Scrum Master

• Jun 2023 - Present

Agile Coach

• Jan 2023 - Mar 2023

Training and coaching teams and scrum masters for agile implementation Working with product owners for product backlog management Training and coaching teams and scrum masters for agile implementation Working with product owners for product backlog management

Freelance agile coach, project management trainer and consultant

• Aug 2019 - Dec 2022

Trainings on agile , scrum and SAFe Trainings on agile , scrum and SAFe

Management/Agile consultant

• Jul 2014 - Nov 2018

• Achieved reduction of release cycle from around 18 months to 4 months. • 80% reduction in defects with focus on induction program, templates, robust review, tools. • Implementation of CI CD pipeline improving reliability • Improved customer collaboration achieved with frequent customer visits and involvement with team resulting in improved customer confidence as well as team motivation. • Conducted and facilitated multiple workshops and training sessions for agile, scrum, estimation resulting in effective agile implementation. • Improvement in induction program which resulted in improvement in quality. • Created communities of practice improving knowledge sharing among scrum masters and product owners. • Identify and implement strategies to improve operational efficiency and customer satisfaction which resulted in improved flow of work. • Established a strong Agile Community of self-motivated individuals. Show less

Project Manager

• Oct 1999 - Jul 2010

• Supported process improvement for more than 30 projects with 500+ team members spread across locations. • Driven multiple process initiatives and improvements Tools deployment, six sigma led a project with improvement in PM process which led to more than 2 Million USD savings in a year), creating Risk awareness among projects, training Projects managers on statistical process control, Infosys project management tool to name a few. • Created communities of practice of project managers improving knowledge sharing among teams. • Coached Investment Brokerage House in US project using scrum agile process with team size of 12. •Conducted customer trainings alone at Basingstoke, UK, which was much appreciated by our principal customer. • As a team lead and later as a project manager of 25 members team, worked with US Client in cards and payment domain. Worked on Microsoft SQL server database optimization project. • As a project manager handled technology critical project involving message encryption of telephone lines signals which involved six European countries; internationalization for those six countries was successful done. • Worked as a programmer on banking product of cash management at ATMs for a UK client. Show less