Naveen Ks
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LinkedIn User
Naveen is very detail oriented and has a systematic approach towards day to day working. He is one of the critical members of my project team and brings in lot of value and experience. I like his approach of always trying to quantify things, which helps in the decision making process. Naveen is also good at building relationships which is an extremely critical aspect for managing scrum teams. Teams confidence has grown resulting in higher velocity (as PM I always crave for high velocity). He is a pleasure to work and continues to be an asset for my team.
Ganesh Narayan
Naveen is one of the primary team member at Cigna in getting the work delivered. Naveen is a capable leader who is also a skilled Scrum Master and Agile Manager. His steadfast can-do attitude fosters confidence and respect amongst the team he manages. He and his team always pulled out stops to get things delivered and work tirelessly to ensure the team's success. The large time difference and the distance between the onsite and the offshore team was never an obstacle in his coordination of the work. His organizational and management skills always allowed us to implement the tasks on time and without difficulties. Working with Naveen is an absolutely positive experience and hope to continue this experience in the future as well
LinkedIn User
Naveen is very detail oriented and has a systematic approach towards day to day working. He is one of the critical members of my project team and brings in lot of value and experience. I like his approach of always trying to quantify things, which helps in the decision making process. Naveen is also good at building relationships which is an extremely critical aspect for managing scrum teams. Teams confidence has grown resulting in higher velocity (as PM I always crave for high velocity). He is a pleasure to work and continues to be an asset for my team.
Ganesh Narayan
Naveen is one of the primary team member at Cigna in getting the work delivered. Naveen is a capable leader who is also a skilled Scrum Master and Agile Manager. His steadfast can-do attitude fosters confidence and respect amongst the team he manages. He and his team always pulled out stops to get things delivered and work tirelessly to ensure the team's success. The large time difference and the distance between the onsite and the offshore team was never an obstacle in his coordination of the work. His organizational and management skills always allowed us to implement the tasks on time and without difficulties. Working with Naveen is an absolutely positive experience and hope to continue this experience in the future as well
LinkedIn User
Naveen is very detail oriented and has a systematic approach towards day to day working. He is one of the critical members of my project team and brings in lot of value and experience. I like his approach of always trying to quantify things, which helps in the decision making process. Naveen is also good at building relationships which is an extremely critical aspect for managing scrum teams. Teams confidence has grown resulting in higher velocity (as PM I always crave for high velocity). He is a pleasure to work and continues to be an asset for my team.
Ganesh Narayan
Naveen is one of the primary team member at Cigna in getting the work delivered. Naveen is a capable leader who is also a skilled Scrum Master and Agile Manager. His steadfast can-do attitude fosters confidence and respect amongst the team he manages. He and his team always pulled out stops to get things delivered and work tirelessly to ensure the team's success. The large time difference and the distance between the onsite and the offshore team was never an obstacle in his coordination of the work. His organizational and management skills always allowed us to implement the tasks on time and without difficulties. Working with Naveen is an absolutely positive experience and hope to continue this experience in the future as well
LinkedIn User
Naveen is very detail oriented and has a systematic approach towards day to day working. He is one of the critical members of my project team and brings in lot of value and experience. I like his approach of always trying to quantify things, which helps in the decision making process. Naveen is also good at building relationships which is an extremely critical aspect for managing scrum teams. Teams confidence has grown resulting in higher velocity (as PM I always crave for high velocity). He is a pleasure to work and continues to be an asset for my team.
Ganesh Narayan
Naveen is one of the primary team member at Cigna in getting the work delivered. Naveen is a capable leader who is also a skilled Scrum Master and Agile Manager. His steadfast can-do attitude fosters confidence and respect amongst the team he manages. He and his team always pulled out stops to get things delivered and work tirelessly to ensure the team's success. The large time difference and the distance between the onsite and the offshore team was never an obstacle in his coordination of the work. His organizational and management skills always allowed us to implement the tasks on time and without difficulties. Working with Naveen is an absolutely positive experience and hope to continue this experience in the future as well
Credentials
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SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
Scaled Agile, Inc.Apr, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
SAFe Program Consultant (SPC 4.5)
Scaled Agile, Inc.Apr, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
Scrum AllianceFeb, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
SAFe Agilist (SA)
Scaled Agile, Inc.Oct, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
PMI - Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)
Project Management InstituteOct, 2014- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Scrum AllianceJan, 2014- Nov, 2024
Experience
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iTech US Inc
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Agile Coach
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Oct 2015 - Present
• Agile Program Coach to kickstart new program, integration with large scale non-agile programs.• Coaching Teams & Groups and helping them align to agile culture.• Agile Coach for 7 team practicing various agile/lean methodologies.• Conducting internal training for RTE's• Conduct Agile Maturity & Adoption assessment using different tools.
