Amrutha RN
Scrum Master
Bengaluru
Summary
I am a dedicated and driven Scrum Master and Project Manager, eager to leverage my skills and experience to lead successful projects, adhere to tight timelines, and deliver exceptional results. My goal is to empower teams, foster collaboration, and create a positive impact in the successful completion of projects, all while ensuring the delivery of a superior, defect-free product that delights customers.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Scrum Master and Project Manager
Aptachain solutions PVT LTD
Bengaluru
07.2022 - Current
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
- Ensure adherence to Scrum practices, roles, and rules throughout the project.
- Collaborate with the Product Owner to prioritize the product backlog and ensure that user stories and requirements are well-defined and achievable.
- Help the team estimate the effort required for each backlog item and plan the work for each sprint accordingly.
- Monitor the progress of the project, track sprint velocity, and provide regular updates to stakeholders.
- Facilitate communication between the development team, Product Owner, and other stakeholders.
- Act as a liaison between the team and external parties, ensuring transparency and managing expectations.
- Assist the Product Owner in maintaining a well-refined and prioritized product backlog.
- Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues that may impact the project's success.
- Work with the team to find creative solutions to overcome challenges and address obstacles.
- Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, both within the development team and across the organization.
- Facilitate retrospectives to gather feedback and identify areas for improvement in the team's processes and practices.
- Gather and analyze Agile metrics, such as burndown charts, velocity, and cycle time, to assess the team's performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Prepare regular progress reports for stakeholders, providing insights into project status and potential risks.
- Provide training and guidance on Agile principles and Scrum practices to team members and stakeholders who may be new to Agile methodologies.
Senior QA and Scrum Master
Aptachain - Domino data labs India PVT LTD
Bengaluru
11.2019 - 07.2022
- Clearly define the goals and objectives of the testing process. What aspects of the model's performance are you evaluating (e.g., accuracy, precision, recall, latency, scalability
- Gather a diverse and representative set of test data that reflects real-world scenarios. The data should cover various edge cases and corner cases to challenge the model.
- Preprocess the test data using the same preprocessing steps applied during model training to ensure consistency.
- Select appropriate evaluation metrics based on the problem domain and the model's intended use. Common metrics include accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, ROC-AUC, etc.
- Use the test data to make predictions using the published model. Record the model's outputs and compare them to the ground truth labels.
- Calculate the evaluation metrics and analyze the model's performance. Identify areas of strength and weakness.
- Investigate and analyze misclassified samples to understand potential issues and areas for improvement.
- Test the model's robustness by introducing noise or perturbations to the test data. Evaluate how well the model performs under adverse conditions.
- Assess the model's inference time and throughput to ensure it meets the desired performance requirements.
- Evaluate the model's performance when dealing with larger datasets or multiple simultaneous requests.
- Check for bias in the model's predictions across different demographic groups. Address any unfair biases that may arise.
- Deploy the model in a production-like environment and assess its performance in the actual deployment setting.
- Implement continuous monitoring to track the model's performance over time in the production environment.
- Document the test results, including evaluation metrics, findings, and any necessary improvements or corrective actions.
- Use the test results to make iterative improvements to the model. Fine-tune the model and repeat the testing process as needed.
Scrum Master and Test Lead
State Street Investment Services
Bengaluru
05.2014 - 07.2018
- Review and understand the functional requirements and business rules for the middle office application.
- Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to clarify any ambiguities and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Develop a detailed test plan that outlines the testing scope, objectives, test cases, and resources required for middle office application testing.
- Identify test data needs and coordinate with data providers to obtain suitable datasets for testing.
- Create comprehensive test cases that cover various scenarios related to trade processing, portfolio management, and compliance checks.
- Execute test cases and record test results to identify defects or deviations from expected behaviour
- Validate the end-to-end trade lifecycle process, including trade booking, confirmation, and settlement.
- Verify that trades are accurately captured and processed through the middle office application.
- Test portfolio management functionalities, such as portfolio rebalancing, asset allocation, and risk assessment.
- Ensure that portfolio valuations and performance calculations are accurate.
- Verify that the middle office application adheres to relevant regulatory requirements and compliance rules.
- Test compliance checks for restrictions, limits, and client-specific investment guidelines.
- Ensure the integrity of data across the middle office application and its integration with other systems.
- Validate data accuracy and consistency through data reconciliation and verification processes.
- Assess the middle office application's performance under different load conditions to ensure it can handle peak trading volumes and user concurrency.
- Measure response times and scalability to identify potential bottlenecks.
- Conduct security testing to identify vulnerabilities and ensure data protection and user access controls are robust.
- Document and report defects found during testing, ensuring they are appropriately prioritized and addressed by the development team.
- Verify that the fixes for reported defects are effective and do not introduce new issues.
- Perform regression testing after bug fixes or enhancements to ensure that existing functionalities remain unaffected.
- Maintain detailed test documentation, including test plans, test cases, test data, and test results.
- Work closely with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to communicate test progress and outcomes effectively.
- Participate in meetings to discuss testing status, issues, and resolution strategies.
- Identify opportunities for test process improvements and implement best practices to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness.
Team Member
TCS - J. P. Morgan Chase Bank, National Association
Bengaluru
01.2009 - 04.2014
- JP Morgan's Equities Order Management System
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is a JPMC implemented workflow for company’s interaction with customers, clients and sales prospects
- It involves using technology to organize, automate and synchronize business processes
- Involved in creating Profile based Test Plan Strategy to validate entitlements
- Documented and Created Test Set/Test Plan Contacts workflow in QC
- Involved in Creating Requirement Mapping Matrix and tracking them against every release
- Prepared Client Report template to enable concise yet comprehensive status from QC Dashboard to update clients, development team and other stakeholders alike
- Created QA Sanity test template for all three flows, for validating against any change in the environment, which is well accepted by the users
Education
MS - Computer Science
Manipal University
Karnataka 06.2010 - 12.2013
B.E - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Karnataka 07.2004 - 07.2008
PUC -
Pre University
Karanataka 09.2002 - 06.2004
Skills
Project Management
Scrum Master
Test Manager
Investment and banking
Model performance testing
Certification
Yellow Belt Six-Sigma certified - Created a macro for defect tracking with the Jira system
Timeline
Scrum Master and Project Manager
Aptachain solutions PVT LTD
07.2022 - Current
Senior QA and Scrum Master
Aptachain - Domino data labs India PVT LTD
11.2019 - 07.2022
Scrum Master and Test Lead
State Street Investment Services
05.2014 - 07.2018
MS - Computer Science
Manipal University
06.2010 - 12.2013
Team Member
TCS - J. P. Morgan Chase Bank, National Association
01.2009 - 04.2014
B.E - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University
07.2004 - 07.2008
PUC -
Pre University
09.2002 - 06.2004