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Sai Harika Gonuru

Certified Scrum Master
Bengaluru

Summary

Certified Scrum Master with 11 years of IT experience, including 4 years as a Scrum Master at Deloitte and 7 years as a QA Lead. Skilled in Agile adoption, Scrum facilitation, and stakeholder management, with a proven record of improving on-time delivery by 15% through effective backlog management and process optimization. Adept at coaching teams, removing impediments, and fostering collaboration to drive business value. As a QA Lead, experienced in manual and regression testing, team leadership, and mentoring junior testers. Recognized for proactive risk management, robust QA practices, and integrating quality tools to enhance SDLC integrity. Consistently delivers high-quality software solutions in dynamic, cross-functional environments.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Consultant

Deloitte
08.2021 - Current
  • Collaborated with Product Owners to develop clear product roadmaps, ensuring a **15% improvement in on-time delivery of high-quality deliverables**.
  • Resolved impediments to team progress by proactively identifying issues
  • Enhanced team productivity by implementing Agile methodologies
  • Developed strong relationships with key stakeholders across various departments, fostering collaboration
  • Managed risk effectively through comprehensive assessment, mitigation strategies, and contingency plans
  • Mentored team members in Agile principles, leading to improvement in Agile adoption across the organization
  • Increased stakeholder satisfaction by maintaining transparent communication and providing regular updates
  • Facilitated the Scrum framework (sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectives)
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other Scrum Masters to define solutions
  • Managed product backlog and supported the Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases, achieving consistent 100% delivery of planned deliverables over six months
  • Guiding team to slice larger user stories into smaller ones (INVEST) and refine backlog
  • Driving user story estimation sessions using Planning Poker (Fibonacci series) techniques
  • Driving sessions with PO and Development Team to finalize on Definition of Ready and Definition of Done
  • Planning sprint goals with team based on their bandwidth, and ensuring that we have a healthy backlog with next sprint’s user stories to be estimated
  • Leveraging team to tackle obstacles reducing wait time whilst working on a resolution
  • Setting up ground rules for the team to ensure that Scrum framework is embraced and followed
  • Ensured the teams are undertaking agreed ceremonies within the agile process and consistency is built across the delivery teams
  • Driving team to use Jira/Confluence to maintain all documentation (including induction material) in a common repository
  • Responsible for starting and completing sprints in JIRA and assigning user stories to current sprint from product backlog

Consultant

Deloitte
06.2019 - 08.2021
  • Managed Quality Assurance processes, leading delivery of QA solutions across multi-application environments for
    government clients, improving delivery efficiency by 25%.
  • Spearheaded a dynamic team of eight to revolutionize End-to-End testing strategies, driving a 30% boost in test
    efficiency and accuracy.
  • Directed the development of over 500 manual and automated test cases, aligning with client requirements and enhancing testing processes.
  • Conducted regression testing 5 times quicker than the company's average with improved testing processes.
  • Managed various types of testing activities like Functional, UI, Integration, and Regression
  • Participated in daily Agile ceremonies and sprint planning, influencing test scope and release readiness
  • Skillfully performed both manual and automation testing, leading to the detection and resolution of 100+ software
    glitches.
  • Involved in estimations, planning, resource allocation, authoring, and execution of scripts.
  • Managed various types of testing activities like Functional, UI, Integration, and Regression.

Analyst

Deloitte
07.2017 - 05.2018
  • Contributed to the design and implementation of efficient QA processes, resulting in a 30% improvement in testing
    speed.
  • Responsible for the delivery of defect-free software products by identifying and correcting 50+ critical bugs.
  • Designing test cases, test execution, defect reporting and tracking through JIRA.
  • Documented and maintained detailed test plans, cases, and test results aligning with business and user stories

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra
01.2014 - 07.2017
  • Conducted rigorous testing ensuring the accuracy of the software.
  • Conducted exploratory and scripted testing for CRM applications
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to understand technical specifications and business goals.
  • Authored, executed, and maintained manual test cases aligned with SR and BR documents.
  • Logged and tracked issues using HP Quality Center; ensured closure through effective communication with dev teams.
  • Trained client-selected UAT testers and contributed to user acceptance readiness

Education

B.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering

G.Pullaiah College of Engineering And Technology
Kurnool, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Scrum framework

Stakeholder Management

Agile Adoption and Transformation

Product backlog management

JIRA/Confluence

Sprint planning

Test Management

Process Improvement

Certification

Certified Scrum Master(CSM) (Scrum Alliance)

Strengths

  • Effective Communicator

      Established strong communication channels across team and stakeholders in all roles that have improved project productivity by 30%.

  • Strategic Planning

     Developed and implemented strategic plans for infrastructure projects which resulted in successful virtualization of key business functions.

  • Team Velocity Optimization

      Optimized team processes, leading to a 30% improvement in sprint velocity and consistent on-time delivery of project milestones.

  • Efficiency

     25% Delivery Efficiency Boost: Led testing of 2 critical projects, increasing release velocity

  • Standardizing QA Processes

    Implemented a streamlined Quality Assurance process at Deloitte, enhancing testing efficiency and accelerating speed by 30%.

  • Team Leadership

    Successfully led a team of 8 QA Engineers at Deloitte to achieve 90% positive outcome in software tests

Timeline

Certified Scrum Master(CSM) (Scrum Alliance)

08-2025

Senior Consultant

Deloitte
08.2021 - Current

Consultant

Deloitte
06.2019 - 08.2021

Analyst

Deloitte
07.2017 - 05.2018

ISTQB

11-2015

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra
01.2014 - 07.2017

B.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering

G.Pullaiah College of Engineering And Technology
04.2001 -
Sai Harika GonuruCertified Scrum Master