Raktaank Kaushal
Scrum Master
Bengaluru,India
Summary
Mission-focused Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams. Bilingual professional with more than 4.5+ years of experience in leading technical Agile teams using various Agile Methodologies.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Scrum Master
Brillio Technologies
Bangalore, Karnataka
08.2021 - Current
- Lead scrum team for 800K$ project in financial domain using SAFe Agile methodology.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Investigated and corrected or escalated project problems.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies
Scrum Master, Technical Project Manager
ThermoFisher Scientific
Bangalore, Karnataka
11.2019 - 04.2021
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Implemented Value Stream Mapping for 2 scrum teams, which helped in eliminating waste and increase transparency.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Assisted with prioritization and resolution of software defects.
- Built relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them.
- Helped in removing impediments by finding right personnel to remove impediment.
- Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management.
Scrum Master
Siemens Technology and Services
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2018 - 10.2019
- Helped project transition from Waterfall to Agile (Scrum) in very less time of 1.5 years.
- Acted as Scrum Master for 2 Product teams with a focus on guiding teams towards improved productivity.
- Coached team about importance of being cross functional.
- Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency.
- Assisted with prioritization and resolution of software defects.
- Built relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them.
- Facilitated sprint planning, retrospective and sprint reviews and retrospectives.
Software Engineer
Siemens Technology and Services
Bangalore, Karnataka
06.2015 - 12.2017
- Developed holistic systems in programming languages.
- Installed and configured software applications and tested solutions for functionality.
- All applications developed were using .Net framework and C# language.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science And Programming
Amity School of Engineering And Technology
Noida 08.2008 - 06.2012
Certification
SAFe 5 Certified Scrum Master
Skills
Scrum
Scaled Agile Framework
Stakeholder Management
Customer interaction
Risk identification
Work Availability
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Timeline
Scrum Master
Brillio Technologies
08.2021 - Current
Scrum Master, Technical Project Manager
ThermoFisher Scientific
11.2019 - 04.2021
Scrum Master
Siemens Technology and Services
01.2018 - 10.2019
Software Engineer
Siemens Technology and Services
06.2015 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science And Programming
Amity School of Engineering And Technology
08.2008 - 06.2012