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Sandeep Patnaik

Bengaluru

Summary

Seasoned Agile leader with a proven track record at Encora Inc., enhancing team velocity by 15% and spearheading a seamless transition to Agile methodologies. Expert in backlog management and adaptive leadership, I excel in motivating teams to surpass objectives while ensuring high-quality deliverables through manual and automation testing.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelancer

Freelancing
Bengaluru
12.2024 - Current
  • Created and offered additional materials to enhance training.
  • Negotiated contracts with clients for desired training outcomes, fees or expenses.
  • Created strategies for transitioning from traditional project management approaches to agile practices.
  • Assessed training needs through surveys, interviews with employees or focus groups.
  • Coached teams in Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
  • Suggested improvements based on feedback gathered from team retrospectives.

Senior Scrum Master

Encora Inc.
Bengaluru
05.2021 - 11.2023
  • Handling 3 Client facing Scrum teams withing the organization
  • 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

Agile Consultant

Freelance
11.2018 - 05.2021
  • Was able to successfully move a 20 member group into Scrum in 3 months with regular guidance
  • 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

QA Manager/Scrum Master

Micro Focus
Bengaluru
09.2008 - 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

Micro Focus
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

Micro Focus
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

Senior 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

Master's Degree - Computer Science

Berhampur University
01.2004

Bachelor's Degree - Botany/Plant Biology

Khalikote College
01.2001

Associate's Degree - PCBM

Stewart College
01.1998

High School - ICSE

Stewart School
01.1996

Skills

  • Scrum Master
  • QA Management
  • Manual Testing
  • Automation testing
  • Adaptive leadership
  • Team motivation
  • Release planning
  • Metrics tracking
  • Backlog management

Websites

Languages

  • Hindi
  • Odia
  • English
  • Telugu

Personal Information

Title: Senior Scrum Master | Agile Project Management Expert

Patents

Techniques for personal security via mobile devices

Timeline

Freelancer

Freelancing
12.2024 - Current

Senior Scrum Master

Encora Inc.
05.2021 - 11.2023

Agile Consultant

Freelance
11.2018 - 05.2021

QA Lead

Micro Focus
05.2011 - 04.2016

QA Manager/Scrum Master

Micro Focus
09.2008 - 01.2018

Senior Software Engineer

Micro Focus
09.2008 - 05.2011

Senior Software Engineer

Mphasis
06.2005 - 09.2008

Master's Degree - Computer Science

Berhampur University

Bachelor's Degree - Botany/Plant Biology

Khalikote College

Associate's Degree - PCBM

Stewart College

High School - ICSE

Stewart School

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