Pankaj Wadhwa

• Designed a phased Agile Transformation program for 25 plus project teams, leading to a 20% increase in productivity and a 25% cost reduction.
• Coached product teams on product visioning, developing User stories and refining product backlog items, resulting in increased business satisfaction.
• Mentored 20 plus Scrum masters across projects which lead to implementation of Scrum methodologies like Scrum Artifacts and Scrum Events in more than 90% of projects.
• Streamlined the CAB process which reduced the time to release by 50% and Introduced the Integration committee which reduced the rework and enhanced the tech architecture process.
• Optimized processes across teams to reduce the Lead time of big CRs from 150 plus days to under 90 days in 3 projects.
• Facilitated the adoption of the Jira & implemented visual management tools such as Sprint Boards, Velocity report, dashboards, burnup, and burndown charts to improve transparency and track progress towards sprint goals.
• Conceptualized and implemented Agile training programs for more than 500 members, escalating the team's Agile maturity from basic to advanced level within 10 months.
• Enhanced communication and collaboration between teams, reducing dependencies and increasing parallel work by various application teams.
• Conceptualized and led “Elevate” a blended Learning & Development initiative to improve the domain, technical and leadership skills of the technology vertical.

I have experience working with different organizations across IT and other domains to enhance their capacity in various areas. These include:

• Providing coaching and training services to organizations on agile practices and frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Training Scrum Masters on agile artifacts and events such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Training various software development teams on how to use the JIRA tool to implement an agile mindset.
• Conducting leadership development programs for organizations in BFSI, IT, and manufacturing setups.
• Helping first-time and middle managers to build coaching skills.
• Leading team building and interpersonal sessions.