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