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Narmadha Anbarasan

Narmadha Anbarasan

Senior Scrum Master
Bengaluru

Summary

Certified SAFe 6 Agilist / Scrum Master / Agile Coach with a proven track record of facilitating Agile transformations and optimizing delivery processes. Adept at fostering collaboration, coaching teams, and ensuring alignment across large-scale Agile programs. Having extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Having an in-depth understanding of all Project Management Activities and Implementation. Having Strong Communication and Liaison Skills and experience in the Financial Forecasting and Supporting the Delivery of New & Existing Products and Business Enhancements


Seeking an opportunity to leverage my expertise in Agile methodologies and servant leadership to drive organizational agility and deliver exceptional results.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Wipro Technologies
11.2021 - Current

Roles and Responsiblities

  • Led multiple Agile teams in implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies and practices.
  • Facilitated Scrum events including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
  • Acted as a servant leader, providing guidance, coaching, and support to Agile teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders.
  • Removed impediments and barriers to the team's progress, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and problem-solving.
  • Ensured alignment of Agile processes with organizational goals and objectives.
  • Collaborated with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to optimize Agile practices and processes at the enterprise level.
  • Fostered a collaborative and transparent working environment, promoting open communication and trust within the team.
  • Mentored and trained team members on Agile principles, practices, and tools.
  • Utilized Agile metrics and reporting to track team performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive decision-making.


Key Achievements:

  • Successfully led the adoption of SAFe framework across multiple teams, resulting in improved delivery predictability and alignment with business objectives.
  • Implemented Agile best practices resulting in a significant increase in team productivity and efficiency.
  • Facilitated the resolution of complex issues and conflicts within Agile teams, resulting in improved team morale and collaboration.
  • Spearheaded the implementation of Agile metrics and reporting mechanisms, providing visibility into team performance and enabling data-driven decision-making.
  • Received recognition from senior management for contributions to Agile transformation initiatives and driving organizational agility.
  • Mentored and coached junior Scrum Masters, contributing to their professional development and growth within the organization

Consulting Engineer

Wells Fargo
04.2016 - 10.2021

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Facilitated daily scrums, sprint reviews, sprint planning and sprint retrospective meetings.

· Empowered and assured the team is productive and functional.

· Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.

· Encouraged and implemented process improvements. Created team-building opportunities.

· Responsible for creating and maintaining the Project Plan

· Mentored & developed team members in Agile Process Workflow & chair meetings to ensure smooth communication with Offshore/Onshore teams

· Focused on building the Scrum team’s planning and status tracking tool – JIRA

· Worked closely with the teams for requirement gathering, development & testing of the analyzers.

· Worked with the Solution Architect on the Design & Development of product.

· Worked closely with the Program Lead & PMO Lead for smooth operations

· As a Scrum Master, facilitated communication & information exchange between external groups & project team

· Prepared various dashboards with burn down & burnup & sprint burndown chart.

· Strong communication & Stakeholder Management.

Working very closely with Engineering & PMO leadership to implement the defined structure and populate the tool with development activities & data.

Quality Assurance Engineer

Fidelity Investments
03.2015 - 04.2016

Roles and Responsibilities: Ensured adherence to quality standards and procedures throughout the software development lifecycle. Developed and execute test plans, scripts, and cases to verify software functionality and performance. Identified and reported defects, working closely with development teams to resolve issues. Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure products meet user requirements and quality expectations.

System Analyst

Oracle Financial Services
10.2012 - 05.2014

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Rolled out around 4 main ERM products of OFSAAAI (ORACLE Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure) like LLFP, CRM, CREC and ALM.

· Resolving the Bugs rose in BugDB.

Involving in Planning, designing and implementing application database code objects, such as stored procedures and views

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication

Karpagam Institute of Technology, Aff Anna Univ.,
Coimbatore
04.2001 -

Additional Information

Agile Project Management

Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.)

Release Train Engineering (RTE)

Agile coaching and mentoring

Lean and DevOps principles

Change management and Stakeholder management

Facilitation and collaboration

Agile tools (Azure TFS, Confluence, JIRA)

PMO


Certification

SAFe 6 Agilist

Timeline

SAFe 6 Agilist

01-2024

Wipro PMP

01-2023

CSM

07-2022

Senior Scrum Master

Wipro Technologies
11.2021 - Current

Consulting Engineer

Wells Fargo
04.2016 - 10.2021

Quality Assurance Engineer

Fidelity Investments
03.2015 - 04.2016

System Analyst

Oracle Financial Services
10.2012 - 05.2014

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication

Karpagam Institute of Technology, Aff Anna Univ.,
04.2001 -
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