Abhusha Bodele
Project Manager And Scrum Master
Pune
Summary
Certified PSM1 IT Techno-functional Manager with 12+ yrs. of Experience in IT. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
- 9 Years of experience in working Technology Delivery (software).
- 7 Years of Agile experience utilizing Scrum, Kanban or SAFe methodologies.
- 3 Years of people management experience.
- 3+ Years of PI planning experience. Experience in Technologies - Microsoft, Mainframe, COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL, AWS.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Technical Project Manager and Scrum Master
HCLTech - Deustche Bank Project
10.2022 - Current
- Facilitated and was the face of the ART in PI Planning sessions
- Acted As a servant leader and change agent, coach Scrum Masters, individuals, and teams across a large or complex business area to adopt Agile principles, values and practices while role modeling Travelers' leadership behaviors
- Understand and support implementation of metrics to optimize delivery of KPIs through the assessment of responsiveness, quality, productivity, and customer and business value
- Support coordination of delivery across multiple teams all on the same delivery cadence
- Coached Scrum master's to grow into the RTE role
- Escalated impediments and/or issues that may contribute to delays or missed delivery of commitments
- Supported facilitation of PI planning readiness - preparation of Vision and backlogs
- Drive continuous improvement by effectively facilitating ART Syncs, Demos, and Inspect and Adapt sessions
- Run workshops and training on Agile topics, leveraging tool kits and internally developed content
- Collaborated with other RTEs and Suppliers to coordinate dependencies
- Continuously assess the Agile maturity of teams and individuals at all levels of leadership, educating and mentoring to address gaps
- Responsible for embedding an agile culture using techniques from a wide range of agile and SAFe methodologies and frameworks and help develop release train plans that deliver high quality business centric products to our customers
- Administration of agile tools for tracking and collaboration for the teams
- Performed other duties as assigned
- Facilitated Scrum framework - sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master(EMEA,AMER)
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Credit Suisse
10.2020 - 10.2022
- Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and empower the team to reach their highest potential. Excellent team player and team builder.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate with personnel at all levels of the organization and with diverse personality types.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and time sensitive work environment.
- Ability to understand technical issues at a high/applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
Agile Assistant Manager/Scrum Master - C10 (EMEA)
CITI Corp Services
12.2018 - 08.2020
- Provided technical leadership and business training on various projects
- Worked closely with business analysts, supervisors, managers, developers, and database
- Prepared reports and shared with stakeholders to keep them updated with the status of the project and giving heads-up of any delays or changes in the timelines previously agreed
- Developed Test specifications, test scripts, reviewed code, maintained
- Project environment included COBOL2, DB2, SQL, JCL, and FSA
- Provided 24/7 on-call support and resolved technical issues
- Work with business unit managers to understand project scope, suggest possible alternatives and document each step of design
- Resolved 5K plus Batch abends for EMEA individually.
Technical Lead Mainframe Developer (AMER)
BNY Mellon Technology
10.2017 - 07.2018
- Perform Daily task like date rolls and screen changes
- Created High Level design document in line with approved functional specifications
- Post Implementation Support, Production Support, Creation of test id
- Work allocation, Effort estimation and Team management to ensure all deliveries
- Made enhancement in existing program
- Analyzed existing COBOL programs, Jobs, DB2.
Senior Mainframe Tester and Support (AFRICA)
Zensar Technologies - America Airlines
02.2016 - 08.2017
- Responsible for planning testing procedures for mainframe
- Perform tasks of writing test scripts and test cases by referring specifications of requirements
- Handle responsibilities of analyzing test results and trouble shooting environment issues
- Responsible for verifying database interaction defects as well as conduct performance and capacity testing
- Assigned tasks of testing and evaluating mainframe interactions with distributed systems
- Handle responsibilities of preparing detailed test cases by analyzing technical requirements
- Worked varied hours to meet seasonal and business needs.
Senior Software Engineer Mainframe Developer (US AND ITALY)
Accenture Service Pvt. Ltd
08.2011 - 12.2015
- Developed new Cobol/DB2/JCL programs based on existing code
- Re-designed Cobol/DB2 application using SQL
- Created and reviewed unit test plans, performed unit tests
- Performed code validation and peer reviews
- Analyze customer business development requirement, coordinated with customer requirements
- Code Validation and Peer review
- Analyzed job log and resolved ABEND performed impact analysis to resolve user queries.
Education
PGDM -
Welingkar College
Mumbai 07.2021 - 10.2023
B. Tech Chemical Engineering -
Nagpur University
Nagpur 08.2007 - 05.2011
Skills
Maximize productivity : ScrumProduct backlog and Change ManagementSprint Planning Scrum CeremoniesProduct Scope/Sustenance and releaseIT Strategic Planning BudgetingStakeholder Management/Vendor ManagementAgile Methodology Service delivery & SLAPI PlanningCobol JCL Db2 SQLMainframe Testing Manual TestingAWS Batch Testing Production SupportUAT Support Batch abend Resolution
Project Budget Allocation
Workflow Analysis
Lean Principles
Project Management
Performance Monitoring
Documentation and Reporting
Work Planning and Prioritization
Kanban , TDD, XP,
Certification
AWS Solution Architect associate, Amazon, 2021
Accomplishments
- People Excellence Award from CTS (Client Side)
- Award For resolving 5k+ Jobs in Production support within a Week individually
- ACE AWARD By Accenture
- Inclusion and diversity excellence awards for performing excellent being the new team
- 16 Gene Awards By Cognizant
- Was Awarded for being part of Lateral Hiring and Campus Hiring for my entire Tenure
Industry Expertise
- Project Management
- Service Management
- Agile
- QA Management and Specialist Consultation
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk Management
- PI Planning
My Time
- Project Management
- Project Delivery
- Stakeholder Management
- Motivator/agile coach
- Coaching /Resource Management
- Mainframe Development/Testing/Support
Timeline
Technical Project Manager and Scrum Master
HCLTech - Deustche Bank Project
10.2022 - Current
PGDM -
Welingkar College
07.2021 - 10.2023
Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master(EMEA,AMER)
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Credit Suisse
10.2020 - 10.2022
Agile Assistant Manager/Scrum Master - C10 (EMEA)
CITI Corp Services
12.2018 - 08.2020
Technical Lead Mainframe Developer (AMER)
BNY Mellon Technology
10.2017 - 07.2018
Senior Mainframe Tester and Support (AFRICA)
Zensar Technologies - America Airlines
02.2016 - 08.2017
Senior Software Engineer Mainframe Developer (US AND ITALY)
Accenture Service Pvt. Ltd
08.2011 - 12.2015
B. Tech Chemical Engineering -
Nagpur University
08.2007 - 05.2011