans using MS Project.
• Created WBS for each project and tracked each project closely to ensure that the production deployment(s) are aligned with every release.
• Implemented all Risk, Scope and change management of the application process
• Ensured that all artifacts, source code and processes were aligned with the client’s Quality process. Also ensured that System integrated testing was executed as per approved Test cases/plans.
• All defects were entered/documented and were closely tracked to completion. Also, enhancements were separately documented in the Scope document.
• Worked with all relevant teams to ensure that the approved / tested release package was implemented in production environment
• Release management - closely worked with IT, support and release management teams to ensure that every release was devoid of any defect(s).
• UAT management - Actively worked with business users to ensure all UAT defects/issues were documented and all changes were documented separately to take them thru the change management process.

Environment: Java, JSP, XML, Oracle 10g, WebLogic, Bizflow (Workflow engine).