Agile Coach, Sr. Scrum Master, and People Management accomplished senior-level executive with 17 years track record of successful strategic and tactical leadership within the IT industry. I handled project delivery in the following business domains – Banking and Financial Service, Information, Media and Entertainment, Health Care. Ability to perform effectively and efficiently in a distributed team and individually.
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Prabhu Ramakrishnan
Principal Agile Coach
Chennai
Summary
Overview
21
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
5
Certificates
Work History
Cognizant
Principal Agile Coach
12.2011 - Current
Job overview
- Aligned product roadmaps with strategic objectives through close collaboration with senior leadership teams.
- Advised top management on agile strategy development, improving organizational agility at all levels.
- Facilitated conflict resolution within teams to maintain momentum towards project goals.
- Reduced time to market with the introduction of cross-functional teams and efficient backlog management.
- Introduced agile metrics such as velocity tracking and burn-down charts, enabling data-driven decision-making during sprint planning sessions.
- Transformed project delivery by coaching teams on Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles.
- Coordinated cross-team dependencies effectively, ensuring smooth progress throughout the project lifecycle.
- Optimized resource allocation by working closely with project managers to prioritize tasks based on business value.
- Developed customized training materials for Agile adoption, ensuring relevance to organizational needs.
- Streamlined communication between departments by creating a centralized platform for project updates and progress tracking.
- Championed customer-centric designs using user stories, leading to increased user engagement postlaunch.
- Spearheaded the transition from Waterfall to Agile methodology, reducing overhead costs associated with lengthy planning cycles.
- Led successful Agile transformations in multiple organizations, resulting in more efficient processes and higher-quality products.
- Mentored junior team members on Agile best practices, fostering collaboration and growth within the team.
- Increased stakeholder satisfaction by providing timely status reports and incorporating feedback into project iterations.
- Enhanced team productivity by implementing Agile methodologies and facilitating daily stand-up meetings.
- Established a culture of continuous improvement through retrospective meetings and process refinement.
- Trained and mentored [Number] new personnel hired to fulfill various roles.
Cognizant Technology Solution
Agile Coach, Sr. Scrum Master
12.2009 - Current
Job overview
- Part of Agile CoE and CoP in Cognizant for 2020 digital transformation goal
- Jr.Agile Coach for a Pearson offshore development teams
- Coaching around 20 Agile teams along with another Senior Agile coach
- Facilitate the PI planning and help the team to commit their PI objectives
- Hands-on Agile training (Boot Camps)
- Organizing and facilitating agile ceremonies
- Agile fitment assessment for new projects/teams
- Conduct and measure the agile maturity assessment
- Facilitating PI planning for projects in SAFe
- Facilitating Inspect and Adapt workshop
- Gamified training and coaching
- Overall responsible for sustaining and improving the agile maturity
- Submitting metrics on various improvement assessments and maturity
Sr. Scrum Master / Agile Coach
06.2018 - 04.2020
Job overview
- Involved in the PI planning and commit the PI objectives along with the team
- Deliver the committed feature with the Scrum Principles
- Managing the multi-vendor and multi-location team and aligned then in the agile scrum practice
- Proactively monitor and escalate the risks/issues and implement mitigation and contingency plan
- Train the new Team Members in Agile Scrum Principles
- Coach the team in different stands based on Tuckman’s technique
- Proficient in conflict management and being life coach
- Facilitate all the sprint ceremonies and helping the Scrum team to adopt agile manifestation
- Conduct the Retrospective meeting with different techniques
Sr. Scrum Master
04.2016 - 05.2018
Job overview
- Responsible for ensuring the Team and Product Owner adhere to Scrum values, practices, and rules
- Proactively monitor and escalate the risks/issues and implement mitigation and contingency plan
- Ensuring that the Team is following the standard guidelines and best practices of agile Scrum
- Training the new Team Members and assigning them with a mentor
- Conduct the Daily Scrum Call and resolve the impediments
- Conduct the Retrospective meeting and take corrective actions
End to End Project Manager & Scrum Master
09.2013 - 04.2016
Job overview
- Responsible for ensuring the Team and Product Owner adhere to Scrum values, practices, and rules
- Managing the multi-vendor and multi-location team and aligned then in the agile scrum practice
- Proactively monitor and escalate the risks/issues and implement mitigation and contingency plan
- Ensuring that the Team is following the standard guidelines and best practices of agile Scrum
- Training the new Team Members and assigning them with a mentor
- Conduct the Daily Scrum Call and resolve the impediments
- Conduct the Retrospective meeting and take corrective actions
Project Manager & Scrum Master
05.2012 - 09.2013
Job overview
- Involved in Test Planning, Resource Management and Quality Reviews
- Tracking the Team’s daily activities and ensure the data in TCOE
- Preparing the Monthly Invoices for the Engagement for Billing
- Review all the QA Deliverables for conformity to quality standards
- Proactively monitor and escalate the risks/issues and implement mitigation and contingency plan
- Ensuring that the Team is following the standard guidelines and best practices
- Review of Estimates prepared by the Team and resource allocations
- Training the new Team Members and assigning them with a mentor
- Set up Delivery Review and Training for the Team members based on the skill gap analysis
- Take care of the C2.0, BIC, Wikiportal Update activities for all BLSS Products
- Coordinating with Onsite Coordinator twice a week to update the status from Offshore and simultaneously getting updates from them
Wipro Technologies
02.2006 - 12.2009
Job overview
BEST BUY
Onsite QA analyst
10.2008 - 12.2008
Job overview
BMW
Onsite QA analyst
08.2006 - 09.2006
Job overview
iSOFT R&D Pvt. Ltd.
01.2004 - 01.2006
Job overview
iSOFT
Sr. Quality Engineer
03.2005 - 05.2005
Job overview
Education
BITSPilani, Rajasthan
M.S from Quality Management
01.2004 - 01.2007
University Overview
Nehru Memorial College
M.C.A
01.1998 - 01.2001
University Overview
Skills
SAFe
Certification
SAFe Agilist 5.0, Scaled Agile, Inc
Timeline
Sr. Scrum Master / Agile Coach
06.2018 - 04.2020
Sr. Scrum Master
04.2016 - 05.2018
End to End Project Manager & Scrum Master
09.2013 - 04.2016
Project Manager & Scrum Master
05.2012 - 09.2013
Principal Agile Coach
Cognizant
12.2011 - Current
Agile Coach, Sr. Scrum Master
Cognizant Technology Solution
12.2009 - Current
Onsite QA analyst
BEST BUY
10.2008 - 12.2008
Onsite QA analyst
BMW
08.2006 - 09.2006
Wipro Technologies
02.2006 - 12.2009
Sr. Quality Engineer
iSOFT
03.2005 - 05.2005
iSOFT R&D Pvt. Ltd.
01.2004 - 01.2006
BITS
M.S from Quality Management
01.2004 - 01.2007
Nehru Memorial College
M.C.A
01.1998 - 01.2001
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Onsite Experience
Onsite Experience
- BEST BUY, Minnesota, MN, 10/01/08, 12/01/08
- BMW, Munich, Bavaria, 08/01/06, 09/01/06
- ISOFT, Manchester, England, 03/01/05, 05/01/05
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