K G RAMA SARMA
Bengaluru
Summary
Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Agile Delivery Lead
Reflektive Labs Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
02.2018 - Current
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Researched current trends to stay knowledgeable in Scrum methods.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Acted as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements and handling project changes.
- Worked across teams outside of engineering to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by engineering personnel.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value.
- Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Leading a mid size project as Project Manager
Senior Quality Analyst
RockYou
Bengaluru, KA
05.2014 - 01.2018
- Oversaw test planning, workload balancing and assignment delegation.
- Created test cases
- Estimated work requirements and labor hours for sprint planning.
- Communicated between product owners and developers to clarify features.
- Performed regression, exploratory and negative tests.
- Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
- Led process improvement projects to help operations meet and exceed quality standards and reduce costs.
- Collaborated with management to provide training on improved processes and assisted with creation and maintenance of quality training.
- Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation.
- Created and collaborated in implementation and maintenance of customer complaint log.
Senior Quality Analyst
Playdom
Bengaluru, KA
05.2011 - 05.2014
- Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact usability, function and performance.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Resolved issues efficiently and built excellent client rapport, which led to enhanced customer satisfaction ratings.
- Conducted evaluations to identify weak areas and identify problematic issues while promoting corrective methods.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Collaborated with developers and project managers to assess program capabilities, features and testing demands.
- Created test cases and test scripts to maintain cohesive team approach to product development.
- Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems.
- Tested and operated mixers to confirm correct calibration while scheduling routine, preventive and reparative maintenance to maintain production workflows and achieve production output benchmarks.
- Provided extensive quality assurance training via both in-person and remote teleconferences.
- Met tight deadlines to satisfy client demands and project timelines.
- Directed teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages.
- Analyzed and tested different builds to identify, trace and help resolve bugs.
- Fixed identified issues to improve workflows.
- Created and achieved product quality objectives and met product specifications.
- Designed, documented and executed test scenarios to identify software bugs.
- Organized and maintained work environment to allow for maximum productivity.
- Mentored and coached team members on QA topics and strategies.
- Reviewed public-facing information for accuracy, relevancy and timeliness as desired by leadership.
- Assisted teammates in developing skills necessary to grasp application concepts and tool suite.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
CSIT
Durg04.2008
Skills
- Agile Delivery
- Problem-Solving
- Self-Motivated
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Quality assurance
- Project Management
- Customer interaction
- Organization and Time Management
- Interpersonal Communication
- Multitasking Abilities
- Cultural Awareness
Timeline
Agile Delivery Lead
Reflektive Labs Pvt. Ltd.
02.2018 - Current
Senior Quality Analyst
RockYou
05.2014 - 01.2018
Senior Quality Analyst
Playdom
05.2011 - 05.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
CSIT
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