LAXMA REDDY
Hyderabad
Summary
Results-driven and certified Professional Scrum Master with nearly 14 years of experience in leading Agile and traditional software development projects. Proven expertise in end-to-end project management, stakeholder engagement, cross-functional team leadership, and continuous delivery of high-quality products. Skilled in removing blockers, driving Agile transformations, and fostering a culture of ownership, agility, and innovation. Adept at working with distributed teams and managing concurrent, large-scale projects in fast-paced environments.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager / Scrum Master
Innova IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
04.2023 - Current
- Facilitating Agile ceremonies, ensuring team adherence to Scrum values and practices.
- Removing impediments, coordinating across teams via Scrum of Scrums and escalation channels.
- Conducting Go/No-Go meetings and aligning releases with leadership expectations.
- Supporting Product Owners with backlog prioritization and change facilitation.
- Driving continuous improvement through regular retrospectives and coaching sessions.
- Enhancing team performance through Agile maturity assessments and actionable feedback.
Project Manager
Black Knight India Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
12.2020 - 02.2023
- Managed multiple cross-functional teams, aligning IT delivery with business goals.
- Defined and tracked project plans, schedules, milestones, and costs.
- Improved delivery predictability using Agile metrics and stakeholder transparency.
- Collaborated with BAs, solution architects, and QA teams across release cycles.
- Monitored quality gates from QA to Production, reducing defect leakage.
Scrum Master
Anvipro IT Solutions
Hyderabad
11.2019 - 11.2020
- Led sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming for Agile delivery teams.
- Supported cross-team communication, improved transparency, and team autonomy.
- Created reports and dashboards that enabled informed PM decisions and forecasting.
Scrum Master
Optum Global Solutions
Hyderabad
01.2014 - 11.2019
- Orchestrated Agile adoption across teams, contributing to delivery speed and product quality.
- Maintained velocity tracking, capacity planning, and performance benchmarking.
- Drove coordination across global teams and ensured regulatory compliance in documentation.
Graduate Trainee – IT Infrastructure Services
Mesmer Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
06.2009 - 01.2014
- Gained foundational experience in IT systems, stakeholder collaboration, and documentation support.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
Nizam Institute of Engineering and Technology
HyderabadSkills
- Agile Project Management
- Scrum
- SAFe
- Kanban
- Lean
- Project Lifecycle Management
- Sprint Planning
- Execution
- Retrospectives
- Product Backlog Management
- Grooming
- Release Planning
- Deployment Coordination
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Communication
- Risk Management
- Mitigation
- Metrics
- Reporting
- Burndown
- Velocity
- Capacity
- Resource Planning
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Agile Coaching
- Change Management
- Budget
- Cost Control
- Conflict Resolution
- Decision Making
- Remote Team Collaboration
- Distributed Team Collaboration
- Project Tools
- Jira
- Azure DevOps
- Trello
- Rally
- MS Project
- Collaboration
- Confluence
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Miro
- Dashboards
- Power BI
- Excel
- Tableau
- Documentation
- FRD
- SRS
- BRD
- Test Case Traceability
- CI/CD
- DevOps Awareness
- Jenkins
- Git
- Bitbucket
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), Scrum.org
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Telugu
Languages
English, Hindi, Telugu
First Language
Timeline
Project Manager / Scrum Master
Innova IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
04.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Black Knight India Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
12.2020 - 02.2023
Scrum Master
Anvipro IT Solutions
11.2019 - 11.2020
Scrum Master
Optum Global Solutions
01.2014 - 11.2019
Graduate Trainee – IT Infrastructure Services
Mesmer Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
06.2009 - 01.2014
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
Nizam Institute of Engineering and Technology