MTM (Microsoft Test Manager)
Saad Hashmi
Advanced Certified Scrum Master and Project Manager
Delhi - NCR
Summary
Talented Scrum Master and Project Manager offering almost 13+ years' of experience and top-notch abilities in organizing workflows, solving complex problems and making accurate decisions based on sound judgment and analytical strengths. Experienced with leading teams driving multiple projects. Seek to bring knowledge and abilities to new position with growing team. Rich experience in Enterprise Agile Delivery (Scrum) and Quality Analysis. Enjoy working in a fast paced, highly challenging position where I can expand my knowledge and collaborate with others.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Senior Technical Lead/ Iteration Manager
Thales
2021.12 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, architects and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Coordinated scheduled releases and updates.
- Collaborated with project developers, quality assurance team members and other stake holders
- Planned and orchestrated end-to-end processes
- Maintained project schedules by managing timelines and making proactive adjustments.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Wrote and executed effective functional tests and carried out exploratory testing to assess product performance.
- Planned and estimated test activities to determine effort needed to validate quality of product under test.
- Mentored junior team members efficiently to generate best output.
- Identified project scopes, constraints, risks and deadlines.
- Tracked project performance to analyze successful completion of short- and long-term goals.
- Supported project managers in managing schedules and milestones.
Scrum Master
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
2016.03 - 2021.11
- Client: Deutsche Bank, Halliburton, NBN Australia, Essel Group
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Focused on customer satisfaction by working on multiple projects and for multiple clients and providing satisfactory solution to customer business as BA.
- Ensured high performance delivered by working as BA and Scrum Master, leading two different teams simultaneously, taking up the responsibility of complete application development life cycle.
- Worked on analysis and understanding of functional and non functional requirements and acceptance criteria as well as creation of FDD.
QA Team Lead/ Sr. Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
2013.10 - 2016.03
- Client: Halliburton
- Led QA team (Manual, Automation and Performance) in delivery of project, resulting in defect slippage rate less than 1% and defect rejection rate less than 2%
- Increased customer satisfaction by highlighting high priority defects (Including requirement issues) at the early stage
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
- Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
- Worked with multiple customers to understand requirements.
Quality Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
2011.06 - 2013.10
- Client: Comerica Bank, Ralcorp Bank, Deutsche Bank
- Developed number test scripts utilizing comprehensive business requirements, functional documentation and processes.
- Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation like RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix), QALC, etc
- Compiled and distributed weekly feedback to team leaders and managers to improve service time and quality while increasing productivity.
- Crafted training materials and ran on-boarding sessions to train incoming team members.
- Partnered with management to create, develop and implement quality initiatives, resulting in implementation of Automation process
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Amity University
Noida 2007.07 - 2011.01
Higher Secondary Certificate - (2006) - Major Subjects – Physics, Chemistry And Mathematic
Dr. Virendra Swarup Sr. Secondary School
Kanpur 2005.05 - 2006.04
Secondary School Certificate - (2004) - Major Subjects – Science And Mathematic
Dr. Virendra Swarup Sr Secondary School
Kanpur 2003.05 - 2004.04
Skills
Scrum Master
Domain Experience
- Mobile Connectivity Solution
- Digital Engineering - IOT
- BFSI - Banking, Financial Services and Insurance
- Resources - Energy (Upstream)
- Media and Telecommunication
- Health and Procurement
Software
TFS (Team Foundation Server)
VSTS
Selenium
TOSCA
JIRA
Agile Methodology – Scrum
VB Scripting
Excel Macros
QTP
Jenkins
BitBucket
Microsoft Visio
Certification
- Advanced Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance
Accomplishments
- Received Extra Miler and Performance Award within a year of tenure.
- Implemented Agile Methodology for product where it was hard to achieve with a team of 20 team mates inexperienced in Agile.
- Provided effective process solution and implemented.
- Delivered customer value by automating single handedly multiple manual process.
- Awarded Rising Star, Shining Star and Guiding Star- Business Delivery multiple times throughout my career
- Awarded star of the month multiple times for Clients Halliburton, Essel Group
- Awarded Best Coach for 3 consecutive quarters
- Awarded Client Champion multiple times
- US B1 visa holder.
- Active Australia Work Permit
Interests
Rock Music • Organizing Events • Travelling • Table Tennis Player • Biking.
Additional Information
Java Intern at TATA CMC (Mar - April 2009) Tata CMC, Lucknow Worked with TATA CMC as a project trainee and developed a Online Classroom and Library Management Lucknow, India (1stMarch – 30th April 2009).
Penetration Testing (July - Aug 2007), Appin New Delhi Worked as an intern at Appin Knowledge Solutions, New Delhi, India for the Manipal Security Expert (MASE) training programmed ‘Penetration Testing'
Freelance Software Tester (Dec 2010- Sep 2011), Upwork Worked as a Software Tester for Web, Windows and Mobile applications for more than 20 clients from North America, Singapore and Europe.
Languages
English
Upper intermediate
Hindi
Advanced
German
Elementary
Arabic
Upper intermediate
Timeline
Certified Project Management Associate - IPMA
2024-07
- Advanced Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance
2022-05
Senior Technical Lead/ Iteration Manager
Thales
2021.12 - Current
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
2020-08
- Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance
2020-05
- HEXAWISE Test Design Professional
2020-03
Scrum Master
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
2016.03 - 2021.11
- ASDA Certified - Application Tester certification jointly by Accenture and MIT (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology)
2014-06
QA Team Lead/ Sr. Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
2013.10 - 2016.03
Quality Analyst
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
2011.06 - 2013.10
Higher Secondary Certificate - (2006) - Major Subjects – Physics, Chemistry And Mathematic
Dr. Virendra Swarup Sr. Secondary School
2005.05 - 2006.04
Secondary School Certificate - (2004) - Major Subjects – Science And Mathematic
Dr. Virendra Swarup Sr Secondary School
2003.05 - 2004.04
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Amity University
2007.07 - 2011.01
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