Srishti Shekhar
Scrum Master/Team Coach | Skilled In Agile Practices And Team Empowerment |
Pune
Summary
Certified Scrum Master (PSM1 Certified) in an agile development with 9+ Years of IT Experience and 4+ years as Scrum Mastery . Results-driven Agile Leader with 9+ years of experience in IT , specializing in driving Agile transformations, empowering high performing teams, and delivering business values through iterative development. Proven track record of improving team velocity by 20% reducing schedule slippage by 25% increasing flow efficiency by 6% and facilitating seamless collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
3
3
Language
Work History
Test lead
Secure Traces - PDMI Client
Pune
12.2024 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives to ensure consistent Agile delivery
- Tracked sprint progress using Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown charts, and cycle time
- Removed impediments and blockers by coordinating with stakeholders, product owners, and external teams
- Identified process inefficiencies and implemented improvements that increased team productivity and sprint completion rates
- Protected the team from scope creep and unplanned work during active sprints
- Supported Product Owners with backlog refinement, prioritization, and story readiness
- Partnered with engineering, QA, and business teams to improve delivery predictability and product quality
Scrum Master
Neogov
Germany
10.2023 - 07.2024
- Proactively identified and removed impediments, reducing delivery risks and improving sprint predictability
- Partnered closely with Product Owners to improve backlog quality, prioritization, and roadmap alignment
- Drove continuous improvement through effective retrospectives, resulting in measurable gains in velocity and team engagement
- Tracked and reported Agile metrics including velocity, burndown, cycle time, and sprint health to support data-driven decisions
- Collaborated with engineering leadership, QA, UX, and business stakeholders to align delivery with strategic goals
Relocation Break
NA
Germany
02.2022 - 09.2023
- Relocation break.
- I moved from India to Germany with my family and took a break to help my 3-year-old child adjust to a new country.
Senior QA Engineer
Zenith Software (Client-Phonepe)
Remote
04.2021 - 01.2022
- The client was PhonePe and worked as an individual contributor, testing the PhonePe mobile and web applications.
- Tools used: JIRA, Postman, Pcloudy, and BrowserStack.
Scrum Master / Test lead
Impactqa Services Pvt Ltd
02.2016 - 10.2019
- Worked as a Team Lead cum individual contributor and worked for a US client (Peopleadmin) and used JIRA for defect management and did functional testing of Web based application.
- Tools used - JIRA, Postman, Zephyr and BrowserStack.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Octro Inc
10.2014 - 12.2015
- Worked as an individual contributor and tested mobile games like Teenpatti, Tambola etc.
- Tools used - JIRA, Putty, Emulator, Simulator and BrowserStack.
Testing Engineer
Advaitam Tech Solutions
10.2013 - 08.2014
- Worked as an individual contributor in telecom domain for web and mobile based application.
- Tools used - Bugzilla
Education
B. TECH - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
United College of Engineering And Management
PG-Diploma - System Software Development
CDAC-Hyderabad
Hyderabad, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Scrum Master – Core Scrum, Scrum Ceremonies, Team Management, Software Delivery
Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban), JIRA, Confluence, TestRail, Azure Devops, Bugzila and Quality Center/HP ALM
AWS and CI/CD pipeline knowledge
Agile Coach, Agile frameworks, Agile metrics analysis
Agile Leadership and Scrum Framework
Led Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospective
Certification
PSM1 Certified Scrum Master from Scrum.org
Timeline
Test lead
Secure Traces - PDMI Client
12.2024 - Current
Scrum Master
Neogov
10.2023 - 07.2024
Relocation Break
NA
02.2022 - 09.2023
Senior QA Engineer
Zenith Software (Client-Phonepe)
04.2021 - 01.2022
Scrum Master / Test lead
Impactqa Services Pvt Ltd
02.2016 - 10.2019
Quality Assurance Engineer
Octro Inc
10.2014 - 12.2015
Testing Engineer
Advaitam Tech Solutions
10.2013 - 08.2014
PG-Diploma - System Software Development
CDAC-Hyderabad
04.2001 -
B. TECH - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
United College of Engineering And Management
Personal Details
Current Address: Alkasa Society, Hadapsar, Pune
As a person I am
- A team player and have a positive attitude.
- Process Oriented and self-driven/independent and motivated.
- Have product mind set and “Customer first” attitude.
- Always open to sharing my experience with others and willing to learn from them.
- Keen on exploring new tools / technologies.
Child Care Break
I took break from Nov 2019 to March 2021 after my maternity leaves.