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Shilpa Yadav

Nagpur

Summary

  • A Project Manager offering 17 years of qualitative experience in Software Development and Testing, including 10 years’ experience in managing medium to large projects. Worked in the roles of Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Project Manager, Delivery Manager, Quality Manager, Program Manager Extensive experience in Handling Agile and Scrum teams in co-located as well as distributed environments and end-to-end delivery of projects from initiation to delivery and maintenance. Extensive experience in working in T&M and FP projects. Manage customer expectations and relationship Gained expertise at client-facing skills during the training & implementation of the projects & in merging business and user needs into high-quality, cost-effective design solutions. Coordinate the preparation of customer proposals and statements of work. Participate in new Business Development Certified SCRUM Master Certified SAFe Agilist Certified Project Management Professional.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal & analytical skills with abilities in resolving complex software issues. Exceptional organizational, leadership and stakeholder management skills
  • Won Awards & Recognition for leading the Team through crisis Worked with customers across South Africa, Norway, USA, Singapore, Australia

Results-oriented Program Manager enthusiastic about taking on new challenges. Successful at developing innovative strategies to capitalize on dynamic market conditions. Strategic planner and clear communicator with an adaptable approach. Accomplished Program Manager provides in-depth understanding of developing and implementing organizational strategies. Well-versed in spearheading new initiatives to support functional operations and [Type] project completion. Excellent aptitude for financial management, budgeting, procurement and contracting. Proficient in managing logistics analysis, including inventory and supply chain performance.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Test Manager

Civica India
11.2021
  • Understand the testing effort by analyzing the requirements of project
  • Estimate and obtain management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing
  • Organize the testing kick-off meeting Define the Strategy Build a testing team of professionals with appropriate skills, attitudes and motivation
  • Identify Training requirements and forward it to the Project Manager (Technical and Soft skills)
  • Develop the test plan for the tasks, dependencies and participants required to mitigate the risks to system quality and obtain stakeholder support for this plan.

Delivery Manager

Persistent Systems Limited
Nagpur
01.2014 - 10.2020
  • Responsible for the kick-off of the different projects under Carlyle
  • Visited customer location for project understanding and relationship building
  • Responsible for delivery and execution
  • Team size 50, Contact size 12M
  • Direct and manage project development from beginning to end in order to ensure within time, budget and quality deliveries
  • Following CMMI process to manage documentation related to project delivery
  • Follow project management practices (Agile methodology) and help team in getting those executed
  • Proactively identify crises (risk) and devise contingency plans
  • Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
  • Proper team allocation and managing resource at Department level
  • Identifying and planning for resource training
  • Ensure project quality and take corrective action to improve it with the help of Tech lead and QA Manager
  • Conducting Semi Annual/Annual appraisal for Department resources.

Project Manager, Scrum Master

Persistent Systems Limited
Nagpur
  • Verso (South Africa – Fund Management domain, FPO project) - Worked with the customer to understand the pain points, arranged the customer visit to offshore office and gained confidence
  • Worked on managing customer expectations in execution to ops including system updates, billing and invoicing and handling Delivery Head
  • Manage a delivery team to ensure timely and accurate customer deliveries
  • Oversee daily activities of delivery team and provide direction and guidance as needed
  • Develop process improvements to achieve cost effectiveness and time saving.

Project Manager, Scrum Master

Persistent Systems Limited
Nagpur
  • Bayport (South Africa – Small Loans and Payroll loans, T&E project) – Responsible for the overall execution and operations- created Mambu expertise
  • Follow project management practices (Agile methodology) and help team in getting those executed
  • Proactively identify crises (risk) and devise contingency plans
  • Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
  • Proper team allocation and managing resource at Department level
  • Identifying and planning for resource training
  • Ensure project quality and take corrective action to improve it with the help of Tech lead and QA Manager
  • Conducting Semi Annual/Annual appraisal for Project Managers and Department resources
  • Helping Recruitment team in interviews for Technical Leads and project managers.

Project Manager

Persistent Systems Limited
Nagpur
  • Visited the customer at Brainerd, MN with the Architect to initiate /kick-off the project
  • Received appreciation from the customer as well as DH and gained confidence
  • Project was extended for another 2 months
  • This was simultaneously being handled along with Bayport and Verso.

Project Manager

Persistent Systems Limited
Nagpur
  • Protectoria (Norway – Migration, T& E project) - Responsible for the overall execution and operations.

Project Manager

Persistent Systems Limited
Nagpur
  • FairHeads (South Africa – LOS and LMS – T& E) Worked with SF team to provide solution using Mambu- overall execution.

Test Lead, Scrum Master

Saama Technologies Pvt Ltd.
  • SixthSENSE for Dignity Health
  • Understand the testing effort by analyzing the requirements of project
  • Estimate and obtain management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing
  • Organize the testing kick-off meeting Define the Strategy Build a testing team of professionals with appropriate skills, attitudes and motivation
  • Identify Training requirements and forward it to the Project Manager (Technical and Soft skills)
  • Develop the test plan for the tasks, dependencies and participants required to mitigate the risks to system quality and obtain stakeholder support for this plan.

