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Suranjana Verma

Bengaluru,

Summary

Scrum Master with over 11 years of experience in web application development and support. My expertise lies in Agile methodologies, where I've effectively led cross-functional teams and implemented best practices resulting in significant enhancements in project delivery and performance metrics. Committed to fostering collaborative work environments and optimizing operational efficiencies.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

Infosys Ltd.
Bengaluru
01.2022 - Current
  • Client: Avery Dennison, UK
  • Avery Dennison is one of the leading companies in printing labels, thermal prints, and laser tag-enabled tags. VIPS (Versatile Internet Printing System) is a web-based/console application for placing orders, managing, and printing, used by business executives, vendors, and customer service teams globally.
  • Orchestrated resource allocation among four ongoing development tracks using Agile techniques, achieving successful milestone completions ahead of schedule, while maintaining high standards throughout the project's lifecycle.
  • Mentored a cross-functional team of 15 resources to deliver quality products for a $3.9 million project.
  • Facilitated 96+ Sprint Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review/Demo, Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement, removing impediments), optimizing team productivity, and ensuring successful Sprint outcomes.
  • Assisted the Product Owner in managing and prioritizing approximately 70 backlog items, conducting acceptance testing, and refining user stories.
  • Coached four teams to practice core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, accountability, and visibility.
  • Tracked and analyzed Agile metrics through Jira, including 24 sprints, improving team performance, and identifying a 50% decrease in cycle time and a 30% reduction in bottlenecks.
  • Led three projects from inception to delivery, project plans, ensuring 100% adherence to quality standards, and achieving a 70% reduction in post-release defects.
  • Deployed monthly releases, averaging 8 changes through Jira automation.

Technology Lead

Infosys Ltd.
Bengaluru
01.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for development, coding, testing, and source code management of .NET apps via Visual Studio IDE, including database design and the creation of stored procedures, and SSRS report creation.
  • Directed requirement-gathering sessions with 10+ key stakeholders, synthesizing feedback into actionable insights; the refined application requirements improved product ordering time by 20%, driving higher engagement rates among new users.
  • Led the L3 service support team of 25+ engineers to provide post-launch operations and maintenance support using Kanban for an e-commerce platform of 200+ services, addressing requests for 1,000+ users across 14 countries.
  • Implemented real-time monitoring and alerting tools across 200+ services, improving team efficiency by 30%, and reducing support tickets and escalations by 50%, while surpassing KPI targets with ~93% SLA compliance by detecting critical issues in minutes instead of hours.

Onsite Consultant

Infosys Ltd.
Shanghai
06.2019 - 09.2020
  • Supervised the migration of six critical servers, including utility and file share servers, to a new Windows Server environment.
  • Conducted extensive testing and planning to minimize disruption to users, and ensure a seamless transition and zero downtime for critical business operations.
  • Analyzed and optimized system flow, resulting in a 50% reduction in application footprint, and an 80% improvement in system performance.
  • Achieved cost savings of $150k for the client by implementing strategic measures that optimized processes, increased efficiency, resulting in the decommissioning of servers.
  • Automated 20 repetitive support tasks, reducing manual effort by 80 man-hours.
  • Independently managed approximately 105 applications for the AP and EMEA regions, including the management of approximately 40 servers.
  • Automated the deployment of three development environments using the Jenkins tool and GitHub repository, as well as GitHub Actions for .NET applications and services.

Education

B.Tech - Electrical Engineering

National India Institute of Technology and Management
Lucknow, India
01.2012

Skills

  • Agile methodologies
  • Scrum ceremonies, Kanban
  • Agile Project Management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Incident Management
  • Resource allocation
  • Feasibility, root-cause analysis
  • Risk management
  • MS Visual Studio, VS Code IDE
  • GIT, GitHub Actions
  • ServiceNow, Remedy
  • Jira, Confluence
  • ASPNET, NET Core, and C#

Certification

  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Certification
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Accomplishments

Most Valuable Player awarded for exceptional performance in FY2023-24

Languages

English
First Language

Timeline

Scrum Master

Infosys Ltd.
01.2022 - Current

Technology Lead

Infosys Ltd.
01.2021 - Current

Onsite Consultant

Infosys Ltd.
06.2019 - 09.2020

B.Tech - Electrical Engineering

National India Institute of Technology and Management
Suranjana Verma