Diverse experience in IT infrastructure services in Design, Development and Project Management with success leading all phases of diverse technology projects. Accomplished servant-leader capable of delivering large-scale software projects on time and on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments, and fostering self-management. Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments. Excellent communicator: leverage technical, business, and financial acumen to communicate effectively with clients.
Ansai Tech Inc. Atlanta,GA
February 2025 - Present
Responsibilities : • Managing multiple projects, design & architecture for large engagements, (planning & deployments) • Accountable for Project deliverables (e.g. scope, schedule and quality) and managing the project team. • Quickly understand project objectives and balance against competing constraints of cost, schedule, scope, and quality throughout the project lifecycle. coordinating key reviews and decisions and ensuring results of planning are recorded. • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand- ups, etc.) • Facilitate other meetings including the Agile Release Train (ART) Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos • Collaborate with Data Migration teams for Cross team functionality. • Develop for Multi generation plan for DevOps with business objectives • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality. • Translate NFR, product roadmap, into backlog user stories. • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours • Manage the lifecycle of code development, from iteration to sprints to deployment.
MACY'S SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY.Atlanta,GA
July 2024 - February 2025
Responsibilities : • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.) • Manages Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) management reporting to stakeholders, including but not limited to Controller’s Management, business process owners and control owners, external auditors. • Reporting is completed monthly and on a requested basis. Part of managing the reporting process includes drafting the report and addressing any comments from Management. • Led a cross-functional team to implement a new financial software platform, reducing monthly reporting time by 40% and improving data accuracy by 25%. • Developed and executed a strategic financial project roadmap, resulting in a 15% increase in project delivery • efficiency and $2 million in cost saving annually. • Implemented process improvements that streamlined budget approval workflows, cutting approval times by 50% and increasing team productivity by 15%. • Experience in Target process to provides more extensive visual customization options and Jira offers a more traditional form-based layout. • Managed the Jira board for reporting and capacity planning tools to help teams manage resources, visualize workload, and track progress. • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality. • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Plans Scrum implementations within the organization. • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Leads and coaches the organization in its Scrum adoption. • Drove supply chain optimization projects, improving inventory accuracy by 20% using SQL and Power BI for data analysis. • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours • Manage the lifecycle of code development, from iteration to sprints to deployment. • Coordinated offshore to Onsite for any questions/concerns/issues. • Involved setting up application and environment configuration, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and finishing with running and monitoring the application in production environment. • Coordinated with the team to deliver the Stories on time to get the Sign off from Stakeholders. • Implemented Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines leading to a 30% decrease in product delivery time. • Coaches the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality. Environment: Java, Maven. IDE, WildFly. JBoss, AWS,Power BI, ETL,SAFE Agilist, SAS, Sales Force, Azure DevOps, JBoss, Smartsheet. Jira Board, Jira Align, Confluence, Easy BI
DIRECTV, El Segundo, CA
August 2023 - June 2024
Responsibilities: • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.) • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality. • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours. • Attended defect call which were opened Re-test and close the defects. • Implementing set of principles using agile in a business environment. • Experience in Target process to provides more extensive visual customization options and Jira offers a more traditional form-based layout. • Managed the Jira board for reporting and capacity planning tools to help teams manage resources, visualize workload, and track progress. • Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress. • Coordinated offshore to Onsite for any questions/concerns/issues. • Worked with Product owner On Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down. • Coordinated with the team to deliver the Stories on time to get the Sign off from Stakeholders. • Develop and design functional requirements based on the stakeholder inputs. • Prepare business requirements and workflows. • Manage all aspects of enterprise project, cross-functional team of developers, DBA, business operations, and external vendor partners. • Build vision with the project management team for creating project objectives and deadlines. • Schedule daily meetings to promote the flow and exchange of information. • Collaborate with Data Migration teams for Cross team functionality. Environment: SAFE Agilist, Jira Board, Jira Align,AI/ML,SAS, Sales Force, DAP, MDM, Siebel CRM version 7.7, RIO Applications, Oracle 10g Database
