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Leelavathy  Kammari

Leelavathy Kammari

Hyderabad

Summary

Certified SAFe Scrum Master with 9+ years of experience in coaching and collaborating with high-performing teams within a scaled agile environment. A team-oriented individual who facilitates the development of a Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team. Considered an expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Consultant

Capgemini
Hyderabad
11.2021 - Current
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
  • Work effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Work to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 80% reduction in errors.
  • Work closely with client Product owners, Scrum teams to prepare for sprint ceremonies.
  • Work closely with scrum team to define/manage scrum delivery expectations.
  • Define processes, artifacts to measure & meet sprint velocity, maintain healthy burndown.
  • Able to mitigate scrum team risks / issues and escalate to SoS and project leadership for assistance.
  • Responsible for the planning and facilitation of standard ceremonies to include, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
  • Act as a servant-leader and facilitator to support teams in the day-to-day operation of their lean-agile practices.
  • Empowers the team to self-organize and to take collective responsibility for delivering value to the customer through development of high-quality products.

Test Engineer

Wipro
Hyderabad
09.2015 - 10.2019
  • Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
  • Supported Scrum Teams to become high-performing teams.
  • Facilitated recurring Scrum events of: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
  • Mentored Scrum Teams in the effective use of Jira.
  • Configured Scrum Team views in Jira to include: Sprint Summary Dashboard, Release Dashboard, Team Velocity Dashboard, Scrum/Team Board, Team Capacity View, and Impediments and Risks View/Dashboard.
  • Assisted Scrum Teams in creation or revision of working agreements to enhance their process and practice retrospectives (e.g., Definition of Done and Definition of Ready).
  • Assisted Agile Teams with brainstorming, prioritizing, and implementing their improvement ideas.
  • Supported Product Owner to prepare and facilitate efficient Story Refinement sessions.
  • Championed the adoption of Lean-Agile behaviors that contributed to the achievement of the client’s vision of high-performance Scrum.
  • Conducted 1-on-1 coaching sessions with Scrum team members to successfully navigate their individual change journeys.
  • Fostered frequent and effective collaborations amongst members of the Scrum Team.
  • Existed as an example of servant-leadership to Scrum Teams and their Leadership.
  • Worked with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
  • Identified and removed blockers that impeded the productivity of high performing scrum teams.
  • Off-shore lead for testing project.

Customer Service Executive

HSBC
Hyderabad
08.2013 - 09.2015
  • Executed the end-to-end management and coordination of projects – this includes resource planning, communications, project and training requirements, change management, and budget
  • Tracked hours and expenses to keep project on task and within budgetary parameters.
  • Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.
  • Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement.
  • Estimate and forecast the participants required to achieve program and project goals.
  • Review and recommend changes, reductions, or additions to the overall project.
  • Ensured alignment by organizing and facilitating departmental communications across the organization.
  • Maintained the efficiency of the project management process such as initiation, planning, scheduling, and risk assessment.
  • Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to overall project success.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams and staff at all levels, including assisting in the development, training, and assignment of projects to team members reporting to others.
  • Created a structure/environment in which team members can collaborate as an efficient team.

Education

Senior Diploma in French - Language Interpretation And Translation

VIOL
Hyderabad
07.2013

Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

JNTUH
Hyderabad
06.2013

Skills

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Development team trainings
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Quality assurance
  • Microsoft Office
  • Confluence
  • Azure DevOps
  • Tableau
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Risk mitigation planning
  • Jira
  • Python

Certification

  • SAFe® 6.0 Scrum Master
  • ISTQB
  • AZ-900

Timeline

Senior Consultant

Capgemini
11.2021 - Current

Test Engineer

Wipro
09.2015 - 10.2019

Customer Service Executive

HSBC
08.2013 - 09.2015

Senior Diploma in French - Language Interpretation And Translation

VIOL

Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

JNTUH
Leelavathy Kammari