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Sandeep Patnaik

Sandeep Patnaik

Senior Scrum Master
Bengaluru

Summary

Passionate Scrum Master with 8+ years of experience in Scrum/Agile. Overall around 15 years of experience in IT. Dedicated Scrum Master to provide quality Agile and Scrum process management. Proven ability to establish and maintain excellent communication and relationships with clients and team members. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Encora
Bengaluru
05.2021 - Current
  • Handling 2 Client facing Scrum teams withing the organization
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Have been able to manage to get the team which was in trouble while I joined to one of the better teams in the organization
  • Increased the velocity of the teams by 15%
  • Created and maintained a product backlog that facilitated communication and visibility of project progress to stakeholders
  • Working with a cross-functional team of developers, product owners, and business stakeholders to successfully deliver a major project on time and within budget
  • Facilitate daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and retrospectives to ensure team alignment and collaboration
  • Resolve impediments and conflicts to ensure the team could focus on delivering value to the customer
  • Track and monitor project progress to ensure deadlines were met, identifying and addressing risks and issues as needed
  • Mentor and coach the development team to ensure they have the necessary skills and resources to meet objectives
  • Develop and manage team metrics, such as velocity and burn-down charts, to measure progress and identify areas for improvement
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure that product requirements are properly captured and prioritized

Free Lancing
Bengaluru
11.2018 - 05.2021
  • Was able to successfully move a 20 member group into Scrum in 3 months with regular guidance
  • Telugu
  • Kannada
  • Supported teams in the design of product backlogs and sprint backlogs to ensure they were well-defined and achievable
  • Worked with small startups to get them migrated to Agile methodologies
  • Worked with a small organization for an APP testing.

Scrum Master/QA Manager

Microfocus, Formerly Novell
Bengaluru
04.2016 - 01.2018
  • Integral part of the transformation of the whole organization to Agile
  • Trained myself in Agile and explored all concepts and ways to implement
  • Agile
  • Implemented processes and procedures to ensure compliance with
  • Agile/Scrum principles
  • Mentored and coached team members to improve their understanding of
  • Agile/Scrum principles and best practices
  • Facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, and other agile ceremonies
  • Ensured sprint deliverables and objectives were met on time and within budget
  • Collaborated with product owners to prioritize tasks and ensure product requirements were met
  • Resolved conflicts and challenges within the team in a timely and effective manner
  • Facilitated retrospectives to identify areas of improvement and ensure continuous improvement
  • Led a team of QA engineers to successfully complete a major software project on time and within budget
  • Lead the Scrum Evangelist team within the group
  • Work closely with Product owners and POC engineers on upcoming projects

QA Lead

Novell
Bengaluru
05.2011 - 04.2016
  • Conducting review meetings to monitor progress of the project as per schedule / budgets, and ensuring timely completion and delivery of the project to the client
  • Architect-ed the expansion of virtual server environment, increasing application performance across the enterprise by 35% within the loan application processing application environment
  • Researched on tools to provide automatic deployment of OS and software
  • Planning and developing test strategy and resource plans; providing technical direction; engaged in effort estimation, tracking, proposals, risk management, providing training and preparing business presentations
  • Managing the Lab infrastructure of the team with configuration of Network
  • OS and required software
  • Giving presentations to the prospective client; building and sustaining effective relations with clients to ensure repeat / referral services
  • Managing resource allocations; setting up communication channels across the various horizons of the organization structure
  • Coordinating with the sales team to develop selling strategy within the target accounts; conceptualizing and delivering effective solutions for the sales team
  • Collaborating with regional sales managers to provide pre/post-sales support and with the sales team on new deals/opportunities for existing and new customers
  • Devising metric-driven techniques to measure efficiency/effectiveness of test processes / procedures and suggesting on-going improvements

Senior Software Engineer

Novell
Bengaluru
09.2008 - 05.2011
  • Created detailed test plans, test cases, and bug reports to ensure high quality of product releases
  • Developed a test automation framework that enabled faster and more reliable testing
  • Performed manual testing of various components of the application, ensuring that all requirements were met
  • Developed and implemented a bug tracking system to keep track of reported issues and provide visibility to stakeholders
  • Developed and executed comprehensive regression tests to ensure existing functionality was not affected by new changes

Software Engineer

Mphasis
Bengaluru
06.2005 - 09.2008
  • Engaged in validation of the HP Smart Array controller with HP Proliant
  • Servers; prepared test plan and wrote new test
  • Cases; provided installation support, engaged in IO Stress, RAID Creation
  • Volume Creation
  • Prepared test plan and wrote new test cases
  • Engaged in installation, VM creation, GOS installation, Cloning of VMs
  • Template, Cold Migration, Hot Migration, DRS, HA, and SAN compatibility

Education

MCA -

Berhampur University
06.2001 - 05.2004

BSc - undefined

06.1998 - 05.2001

Skills

Agile and Scrumundefined

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Encora
05.2021 - Current

Free Lancing
11.2018 - 05.2021

Scrum Master/QA Manager

Microfocus, Formerly Novell
04.2016 - 01.2018

QA Lead

Novell
05.2011 - 04.2016

Senior Software Engineer

Novell
09.2008 - 05.2011

Software Engineer

Mphasis
06.2005 - 09.2008

MCA -

Berhampur University
06.2001 - 05.2004

BSc - undefined

06.1998 - 05.2001

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