Darsana Krishnan

Dynamic and highly organized project management professional with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, skilled in driving initiatives to successful completion across diverse technologies and domains. Proven ability to foster team collaboration and deliver exceptional results, backed by a strong foundation in Agile methodologies as a PMI-ACP certified practitioner. Renowned for adaptability and advanced problem-solving skills, ensuring seamless project execution and stakeholder satisfaction. Holds an Executive Post Graduate Certificate in IT Management and Analytics from IIM Kozhikode, reinforcing a commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in project delivery.

• 100 % commitment to work
• Continuous learner with strong learning ability
• Developing towards handling of higher and critical responsibilities

• Daily connect with Team members/ Scrum Masters on the progress/ Challenges/Blockers of the project
• Involved in preparation of weekly status reports and conducting weekly status call with client.
• Involved in Monthly/Quarterly/Annual report preparation highlighting the Dev. team performance for the month/quarter/year.
• Meetings with client to define the roadmap
• Weekly Status calls with the onsite team to communicate client-side happenings, and expectations and discuss program status and risk/issues
• Conducting all ceremonies of agile projects
• Coaching Team and Scrum Masters for SAFe and Scrum projects
• Meetings with support team to get update of in “production” projects for taking corrective actions if required.
• Meetings with the Product management team to discuss pipeline projects for opportunity forecast.

• Involved in Cost, Schedule, Communication and Resource planning.
• Risk and Dependency Management
• Coordinated with on-site counterpart/team to ensure offshore alignment with client expectations.
• Coordination and working with external team to mitigate the risk associated with external dependencies.
• Experience in release planning and deployment activities

• Effectively managed the team in difficult situations
• Proactively inform foreseen issues and raises red flags whenever required.
• Learn fast technology and domain and hence improving the confidence of team members
• Has experience in leading teams in both Agile and waterfall projects
• Mentoring and Coaching team
• Effective handling of conflicts within the team