SEETHA RAMAN

Seetharaman is an experienced Associate Director of Technology leading global teams to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget. He fosters an Agile mindset, ensuring the successful rollout of new features, and is passionate about developing and coaching high-performing teams. Currently, he is leading the development of a global marine logistics application for top industry leaders

Certified Scrum Master

• Experienced Facilitator in managing several AGILE ceremonies & workshops
• Coaching / mentoring teams through the journey of AGILE adoption with appropriate frameworks
• Assisting teams in removing impediments for smoother SCRUM / iteration cycles
• Establishing workflow at JIRA, ensuring maintenance of velocity, quality & AGILE maturity and on-boarding new project members
• Imparting training on topics like Agile Manifesto, Scrum and Kanban
• Supporting teams in improving AGILE maturity & engineering practices for enabling them to achieve the next level of efficiency in continuous improvement
• Setting metrics for teams & stakeholders for ensuring transparency and visibility in release work
• Training Agile teams on requisite Modern Development frameworks (Scrum/ Kanban/ Lean XP)
• Implementing one or more scaled Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum@Scale, Less, SAFe, Spotify)
• Helping the business in ideating and creating prioritized product backlogs using Product Management Practices
• Coaching Agile teams and requisite business IT and Business partners (Product Managers, Value Stream Owners) on transparency, empowerment, ethics, self-organization, and responsive action
• Guiding the team to improve their productivity by using the right metrics to manage and measure
• Embedding a culture of continuous improvement within the Agile team
• Shifting metrics to KPIs with a focus on business value
• Constructing meaningful solutions through true collaboration
• Owning outcomes to ensure the PODs deliver value
• Contributing to mature the overall Agile and digital engineering community
• Directing the development of Agile knowledge by identifying training needs and directing learning and development priorities
• Understanding & effectively articulating the leadership link between Agile ways of working & commercial success at Tribe, functional, and Enterprise level
• Developing and disseminating thought leadership that can be leveraged to embed and improve scaled Agile ways of working across the organization
• Anticipating and addressing complex teaming and delivery challenges, even when information is incomplete or ambiguous
• Discerning and articulating the root causes of systemic impediments and blockers across Tribe, and developing innovative approaches to address them
• Handling highly sensitive, high-pressure situations (including conflicts between team members) impacting Tribe effectiveness
• Adapting best practices to organizational context and business needs
• Monitoring and refining Agile team metrics to identify emerging challenges
• Building long-term strategic relationships through nuanced understanding of individual and organizational context
• Acting as a fully autonomous change agent, leveraging support from Tribe Lead and Agile CoE Lead as needed
• Overseeing the operation of the most critical scaled Agile ceremonies
• Making material contributions to function/organization, including through the development of the Agile CoE
• Developing new approaches and best practices within the Tribe that can be leveraged across the organization
• Coming up with actions that have influence & impact on system, function, or firm performance
• Consistently adding value by providing unique and innovative insights to position the organization for future success
• Working with leaders to shape, drive and lead initiatives and ongoing agile operations
• Shaping or heavily influencing and driving strategic agile initiatives
• Developing individuals, teams, and networks to accomplish important and complex agile objectives

A highly disciplined and meticulous professional with of industry experience and a proven track record of delivering results, seeking an opportunity to contribute as an AGILE Consultant & Coach / PMO (Program Management) for a reputable organization where my expertise and commitment can be put to best use.