Naveen Kumar
HYDERABAD
Summary
- Deadline-oriented critical thinker helps team members understand Agile scrum practices and principles. Certified Scrum Master with vast knowledge of web development technologies and automated testing. Comfortable leading large teams in process and product development.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Scrum Master
Examity Online Proctoring LLP
HYDERABAD
02.2022 - Current
- Coached and mentored team members in Agile and Scrum concepts, values, principles, and practices.
- Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
- Identified and removed impediments to the team's progress through effective facilitation of problem solving sessions.
- Tracked and reported on project progress using burn down charts, velocity tracking and other metrics.
- Provided guidance to product owners on grooming user stories for development teams.
- Assisted with developing and maintaining a product backlog according to business priorities.
- Developed strategies for continuous improvement of the software development process.
- Collaborated with stakeholders from different departments to ensure successful delivery of projects.
- Established clear communication channels among all stakeholders involved in the project lifecycle.
- Encouraged collaboration between teams by facilitating knowledge sharing sessions across multiple locations.
- Actively monitored performance of the scrum team against objectives set out at the start of each sprint cycle.
- Evaluated existing processes and procedures within an organization to identify areas for improvement.
- Maintained up-to-date records of work completed during each sprint cycle including documentation related to any changes made.
- Promoted cross-functional collaboration among different teams working on related projects or initiatives.
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
- Coached and mentored team members, stakeholders and leadership on benefits of Agile and Scrum.
- Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
Scrum Master
Pyro Group
HYDERABAD
07.2017 - 01.2022
- Develop and implement Scrum methodology proposal adjusted to organization.
- Support teams in adopting the model; and Mentoring of PO(s) and Development Teams on Scrum/Agile principles and practices.
- Drive continuous improvement through Inspection and Adaptation workshops.
- Support project teams in defining the practices to be implemented in each project considering their nature and characteristics.
- Management of priorities (product backlog) and guarantee of good methodological functioning.
- Sharing Report status of activities in my functional area to management, as well as the status of projects to stakeholders.
Manager - Technical
Pyro Group
HYDERABAD
05.2014 - 01.2022
- SPOC for all Pyro products deployed across globe.
- Heading Technical Operations teams responsible for all types of Technical Support Management for National and International clients.
- Using discretion to prioritize workload in order to ensure that Service Level Agreements are satisfied and prioritize workload in order to ensure timely problem resolution and client satisfaction.
- Assist in implementing action plans/CR/Bug fixes to address system/code level issues.
- Good hands-on experience in preparing all technical documents (RCA, proposal, Tech SoW, etc.).
Team Leader
Pyro Group
HYDERABAD
03.2009 - 04.2014
- (Manual and Automation), Experience in Signaling and Manual Testing of Telecom Products and Healthcare domain Web applications.
- As a Team Leader handled a team of 10 members.
- Maintained a positive work environment that promoted collaboration among team members.
- Offered training and support to keep team members motivated and working toward objectives.
- Delegated daily tasks to team members to optimize group productivity.
Education
B.Tech (CSE) - Computer Engineering Technology
VM University
Salem, TNSkills
- Coaching and Mentoring on Agile Methodologies
- Sprint Planning, estimating cards
- Resource Allocation
- Customer Interaction
- Requirements Gathering
- Stakeholder Management
- Effective Customer Communication
- Scrum Processes
- Backlog Management
- Agile Best Practices
Certification
1. Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance
2. Cloud Certified Professional - CCP - AWS
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
1. Having overall 14+ years of experience in IT domain as Scrum Master, Manager-Technical and Tester.
2. Around 6+ years of work experience as Scrum Master/Agile Methodologies.
3. Though have been working on Scrum and Kanban Frameworks, recently our organization started implementing another Agile Framework SAFe. Thus started working on Essential SAFe.
4. Excellent experience in facilitating all scrum ceremonies and Scrum of Scrums.
5. Hands on experience in project management tool Jira and remote collaboration tool Miro board.
6. Mentoring product owners, newly joined resource or teams on adopting Agile/Scrum Methodologies.
7. Bagged hands-on experience, on guiding the scrum team(s), self-organization, estimations/sizing, prioritizing and cross-functionality.
8. Able to maintain a good rapport with all team members is my strength.
9. Fostering team members to bag T-shaped skills and utilizing same skills towards achieving targets.
10. Having strong background in working with Product based companies, Core Telecom Products, Financial services and having a little experience in health domain as well.
11.A proven ability to quickly understand business strategies and objectives. Confident, results-driven leader with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills committed to agile collaboration and continuous improvement.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Sr. Scrum Master
Examity Online Proctoring LLP
02.2022 - Current
Scrum Master
Pyro Group
07.2017 - 01.2022
Manager - Technical
Pyro Group
05.2014 - 01.2022
Team Leader
Pyro Group
03.2009 - 04.2014
B.Tech (CSE) - Computer Engineering Technology
VM University
1. Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance
2. Cloud Certified Professional - CCP - AWS
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