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Supriya Girish

Supriya Girish

Senior Scrum Master , Agile Coach
Bengaluru

Summary

To work in a challenging environment that gives me ample opportunities along with responsibilities to explore my fullest potential and develop both individually and professionally

Coveted Achievements:

  • Successful in driving and supporting mature, high-performing agile teams achieve application modernization in critical banking domains.
  • Part of the Agile Transformation Office within Cisco, which is a focused group of Agile Coaches, working across Geographies and Business Units to support Program Transformations
  • Involved in the Agile Delivery Interlock Initiative, focused on Agile enablement for Sales and Pre-sales teams, Contracts group, Project and Service Managers and Business Development Managers.
  • Developed an internal tool that is designed to support transitioning of Project Managers into Scrum Masters / Product Owners.
  • Orchestrated the transformation of an automation program for a premium customer, from Scrum to Safe, in turn demonstrating key tangible benefits for both Customers and Cisco.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Wells Fargo
07.2022 - Current
  • Streamlined project delivery across multiple scrum teams, by conducting daily stand-ups, sprint planning, refinements and review meetings.
  • Fostered the culture of continuous improvement, leading retrospectives to identify areas for process enhancement.
  • Continous coaching and mentoring on agile principles and best practices to build high-maturity, high-performing scrum teams.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners and business stakeholders to develop clear product roadmaps, translating to healthy product backlogs, ensuring n+2 readiness..
  • Developed strong relationships with key stakeholders across various departments to enhance collaboration efforts on complex projects.
  • Developed and adopted team-specific DoR, DoD and quality checklists, to ensure early identification of risks and potential issues.
  • Encouraged an environment of trust among team members through regular check-ins, open communication, and honest feedback.
  • Worked successfully across geographies and timezones, to support global teams and stakeholders.

Scrum Master

Cisco
04.2019 - 07.2022
  • Provide hands-on support to engineering teams in adopting an agile mindset and practices with a focus on growing capabilities in the teams
  • Analyze the benefits of multiple agile approaches and suggest and help teams adopt as appropriate
  • Plan for collaborative environments like meetings and workshops, end encourage and motivate teams to self-evaluate and evolve
  • Facilitate the process rather than giving answers and recognize where emotional dynamics are at play in the group
  • Influence by building positive relationships, motivating the need for change, getting consensus to take action, and communicating the effects over time
  • Teach with experience and help others understand the purpose of the learnings and define clear learning objectives
  • Define tailor-made coaching plans for team to address unique pain areas and support through process-related challenges
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily crums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Outcomes:

  • High-maturity, high performing agile teams
  • Collaborative cross-functional teams, capable of owning and delivering services independently
  • Delivery and adoption of all committed services within a year of transformation [for premium customer]
  • Supported the transition of over 100+ scrum masters globally through initiatives, continuous workshops and sharepoint portal.

Lead Process Consultant

GalaxE Solutions
01.2018 - 04.2019
  • Process Adherence - Ensure effectiveness and implementation of the development practices to maximize productivity while improving standardized processes
  • Work Product Assessments - Reduce re-work through early identification of gaps
  • Stage Gate Assessments - Identify risks and issues early to mitigate the impact to downstream
    project miletsones and KPIs
  • Standards & Guidelines - Ensure standards, guidelines and trainings are in place for Quality
    Assurance & Testing
  • End-to-End defect management - Analyze defects to identify preventative actions
  • Metrics and Analysis - Trend analysis of different metrics
  • Lessons Learnt - Identify significant success, how to replicate them, and apply them to the work of
    future projects, contributing to the organizational knowledge base
  • Process Coach – Coach and mentor teams on Agile methodologies and practical implementation to
    support increased productivity, customer and employee satisfaction.
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
  • Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2008 - 01.2018
  • PMO / Delivery Excellence Lead [Oct 2014 – Jan-2018]
  • Release / Implementation Manager [Oct 2011 – Feb 2013Business
  • Analyst / Process Quality Lead [Jun 2010 – Oct 2011]
  • Business Analyst / Process Lead [June 2008 – June 2010]

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering [VTU
Mysore
09.2003 - 06.2007

12th CBSE - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electronics

Sadvidya Composite Pre-University College
Mysore
08.2001 - 05.2003

10th CBSE - Science Education

St Joseph's Central School
Mysore
06.1991 - 03.2001

Skills

    Commuication and Interpersonal Skills

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Tools

  • MS Office Suite
  • Jira
  • Rally
  • Confluence
  • Retrium
  • Miro
  • Smartsheet
  • Sharepoint

Accomplishments

  • Have been a recognized leader and influencer, atested by Multiple internal Cisco Recognitions and Award Nominations
  • Completed the Coveted CX Academy Women's Leadership Enablement Program
  • Completed CX Academy Consultant Development Program

Hobbies / Interests

  • Swimming
  • Hiking / Trekking
  • People For Animal [PFA] Volunteer

Additional Information

  • Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1986
  • Place of Birth: Mysore, Karnataka
  • Languages Known: English, Kannada, Hindi
  • Valid Passport till Aug- 2024

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Wells Fargo
07.2022 - Current

Scrum Master

Cisco
04.2019 - 07.2022

Lead Process Consultant

GalaxE Solutions
01.2018 - 04.2019

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2008 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering [VTU
09.2003 - 06.2007

12th CBSE - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electronics

Sadvidya Composite Pre-University College
08.2001 - 05.2003

10th CBSE - Science Education

St Joseph's Central School
06.1991 - 03.2001
Supriya GirishSenior Scrum Master , Agile Coach