Kiran Kunjur

As an Release Train Engineer (RTE):

• I am responsible for planning and executing Agile Release Trains (ARTs), managing dependencies and risks, tracking progress and reporting to stakeholders, coaching and mentoring Agile teams, promoting continuous improvement, facilitating communication and collaboration between team.

As Program Manager:

• Developed and implemented program plans, tracked progress, and identified risks to ensure successful delivery of client expectations.
  Facilitated meetings between stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Identified areas of improvement in existing systems through root cause analysis.Drafted structure and procedures related to program governance.Created comprehensive reports for senior executives that highlighted clear status and risk/mitigations for ongoing progam.

• Leveraged program management expertise to create detailed schedules, identify resource requirements, and set achievable milestones for projects.
• Developed and implemented program plans, tracked progress, and identified risks to ensure successful delivery of product releases to customers.
• Collaborated with internal and external partners in order to meet project timelines.

• Leveraged program management expertise to create detailed schedules, identify resource requirements, and set achievable milestones for projects.
• Spearheaded the execution of key Nokia CNS programs, including CEMoD16.2/17/18, CI20/21 catering to multiple customers across key Nokia markets;
• Ensured compliance to Nokia CREATE release management process
  Provided leadership in cross-functional release core teams to stay on course towards the program goal
• Handled various aspects of program management like, program Initiation & controlling, collaboration and communication, stakeholder management,program reporting to senior leadership, program phase-out/closure

• Created detailed program plans, including timelines, milestones, resource allocations, scoping, quality criteria and risk management plans.
• Produced accurate and timely program status reporting throughout life cycle.
• Successfully executed key platform programs (FPT3.1/4.1) catering to various product application programs;
• Improved internal customer engagement through relationship management and timely communications.

• Maintained a backlog of feature requests prioritized based on customer feedback and business objectives.
• Implemented Agile methodology best practices mandating scrum ceremonies and continuous grooming.
• Managed stakeholder relationships by providing regular updates on project progress and addressing any issues promptly.
• Prepared input from my responsible area towards product roadmaps
  Conducted product area level retrospective meetings and implemented identified improvements incrementally.

• Developed and implemented effective team building strategies to foster a collaborative work environment.
• Monitored employee performance, providing constructive feedback to improve productivity and quality of work.
• Resolved conflicts between employees in a timely manner, minimizing disruption to workflow.
• Recruited qualified personnel according to organizational needs while adhering to relevant legal requirements.
• Encouraged open communication among team members by creating a positive working atmosphere where ideas could be shared freely.
  Managed a team of 20+ employees

• Handling security CERT alerts and ensuring that the correction in the 3rd party is integrated in relavant product releases.
• Supporting customer security audits.
• Handling security related innovations at the project level

• Provided technical guidance to team members on product design decisions, coding practices, testing methodologies, and debugging procedures.
• Reviewed requirements documents for completeness and accuracy prior to implementation.
• Participated in Agile Scrum meetings to review sprints progress and discuss blockers.
• Investigated software issues by troubleshooting and analyzing systems.

• Performed code reviews to ensure quality standards were met by development teams.
• Mentored newly hired software engineers through routine coaching and training opportunities.

• As the client interface for a web portal project for Cingular wireless telephony subscribers, I was responsible for gathering and disseminating information about change requests, evaluating their impact on other components, and developing proposals to address them.

• Mainly worked as a developer and contributed to the development of a framework and application for QoS data collection and processing.
• Contributed to billing-specific data collection (as part od CDRs) features that are part of DMS-100 switching platform software.
  Provided software support for billing-related issues.