Abdul Hakeem KV
SAFe Certified Scrum Master
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Dynamic IT professional with over 11 years of experience, including 5 years as a Scaled Agile Framework Scrum Master, specializing in facilitating Agile methodologies and fostering high-performing teams. Expertise in optimizing team collaboration and driving impactful results through adaptive strategies aligned with evolving project requirements. Recognized for strong stakeholder engagement and a commitment to continuous improvement, complemented by exceptional communication and leadership abilities. Proven track record of delivering projects on time while enhancing team dynamics and productivity.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Senior Scrum Master
Bosch Global Software Technologies Limited
Bangalore
08.2022 - Current
- Ceremonies - facilitate all key Agile ceremonies and planning activities, such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and release planning, to ensure effective collaboration and transparency.
- Collaborating with Product Owners - working closely with Product Owners to keep the product backlog organized, prioritized, and visible, and ensuring the team sticks to agreed-upon priorities and scope.
- Supporting estimation - guiding the team to estimate user stories and tasks, fostering shared understanding and enabling realistic commitments for each sprint.
- Removing impediments - actively identifying and resolving impediments that hinder the team’s progress by collaborating with stakeholders and external groups, so the team can stay focused on sprint and release objectives.
- Representing the team in Scrum of Scrums and other cross-team coordination meetings as needed.
- Ensured that the DOR, DOD, Acceptance criteria is available and adhered to.
- High-performing teams - supporting team development by managing challenges, resolving conflicts, guiding the team in handling interpersonal issues and promoting growth opportunities to improve overall performance.
- Leading continuous improvement - facilitating retrospectives and empowering the team to identify and own actionable opportunities for process and working enhancements.
- Promoting agile principles and practices - guiding the team in following established Agile frameworks and methodologies, with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes and improving delivery capabilities.
- Facilitating readiness for demos and releases - assisting the team in preparing for stakeholder demonstrations and releases, ensuring alignment and readiness for key milestones.
- Contributing to the Agile community of practice - collaborating with other Scrum Masters and Agile leaders to share knowledge, promote best practices, and advance Agile maturity across the organization.
- Collaborated with Product Management teams to develop viable roadmaps for platforms and capabilities within a portfolio to ensure that the full potential of a product can be realized.
- Release: Collaborated with cross-functional teams including engineering, QA, product, DevOps, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth release at the end of each program interval.
- Support to Agile Release train: Assisted Release train engineer and Delivery Lead with incremental planning and long-term capacity planning.
- Metrics used in Project – Sprint Burndown, Cycle time, Predictability, Team happiness index, Cumulative flow metrics, Flow velocity, flow distribution.
- Metrics used for product quality – Escaped defect, Sonar Cube.
Scrum Master
Capgemini
Bangalore
06.2020 - 05.2022
- Ceremonies - facilitate all key Agile ceremonies and planning activities, such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and release planning, to ensure effective collaboration and transparency.
- Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives through regular retrospective meetings with the team.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Streamlined release processes through close coordination between development teams and operations staff.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Resolved conflicts and facilitated open communication among team members, promoting a healthy work environment.
Scrum Master / Systems Engineer
HCL Technologies
Bangalore
05.2017 - 05.2020
- Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
- Developed and updated test protocols for new/existing products at system and subsystem levels.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Coordinated early testing with design team to ensure testability, traceability, and coverage.
- Executed environmental and reliability testing; supported FMEA and defect lifecycle management.
- Ensured compliance with ISO 13485/FDA QSR; participated in design control and risk management.
- Executed accelerated life, mechanical, environmental chamber, and vibration tests for Class II/III devices.
- Collaborated with external test houses for EMI/EMC testing of electrical boards and devices.
- Project – Neo Natal incubator
Reliability Engineer
SKC Environ Lab private Limited
Bangalore
05.2016 - 02.2017
- Develop and manage processes and tools required to support the verification and validation activities.
- Optimized verification strategy for faster time-to-market, focusing on high-priority areas.
- Supported quality assurance efforts by participating in audits of vendors'' manufacturing facilities, ensuring adherence to established specifications and standards.
- Responsible for noise, vibration, and environmental testing.
- Conducted failure analysis investigations to determine root causes, preventing repeat occurrences of critical equipment breakdowns.
- Responsible for maintaining and upgrading the tools and methodologies used for the verification and validation activities. Ensures that good documentation practices are followed in the V&V process.
- Identify and report any quality or compliance issues during verification and validation activities. Diagnose, isolate, and investigate the problem reports, as applicable.
- Developed comprehensive maintenance plans, ensuring timely execution of tasks and adherence to safety standards.
Reliability Engineer
Fluid Control Research Institute
Palakkad
08.2014 - 05.2016
- Designed and developed test cases. Prepared the test bench and test setup for reliability tests of products. Develop and manage processes and tools required to support the verification and validation activities.
- Providing technical support, as applicable.
- Responsible for noise, vibration, and environmental testing.
- Responsible accelerometer calibration.
- Clear understanding and proven experience in the basic requirements of unit, integration, and system-level verification and validation requirements.
- Responsible for maintaining and upgrading the tools and methodologies used for the verification and validation activities.
- Ensures that good documentation practices are followed in the V&V process.
- Identify and report any quality or compliance issues during verification and validation activities.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Engineering
University of Calicut
Kerala 06.2007 - 12.2011
Skills
Scrum framework expertise
Release planning
Servant leadership
Agile coaching
Product backlog management
Coaching and mentoring
Certification
Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master- Scaled Agile, Inc.
Timeline
Senior Scrum Master
Bosch Global Software Technologies Limited
08.2022 - Current
Scrum Master
Capgemini
06.2020 - 05.2022
Scrum Master / Systems Engineer
HCL Technologies
05.2017 - 05.2020
Reliability Engineer
SKC Environ Lab private Limited
05.2016 - 02.2017
Reliability Engineer
Fluid Control Research Institute
08.2014 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Engineering
University of Calicut
06.2007 - 12.2011