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KUMAR GAURAV

KUMAR GAURAV

Enterprise Agile & DevOps Coach
Bangalore

Summary

A seasoned IT leader with over 18 years of experience, I bring a blend of innovation and strategic thinking to drive enterprise agility. I'm an ICP-ACC & PMI-ACP certified Agile Coach with nearly 8 years of coaching experience, specializing in Enterprise Agile transformations. As a coach, I've guided 7 SAFe Agile and DevOps transformations using Lean, analytics, and automation for teams exceeding 100 members.

Beyond coaching, As a Delivery Management Expert, I excel at program governance, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource optimization, communication, and stakeholder engagement.

My international experience spans across Germany, Poland, Finland, USA, and Canada, fostering strong customer relationships and successful project delivery.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

Enterprise Agile Coach/Program Manager

CAPGEMINI INDIA
08.2021 - Current
  • As an Enterprise Coach, my role involves spearheading initiatives in Digital Transformation and ongoing Agile Program Coaching, emphasizing the need for effective communication, collaborative processes, and impactful tools
  • I collaborate closely with Business Unit leadership, delivery teams, and domain excellence teams to formulate a unified strategy for SAFe Agile transformation and ensure its seamless implementation across various organizational levels.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of projects on time and within budget.
  • Coached team members in the use of Agile principles and practices such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP.
  • Encouraged collaboration among team members by facilitating pair programming sessions and code reviews.
  • Maintained a high level of visibility into project status through tracking tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.
  • Conducted regular stakeholder meetings to keep them updated on project progress and issues that may arise.
  • Identified potential risks associated with each project before they become critical issues.
  • Advised stakeholders on best practices for implementing Agile methodologies across their organization.
  • Develop the overall Strategy for the program transitioning from traditional waterfall methods to Agile techniques.
  • Recommended changes in process flows or workflow diagrams based on data collected from various sources.
  • Actively participated in industry events related to Agile software development topics.
  • Coached and mentored team members, stakeholders and leadership on benefits of Agile and Scrum.
  • Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
  • Defined workflows and processes in fast-paced, Agile environment and distributed models through whiteboarding and mind-mapping.
  • Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation and implement risk reduction action plans.
  • Enhanced efficiency of content flow between developers and transparency of content status through integration of automated workflow pipelines.
  • Conducted application review meetings with end-users to document and gather business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
  • Stayed current on emerging technologies and trends that could benefit production process.
  • Identified areas for improvement, narrowing focus for decision-makers in making necessary changes.
  • Analyzed key performance indicators to identify effective strategies.
  • Worked closely with human resources to support employee management and organizational planning.
  • Wrote and submitted reports on industry trends, prompting managers to develop business plans.

Agile Coach

DXC Technology
Dusseldorf
03.2019 - 08.2021
  • Collaborate for Blueprint that manage Program vision, objectives, roadmaps, governance model, training needs supported by Agile process, principles, and practices across all levels
  • Worked on Agile transformation and improved maturity score from 2 to 3.5 by moving from Unorganized Scrum to Scaled agile framework for 108 Team members.
  • Coached teams in Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
  • Provided guidance on the use of tools like JIRA to track progress, manage tasks, and identify areas of improvement.
  • Led workshops on Agile principles and best practices.
  • Assisted teams in identifying blockers or impediments that were preventing them from achieving their goals.
  • Monitored team performance metrics such as velocity, throughput, cycle time.
  • Developed training materials to educate stakeholders about agile processes.
  • Advised teams on how to optimize their workflow using techniques like pair programming, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
  • Encouraged collaboration between developers and other stakeholders by facilitating open communication channels.
  • Recommended ways to improve processes through automation or streamlining existing workflows.
  • Provided coaching sessions for individual contributors on topics related to product delivery processes.
  • Supported teams in resolving conflicts or disputes that arose during sprints or planning meetings.
  • Implemented and facilitated successful training programs to increase employee engagement, retention and productivity.
  • Designed training performance evaluations and provided training follow-up to incorporate feedback into future modules.

Associate Consultant, Technology

CGI Information Systems
Bangalore
05.2008 - 03.2019
  • As part of Application Development Team for Leading North America Financial Service Industry to deliver high quality product earliest into to market
  • Played Various roles in multiple Projects to support Agile Development team to deliver new features & Enhancement early to the market.
  • Collaborated with team members to ensure timely completion of projects within budget constraints.
  • Managed multiple concurrent projects while tracking progress against defined goals and objectives.
  • Researched emerging technologies and evaluated their suitability for implementation in current environment.
  • Assisted in the development of new products by providing feedback on usability and functionality issues.
  • Participated in post-implementation reviews to identify opportunities for process improvement.

Application Consultant & Business Analyst

IBM India Pvt Limited
12.2006 - 05.2008
  • Business Analysis, Requirement gathering and analysis, System Testing, Coordinating with offshore development team, Queries Resolution, Support on User Acceptance Testing.
  • Analyzed business requirements, created technical specifications, and designed functional prototypes.
  • Conducted system analysis, development, testing, and debugging of applications.
  • Performed unit tests and integrated system tests to validate functionality against design documentation.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams such as QA personnel, developers and designers to ensure successful completion of projects.
  • Coordinated bug fixes with internal teams in order to resolve customer issues quickly.

Education

MBA - International Business Management

ISMS, Pune
Pune
05-2005

Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies

Fergusson College
Pune
05-2002

Skills

  • Azure DevOps / TFS
  • RTC
  • JIRA & Confluence
  • INIT & ServiceNow
  • HPSM
  • MS Visio
  • Ration Requisite Pro
  • MS Project
  • Enterprise Agile Coach
  • Agile & DevOps Transformation
  • Program Strategy Planning & Implementation
  • Leadership coaching & Agile principles
  • Program Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Risk Management & Mitigation
  • P&L Management
  • Self-motivated driver, visionary and Decision maker
  • Data-driven, analytical, strategic mindset
  • Excellent communicator - interpersonal, written and oral communication skills

Certification

  • PMI -ACP
  • ICP-ACC Agile Coach
  • Certified SAFe Agilist
  • Kanban Professional - KMP1
  • Green belt Six Sigma Certified

Accomplishments

  • Successfully completed Digital Transformation for BFSI and Energy Industry Clients in July 2021. Maturity Improvement from 2.5 to 4.0
  • Implemented Agile Delivery Model for 175 FTE Product Development Offshore team. 2022
  • Coaching Customer satisfaction point of 9.5 & 9.7 for 2021 - 2022
  • Individual Core Value Award for Partnership and Quality - 2014 ( 1 of 6 India Level Award)
  • Awarded ARGO Award for Best Engaged team in FY 2015
  • Awarded Individual Pegasus Award for significant contribution in 2011 Q4 Qtr.

Affiliations

  • Automobile Enthusiast - All India Motorcycle Rider
  • Video Logging
  • Singer

Timeline

Enterprise Agile Coach/Program Manager

CAPGEMINI INDIA
08.2021 - Current

Agile Coach

DXC Technology
03.2019 - 08.2021

Associate Consultant, Technology

CGI Information Systems
05.2008 - 03.2019

Application Consultant & Business Analyst

IBM India Pvt Limited
12.2006 - 05.2008

MBA - International Business Management

ISMS, Pune

Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies

Fergusson College

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