ANIL KUMAR THAKUR
Project Manger-Scrum Master
Summary
Successful Software Project Manager with self-starter nature and experience in planning and development. True go-getter successful collaborating with focused teams and handling multiple projects. Career background working with higher education institutions overseeing software build projects.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Software Project Manager
Carrier Technologies India Limited (formerly known as UTC Fire & Security India Limited)
Hyderabad
01.2018 - Current
- Monitored resource usage and managed tasks so costs did not exceed budget projections.
- Oversaw planning, application development, verification and risks involved in software projects.
- Streamlined tasks in effort to provide easier and more efficient workflows for peers and colleagues.
- Managed all communications between clients, stakeholders and in-house software development team.
- Resolved issues immediately ensuring project deliverables were not negatively impacted.
- Coordinated development, testing and release of complete suite of web-based software offerings.
- Evaluated, assessed and recommended software products that would meet project requirements.
- Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Analyzed projects to determine resource requirements and procured necessary equipment and software.
- Built and utilized reporting systems to keep customers and management in loop with latest information.
Agile Scrum Master
Carrier Technologies India Limited
Hyderabad
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- 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.
- Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
- 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.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Acted as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements and handling project changes.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
Software Testing Lead
Symphony Teleca (currently Know as HARMAN Professional Solutions)
Bangalore
09.2011 - 01.2016
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Devised cohesive test plans for projects using advanced testing technologies.
- Directed teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages.
- Tracked, prioritized and organized defects with Rally, working with development team to facilitate timely corrections.
- Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
Software Test Engineer
Cegedim India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
04.2010 - 09.2011
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to development team.
- Directed teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages.
- Reviewed requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
- Designed testing scenarios for usability testing.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
Education
Master of Technology - Software System
BITS Pilani
Hyderabad 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological of University
PDACE College Of Gulbarga 07.2003 - 07.2007
Skills
Software projects
undefinedCertification
Professional Scrum Master - I (scrum.org)
Timeline
Software Project Manager
Carrier Technologies India Limited (formerly known as UTC Fire & Security India Limited)
01.2018 - Current
Agile Scrum Master
Carrier Technologies India Limited
01.2016 - 01.2018
Software Testing Lead
Symphony Teleca (currently Know as HARMAN Professional Solutions)
09.2011 - 01.2016
Software Test Engineer
Cegedim India Pvt Ltd
04.2010 - 09.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological of University
07.2003 - 07.2007
Master of Technology - Software System
BITS Pilani
04.2001 -
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