Suresh Gadudula

Scrum Master

Carelon Global Solutions

02.2019 - Current

· An accomplished Certified Agile Scrum Master with over 15 years of experience ,I specialize in digital transformation within complex healthcare ecosystems, particularly in the US Healthcare Payer domain. My expertise spans the entire Software Development Lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and SAFe implementation, with a proven track record in areas like Claims, RCM, Enrollment, and Billing. I have successfully led multi-geographical teams, optimizing project delivery, and consistently meeting goals for budget and timelines. My proficiency with tools like JIRA, Tableau, and Power BI allows for data-driven insights and transparent project management. As demonstrated by a 10% reduction in infrastructure costs and an 80% improvement in deployment time on the Timber ECP platform, I excel at blending strategic leadership with technical expertise to create scalable, cost-effective solutions.
Responsible for the team for project/ sprint estimations with the right approach like story point, Work Break down structure (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).
Accountable on Scope Definition, and Communication Management; managing large multi-Geographical teams and known for high-quality deliverables within timelines & budgetary targets.
Responsible and accountable as Scrum Master for steering the entire projects - Including Daily standup's, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, Removing impediments. & project planning. scheduling, monitoring, controlling & configuration; actively participated in applying scrum principles/practices/theory and coordinated Agile adoption for the cross functional teams.
Responsible for SAFe Framework Implementation: Worked on the SAFe framework with other Scrum teams, attended Scrum of Scrums to coordinate dependencies across various Scrum teams in the Agile Release Train, and collaborated with Release Train Engineer, System Architects, and system team for infrastructure requirements and integration testing support.
Facilitating Product Owner and team on Product backlog prioritization, refinement, user story slicing and sizing using planning poker, Release Planning, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and retrospective, determining velocity, Burn-down chart, TDD, pair programming, refactoring, release planning.
HealthCare Domain Experience - Wide-ranging experience in US Healthcare Payer Industry functional areas like Plan Design, Capitation, RCM, Claims, Enrollment & Billing, in Digital Healthcare.
Proficiency in Software Testing Lifecycle (Manual & Automation) involving setting-up of test environment, creation of test scripts / cases, execution of Testing, Bug Tracking & Reporting technical expertise in JUnit & JIRA Tools.
Supported Testing and Automation projects, including analyzing clients' requirements, suggesting technology-based solutions, testing, and scheduling projects for releases; acquired a strong understanding of Agile methodologies.
Scheduling and executing the Software Testing Life Cycle, conducting a system study, and coordinating for testing integration.
Developing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Scripts/Procedures for conducting different types of Testing in SDLC.
Analyzing existing functionalities and competitive products for providing business-value-based recommendations to the Product Teams and customers.
Accountable and front-led large teams to guide the successful delivery of projects through the provision of strategic & operational support, including operational reporting, risk and issue tracking, quality control and post project benefits tracking and reporting.
Accountable for organizing and leading key Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning sessions, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, to ensure team alignment and effective progress tracking while implementing Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, to drive efficient project execution and delivery.
Collaborated with Project Managers to create requirements backlog, sprint plan, and maintain Agile and Kanban Project boards, in JIRA ensuring transparent communication and effective project tracking.
Timber is a platform that combines multiple data science models. These models provide recommendations and insights for subject matter experts (SMEs) to act on medical claims before adjudication. Each model specializes in scenarios like dental claims and pregnancy claims. The product helps businesses handle large claim volumes efficiently and generate profits through fair and accurate adjudication.
END RESULT -Reduction infrastructure expenses by 10% with efficient containerization and improved deployment time by 80% through optimized base docker image strategies.
Facilitated production releases during weekends by providing on-call assistance, maintenance of release tracker, deployment guide, issue tracker, and post-production monitoring.

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Work History

Scrum Master

Asst Manager

Sr Claims Analyst

Claims Analyst

Process Analyst

Education

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology

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Scrum Master

Asst Manager

Sr Claims Analyst

Claims Analyst

Process Analyst

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology