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HARIHARA PRASATH V

Bangalore / Chennai

Summary

To leverage my expertise in SAFe practices to drive organizational agility and transformation. By providing strategic guidance and hands-on coaching, I aim to empower teams and leaders to successfully adopt and scale SAFe practices. My goal is to optimize delivery processes, improve cross-functional collaboration, and ensure alignment with business objectives, ultimately fostering a culture of continuous improvement and delivering measurable business value.

Professional Summary:

  • Overall 19 years of IT experience inclusive of 11 years of experience as Agile Coach/Scrum Master/STE/RTE
  • Implemented SAFe for critical projects. Introduced many Management 3.0 Techniques to faster improved way of working
  • Instrumental in bringing initiatives related to making the teams High Performance Teams and Transformed many teams to high performance team through the coaching activities
  • Facilitated the Community of Practices for the RTE’s and the Scrum Masters
  • Carried out different SAFe and Non SAFe training covering majority of the business unit(s)
  • Played the role of STE/RTE for the critical projects
  • Carried out Team and Technical Agility Assessment and APD assessments and supported the teams for the continuous improvement
  • Facilitated the PI Planning with cross ART(s) and with the distributed teams
  • Groomed the Scrum Masters for the RTE role
  • Holds the following certifications: SPC, ICP-ACC, ICP-CAT, ICP-ENT, CSP-SM, CSM, Less, PAL1, PSM II, KMP1 and SAFe RTE

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Agile Transformation Coach

Continental Autonomous Mobility India Private Limited
2021.11 - Current
  • Played the role of STE for one of the critical project and supported for effective impediment handling by introducing many improvement practices across ART(s)
  • Playing the role of RTE for a critical project and grooming the Scrum Master for the RTE Role
  • Crafted Efficiency KPI for Organizational Complexity
  • Crafted Transformation Maturity Framework for the entire business unit
  • Acquired Proficiency in playing the role of Solution Train Engineer / Release Train Engineer
  • Supported Four Sections in the business unit through Agile Coaching
  • Oversaw the meetup(s) and Agile related tech talks
  • Made the Agile transformation visible and transparent through the strategic project
  • Supported teams in effectively handling the dependencies
  • Measured the maturity of teams and recommended improvement actions
  • Groomed Agile teams to inspect and adapt for continuous improvements

Agile Coach

Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India Private Limited (RNTBCI)
2010.05 - 2021.11
  • Built the Agile CoE right from the scratch in Renault
  • Contribution towards the full Agile rollout and Change management initiatives
  • Contribution at Organization level towards nurturing a collaborative and collective ownership
  • Trained the employees covering around 30% of the employees and conducted customized workshops across the organization in Agile including the senior management
  • Broad-based the knowledge on OKR covering major business units
  • Acted as a bridge between the French counterparts in bringing the uniform Agile maturity assessment across different entities
  • Rolled out comprehensive Scrum Master Maturity Assessment for up skilling the Scrum Masters
  • Facilitated interactive Agile workshops
  • Facilitated teams in identifying Risks, Dependencies and Complexities
  • Created sustainable and predictable Scrum and Kanban teams.

Consultant

Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd.
2005.05 - 2010.04
  • Contributed to the Test Management Activities and Trained 50% of the new joiners in Testing

Education

M.Sc. Computer Science -

Jamal Mohamed College, (Bharathidasan University)
Trichy
06.2000

B.Sc. Computer Science -

National College, (Bharathidasan University)
Trichy
06.1998

Skills

  • Agile Coaching
  • Agile Training
  • Agile Transformation
  • SAFe SPC
  • SAFe Implementation
  • PI Planning
  • Mentoring
  • Organizational Complexity

Certification

SPC, ICP-ACC, ICP-CAT, ICP-ENT, CSP-SM, CSM, Less, PAL1, PSM II, KMP1 and SAFe RTE

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Agile Transformation Coach

Continental Autonomous Mobility India Private Limited
2021.11 - Current

Agile Coach

Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India Private Limited (RNTBCI)
2010.05 - 2021.11

Consultant

Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd.
2005.05 - 2010.04

M.Sc. Computer Science -

Jamal Mohamed College, (Bharathidasan University)

B.Sc. Computer Science -

National College, (Bharathidasan University)

SPC, ICP-ACC, ICP-CAT, ICP-ENT, CSP-SM, CSM, Less, PAL1, PSM II, KMP1 and SAFe RTE

HARIHARA PRASATH V