CareFirst,BCBS., Baltimore,MD
January 2023 - July 2023
Responsibilities: • Attended the scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.) • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality. • Translate NFR, product roadmap, into backlog user stories. • Involved setting up application and environment configuration, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and finishing with running and monitoring the application in production environment. • Provide functional solutions to Duck creek Product Factory consumer applications business requirements. • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Implementing set of principles using agile in a business environment. • Experience in Target process to provides more extensive visual customization options and Jira offers a more traditional form-based layout. • Managed the Jira board for reporting and capacity planning tools to help teams manage resources, visualize workload, and track progress. • Bridge gap between Product Owner and Duck creek Sprint team to improve Quality of the deliverable. • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours • Manage the lifecycle of code development, from iteration to sprints to deployment. • Coordinated offshore to Onsite for any questions/concerns/issues. • Coordinated with the team to deliver the Stories on time to get the Sign off from Stakeholders. • Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress. • Coordinated offshore to Onsite for any questions/concerns/issues. • Worked with Product owner On Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down. • Develop and design functional requirements based on the stakeholder inputs. • Manage all aspects of enterprise project, cross-functional team of developers, DBA, business operations, and external vendor partners. Environment:SAFE Agilist,Jira Board, Jira Align, Informatica, ETL,Azure DevOps, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, MS Access, MS Office, MS Word, Windows.
Seagen Inc. Bothell, WA
October 2022 - January 2023
Responsibilities: • Understand the MDM assessment conducted by Seagen and finalize the 2 data sources for MVP in partnership with Seagen. • Define project scope, objectives, staffing, resources and deliverables. • Assess existing architecture for Enterprise MDM. • Define and align on the MVP Build Plan for the Build and Demo of HCP Master in Reltio. • Define Integration framework into the Reltio hub using batch mode. • Reltio Out of the Box Address Standardization using Loqate. • Development, unit test, and deployment of data pipelines to extract and load aggregate payment transactions and generate spend payments in Snowflake DB. • Review System design and recommend changes for identified gaps. • Configure Azure Purview to view metadata and lineage across data source in snowflake and the corresponding power bi report using the data source. • Identify a dashboard with low complexity during assessment phase which uses the chosen source files (HCP, Medi spend expense data) to be loaded in Snowflake data warehouse. • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.) • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. Environment: Snowflake, Miro, Power BI, SAS, Sales Force, Reltio, Azure DevOps, DAP, MDM, CM, Kanban, MS SQL Server
Exelixis Inc, Alameda, CA
July 2022 - September 2022
Responsibilities: • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.) • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours • Manage the lifecycle of code development, from iteration to sprints to deployments. • Implementing set of principles using agile in a business environment. • Experience in Target process to provides more extensive visual customization options and Jira offers a more traditional form-based layout. • Managed the Jira board for reporting and capacity planning tools to help teams manage resources, visualize workload, and track progress. • As a Scrum Master, coaches two to three teams in implementing and practicing Agile Principles and methods; Coaches teams toward self-organization. • Promotes collaboration between many self-organizing, cross-functional development teams. • Works closely with Product Owners to ensure backlog items are properly and fully defined prior to acceptance into an iteration/sprint. • Collaborate with Framework Technology and infrastructure management in a financial service. • Coordinate and manage code releases and share API calls with other IT groups. • Communicate with other management, engineers, product managers and support specialists on product issues. • Analyzed the Stories, Bugs, testing phases and Reports by using Jira. • Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress. • Document and archive project activities, deliverables, tools and findings for future projects • Working with Product owner On Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down. • Develop and design functional requirements based on the stakeholder inputs. • Prepare business requirements and workflows. • Manage all aspects of enterprise project, cross-functional team of developers, DBA, business operations, and external vendor partners. • Build vision with the project management team for creating project objectives and deadlines. • Schedule daily meetings to promote the flow and exchange of information. • Collaborate with Data Migration teams for Cross team functionality. Environment: AWS, Sisense, BI, Tableau, DAP, MDM ,Reltio,Talend, Box, Smartsheet, Scrum, SAFE Agilist, Workday, Azure DevOps, Oracle, SharePoint, MS Access, MS Office, MS Word, Windows.
