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Kunal  Kumar

Kunal Kumar

Scrum Master
Pune

Summary

Experienced Certified Scrum Master with over all 12+ years of experience and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software. Around 5+ years of experience as Scrum Master with team management, Strong analytical and customer-service skills, excellent written and verbal communication. I relentlessly focus on removing impediments and delivering customer-centric product and features. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Scrum Master

LTIMindtree
Pune
06.2019 - Current
  • Facilitating Agile ceremonies such as sprint/iteration planning, daily planning, retrospective, and sprint demos
  • Assisting the Product Owner with regular and disciplined backlog refinement
  • Working with various stakeholders to remove impediments for the team
  • Connecting with individual team members to understand their aspirations and help them to achieve the same by conducting relevant trainings
  • Maintaining relevant metrics that help the team measure and improve performance
  • Liaison between the Development teams and Product Management, fostering communication between the disciplines
  • Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
  • Actively contributing to the company’s Agile culture
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Recognizing Conflicts and Disputes within the team and help them to resolve by coming to common consensus.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

QA Test Lead

LTIMindtree
Pune
06.2015 - 05.2019
  • My role involves incorporating the best practices of Agile within the team, conducting SCRUM ceremonies
  • Responsible to help team in resolving impediments they come across during their day- to-day work
  • Monitored the product by comparing actual performance with planned performance, analyzes variances and assesses any trends to identify process improvements, evaluate alternate possibilities and implement the same
  • Analyzing and reviewing requirements, systems specification and use-case documentations with Product Owners and other stakeholders to identify gaps and completeness
  • Implemented and standardized various testing process to enhance efficiency in product delivery and delivered thorough testing reports that determined product quality and release readiness
  • Prepare the Testing Automation Strategy for the applications and generated the ROI based on the number of runs of the Automated Test Suite during the Release
  • Worked as onsite coordinator with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, with proven ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities
  • Leading team of more than 15 team members with client facing project delivery team with responsibility of setting best practices, approach and direction for the technical aspects of our practice.
  • Responsible for creating the Weekly, Monthly Metrics, Dashboard across the testing projects for Senior Management.
  • Trained new test employees on equipment and company guidelines to promote productive and high-quality work.


Senior Software Engineer

JP Morgan and Chase
Mumbai
07.2013 - 06.2015
  • Working with Test management to prepare Test strategies, preparing Test plans ,Test cases, Test execution , analyzing systems to prepare Impact
  • Participating in knowledge transfer to colleagues and business user Technically and Functionally.
  • Worked with development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios.
  • Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
  • Captured specifications, testing methods and other information for project into technical manuals.


Software Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai
03.2011 - 06.2013
  • Knowledge gathering from FRD/BRD to design Test Scenario, TesCases, Execution of Test Cases, Defect Logging, Retesting and Reporting.
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Researched new developments in testing methods and equipment and made recommendations to improve testing procedures.
  • Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
  • Developed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.

Education

MBA - Information Technology Project Management

Welingkar Institute of Management Development And
Mumbai
06.2016 - 06.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Thakur College of Science And Commerce
Mumbai
03.2008 - 03.2011

Skills

    Customer interaction

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Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Timeline

Certified Scrum Master

01-2023

Scrum Master

LTIMindtree
06.2019 - Current

MBA - Information Technology Project Management

Welingkar Institute of Management Development And
06.2016 - 06.2018

QA Test Lead

LTIMindtree
06.2015 - 05.2019

Senior Software Engineer

JP Morgan and Chase
07.2013 - 06.2015

Software Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2011 - 06.2013

Dimploma in Software Testing

01-2011

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Thakur College of Science And Commerce
03.2008 - 03.2011
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