SESHUMANI S
Chennai
Summary
Accomplished Scrum Master with 13 years of IT experience, including 5 years in hands-on roles. Enhanced delivery throughput and advanced agile maturity through coaching and collaboration with product owners. Fostered partnerships with engineering, QA, and DevOps teams, enabling transparent, outcome-driven delivery across diverse domains.
Overview
1
1
Certification
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Scrum Master |Senior Technical Lead
HCLTech
11.2018 - Current
- Led 2 cross-functional Agile teams delivering BFSI and manufacturing platforms for clients including Bank of Ireland and Caterpillar.
- Improved sprint predictability through disciplined sprint planning, backlog refinement, and data-driven retrospectives.
- Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies and coached teams on Scrum values, self-organization, and continuous improvement.
- Worked closely with Product Owners to improve backlog readiness and align sprint goals with business priorities.
- Tracked and reported Agile metrics using Jira dashboards, enabling leadership visibility and informed decision-making.
- Removed cross-team impediments by coordinating with architecture, QA, and DevOps teams, improving delivery flow.
Release & Deployment Specialist |ITA
TCS
09.2011 - 11.2014
- Owned end-to-end release and deployment management for large-scale BFSI applications at Morgan Stanley.
- Coordinated change approvals, release calendars, deployment execution, and rollback strategies across environments.
- Coached the team in the preparation of runbooks for the seamless execution of deployments.
- Executed multiple high-risk production releases with zero rollbacks, earning an On-the-Spot Award from leadership.
Senior Java Developer
Wipro Technologies
03.2010 - 09.2011
- Developed Java/J2EE applications for investment banking clients and collaborated closely with QA and release teams.
- Trained in Adobe Flex by Adobe (Bangalore) and applied UI components in enterprise projects.
- Mentored junior team members and supported release coordination and production issue resolution.
Java Developer
Mahindra Satyam
08.2007 - 03.2010
- Developed and supported enterprise financial applications for Merrill Lynch through all phases of development, testing, and support.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams and participated in release and defect resolution activities.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams during release and defect resolution activities to ensure timely delivery of applications.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
VelTech Engineering College
Chennai01-2007
Skills
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Execution
- Reviews
- Retrospectives
- Release Planning
- Team Empowerment
- Coaching Techniques
- Azure DevOps
- Problem-Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Capability Building
- Communication
- Jira usage
- Backlog management
- Task prioritization
Certification
- CSM (Scrum Alliance)
- SAFe Agilist 6.0
- SCJP (Oracle)
Timeline
Scrum Master |Senior Technical Lead
HCLTech
11.2018 - Current
Release & Deployment Specialist |ITA
TCS
09.2011 - 11.2014
Senior Java Developer
Wipro Technologies
03.2010 - 09.2011
Java Developer
Mahindra Satyam
08.2007 - 03.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
VelTech Engineering College