Streamlining Engineering process & OD
Rohit KC
SAFe RTE & Agile Coach
Bengaluru,Karnataka
Summary
- Overall, of 13+ years (2.5yrs + UK & EU) of IT experience with 6+ years of solid Agile transformation experience in building self-capable & performant teams to work towards Org. Vision and Business Strategic Goals.
- ICF Professional Level (ICF-PCC) certified Executive & Organizational Effectiveness Coach helping Knowledge workers to navigate by creating a high valued Business Solutions in the Digital WoW.
- Practitioner in Agile ways of Working and led Agile & DevOPS transformations (4 large programs transformed till date) to Continuous Delivery Workforce leveraging Team frameworks (Scrum, Kanban & Scrumban) & Scaled frameworks like SAFe, Spotify, Nexus and LeSS
- SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) and Proficient in SAFe ART launches / facilitating PI planning and Risk mitigation and worked in Portfolio level practices.
- Worked as Agile Coach, Evangelist & Lead Scrum Master with distributed & highly complex teams to enable Cross functionality, mindset shift & Cross-Skilled teams and effectively improving the Business Outcome.
- Strong Technological expertise on Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence & Cloud stack and worked with teams involving Retail, Banking and Insurance business domain.
Proven
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
10
10
Certifications
5
5
Languages
Work History
Agile Consultant
Societe Generale
Bengaluru
10.2021 - Current
- Helped programs to adopt Emerging practices (Shift Left, Continuous Delivery)
- Coached & Trained Product Leaders, Analysts, Teams, Scrum Masters towards Shared Commitment, SMART OKR’s and SAFe WoW / Agile @ Scale
- Facilitated Large Group collaborations / cohorts and helped to shift the mindset
- Managed Program KPI’s & Metrics and empowered to focus on Improvement Areas through Parental feedbacks & Continuous Kaizen
- Been a SAFe RTE / STE and facilitated PI Events and helped ART to attain CD Level 2
- Collaborated with teams to define, strategize, and implement Organization WoW & Agile strategies.
- Integrated technology and business operations to identify targeted solutions to customer issues.
- Performed continuous evaluations of business applications and improved delivery frequency (Time to Market)
- Mentored new hires, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity.
- Developed effective training plans based on Business Unit needs and objectives.
SAFe RTE / Agile Coach
Symplr
Bengaluru
01.2021 - 07.2021
- Enabled People, Process and Technological Transformation from Business Application Teams to Change the bank & run the bank Platform feature teams. ▪
- Facilitated PI Planning/ Big room planning for 3 ARTs through Program board and provisioned to radiate dependencies through Self-Org.
- Have been part of SAFe Program ART launch (8) across two Dev. Value Streams and been an active member of Community of Practices (CoP) Team
- Facilitated SoS (Scrum of Scrums) & Product Grooming sessions within Portfolio team involving Product management, Business Owner, Scrum master and Key Stakeholders.
- Enabled team to leverage BiZDevOPS tools so that Lead time is improved, and business is directly benefited through faster Time to Market and maximizing Value of Investment by transforming Agile process and Techniques.
- Expedite Agile Maturity assessments to identify necessary Delegation levels to build productive, cohesive, secure team environment.
- Facilitated Estimation of PBI’s using LEGO Gamified, T-Shirt sizing & Bucket techniques.
Agile Coach / Lead Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
Bengaluru
11.2014 - 12.2020
- Coached Product Owners, Analysts, Teams, Scrum Masters towards Agile - Scrum, Kanban practices
- Facilitated Team events & synchronizations
- Managed Program KPI’s & Metrics and empowered to focus on Improvement Areas through Parental feedbacks & Continuous Kaizen
- Facilitated PI Planning/ Big room planning for ARTs and led all ART events
- Facilitated Scrum events in Gamified ways to keep team motivation levels high to enable them by work proactively.
- Balanced multiple priorities and Transparently projected Impediments & Risks with Business Owner, IT stakeholders
- Worked with team to frequently improve the delivery process by eliminating wastage (VSM) and rather focus on building Quality Increments.
- Contributed towards creation of Business Value Adds by Organizing Tech Fests/ Techathon & Hackathon
- Organized Brown Bag sessions which improved Team Dynamics and collaboration resulting in greater transparency and aligned common Goal.
Associate Projects
Cognizant
Bengaluru
07.2010 - 11.2014
- Facilitated Scrum events – PB Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retro and Sprint Review
- Organized Trainings on Agile Mindset shift & Scrum practices at Program level Leaders, Business Owners and Team members
- Improved teams to be equipped & capable enough to communicate with PO/Stakeholders to effectively work on PBI’s & create high value Products using techniques of Negotiation, Adaptability and Exploratory
- Estimation of PBI’s was done using T-Shirt sizing, POKER planning and Relative ways.
- Helped to build matured teams to self-Organize by aligning towards Sprint Goal & work on PBI’s and facilitate Daily Stand-up by team independently.
- Worked part of Agile COPs and drafted recommended processes and practices to build matured teams and improve Business deliveries.
- Worked with Product Owner to effectively manage & Prioritize PB to deliver High Business value Product increments built by teams.
- Shield the Scrum team with Adhoc activities & impediments which would endanger their committed Sprint Goal.
- Transforming & Coaching Agile Implementation within the Strategic Business Program.
Education
Masters of Technology (M.Tech) - Software Development: DWBI
VIT University,Vellore
VIT University,Vellore 09.2011 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science & Engineering
Adhiyamaan College of Engineering,Hosur
Anna University,Chennai 06.2006 - 05.2010
Skills
SAFe RTE
Accomplishments
- Completed 300+ Remote SAFe / Agile trainings
- International Certified Federation - Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
- Awarded as a Star performer by IT Director and Senior management of Top UK Insurance major
- Appreciations by CIO and Application manager of top UK Retail Client for excellence in application support and valuable contributions to project.
- Applaud from business architect & senior management of top US restaurant chain for successful delivery of Enterprise DW logical data model.
- Awarded as best trainee for Academic exemplary performance by VP, Cognizant – HR
Certification
SAFe Practice Consultant / RTE v6.0
Interests
Team & Executive coaching
Facilitation of Team & Scaled Agile Events
Continuous Delivery
Measuring Business Outcome
Timeline
SAFe Practice Consultant / RTE v6.0
03-2023
ICF PCC
08-2022
ORSC
04-2022
NLP Practitioner
03-2022
ICAgile - CAT & ENT - By Michael & Michael
02-2022
Scrum @ Scale Practitioner
12-2021
Agile Consultant
Societe Generale
10.2021 - Current
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
06-2021
CSP - SM & ACSM
06-2021
Azure Fundamentals
03-2021
SAFe RTE / Agile Coach
Symplr
01.2021 - 07.2021
PSPO II
08-2020
Agile Coach / Lead Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2014 - 12.2020
Masters of Technology (M.Tech) - Software Development: DWBI
VIT University,Vellore
09.2011 - 05.2013
Associate Projects
Cognizant
07.2010 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science & Engineering
Adhiyamaan College of Engineering,Hosur
06.2006 - 05.2010
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