Extensive experience in JIRA tool - Sprint Management
Akash Kumar Sharma
Business Execution Associate Manager - AVP/Agile Scrum Master
Hyderabad
Summary
- Overall 15 years of experience in the industry including 7+ years in Agile Methodologies
- Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
- Mission-focused Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams. Bilingual professional with more than 7 years of experience delegating tasks and managing projects.
- Experienced Scum Master / Project Manager with top-notch implementation and project management abilities. Highly organized, methodical and skilled at overseeing daily milestones across high-performance teams.
- Expertise in driving Scrum Ceremonies, Agile Principles coaching and Facilitating.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Business Execution Associate Manager/Agile Scrum Master
Wells Fargo International Solutions
Hyderabad
07.2015 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
- Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
- Removed obstacles by finding right personnel to advance tasks and projects.
- Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
- Assessed Scrum maturity of team and organized and coached team to higher levels of development.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Researched current trends to stay knowledgeable in Scrum methods.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
System QA Associate /QA Team Lead
Wells Fargo International Solutions
Hyderabad
09.2014 - 06.2015
- Test Estimates based on standard procedures and Agile Methodology including providing the Effort Estimates
- Providing different QA Metrics to the Project Management Team
Have Direct interactions with the QA Partners at US, Business Partners, Development Team Partners - Contribute to ETL Test teams and Automation teams in terms of the applications that I support
- As an Engagement Manager, work with Risk partners of Enterprise Risk Services Team in providing Risk assessments for the third party vendor records and deriving any associated Risk Mitigation plan
- Test Plan and Test Strategy preparation
- Ambiguities resolution with the Dev. and Business team partners
- Test Cases preparation based on the Functional / Business Specification Documents or the user stories in TFS (Team Foundation Server) and Version One
- Test Execution in Test tools like Quality Center 12.0
- Defect Management with interaction with the Technology Leads and Business associates
- Test Closure activities which includes preparation of Test Summary Reports and Signing off the IST.
- Conducting interviews in QA in coordination with respective testing field experts and closing out the open positions
- Co-ordination with UAT Testing
- Project Status Reporting to Management
- Project Metrics Reporting on a regular basis
Senior QA Analyst
Wells Fargo International Solutions
Hyderabad
09.2013 - 08.2014
- Requirement Gathering to Test Closure activities
- Accurate status reporting to QA Onshore Lead
- Preparation of Test Estimations and reporting Monthly Status Reports, Weekly Status Reports
- Work closely with Business Partners on gathering Requirements and Dev Partners to get updates on the Build availability and Defects resolutions for all releases in the project
- Working as an SME/Functional Expert of my application supporting ETL and QA Automation teams
- Metrics reporting on regular basis to the Project Management team
Senior Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
Hyderabad
06.2012 - 08.2013
- Providing High Level and Detailed Test Estimations to the Project Management for each and every Project Release (Agile Projects)
- Test Scenarios/Test case preparation based on the BRD and FDD Documents received from the Client
- Peer Test Reviews and sending Test Case documents to BA/Dev Team for approval/sign-off
- Test case execution for IST Phase- Integrated System Testing for each and every release and provide IST Test Sign Off to the Management. Provide support to UAT on as-is basis
- Direct US Client Interactions and interaction with Cross-Project Teams for any clarifications / queries resolutions. (Dev & BA Team)
- Project Reporting to higher management on a daily and weekly basis. Also maintaining all the project related information up-to-date in the Client Repository.
- Participation in Project and Effort Metrics Reporting.
Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies
Hyderabad
02.2011 - 05.2012
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
- Providing High Level and Detailed Test Estimations to the Project Management for each and every Project Release (Agile Projects)
- Test Scenarios/Test case preparation based on the BRD and FDD Documents received from the Client
- Peer Test Reviews and sending Test Case documents to BA/Dev Team for approval/sign-off
- Test case execution for IST Phase- Integrated System Testing for each and every release and provide IST Test Sign Off to the Management. Provide support to UAT on as-is basis
- Direct US Client Interactions and interaction with Cross-Project Teams for any clarifications / queries resolutions. (Dev & BA Team)
- Project Reporting to higher management on a daily and weekly basis. Also maintaining all the project related information up-to-date in the Client Repository.
- Participation in Project and Effort Metrics Reporting.
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Pune
11.2010 - 02.2011
- Directed software design and development to meet client needs for functionality and performance.
- Wrote highly maintainable, solid code for software system.
- Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality prior to release.
- Participated in design sessions with clients to ascertain project specifications.
- Responded to and remedied critical issues to limit downtime.
- Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products.
Programmer Trainee /Programmer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Hyderabad/Pune
08.2007 - 10.2010
- Debugged problems caused by hardware, operating systems software, application programs and network failures.
- Researched information and conducted analysis for software and systems modifications and new projects.
- Worked with analysts to prepare test plans and assess test data.
- Test Requirements Gathering
- Test Scenarios/Test case preparation Test Specifications documents received from the Client.
- Peer Test Reviews and sending Test Case documents to BA/Dev Team for approval/sign-off
- Test case execution for IST Phase
- Attending Scrum Calls, Test Reporting activities
- Preparing DP Plan and Causal Analysis Report for testing activities done in Sprints.
Education
MBA - Information Technology
IICT Business School
Lucknow, India 06.2007 - 06.2009
Master of Science - Mathematics
Loyola Academy PG College, Osmania University
Hyderabad, India 06.2005 - 06.2007
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science
MNR Degree College, Osmania University
Hyderabad, India 06.2002 - 06.2005
Intermediate -
Vijayawada Nalanda College - Board of Intermediate
Hyderabad 06.1999 - 06.2001
High School - Tenth -
Sathavahana High School - School of Secondary Educ
Hyderabad, India 06.1998 - 06.1999
Skills
Scrum Management
Driving Teams and Ensuring Seamless Delivery
Felicitate Scrum ceremonies
Servant Leadership
JIRA, Confluence
User Acceptance Testing
Agile Methodologies
ALM, Selenium
ETL/DB Testing, SQL
Project Management
People Management
Accomplishments
- Received Achieving Excellence Award in Wells Fargo for building high scrum teams
- Received SPOT Award for completing deliverables regardless of tight schedules
- Received Testing Star award from Life Sciences client in Cognizant
Software
Confluence
ALM
Selenium
MS SQL Server Studio
Oracle SQL
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Timeline
Business Execution Associate Manager/Agile Scrum Master
Wells Fargo International Solutions
07.2015 - Current
System QA Associate /QA Team Lead
Wells Fargo International Solutions
09.2014 - 06.2015
Senior QA Analyst
Wells Fargo International Solutions
09.2013 - 08.2014
Senior Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
06.2012 - 08.2013
Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies
02.2011 - 05.2012
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2010 - 02.2011
Programmer Trainee /Programmer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2007 - 10.2010
MBA - Information Technology
IICT Business School
06.2007 - 06.2009
Master of Science - Mathematics
Loyola Academy PG College, Osmania University
06.2005 - 06.2007
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science
MNR Degree College, Osmania University
06.2002 - 06.2005
Intermediate -
Vijayawada Nalanda College - Board of Intermediate
06.1999 - 06.2001
High School - Tenth -
Sathavahana High School - School of Secondary Educ
06.1998 - 06.1999