Preeti Anandan
Lead Scrum Master
Bangalore
Summary
Professional agile program manager/lead scrum master with over 15 years of experience in various facets of project and program management. Knowledgeable in applications of scrum, kanban, SAFe, waterfall, and agile methodologies. Skilled at agile transformation, adoption, and maturity. Supporting organization achieve agile mindset and helping teams in their agile adoption journey towards being effective and delivering faster client value using agility and predictability by fostering safe and inclusive work culture. Coached and mentored teams ranging in size from 10 to 70 associates. Aims at creating dynamic and efficient client centric, self-managing teams. Recognized as servant leader and agile enthusiast who is passionate to help teams gets organized, stay focused, motivated, and mature in their agile ways of working. Analytical, insightful, and organized problem solver with excellent people management skills. Confident in handling customers, executives, stakeholders, and vendors. Coached organizational leaders and other community groups to support organizational agility.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Lead Scrum Master /Senior Portfolio Manager
Cerner
BANGALORE
12.2019 - Current
- Lead cross-functional programs/portfolio team’s agile adoption and maturity journey fostering CI/CD and team innovation
- Focused on complex technology aspects building business values, development, and delivery efficiencies, using agile system design, development, and delivery methodology with understanding of SDLC and change management: Source code management, automated build, environment promotion, automated testing tools, Git, Maven
- Rapidly implemented Kanban, Scrumban, and gradually transitioned to Scrum and SAFe with numerous teams in multiple portfolios
- Acted as a servant-leader to core team members with regards to all facets of the Agile/ Scrum framework
- Changed the culture, attitudes, process, and tools by enforcing end to end delivery cycles focused on quality leading to productivity gains and reducing cycle time and bringing down cost of delay
- Ensured associates across programs are challenged and motivated
- Acted as scrum master and facilitated cadence, agile events, and shared measurable outcomes with senior leadership to take informed decisions
- Coached and mentored agile teams to being predictable, efficient, and focused on delivery of customer value with faster feedback cycles
- Trained fundamental principles like Story Estimation, Agile Ceremonies, Systems thinking to teams and other stakeholders like PO, PM
- Data driven and skilled at understanding how data can be used to drive process and team/delivery improvements
- Expert facilitator and a committee member of Agile COE where I have conducted multiple agile workshops for wider groups of stakeholders
- Guided agile leaders in establishing workflow for managing portfolio level epics in an agile way
- Assisted Product Owners in the execution of their respective Agile Projects
- Gained full understanding of product stack and raised relevant new features to Product Owner
- Facilitated economic decision making and managed stakeholders
- Experience working and collaborating with stakeholders across, responsible for managing distributed scrum team spread across multiple locations
- Coached and empowered the team to improve delivery consistency by 200% while providing transparency to the connection between measurable outcomes, plans, and delivered work
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
- Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
Project Manager/Agile Scrum Master
DXC Technologies
Bangalore
09.2017 - 09.2019
- Oversaw software developers’ progress on applications and applied principles of agile methodologies to keep project/programs on track
- Coached team in optimal time utilization through concepts of scrum and agile management methodologies
- Provided career oversight and complete performance evaluations for associates
- Led sprint reviews and daily scrum meetings to touch base with whole team and ensure that all members were performing satisfactorily
- Trained team members as well as the rest of the company staff in employing agile and scrum practices to improve workflow.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
SME-TL, BI Developer
Hewlett Packard
06.2009 - 09.2017
- Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project cycle
- Understanding of full lifecycle application testing (functional, regression, performance, integration, etc.)
- Led team in creating multiple software applications that served various purposes in sectors such as telecom and tech
- Monitoring the overall functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas, and implementing adequate measures to maximize customer satisfaction level
BI Developer
Satyam Computer Services
10.2006 - 06.2009
- Exposed to the application development using Teradata Utilities (FastLoad, MultiLoad, FastExport and BTEQ) and Maintenance activities which includes debugging the defects in the applications and analyzing data quality issues integrated with business rules.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information and Technology
Shri Shankaracharya College of Engineering And Technology
Bhilai, Chattisgarh 06.2002 - 06.2006
Skills
Agile Transformation
Scrum
Coaching
Systems Thinking
Agile Estimation Techniques
Facilitation
Analytical Thinking
Kanban
SAFe
Lean
Waterfall
Project Requirements Gathering & Analysis
Planning & Prioritizing
Organizing & Time Management
Oral & Written Communication Skills
Milestone Development & Deliverables Tracking
Team Leadership
Servant Leader
Stakeholder Management
Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
Attention to Detail
Project Administration
PM Best Practices
Problem Solving
Microsoft: Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio
Atlassian : Jira, Jira Align, Confluence
Corporate leadership
Negotiation
Recruitment
Risk identification
Risk mitigation planning
Reporting template development
Public speaking
Certification
Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM & CSM by Scrum Alliance)
Timeline
Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM & CSM by Scrum Alliance)
09-2021
Lead Scrum Master /Senior Portfolio Manager
Cerner
12.2019 - Current
Project Manager/Agile Scrum Master
DXC Technologies
09.2017 - 09.2019
ITIL Foundation
11-2009
SME-TL, BI Developer
Hewlett Packard
06.2009 - 09.2017
Data Warehouse Concepts.
10-2007
Teradata V2R5 Certified
06-2007
BI Developer
Satyam Computer Services
10.2006 - 06.2009
Bachelor of Engineering - Information and Technology
Shri Shankaracharya College of Engineering And Technology
06.2002 - 06.2006