Manickam Ramanathan
Chennai
Summary
Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience in executing Scrum/Agile ceremonies, including Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, and Retrospective. Proficient in conducting RT, PI Planning, SoS, and maintaining Kanban Board and Azure DevOps. Strong focus on supporting and educating the Product Owner in creating and maintaining the Product Backlog to improve transparency and facilitate seamless collaboration through effective internal and external communication. Skilled in identifying and removing impediments to ensure timely project delivery. Expertise in assessing team and organizational Scrum Maturity levels and coaching them towards higher levels of maturity at a sustainable pace. Guiding the Scrum Team and organization on Agile/Scrum practices and values to enhance customer satisfaction and promote self-organization. Known for servant leadership style, creating a safe environment for problem-solving without fear of blame or judgment. Expertise in facilitating discussions, decision-making, conflict resolution, and ensuring work is completed without coercion or dictation.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
2001
2001
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master, RTE
Accenture ATCI
10.2021 - Current
- Guide an Agile Release Train (ART) to success and managing the complexities of releasing software in big, cross-functional settings are examples of supporting and coaching an ART
- Ensure transparency and raise knowledge of progress and obstacles, and maintain regular and open communication with all program participants
- Drive delivery and continual improvement by using measurements (such as quality and delivery rate) to pinpoint opportunities
- Oversee program level coordination, including overseeing the generation of reports and analyses that detail program activities, defining timetables, milestones, and the cadence of increments and releases
- Advocate for the adoption of Agile and SAFe best practices and processes by working with management and cross-functional teams as a subject matter expert to design and enhance operational rules and Procedure relating to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Scrum Master
Society Generate Global Solution Centre
02.2020 - 10.2021
- Provided team support to deliver the existing and prioritized Backlog by the Product Owner
- Implemented agile practices: employee training and coaching, Product Owner support, longterm implementation of agile principles, organization of ceremonies, etc
- Removed impediments in delivery with right support from PO and team members
- Ensure the reporting in pair with Product Owner
- Guide the team in establishing normalized estimating for its backlog items (Backlog grooming)
- Managed agile roadmap using the standard tools such as JIRA, etc
Scrum Master
Tech Mahindra Ltd
06.2019 - 01.2020
- Refined the sprint backlog and product backlog with the Product owner
- Build a relation with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to facilitate team's interaction with them
- Worked on delivery forecast & deliveries including stakeholder management/comms related to delivery forecast
- Conducted Sprint Planning Meetings, Daily Stand Up Meetings, Review Meetings, Retrospective Meetings for projects
- Oversaw project timelines, split tasks among team members, and ensure proper communication among teammates
Project Leader - Development/Scrum Master
Bank Of New York Mellon Technologies Limited
07.2011 - 03.2019
- Monitored the scrum processes and scrum meetings, increasing team efficiency, motivating the scrum team, arguing for changes that will ensure quality and timelines
- Guided the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values
- Assessed the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity
- Removed impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments
- Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
- Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Supported and educated the Product Owner maintaining the product backlog
- Consulted with users, clients, and other technology groups on issues, and recommend programming solutions, install, and support customer exposure system
Module Lead
Mphasis Limited
04.2005 - 07.2011
Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard
06.2004 - 03.2005
Education
Diploma - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Srinivasa Polytechnic
BE - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Regional Engineering College
Skills
Agile Project Management
Investment Banking
Cash Management System
Data Migration
Solutions Architecture
Project Delivery
Change Management
Workday Core HCM
Business Process Improvement
People Management
SAFe framework (SAFe 51)
Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
Project Management tools (Jira, ADO- Azure DevOps)
SAAS
Workday
Java
COBOL
CICS
DB2
MQ
Gen AI
JIRA
Azure DevOps - ADO
Sprint planning
Scrum framework expertise
Agile best practices
Agile metrics tracking
Retrospective analysis
User story creation
Adaptive leadership
Customer interaction
Risk identification
Meeting facilitation
Kanban knowledge
Backlog grooming
Lean principles
Leading scrum meetings
Backlog management
Scrum processes
Scrum methodology
Problem-solving
Software development
Personal Information
Marital Status: Married
Certification
SAFe RTE, SAFe SA, CSM
Timeline
Scrum Master, RTE
Accenture ATCI
10.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
Society Generate Global Solution Centre
02.2020 - 10.2021
Scrum Master
Tech Mahindra Ltd
06.2019 - 01.2020
Project Leader - Development/Scrum Master
Bank Of New York Mellon Technologies Limited
07.2011 - 03.2019
Module Lead
Mphasis Limited
04.2005 - 07.2011
Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard
06.2004 - 03.2005
Diploma - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Srinivasa Polytechnic
BE - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Regional Engineering College