Pranith Todupunuri
Project Manager
Hyderabad
Summary
Resourceful Project Manager with 12+ years of experience working in end to end project deliveries and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations.
Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Manager
LTI Mindtree Limited
03.2022 - Current
- Currently working with HSBC as Scrum Master and Deliver manager under Value stream.
- Delivered mobile applications n both iOS and AOS to Activate and Deactivate cards and Blocking and unblocking of cards in Singapore market and Transfer of credit limits from one account to other on the go for Hong Kong market.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Involved in PI planning activities to decide on key deliverables on quarterly basis.
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
- Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
- Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
- Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Acted as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks,handling project changes.
- Managed resources effectively to avoid unnecessary delivery delays.
Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master
Object Technology Solutions India Pvt.Ltd (OTSI)
07.2021 - 03.2022
- OTSI is an Information Technology (IT) company offering services, solutions and consulting to companies of all sizes around the world, A CMMI-Level3 into multiple industries like Telecom, Energy & Utilities, Health & Life Sciences, BFSI, Manufacturing & Retail, Government & PSU
- Project: National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP)
- NDAP is a subsidiary project of Niti Aayog managed by Government of India in in collab with Office of Prime Minister of India
- NDAP is a one stop platform for all Indian government published data to cater the data needs of all types of users like Data journalists, Government officials, policy makers, Researchers
- Responsibilities: Communicate client's business requirements by constructing easy to understand data and process models
- To support the product owner in managing client's expectations for project deliverables and to manage internal stake holder communications
- A primary point of contact between the client and organization to make sure all the deliverables are submitted as per the initial requirements and within agreed timelines
- Work closely with project management and technical teams to clarify the deliverables and maintain status, Schedule of the Project
- Keep track on progress and make sure information flows between the team and the stakeholders
- Organize status report, defect reports in Jira and Following up with counter parts
- Plan and conduct scrum meetings, Sprint Planning, Sprint Grooming, Stand ups, Use cases and Test cases reviews.
Business Analyst and Change Co-Ordinator
Wells Fargo India Solutions
07.2013 - 06.2021
- Acting as a Business analyst, Scrum Master to assist various teams to undertake the agile journey in practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility
- Maintain business requirements and align them with functional and technical requirements
- Communicate client's business requirements by constructing easy to understand data and process models
- Act as the liaison between Business, engineering Team, and project management groups
- Helping the team to be self-organized, supporting the team from all kinds of interferences and remove impediments
- Understanding software development practices in order to make informed decisions, facilitate conversations, lead the team, and provide various ideas, strategies
- Analyzing story points at the time of development and Testing
- Coordinating with the technical teams for information gathering.
Quality Analyst/Project Coordinator
Wells Fargo India Solutions
06.2012 - 07.2013
- Directing functional (Jira with Java) Software Testing through all phases of application Development
- Gathering & analysing functional and non-functional requirements, validating requirements with test cases and generating reports and using automation tools
- Creating Quality Assurance documents like traceability matrix, defect trend charts and metric reports
- Reviewing, modified and sent the status & bug reports to the client on daily basis under Agile Process
- Working with onsite & offshore resources, imparting practical training to new team members
- Setting performance expectations including KPIs & assessment criteria.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India 06.2009 - 04.2012
Skills
Project Tracking
Productivity Improvement
Risk Management
Project Management
Root Cause Analysis
Resource Planning
Scope Management
Coaching and Mentoring
Stakeholder Communications
Functional & Business Requirements
Requirements Gathering
Agile Methodology
Workflow Analysis
Problem-Solving
Scrum Methodology
Change Management
Jira
Confluence
Certifications Trainings
- ITIL V3 Foundation Certified
- Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)
- Certificate of O.C.A (Oracle Certified Associate) on Oracle database SQL.
- Trained on PM lite methodologies
- Diploma in 2D Designing
Accomplishments
- Awarded with champion award for second Quarter 2019
- Contributed 5 IDEA projects with an dollar savings of ~$80,000
- Awarded with Champion Awards for first Quarter 2016
- Awarded with Achieving Excellence award for fourth Quarter 2015
- Awarded with Achieving Excellence award for second Quarter 2015
Academic Qualification
Bachelor of Sciences (BSc Computers) in May 2012 from Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Achievements
- Delivered 3 mobile applications with value approx 3 million dollars - LTIMindtree
- Contributed 5 IDEA projects with an dollar savings of ~$80,000 - Wells Fargo
- Awarded with Champion Award for Quarter - Wells Fargo
- Awarded with Achieving Excellence award Quarter - Wells Fargo
Personal Information
Nationality: Indian
Address: Hyderabad
Languages: English, Hindi and Telugu
Timeline
Project Manager
LTI Mindtree Limited
03.2022 - Current
Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master
Object Technology Solutions India Pvt.Ltd (OTSI)
07.2021 - 03.2022
Business Analyst and Change Co-Ordinator
Wells Fargo India Solutions
07.2013 - 06.2021
Quality Analyst/Project Coordinator
Wells Fargo India Solutions
06.2012 - 07.2013
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Osmania University
06.2009 - 04.2012