SELVA PRAVEEN ELANGO
Chennai
Summary
IT PROFESSIONAL – CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER
Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Mission-focused Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Saama Technologies
Chennai
11.2021 - Current
- Working as Agile Transformation Coach with 2 teams helping them transform to Agile.
- Involved with team of 6 people working on building medical trail administration software using time boxed SCRUM.
- Handling team of 8 people who work with implementation of SDQ software at clients, handling smooth running of implementations through Kanban process.
- Implemented new workflow in JIRA to help team track smooth flow of project
- Helped product owners to slowly transition from spreadsheets to JIRA, to maintain product requirements and help project flow
- Built and utilized JIRA reporting systems to keep customers and management in loop with latest information.
- Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals through backlog grooming
- Investigated and corrected or escalated project problems.
- Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.
- Planned and arranged meetings with external organizations and individuals, enabling parties to meet and discuss project progress.
- Maintained project schedules by managing timelines and making proactive adjustments.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
Technical Lead, Scrum Master
Incedo Technology Solutions
Chennai
07.2017 - 07.2021
- Facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Retrospectives, Stakeholder Meetings & Software Demonstrations with 6 member SCRUM team working on Data Integrations.
- Teamed on development of technology roadmap spanning 5 years
- Worked on User Stories and performing high-level estimation for Backlog Refinement, Sprint & Release Management
- Shielding Development Team from outside distractions or team conflicts; maintaining focus on project timeline
- Coordinating with Product Owner with Backlog Management and continuous delivery of features
- Directing and leading Development Team from project initiation through final project delivery
- Tracking and managing product backlog, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task breakdown
- Implementing Scrum, making communication efforts to establish common understanding of required product quality
- Performing UAT & Gap Analysis to ensure business requirements are tested & fulfilled
- Reporting on project status / milestones to client, internal teams, other stakeholders
- Developing healthy business relations with clients and ensuring customer satisfaction by achieving quality / SLA norms
- Providing guidance to team members and motivating them to deliver quality results within strict timelines
Production Support Team Lead
Incedo Technology Solutions
Chennai
08.2016 - 07.2017
- Led a diverse team of 11 members entailing Server Support, Data injection Support, Reporting & Scheduling functions across PAN Indian locations, to help the client in running smooth business operations
- Planned & prioritized the Application Support Team’s workload; ensured timely delivery of the FINRA Report Requests
- Effectively ensured smooth running of scheduled tasks and forwarded issues to the Development Team
- Escalated issues to sr
- Management on time to maintain streamlined production operations
- Coordinated with team members spread across locations to ensure smooth running of applications and schedule support roasters
- Delivered support metrics & team velocity, ensured proper tracking of support requests by entering & tracking them in JIRA
- Identified root causes of recurring problems to implement effective solutions.
- Researched and recommended scheduling enhancements to improve system performance.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Incedo Technology Solutions
Chennai
05.2016 - 06.2017
- Designed customised data collection models for specific visualisation tasks.
- Developed intelligence-sharing dashboards in QlikView providing company-wide access to collected data.
- Converted and merged around 75 existing Business Objects reports into interactive dashboards with better visualisations for top management
- Handled massive quantities of business intelligence data, personally managing as much as 3 terabytes of historical sales data.
- Researched and compiled tailored monthly analytics and reports for senior management with QlikSence enabling mobile access
Business Intelligence Analyst
Helios and Mathews Global Solutions
Chennai
01.2015 - 04.2016
- Worked as Senior QlikView Developer; led team of 5 Developers for building Business Dashboards
- Played key role in requirement gathering, data modelling and defining user interface of Dashboards.
- Designed customized data collection models for specific visualisation tasks.
- Dashboards are majorly built on incremental model of development
- Starting with POC of dashboard, developing and adding data & graphics that end-user wants to see on the dashboard
- Effectively managed requirement gathering and solution designing in dashboard development
- Facilitated user training and dashboard implementation throughout organization
- Generated ad hoc reports for business needs, which mostly includes SQL Server Data
- Exhibited skills in converting QlikView Loads of existing dashboards into incremental loading and scheduled it.
- Drafted strategic business intelligence roadmap, complete with data governance policies and tactical information safeguards.
Database Developer
Landis & Gyr
Minneapolis
09.2013 - 11.2014
- Deputed at client’s location in Minneapolis, USA as Database Developer, majorly developing interface functions called by Java Front-End; pivotal in code development, creation and execution of Unit Test Cases
- Worked in Agile - Product Development Environment, for MDMS (Meter Data Management System) as team member in 8 member diverse team.
- Wrote (Backend) PL/SQL Code to implement business rules using Oracle Developer
- Administered PL/SQL procedures, functions into packages rearranging application code
- Created PL/SQL Program Units to include DML, DDL statements using Dynamic SQL
- Extensively used Joins, Cursors, Triggers, Stored Procedures and Functions
Onsite Coordinator & Onsite Support Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services
Minneapolis
02.2012 - 10.2013
- Worked with Check-Printing Corporation, to support their printing system
- Coordinated with Offshore Support Team and managed Small Development Projects from onsite as Onsite Coordinator
- Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop, coordinate and execute technical strategies aligned to client's vision, mission and purpose.
- Led and assisted technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
- Ensured smooth running of all Printing System, worked on 24/7 on-call support at onsite
- Supported .Net Applications and worked with Xerox Rack as well as Antenna House Imprinting System
Offshore Support Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services
Chennai
08.2010 - 01.2012
Pro C Developer
TATA Consultancy Services
Chennai
06.2008 - 07.2010
Education
MCA -
Alagappa University
Karaikudi2007
B.Sc. - Computer Science
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Thirunelveli2004
Skills
- Project Management
- Standardize Methodologies
- Scrum Management and Sprint Planning
- Change Management Process
- Risk identification / Documentation Management
- Agile Software Development Testing / QA / Debugging Release / Delivery Management Process Automations
- Onsite-Offshore Coordination Client / Stakeholder Engagements Team Management/Training
- Business Intelligence Data Modelling
- BI Tool: QlikView, BI360
- Databases: Oracle 10g, MS SQL Server, SnowFlake, MS Access Database Languages: SQL, PL/SQL
- ETL Tools : SSIS
- Process Mining
Certification
- Certified Agile Project Manager (IAPM)
- Certified ScrumMaster - certificate holder http://bcert.me/sokgaxbqm
- Certified SAFe5 Agilist
Timeline
Scrum Master
Saama Technologies
11.2021 - Current
Technical Lead, Scrum Master
Incedo Technology Solutions
07.2017 - 07.2021
Production Support Team Lead
Incedo Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 07.2017
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Incedo Technology Solutions
05.2016 - 06.2017
Business Intelligence Analyst
Helios and Mathews Global Solutions
01.2015 - 04.2016
Database Developer
Landis & Gyr
09.2013 - 11.2014
Onsite Coordinator & Onsite Support Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services
02.2012 - 10.2013
Offshore Support Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services
08.2010 - 01.2012
Pro C Developer
TATA Consultancy Services
06.2008 - 07.2010
MCA -
Alagappa University
B.Sc. - Computer Science
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
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