Siva Sankar
Hyderabad
Summary
With 16 years of experience in the IT industry, I possess a strong background in project management, having served as a Scrum Master for 2 years and overseeing testing and quality assurance initiatives for over 6 years. My expertise lies in banking, financial services, and telecommunications. Throughout my career, I consistently deliver successful projects with the utmost quality and efficiency. Currently, I seek new opportunities to leverage my skills and contribute to the growth and success of a dynamic organization.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Kaara Info Systems Pvt Ltd
10.2023 - Current
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Involved in End to End Project Management activities
- Project Activity Tracking
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
- Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- DORA Quality Metrics Tracking
- Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track.
- Developed strong relationships with stakeholders through regular communication updates, fostering trust and confidence in the team''s ability to deliver results.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Collaborated closely with senior management to align project objectives with strategic company initiatives, ensuring that efforts contributed to overall business growth.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues during project execution.
- Effectively managed scope creep by establishing clear boundaries on requested changes while keeping projects aligned with original objectives and budgets.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives to optimize project outcomes while maintaining cost effectiveness.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
- Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
- Azure Dev Ops Board management and maintaining Board hygiene
Project Manager
Virtusa Consultancy Pvt Ltd
05.2022 - 10.2023
- I have worked in the banking domain for a client and worked on data center migration projects and AWS implementation and migration projects
- Performing the Project Management activities in JIRA tool
- Prepaired the MSA SOWs and Amendments
- Developing and managing Cost structures
- Tracking and reporting the deliverables
- Managing Scope, Risk, Issues and Change Process
- Resource Management, Quality Metrics Submission
- Quality Audit Support
Project Manager
Monas soft Solutions Pvt Ltd
12.2017 - 06.2022
- Performed the Project Management activities in Azure Dev ops tool which Includes Project Initiation and Planning
- Developed and managed Cost structures in Velocity tool
- Tracked and reported the deliverables
- Managing Scope, Risk, Issues and Change Process
- Managing Customer expectation and CSAT
- Resource Management, Quality Metrics Submission and Quality Audit Support
- Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile Processes in the Organization
Project Manager, Scrum Master
IBM India Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 11.2017
- End to End Project Management for BVOIP projects including Stake holder meetings, Project planner, Estimation and Milestone delivery and status tracking
- Maintained relevant metrics that help the team see how they are doing
- Scrum Master for three geographically distributed teams and managed planning, backlog grooming, and Test-Driven Development implementation
- Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, sprint/release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings
- Updated agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs
- Resolved impediments that prevent the Agile team and Product owner from effectively employing agile processes
- Customer provided positive feedback
Test Specialist /Test Lead/Test Manager
IBM India Pvt Ltd
07.2008 - 05.2015
- As QA Manager responsible for Planning, Preparing and Maintaining Quality Improvement Plans (QIP) coordinating with the technical leaders of different applications and ensuring timely completion of QA checks, Quality Metrics Submission
- Reviewing of Communication plans, quality plans, Comfort matrix tool, and Team repository KMS (knowledge Management System) and conducting and participating in SQA audits
- Communicating effectively with team members and circulating the updated Clear Quest (CQ) and Quality Centre (QC) defect reports, test status with Run-rate tool
- Effective management of the project documentation and verification of the same in Team room and PRISM tool and repositories in timely manner
- Worked on Automation of Test Scripts using Testing tools HP QC and IBM RFT
- Conducted presentations for the team on Test Process model and on the critical projects
- Conducted Mentoring and guiding sessions to the new joiners to the team in terms of the Tools, Test process and Deliverables
Education
Bachelors - Electronics and Communication Engineering
V.M.K.V Engineering College
SALEM, TNSkills
- Project Management
- Scrum Master
- Quality Management
- AWS Migration
- Web applications
- Main frames applications
- Banking and Telecom applications
- Test Process & Tools
- IBM's TPM
- Rational Clear Quest
- HP QC
Languages
English
Hindi
Telugu
Tamil
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Project Management Orientation PM 10G in IBM
Timeline
Project Manager
Kaara Info Systems Pvt Ltd
10.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Virtusa Consultancy Pvt Ltd
05.2022 - 10.2023
Project Manager
Monas soft Solutions Pvt Ltd
12.2017 - 06.2022
Project Manager, Scrum Master
IBM India Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 11.2017
Test Specialist /Test Lead/Test Manager
IBM India Pvt Ltd
07.2008 - 05.2015
Bachelors - Electronics and Communication Engineering
V.M.K.V Engineering College
Certified Scrum Master
Project Management Orientation PM 10G in IBM
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