Cox Communications, Atlanta, GA
August 2021 - July 2022
Responsibilities: • Working in Agile teams, capturing business requirements and translating into Agile software requirements. • Independent, self-motivated, organized, and dependable with excellent documentation skills. • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.) • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality. • Implementing set of principles using agile in a business environment. • Experience in Target process to provides more extensive visual customization options and Jira offers a more traditional form-based layout. • Managed the Jira board for reporting and capacity planning tools to help teams manage resources, visualize workload, and track progress. • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours. • Worked on Test Management Framework TMF and PMF Project Management Framework. • Attended defect call which were opened Re-test and close the defects. • Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress. • Coordinated offshore to Onsite for any questions/concerns/issues. • Worked with Product owner On Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down. • Coordinated with the team to deliver the Stories on time to get the Sign off from Stakeholders. • Develop and design functional requirements based on the stakeholder inputs. • Prepare business requirements and workflows. • Manage all aspects of enterprise project, cross-functional team of developers, DBA, business operations, and external vendor partners. • Build vision with the project management team for creating project objectives and deadlines. • Schedule daily meetings to promote the flow and exchange of information. • Collaborate with Data Migration teams for Cross team functionality. Environment: IBM MAINFRAME, CICS, JCL, VSAM, CA7, Endeavor, ServiceNow. Scrum, SAFE Agilist, SAS, Sales Force, HR, Workday, Taleo, PeopleSoft, Azure DevOps, Big Panda, Jenkins, Oracle, SharePoint, MS Access, MS Office, MS Word, Windows.
Barclays Inc, NJ
July 2021 - August 2021
Responsibilities: • Coordinated Daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. • Coordinate and manage code releases and share API calls with other IT groups. Facilitate the PI Planning event, including acting as master of ceremonies, managing the time-boxed agenda, coordinating key reviews and decisions, and ensuring results of planning are recorded. • Develop project plans that identify key issues, approaches, and performance metrics. • Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones formulate risk management plans. Environment: Jira, Confluence, Scrum, Kanban, SAS, Sales Force, Adobe, Oracle, SharePoint Access, MS Office, MS Word, Windows.
NewYork Life Insurance Inc, Alpharetta, GA
May 2018 - June 2021
Responsibilities: • Working in Agile teams, capturing business requirements and translating into Agile software requirements. • Independent, self-motivated, organized, and dependable with excellent documentation skills. • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand- ups, etc.) • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality. • Translate NFR, product roadmap, into backlog user stories. • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects. • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours • Manage the lifecycle of code development, from iteration to sprints to deployment. • Involved Ecommerce application testing end to end for online NYL customers. • Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time, and risk • Exceptional proficiency in Apex Classes Visualforce Migration Tool and other programs in Salesforce developer toolkit. • Involved in IAM implementation with SiteMinder with Ping Federate Applications. • Develop for Multi generation plan for DevOps with business objectives. • Involved in CI / CD / cloud deployment and Dev Ops technologies. Involved testing end to end in Ecommerce applications. Involved Automating (CI/CD) Continuous Build/Continuous Integration/Continuous deployment • Manage the lifecycle of code development, from iteration to sprints to deployment • Collaborating with Framework Technology and infrastructure management in a financial service • Coordinate and manage code releases and share API calls with other IT groups. • Communicate with other management, engineers, product managers and support specialists on product issues • Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress • Working with Product owner On Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down. Environment: SAP -HR and FI, Success Factor, HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365,Workday, Agile/Scrum, SAFe Agilist, XP. Kanban, Selenium, Jira, Confluence, Datacenter, GitHub, SVN, Jenkins. LoadRunner, ServiceNow, Java, JavaScript, Java Webserver, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, LDAP, Ping Directory, ODSEE. MS Access, MS Office, MS Word, Windows XP/vista.
