Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline
Generic

Babu Balasubramanian

Https://www.linkedin.com/in/babu-balasubramanian-32b29b164

Summary

Experienced Agile Consultant with 15 years in IT and a proven track record in Agile transformation. Trusted advisor to executive leadership, driving enterprise-wide transformations and shaping Digital/Agile programs. Skilled in demystifying complex concepts, coaching teams, and building strong client relationships. Proficient in roadmap development, strategic consulting, and impactful trainings. Recognized for leadership, mentorship, and delivering exceptional results in Agile transformations.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Agile Coach/Consultant

PayPal
Chennai
02.2022 - Current
  • Collaborating across the Technology, Data and Product group engaging Platform, UX, Business Analysis, Product & Service teams to help define the ways of working
  • Conduct engaging and impactful training sessions, workshops, and learning events tailored to client needs.
  • Conduct thorough assessments to evaluate current state and develop customized transformation roadmaps.
  • Coach and empower high-performing Agile teams, fostering collaboration, and maximizing productivity.
  • Collaborate closely with business executives to shape transformation programs and develop operating models.
  • Excel in designing transformation roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives and market demands.
  • Proven track record of successfully driving and scaling Agile practices, ensuring seamless organizational change.
  • Recognized for demystifying complex concepts and coaching teams to embrace Agile principles and mindset.

Scrum Master and Business Analyst

Fidelity Investments
Chennai
04.2015 - 02.2022

Domain: US Health Care

  • Ensure Scrum is understood and enacted
  • Ensure that the Scrum team is effective
  • Help ensure implementation of practices within Scrum
  • Coaching on self management and cross functionality
  • Removal of impediments
  • Ensuring all the scrum events takes place and the events finishes on time
  • Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as needed
  • Coaches on product panning
  • Coaches on need for clear and concise Product backlog increment
  • Helping with techniques on Product Goal definition
  • Coach on ways to arrange Product Backlog
  • Coach on techniques for effective product backlog management
  • Leading, training and coaching the organization in its scrum adoption
  • Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams

Domain Consultant

Wipro Technologies
Chennai
03.2013 - 04.2015

Domain: Collections and Fraud Detection

  • Established clear system operational specifications and formulated highly specific software requirements for the development team.
  • Create features out of scoped requirements and write user stories for features as per sprint plan for Agile based development.
  • Worked with design, development and testing teams to prepare working prototypes for the proposed solution.
  • Extract insights from customer, sales and other data available and provide data analysis, synthesis & presentation support.

Business Analyst

Optimum Solutions PTE Ltd
Singapore
11.2011 - 01.2013

Domain: Collections and Fraud Detection

  • Writing use cases for the requirements and preparing the high-level design document and assisting the technical team in developing the low-level design document.
  • Elucidate the requirement to business users, stakeholders, and testing team.
  • Involved in gathering client's requirements, facilitate in understanding client's business, processes and convert them in scope documents.
  • Direct interact with business users and IT teams to capture, clarify and define business needs and user acceptance testing.

Project Associate

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
08.2007 - 07.2010

Domain: Federal and Private students loan Origination and Servicing

  • Worked as a Mainframe developer and Tester; responsible for gathering requirement, delivering the code with end to end testing of the application
  • Developed tool using REXX and VB script to automate the manual testing process.
  • Strategize for contingency planning and risk mitigation and schedule project deliverables.
  • Compile client status reports and perform quality control to ensure accuracy and contract compliance of reports.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Financial Management

Annamalai University
Chidambaram, India
05.2014

Master of Science - Logistic And Supply Chain Management

Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
07.2011

Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
Sivakasi, India
04.2007

Skills

  • Agile Transformation: Driving and scaling Agile practices, leading enterprise-wide transformations, and managing organizational change
  • Strategic Consulting: Providing strategic guidance, shaping Digital/Agile programs, and advising executive leadership
  • Leadership and Mentoring: Leading, coaching, and mentoring Agile teams, fostering professional growth, and guiding junior consultants
  • Relationship Management: Establishing and maintaining client relationships, driving account growth, and ensuring client satisfaction
  • Roadmap Development: Co-creating vision and transformation roadmaps with executives, aligning them with objectives and market demands
  • Complex Concepts Demystification: Simplifying complex Agile, value realization, scaling, leadership, and business transformation concepts
  • Agile Coaching: Coaching high-performing teams, guiding Agile methodologies, roles, and best practices
  • Collaboration and Advisory Role: Advising client leaders, collaborating with industry sectors, and sharing insights within consulting teams
  • Training and Workshop Facilitation: Formulating and delivering tailored trainings, workshops, and learning sessions for clients

Accomplishments

  • Expanded HSA market for the organization by creating a new self service portal, realizing overall increase in customer satisfaction and cost efficiency.
  • Promoted to Principal Scrum Master due to active involvement in analysis and development of a new Health & Welfare product that achieved 50% increase new clients in 2 years.
  • Implemented two product offerings (Health Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account).

Certification

  • Certified SAFe 6.0 Agilist
  • ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
  • Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • Certified Agility Health Facilitator (AHF)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner AXELOS, 2014
  • ISTQB International Software Testing Qualifications Board, 2009
  • Financial Services Domain Program Fidelity Investments, 2015

Timeline

Agile Coach/Consultant

PayPal
02.2022 - Current

Scrum Master and Business Analyst

Fidelity Investments
04.2015 - 02.2022

Domain Consultant

Wipro Technologies
03.2013 - 04.2015

Business Analyst

Optimum Solutions PTE Ltd
11.2011 - 01.2013

Project Associate

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2007 - 07.2010

Post Graduate Diploma - Financial Management

Annamalai University

Master of Science - Logistic And Supply Chain Management

Nanyang Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
Babu Balasubramanian