Smitha Nayak
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven IT management professional with 14 years of experience in project management and scrum leadership. Expert in delivering projects on time and within budget while ensuring comprehensive documentation. Skilled in people management and service delivery, with strong capabilities in strategic planning and risk management to enhance stakeholder communication.
Overview
1
1
Certification
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant
Deloitte Consulting India
03.2023 - Current
- Served as Scrum Master and project manager to streamline agile processes.
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies, including daily scrum calls, grooming sessions, refinement calls, sprint planning, and release management, to ensure team alignment and progress.
- Identified risks and developed mitigation plans to enhance project delivery.
- Direct interaction with client stakeholders on a day-to-day basis
- Cross streams collaboration across the globe
- Well versed with JIRA project management tool.
- With the prior QA Lead experience overlooking QA deliverables closely and pitching in Test Planning and Estimations
- Offices of the US
Scrum Master+ QA Lead
Deloitte Consulting India
10.2022 - 03.2023
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies, including daily scrums, grooming sessions, sprint planning, and release management, to ensure alignment and transparency within the team.
- Developed test strategy and planning document to establish clear testing objectives and processes.
- Created SIT plan and collaborated with client on UAT to validate system functionality and gather feedback.
- Handson experience in AEM Testing and actively involved in triaging the call
- Managed operations at US offices
Software Engineer
System Consultant Information India
Tumkur
11.2012 - 08.2015
- Executed BA role in initial project phase for critical modules, facilitated client interactions, led team of 8, authored and executed test cases
- Tumkur, Karnataka
Senior QA
ICF Next
Bangalore
- AEM project that was aligned with Agile methodology.
- Only QA resource from Offshore team
- Creation of sites, configuration of Templates, components, and AEM webpages. AEM content policies.
- Client interaction for discussion of requirements, backlog grooming sessions, demos.
- Conducted extensive cross-browser testing on multiple devices and operating systems, including Windows and Mac OS.
- Part of the Production testing team, helping with UAT and system testing
- Bangalore, India
Education
B.E - Computer Science
SDMIT Ujire
Dakshina Kannada01-2012
12th - PCMS
MGM PU College
Udupi01-2008
10th - General
English Medium School
Udupi01-2006
Skills
- Agile methodology knowledge
- Scrum management
- Agile planning
- Test planning
- Quality assurance tools
- JIRA management
- Project estimation
- AEM Development
- Cross-Browser Testing
- HTML markup language skills
- Hybrid Project Management
- Digital Transformation Strategies
Certification
- Professional Scrum Product Owner - AI Essentials (PSPO-AIE)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Professional Scrum Master I
- Certified Adobe Business Practitioner
- Certified Safe 5 Agile Practitioner
- Certified Adobe Business Practitioner Expert
- Certified Adobe Real time CDP Practitioner
- Anthropic Claude in action
- Anthropic AI Fluency Framework and Foundation
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Konkani
- Tulu
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/17/90
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Senior Consultant
Deloitte Consulting India
03.2023 - Current
Scrum Master+ QA Lead
Deloitte Consulting India
10.2022 - 03.2023
Software Engineer
System Consultant Information India
11.2012 - 08.2015
Senior QA
ICF Next
B.E - Computer Science
SDMIT Ujire
12th - PCMS
MGM PU College
10th - General
English Medium School