Veracity (Vanco Payments) Atlanta, GA
October 2017 - April 2018
Responsibilities: • Coordinated Daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. • Coordinate and manage code releases and shared API calls with other IT groups Facilitate the PI Planning event, including acting as master of ceremonies, managing the time-boxed agenda, coordinating key reviews and decisions, and ensuring results of planning are recorded. • Facilitate other meetings including the Agile Release Train (ART) Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos • Collaborate with Data Migration teams for Cross team functionality. • Develop for Multi generation plan for DevOps with business objectives • Involved cloud-based application testing on AWS services. • Strong experience in Salesforce Development and Design • Exceptional proficiency in Apex Classes Visualforce Migration Tool and other programs in Salesforce developer toolkit. Coordinate with patching for Java and Middleware application • Involved in ITIL process with ServiceNow implementation with ITSM tools. • Define project scope, objectives, staffing, resources, and deliverables • Coordinated for Ecommerce application for banking credit card validations. • Develop project plans that identify key issues, approaches, and performance metrics • Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones formulate risk management plans • Assemble and coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams • Radiated information and ensuring a team's progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders, including the team itself. Environment: Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, Safe Agilist, Kanban, SafeAgile4.0, EDW, ALM, Selenium, SoapUI, Rest API, WSDL, JAVA, JMeter, JNDI, JUnit, AWS. GitHub, SVN, Jenkins. Load runner, JavaScript, Java Webserver, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, MS Access, MS Office, Ms Word, Windows XP/vista, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs).
Cox Communications Inc, Atlanta, GA
June 2017 - October 2017
• Only residential DMCA violations are in scope. All other abuses (including business DMCA violations) are out of scope. An application from Ernst & Young (E&Y), the DMCA Abuse Record Tracking (DART) application will be utilized as the basis of DMCA monitoring. • Cox current abuse processes and implementation put safe harbor protection on in jeopardy, especially considering recent litigation with substantial financial implications • This project aims to remedy this situation and protect Cox from future litigation • Validation of successful migration of RESI customer accounts from CATS to DART (DMCA Abuse Record Tracking) Environment:IBM MAINFRAME, CICS, JCL, VSAM, CA7, Endeavor Microsoft tools, Office 365, Share Point, ALM, WBS, Jira, Agile/Scrum/Kanban/XP/ SAFe Agilist, Crystal, ATDD, FDD, JAVA, Java Script, Java Webserver, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL Server, Ms Project.
Veracity (Vanco Payments) Atlanta, GA
February 2016 - June 2017
Responsibilities: • Working in Agile teams, capturing business requirements and translating into Agile software requirements. • Independent, self-motivated, organized, and dependable with excellent documentation skills. • Coordinated Daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. • Coordinate and manage code releases and shared API calls with other IT groups Facilitate the PI Planning event, including acting as master of ceremonies, managing the time-boxed agenda, coordinating key reviews and decisions, and ensuring results of planning are recorded. • Involved testing end to end in Ecommerce applications. • Involved Automating (CI/CD) Continuous Build/Continuous Integration/Continuous deployment • Coordinate and manage code releases and share API calls with other IT groups. • Collaborate with Data Migration teams for Cross team functionality. • Coordinate with patching for Java and Middleware application • Involved in ITIL process with ServiceNow implementation with ITSM tools. Environment: WBS, ALM, WebSphere, VersionOne.Agile/Scrum, XP, Kanban, Selenium, SoapU, Rest Api, WSDL, JAVA, JMeter, Jndi, J Unit, GitHub, SVN, Jenkins, EDW, ETL, Loadrunner, ServiceNow, JavaScript, Java Webserver, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, MS Access, MS Office, Ms Word, Windows XP/vista, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs).
Ernst & Young, Alpharetta, GA
February 2013 - January 2016
Responsibilities: • Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.) • Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality • Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects • Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours Worked on Test Management Framework TMF and PMF Project Management Framework. Attended defect call which were opened Re-test and close the defects Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress • Working with Product owner On Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down. • Leading process development and implementation projects. • Quickly understand project objectives and balance against competing constraints of cost, schedule, scope, and quality throughout the project lifecycle. • Maintain and track the test build releases in Configuration Management Tool ALM/MTM • Tested the applications in cloud-based MS Azure Application. • Involved webservices testing on SOAP UI, REST API. • Involved testing on Mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, and Android). • Maintain an inventory of various hardware and software components used in various environments and ensure each environment is configured to accommodate each release Environment:.Net, Delphi,ALM, AWS, Azure, BigData, Hadoop, Icloud, SoapUI, Rest, WSDL, XML.QTP, UFT, Loadrunner, MTM, UFT, Dochelper, Java, Selinum, REST, Jmeter, JNDI, Agile/Scrum, Rally, TFS, Oracle, Mobiletools SQL, SQL Server, MS Access, MS Office, Ms Word, Windows, IE11, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs).
