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Manjunath Gowda

Manjunath Gowda

Scrum Master And Release Manager

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master with 6 years of experience and proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
4
4
Languages

Work History

Senior Scrum Master and Release Manager

CitiusTech
08.2022 - Current
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Created presentations and infographic for platform release enhancement communications.
  • Coordinated scheduled releases and updates.
  • Planned and orchestrated end-to-end processes from Requirement to Release.
  • Handled change management for production releases, orchestrating frameworks according to customer goals and prescribed timeframes.
  • Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.

Lead Test Analyst - Scrum Master

NEC Software Solutions
01.2016 - 08.2022
  • Created and achieved product quality
    objectives and met product specifications.
  • Supported company in maintaining work
    environment focused on quality, communication,
    collaboration, integration, and teamwork.
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity
    and boost workflows.
  • Communicated project updates to stakeholders
    at all levels.
  • Examined events in application log management
    and monitoring tool to identify root causes for
    failures.
  • Reported progress, test metrics and results to
    project stakeholders.
  • Provided each staff member with exemplary training to help improve departmental efficiency and boost understanding of respective job duties.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning,
    backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews,
    and sprint retrospectives.
  • Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture
    and business value.
  • Generated reports for IT project progress and
    performance.
  • Created and implemented contingency plans to
    address potential risks.

Senior Software Test Engineer

eClerx Services Ltd
09.2012 - 11.2016
  • Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality
    and identified additional areas to review.
    Documented current production methods to
    identify points of limitation to target for
    quantification through testing procedures.
    Provided each staff member with exemplary
    training to help improve departmental efficiency
    and boost understanding of respective job
    duties.
    Evaluated data sets from multiple test
    implementations to determine and account for
    standard variance in test results.
    Fixed identified issues to improve workflows.

Education

B.E in Computer -

Pillai's Institute of Information Technology, Mumbai University
Mumbai

Higher Secondary School Certificate -

CKT
Mumbai

Secondary School Certificate - undefined

K.A.B high school

Skills

    Project Management

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Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Personal Information

  • Hobbies: Swimming, Table Tennis, Cooking, Traveling
  • Date of Birth: 04/29/88
  • Gender: Male

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master and Release Manager

CitiusTech
08.2022 - Current

Certified Scrum Master

03-2022

Lead Test Analyst - Scrum Master

NEC Software Solutions
01.2016 - 08.2022

Senior Software Test Engineer

eClerx Services Ltd
09.2012 - 11.2016

B.E in Computer -

Pillai's Institute of Information Technology, Mumbai University

Higher Secondary School Certificate -

CKT

Secondary School Certificate - undefined

K.A.B high school

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