Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Project 1 : Insulet, Senior Scrum Master(Wipro)
Project 2 : DBS, Scrum Master(TCS)
Project 3: Royal Bank of Scotland, Scrum Master(Infosys)
Websites
Certification
Timeline
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KAVITHAMANI M

Chennai

Summary

  • Intend to remain unique, innovate new ideas thus willing to work as a key person in the challenging and creative environment
  • Committed Agile expert with over 8 years of expertise in public speaking, presenting information clearly and developing high performing teams. Collaborative individual remains poised in all types of situations.
  • Experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) including Analysis, Design, Development, Documentation, Testing, Deployment, Version Control and Production Support Team-driven Scrum Master knowledgeable in task prioritization, risk management and workflow optimization.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Wipro
Chennai
03.2022 - Current
  • Coached and mentored team members in Agile and Scrum concepts, values, principles, and practices.
  • Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
  • Identified and removed impediments to the team's progress through effective facilitation of problem solving sessions.
  • Tracked and reported on project progress using burn down charts, velocity tracking and other metrics.
  • Established clear communication channels between all stakeholders involved in the project lifecycle.

Scrum Master

TCS
Chennai
04.2021 - 03.2022
  • Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
  • Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
  • Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
  • Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence to track project progress and milestones.
  • Worked closely with senior management and other stakeholders during strategic planning sessions for upcoming releases.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.

Scrum Master

Infosys
Chennai
02.2019 - 04.2021
  • Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
  • Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
  • Coached stakeholders on their roles in the Scrum process and how to best support the team's success.
  • Acted as a servant leader to the development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.

Front-end Developer

Cognizant Technology Soltions
Chennai
05.2016 - 02.2019
  • Developed user interface components and implemented them following well-known React.js workflows.
  • Developed applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
  • Optimized web page performance by identifying and fixing various issues such as memory leaks and rendering problems.
  • Continued self-education and training to keep up with industry changes and trends.
  • Worked closely with graphic designers to implement visuals into the website using HTML5 and CSS3 technologies.

Education

Higher Secondary -

Bharathi Matriculation Higher Secondary school
01.2012

B.E Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Sri Krishna College of Technology

Skills

  • JIRA, bitbucket, Confluence
  • Git
  • Sprint Planning
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Customer requirements analysis
  • Leading scrum meetings
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Effective customer communication
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Relationship Building
  • Team building
  • Meeting participation

Project 1 : Insulet, Senior Scrum Master(Wipro)

  • Mentored a 3 cross functional team of 9 resources to deliver quality products
  • Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity
  • Facilitated the scrum ceremonies - Sprint Planning, Sprint Planning & Sprint Retrospective meeting in a way that ensures full team engagement
  • Conducted Daily Scrum Meeting to ensure there are no impediments in the tasks and foster close cooperation among all team members
  • Involved in the backlog management with the Product Owner and guide the team in establishing normalized estimates
  • Drove the team to understand the need for clear and concise product backlog items

Project 2 : DBS, Scrum Master(TCS)

  • Provided coaching and support on Agile Scrum practices, to deliver value across organization
  • Built 2 self-managing teams capable of achieving release goals and delivery objectives following Scrum principles
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint
  • Helped the team to understand and follow the goals, scope of work and product domain

Project 3: Royal Bank of Scotland, Scrum Master(Infosys)

  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
  • Involved in the backlog management with the Product Owner and guide the team in establishing normalized estimates
  • Drove the team to understand the need for clear and concise product backlog items

Certification

  • PSM Certified Scrum Master

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Wipro
03.2022 - Current

Scrum Master

TCS
04.2021 - 03.2022

Scrum Master

Infosys
02.2019 - 04.2021

Front-end Developer

Cognizant Technology Soltions
05.2016 - 02.2019

Higher Secondary -

Bharathi Matriculation Higher Secondary school

B.E Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Sri Krishna College of Technology
KAVITHAMANI M