Team Lead, Scrum Master

Saama Technologies Pvt Ltd.
  • Sezmi TotalMovie
  • Understand the testing effort by analyzing the requirements of project
  • Estimate and obtain management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing
  • Organize the testing kick-off meeting Define the Strategy Build a testing team of professionals with appropriate skills, attitudes and motivation
  • Identify Training requirements and forward it to the Project Manager (Technical and Soft skills)
  • Develop the test plan for the tasks, dependencies and participants required to mitigate the risks to system quality and obtain stakeholder support for this plan.

Scrum Coach and Sr. Test Lead

GlobalLogic India Pvt. Ltd
  • Savi Smart Chain
  • Responsible for the overall execution and operations.

Scrum Coach and Test Lead

Emptoris Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • Emptoris Contract Management
  • Responsible for the overall execution and operations.

SCRUM Master and Associate QA Lead

Tieto Technologies India Pvt Ltd.
  • CERenovation - Welfare India
  • Responsible for Task-Allocation, Status Reporting, Monitoring, and giving final Task to the team members
  • Client Interaction
  • Attended business meeting to understand the project
  • Estimation and Scheduling Writing, Executing, Review of Test Cases Knowledge of writing Test Plans Bug Reporting and Issue Management Testing Strategies and types of testing Designing Business Specification Documents, High Level Design
  • Doing detailed designing for various modules Identify problems in software and investigate their cause
  • If applicable, suggest changes to prevent certain types of defects from reoccurring
  • Design and development of Quality Assurance manual test assets (Test Cases, Test Data).

Associate QA Lead

Tieto Technologies India Pvt Ltd.
  • Core banking Solution
  • Responsible for Task-Allocation, Status Reporting, Monitoring, and giving final Task to the team members
  • Client Interaction
  • Attended business meeting to understand the project
  • Estimation and Scheduling Writing, Executing, Review of Test Cases Knowledge of writing Test Plans Bug Reporting and Issue Management Testing Strategies and types of testing Designing Business Specification Documents, High Level Design
  • Doing detailed designing for various modules Identify problems in software and investigate their cause
  • If applicable, suggest changes to prevent certain types of defects from reoccurring
  • Design and development of Quality Assurance manual test assets (Test Cases, Test Data).

Associate QA Lead

Siemens Information Systems Ltd.
  • APOGEE Insight
  • Responsible for Task-Allocation, Status Reporting, Monitoring, and giving final Task to the team members
  • Client Interaction
  • Attended business meeting to understand the project
  • Estimation and Scheduling Writing, Executing, Review of Test Cases Knowledge of writing Test Plans Bug Reporting and Issue Management Testing Strategies and types of testing Designing Business Specification Documents, High Level Design
  • Doing detailed designing for various modules Identify problems in software and investigate their cause
  • If applicable, suggest changes to prevent certain types of defects from reoccurring
  • Design and development of Quality Assurance manual test assets (Test Cases, Test Data).

QA Head

e-Caliber India Pvt Ltd.
  • Auto Sol 3.0
  • Responsible for Task-Allocation, Status Reporting, Monitoring, and giving final Task to the team members
  • Client Interaction
  • Attended business meeting to understand the project
  • Estimation and Scheduling Writing, Executing, Review of Test Cases Knowledge of writing Test Plans Bug Reporting and Issue Management Testing Strategies and types of testing Designing Business Specification Documents, High Level Design
  • Doing detailed designing for various modules Identify problems in software and investigate their cause
  • If applicable, suggest changes to prevent certain types of defects from reoccurring
  • Design and development of Quality Assurance manual test assets (Test Cases, Test Data).

Assistant Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
Pune
  • MASTERCRAFT
  • Responsible for Task-Allocation, Status Reporting, Monitoring, and giving final Task to the team members.

Education

MBA Finance -

SCDL, Symbiosis University
01.2011

BE. Electrical -

Visveswaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur University
01.2002

H.S.S.C -

Shri Shivaji Science College, Maharashtra Board

S.S.C -

Mount Carmel Girls' High School, Maharashtra Board

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Delivery Management
  • Program Management
  • Scrum Management
  • People Management
  • Risk Management
  • Customer Management
  • Collaboration
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Classic SDLC
  • Agile Development Methodology
  • Problem Solving
  • Leading Strategic Decisions

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06/18/80
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Visa Status: US B1/B2

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Marathi

Timeline

Sr Test Manager

Civica India
11.2021

Delivery Manager

Persistent Systems Limited
01.2014 - 10.2020

Project Manager, Scrum Master

Persistent Systems Limited

Project Manager, Scrum Master

Persistent Systems Limited

Project Manager

Persistent Systems Limited

Project Manager

Persistent Systems Limited

Project Manager

Persistent Systems Limited

Test Lead, Scrum Master

Saama Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Team Lead, Scrum Master

Saama Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Scrum Coach and Sr. Test Lead

GlobalLogic India Pvt. Ltd

Scrum Coach and Test Lead

Emptoris Technologies Pvt Ltd

SCRUM Master and Associate QA Lead

Tieto Technologies India Pvt Ltd.

Associate QA Lead

Tieto Technologies India Pvt Ltd.

Associate QA Lead

Siemens Information Systems Ltd.

QA Head

e-Caliber India Pvt Ltd.

Assistant Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

MBA Finance -

SCDL, Symbiosis University

BE. Electrical -

Visveswaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur University

H.S.S.C -

Shri Shivaji Science College, Maharashtra Board

S.S.C -

Mount Carmel Girls' High School, Maharashtra Board
Shilpa Yadav