Meghana G Adaragunchi
Bengaluru
Summary
Driven and results-oriented Scrum Master/Program Manager with over 8 years of experience in the software industry. Skilled at leading cross-functional teams, integrating products seamlessly, and orchestrating collaborative successes. Committed to quality through meticulous testing and continuous process improvement. Proficient in Agile principles, Scrum frameworks, and facilitating CI/CD pipelines to empower high-performing teams. Known for versatility, analytical expertise, removing impediments, effective stakeholder engagement, and a proven track record of successful, timely project deliveries.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager/Scrum Master
Dell Technologies
06.2021 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews, ensuring seamless team collaboration and alignment with objectives.
- Aligned priorities with Product Owners, ensuring a well-groomed backlog and actionable sprint tasks that met evolving business needs.
- Removed impediments, streamlined team workflows, and fostered a culture of continuous improvement, leading to a 70% reduction in delivery cycle time
- Leveraged strong technical background and effective communication skills with developers, facilitating seamless collaboration and understanding of technical requirements, resulting in a 25% reduction in technical debt.
- Orchestrated agile methodologies by implementing sprint planning sessions and prepared sprint tasks, resolving developer roadblocks promptly and ensuring an on-time delivery rate of over 70% for project milestones.
- Collaborated with stakeholders, other Scrum Masters, and Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to address shared challenges and align goals across multiple trains.
- Conducted detailed risk assessments, proactively identified dependencies, and led discussions with senior stakeholders to resolve challenges.
- Driven a culture of ownership by holding teams accountable for pace, scope, and commitments, introducing a data-driven reporting process that improved milestone adherence by 50%.
- Promoted innovation and quality by introducing continuous delivery practices, increasing deployment reliability by 80%.
- Advised and coached teams on agile frameworks (Scrum), boosting team productivity by 50% and enabling a self-organizing team that consistently met sprint goals and delivered value to stakeholders.
Senior Software Engineer
Dell Technologies
03.2019 - 05.2021
- Instrumental in comprehensive Requirement gathering, Designing, Development, and Delivery efforts, ensuring seamless project lifecycles.
- Explored project risks, crafted Functional specifications and Technical documentation, conducted unit testing, and actively engaged in scrum meetings with consistent TFS updates.
- Effectively communicated test plan status to both Manager and Project manager, enabling informed critical path decisions for timely releases.
- Developed customized testing framework using pytest, fostering collaboration between test teams and developers for efficient automated testing.
- Proactively managed and promptly responded to system and deployment requests from development and client teams.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters to automate build and deployment processes, resulting in a 80% increase in deployment frequency.
- Leveraged expertise in Power BI to craft insightful reports, providing stakeholders with valuable data validations and actionable insights.
- Tech Stack - Python, Pytest, Oracle Pl/Sql, MTM, Azure DevOps, Agile, Power
Software Engineer 2
Dell Technologies
07.2017 - 02.2019
- Understanding Business requirements and contemplating test Scenarios, cases and test data.
- Identified and formulated comprehensive test cases, enabling robust testing for development of new features prior to implementation.
- Prepared and executed test procedures, scenarios and test cases for functional and database testing using PL/SQL.
- Involved in test script automation using Selenium with Adept framework
- Tech Stack - Oracle Pl/Sql, MTM, TFS, Agile
Software Engineer 1
Dell Technologies
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Prepared Test Strategy, Test cases, System Test Plan Preparation and Requirements Streamlining
- Performed GUI and functional testing using Selenium
- Orchestrated and executed comprehensive End-to-End testing procedures, encompassing meticulous testing of interlock applications.
- Detecting bugs and classifying them based on severity and reporting. Conducted rigorous regression testing to ensure that resolved issues maintained their rectified state across various software iterations
- Tech Stack - MTM, TFS, Agile, Selenium, C#, Oracle Pl/Sql
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science And Engineering
Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology
Tumakuru, Karnataka, India05.2016
Skills
- Requirement Analysis and Documentation
- Budget & Resource Management
- Agile Methodologies - Scrum, Kanban
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Technical Specification Creation
- Project Management
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Issue Prioritization and Resolution
- Team Building and Empowerment
Technical Skills
- Project Management Tools : MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA
- Agile Tools : Confluence, Azure DevOps
- Data Analysis(Monitoring & Reporting) : Power BI, Excel
- Programming : Python, C#, Oracle PL/SQL
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
- Cloud Tech : Docker, Kubernetes and PCF
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Accomplishments
- On the Spot Award
- Service and Commitment Award
- Game Changer Award
- Best Team Award
Timeline
Product Manager/Scrum Master
Dell Technologies
06.2021 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Dell Technologies
03.2019 - 05.2021
Software Engineer 2
Dell Technologies
07.2017 - 02.2019
Software Engineer 1
Dell Technologies
07.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science And Engineering
Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology
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