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Arun Sreedhar

Arun Sreedhar

Scrum Master
Bangalore

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master with 17 years of 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.

• Certified Scrum Master®(CSM®)

• Certified SAFe® 4 Practitioner

• Project Management Essentials Certified (PMEC)™

• Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certified (LSSWB)™

• Strong knowledge of Scrum methodologies, Kanban, Lean, and XP.

• Domains: Cloud Migration, Retail, E-commerce, Telecom, Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, CRM, Automotive.

• Expertise in leading daily scrum stand-ups, scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, data requirements, backlog prioritization, product backlog grooming and retrospectives .

• Experience in FDD, TDD, BDD software development approaches.

• Experience with Azure DevOps and tools(Bamboo, Jenkins, Docker, Bitbucket), Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.

• Excellent people management skills and ability to negotiate with the stakeholders and coach the teams.

• Experience in the management of teams in a cross-functional and cross-vendor structure.

• Managed QA, UAT, Production releases .

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Scrum Master /Senior Project Manager, Client Services

RLABS - SAP
Bangalore
03.2021 - 02.2023
  • Project: Future Cloud Migration for SAP SuccessFactors.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • SAP - GCP & Azure Cloud Migration - SAP SuccessFactors.
  • Extensive experience in SAP Cloud Data Center Migration - SAP SuccessFactors.
  • Lead and coach project teams and drive successful delivery of highest value features.
  • Manage each project’s scope and timeline.
  • Lead teams in implementing Scrum in order to maximize velocity.
  • Work with the Product Owner to ensure the highest value features are delivered at the agreed time.
  • Coordinating with cross-discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
  • Meeting with project team members to identify and resolve issues.
  • Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.
  • Establishing effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution.
  • Facilitating change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.
  • Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.
  • Obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables.
  • Managing customer satisfaction within the project transition period.
  • Conducting post-project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.
  • Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
  • Guide scrum teams to higher scrum maturity.

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Katzion Technologies
Kochi
01.2020 - 03.2021
  • Major project domain: CRM, Automotive, Cloud.
  • Salesforce integration, implementation, migration.
  • Product ownership for CRM software development and business analysis.
  • End to end project management from product design till Go Live.
  • On-Site account management.
  • Development of project work plans with fee and hour breakdowns for each phase and service discipline.
  • Team setup /selection and overall management of project staff(internal disciplines as well as “outside” consultants).
  • Jira & Confluence admin.
  • Day today communication, coordination, and management of the client's project team.
  • Project program development and documentation.
  • Built solid client relationships by accurately understanding and addressing their needs in a timely manner.

Scrum Master / Project Manager

CGI
Bangalore
03.2018 - 12.2019
  • Major project domain: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Telecom.
  • Key points regarding the project – E-commerce product development with the help of Artificial intelligence.
  • Leveraging machine learning, the AI software automatically tags, organizes, and visually searches content by labeling features of the image or video.
  • Customized the AI engine so that it will continuously monitor all devices and channels to create a universal customer view.
  • Facilitating scrum ceremonies and implementing Agile principles.
  • Project planning, estimation, sprint planning, delivery management, scrum of the scrum, product owner and scrum ceremonies.
  • User story creation, backlog prioritizing, effort estimation, resource allocation.
  • Creating and managing Scrum and Kanban boards in JIRA for sprints and increments.
  • Delivery head of the offshore project team.
  • Prime BU and client management.
  • Worked on CI/CD model which ensured check-in is then verified by an automated build, allowing teams to detect problems early.
  • Continuously discovered, evaluated and implemented new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Experion Technologies
Kochi
02.2016 - 03.2018
  • Certified Scrum Master managing the software development process from requirement gathering - user story creation - product backlog - effort estimation- sprint planning & scrum activities - coding & unit testing- CI&CD - testing - UAT - Production - Support.
  • Major project domain: Retail, Insurance.
  • Key points regarding the project – Scrum Master and Project manager/Product Owner for the largest retail chain in Australia.
  • Works across all functional areas, gathering inputs, updating product plans and road maps, and communicating the impact of product decisions on all stakeholders.
  • Drives innovative solutions to business problems or client’s engagements through coordination and negotiation with key decision-makers.
  • End to end project planning, scheduling, delivery (Agile)
  • Requirement elicitation, analysis and design.
  • Sprint planning, retrospectives, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint demo.
  • Delivery head of the offshore project team.
  • User story creation, review, DOD and approvals.
  • Effort estimation (Hourly / Story Points).
  • Managing resource and capacity planning.

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Netcom Services
Kochi
10.2014 - 01.2016
  • Major project domain – Healthcare.
  • Key points regarding the project – Managed end to end product development for the healthcare client in the US.
  • The project was divided into 3 parts. Web, Embedded, Mobile. Web – Managing patient body metric data and analyzing it. Embedded – The device will collect data from the patient's body and send it to the web and mobile. Mobile – The patient and doctor will be receiving data on mobile.
  • Key features of the project – Big data analysis, processing, and fetching reports.
  • Inform the patient and doctor about the current health status.
  • Providing reminders about health check-ups.
  • 24/7 monitoring of patient vital status.
  • Providing SOS messages and notifications.
  • Scrum master and a product owner who manages scrum ceremonies, making artifacts, ensuring delivery in all the aspects.
  • End to end project management in the Scrum framework with agile principles.
  • Resource planning, scheduling, requirements gathering, SDLC, delivery (Agile).
  • Plan and manage projects, aligning business goals with technology.
  • Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
  • Collaborate with the development team to plan sprints.

Technology Administrator: Team Leader – Project Manager

E&Y
Kochi
10.2011 - 09.2014
  • Major project domain – Finance / Infrastructure.
  • Key points regarding the project – Project and product development of financial/audit related software/application for end customers and for in-house data analytics.
  • Project planning, scheduling, delivery (Agile).
  • Managing scrum ceremonies.
  • Managed all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
  • Ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.
  • Client relations & management.
  • Directed global roll outs of new software and systems.
  • Delivered detailed feature road map that included action items and SLA.

Team Leader

ZyberOps
Kochi
09.2006 - 09.2011
  • Major project domain – Web Development.
  • Key points regarding the project – End to end project development for multiple platforms.
  • Managed multiple roles such as developer, tech lead,project lead.
  • Project planning and delivery.
  • Managed the team, work schedules, team utilization analysis.
  • Developed accurate development estimates and drafted project resource plans.
  • Coordinate with the client to gather requirements and ensure delivery.

Education

IT, Information Technology

ISBM
IN
01.2012 - 07.2013

Skills

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Timeline

Scrum Master /Senior Project Manager, Client Services

RLABS - SAP
03.2021 - 02.2023

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Katzion Technologies
01.2020 - 03.2021

Scrum Master / Project Manager

CGI
03.2018 - 12.2019

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Experion Technologies
02.2016 - 03.2018

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Netcom Services
10.2014 - 01.2016

IT, Information Technology

ISBM
01.2012 - 07.2013

Technology Administrator: Team Leader – Project Manager

E&Y
10.2011 - 09.2014

Team Leader

ZyberOps
09.2006 - 09.2011
Arun SreedharScrum Master