Bid Ready, Atlanta, GA
October 2012 - January 2013
Responsibilities: • Coordinated Daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. • Coordinate and manage code releases and shared API calls with other IT groups Facilitate the PI Planning event, including acting as master of ceremonies, managing the time-boxed agenda, coordinating key reviews and decisions, and ensuring results of planning are recorded. Environment: UNIX, Linux, Python, Ruby WebSphere, Quality Center 11, Agile/Scrum, JAVA, JMeter, Java Script, GitHub, SVN, Jenkins, Java Webserver, Silk, ETL, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, MS Access, MS Office, Ms Word, Windows XP/vista
COX Communications Inc– Alpharetta, GA
April 2009 - October 2012
Responsibilities: • Managing multiple projects, design & architecture for large engagements, (planning & deployments) • Coordinate with patching for Java and Middleware application • Accountable for Project deliverables (e.g. scope, schedule and quality) and managing the project team. • Leading Datacenter, Call Center, Digester Center, IPCC (Design & Deployment). • Daily service review & SLA related issues. Environment: AS 400, ICOMS, Data Warehousing, SAP FI, SAP tools, ETL, Oracle EBS,Java, JWS,BI, Data migration, DM, Teradata, My-Account, Broadsoft, .Net, CRM, Vision Tools, Rally, TFS, QTP, ALM, Sql, Pl/Sql, Quality Center 10.0,XML,Windows XP., My Admin, Vmware, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Agile/Scrum /Kanban/XP, TFS, MS Test Manager, Ms Project, MS office 2010, Reports Database
Intercontinental Hotels Group - Atlanta, GA
March 2008 - March 2009
Responsibilities: • Establish project scope and manage expectations • Produce project documentation including formal proposals and schedules, system requirements and testing plans, project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis, identifying resource needs, performing quality review and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately. Environment: UNIX, Shell scripts, WebSphere, TFS, Quality Center 9.2, ALM, Test Director, JAVA, Java Script, Java Webserver, XML, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, MS Access, MS Office, Ms Word, Windows XP/vista
Macy’s Systems & Technology – Duluth, GA
August 2006 - February 2008
Responsibilities: • Under general supervision, independently developed, modified, and implemented moderately to highly complex information systems that are thorough and accurate and conform to MST standards on the Pace project. • Involved POS application testing end to end for PACE Retail customers. • Trained over 25 merchants in Ecommerce best practices and procedures through individual and group teaching sessions and creating process documentation. • Analyzing the SAP Business Intelligence with several advanced analytics solutions including real-time BI predictive analytics, and planning & analysis Environment: IBM MAINFRAME, CICS, JCL, VSAM, CA7, Endeavor, Oracle, OMS, WCS, Teradata, ERP, TFS, Reports Database, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, Test Manager, TFS, DB2, Oracle, MS Access, MS Office, MS Word, .Net, SAP BI, SAP FI, SAP tools
Apria Healthcare, CA
March 2005 - July 2006
Responsibilities: • Working on the projects directly along with a team of 10 other software engineers. • Focused on FHR healthcare products. • Dealing with the clients, taking their requirements about the project and working on the same. • Working towards client satisfaction. • Planning for the complete project, discussing and finalizing with seniors. • Managing project completion in estimated budget.
Andhra University, Vizag, Inda, October 1994
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Scrum Alliance
Issued: 1/13/2015 - Expires: 8/18/2027
Credential ID: 000384111
Scrum Alliance
Issued: 8/18/2015 - Expires: 8/18/2027
Credential ID: 000384111
Scaled Agile Framework
Issued: 7/14/2024 - Expires: 8/7/2025
Credential ID: 58602850-0660
Verified Scrum Master
8+ years of experience
Preferred commitment: Full Time
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