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Release Train Engineer/Scrum Master
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Jan 2014 - Sep 2015
Project Management consultant working for Top 50 technology companies in world supporting teams working in Scaled Agile, Scrum & Waterfall methodologies.• 4.5+yrs of Agile Projects experience, largest being 700+ member Agile Protfolio with 9 Parallel Release Trains 0f 40+ Agile Teams. I was responsible for 1 program consisting of 6 scrum teams.• Experience as Agile Program Lead (Release Train Engineer) monthly budget of $1.5 US million consisting of 6 Scrum teams (75+ members) with 4 Scrum Masters reporting directly.• Agile experience in Scaled Agile & Scrum Methodologies• Experience working in multi vendor [IBM, Accenture, TCS, CTS, etc] responsible for different phase of one single project• Experience managing team size of 30+ spread across multiple geographies in USA & India• Average project billing of $400K USD per month• Agile experience using Scale Agile Framework, Scrum Methodologies from Scrum Alliance, • • Certified Scrum Master [CSM] from Scrum Alliance.• Rich experience in using Agile tools - Rally, VersionOne, TFS & JIRA• Experience in participating & contributing in Release planning for quarterly PSI• Experience in managing customer relationships, identifying & creating values for customer, influencing without power and managing complex communications in dynamic environment
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Aditi Technologies
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India
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Software Development
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300 - 400 Employee
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Scrum Master & IT Project Manager
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May 2013 - Jan 2014
• Onsite coordination for Automation & Mobile projects• Partnering with customers for understanding their requirements & business challenges and provide them Test Automation road map to achieve business objectives with higher ROI.• Scrum Master for Offshore team• Driving Product & Sprint backlog planning meetings, conducting backlog grooming sessions, daily stand ups and sprint review & retrospection meetings• Generating Project & Scrum reports (metrics, burndown, velocity, estimates trends etc)• Conducting PoC’s on different Automation tools for uPerform Product• Process Ownership - Own Automation Strategy, Design, Implementation and Review.• Responsible for QA strategy, Test Planning, Test Cycle Execution, defect management in QA cycles and Reporting. • GAP Analysis for existing test cases• Designing process for QA test case design & documentations• Preparation of common Automation testing artifacts like Feasibility Study Report, Automation Test plan, Framework Design Document, ROI Calculation, Automation Effort Estimation, • Preparing, tracking & developing project metrics & reports senior management & cross functional teams• Capture test metrics for productivity calculation• Evaluate automation tools and process
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Scrum Master & Project Manager
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Apr 2011 - May 2013
Partnering with customers for understanding their requirements & business challenges and provide them Test Automation road map to achieve business objectives with higher ROI. Process Ownership - Own Automation Strategy, Design, Implementation and Review. Responsible for QA strategy, Test Planning, Test Cycle Execution, defect management in QA cycles and Reporting. Automation Frame Work Development and Automation of the web services using Selenium & Python Preparation of common Automation testing artifacts like Feasibility Study Report, Automation Test plan, Framework Design Document, Automation Effort Estimation, Preparing, tracking & developing project metrics & reports for senior management & cross functional teams Automating of Regression Test Suite (Domestic & International) Capture test metrics for productivity calculation Manage change and maintain Automation script accordingly Evaluate automation tools and process Define the Quality Plan, Test Plans, Test strategy, schedule and estimates, risks and mitigation plans, test reports, release criteria and notes, test development and execution for testing products, defect prevention methods, test metrics, test suite coding guidelines Review & Approve – Test coverage, Traceability Matrix and Test Metrics Ensure adherence to the Software Release Criteria and Quality processes Manage Test Planning-Development-Execution-UAT-Release activities of the applications
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Core Committee
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Jan 2009 - Aug 2012
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DIGITAL HARBOR, Inc.
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United States
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Project Manager
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May 2010 - Mar 2011
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Dover India
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India
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Machinery Manufacturing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Project Manager
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Sep 2006 - May 2010
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Designer
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Feb 2004 - Dec 2005
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Education
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2008 - 2010
Great Lakes Institute of Management
PGXPM, General Management -
1996 - 2000
Nagpur University
B.E., Engineering -
2012 - 2012
Aditi Technologies
Young Leader's Program, Organizational Leadership
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