Suresh Babu Rathinavelu

Block C*-*, Orchid Arunachala, RV Garden, Kadaperi, Tambaram, Chennai – 600 045. India

+91-900******* / 944-***-**** / 44 22412801

acuyf7@r.postjobfree.com / acuyf7@r.postjobfree.com Scrum Master/ Agile Project Manager

Snapshot: Qualified senior management professional with 17+ years of experience in Project Management, Software Development & Testing and Delivery Management; possess expertise in managing based on Waterfall to Agile Scrum Methodology across Healthcare (Platform & Clinical Data Capture), Telecom (5ESS Switch) and Payments. Exploring challenging senior managerial assignments with a professionally managed organization. Core Competencies:

Agile Scrum Software Development Methodologies ~ Scrum Process Gap Analysis ~ Software Testing ~ Program Implementation ~ Client Engagement ~ Team Leadership Executive Summary

Well versed with Agile Scrum Methodology, and successfully handled many projects in Agile Scrum Framework

Significant exposure in application development, maintenance & support and product engineering across multiple technologies

Well versed in scoping, designing, developing, deploying and supporting applications in diverse technologies

Carried out training for all the team members in Agile Scrum Methodology

Skilled in workflow management, defect/issue tracking, problem management, risk management and change tracking

Proven ability in end-to-end management of multiple projects from conceptualisation and visualisation to technology mapping and final execution of projects

Proficient in identifying/ evaluating defects, questionable functions, errors, inconsistencies in software program functions, outputs, online screens, content & metrics analysis based on Scrum Principles & Values

Adept at defining, leading and driving project operations effectively, through the implementation of several management dynamics including Strategic Execution Plans, Task & Resource Allocation, Team Management, Performance Monitoring / Supervision, Progress Reviews, Training & Development etc

Polished leadership skills with ability to motivate teams to increase productivity Professional Experience

Computer Science Corporation (CSC) of India Ltd., Chennai ~ Jul 2008 till date Designation Duration

Senior Professional - Application Delivery Oct 2012 till date Manager - Application Development Jul 2012 – Oct 2012 Quality Manager Jan 2010 – Jun 2012

Associate Quality Manager Jul 2008 – Dec 2009

Accomplishments

Played key role in successful implementation of agile scrum process in the PayPal Scrum teams. Enabled cultural transformation, process management and training of Scrum methodology and principles

Guide the GLIC DNA Project on the Scrum Methodology as a Scrum Coach

Rated high for implementation of agile scrum process in the EMC team by implementing process management, training of Scrum methodology and principles

Conducted Scrum Process Gap Analysis in Petroskills/ DataProbe (CSC Projects) Projects and provided recommendations to improve the teams in scrum maturity level

Involved in migrating software development methodology from Waterfall to Agile Scrum Methodology in NHS CDC & Platform Project. Involved in roll out/ configuration of ALM Tool in NHS project

Migrated the NHS CDC & Platform projects from Waterfall to Agile Scrum Methodology

Successfully executed 3 Scrum Projects & played a key role in successful implementation of Agile Process and delivery

Job Profile

Playing a Scrum Master role in successful implementation of agile scrum process in the team. Enabled cultural transformation, process management and training of Scrum methodology and principles.

As an Agile Program Manager (APM) is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile projects that provide exceptional business value to users.

Organize training sessions for team members on Agile Methodology and ensure compliance to Scrum principles in role as Scrum Master / Agile Program Manager

Function as Scrum Coach Role in the Projects.

CSC Projects

Project Name: PayPal - Core Payments : Duration: May 2014 till date : Client: PayPal, IDC Chennai Role: Scrum Master / Agile Program Manager (APM) ~ Team Size: 4 Teams (7 to 9 Members from each team) Technology used: C++, Java, J2EE, Spring, JDBC, HTML 5.0, JavaScript, Oracle 11G, Rally, Jenkins, Test NG, Selenium

Project Brief: An electronic commerce (e-commerce) facilitating payments between parties through online funds transfers and it allows customers to establish an account on its website, which is connected to a user's credit card or checking account. Once identification and proof of funds have been confirmed, a user may begin sending or receiving payments to and from other accounts. To make online purchases safer by providing a form of payment that does not require the payer or payee to disclose credit card or bank account numbers. Also, provides several online payment and money transfer options for consumers and other companies. It provides a secure connection between online shop and Internet merchant account

Responsibilities:

As Scrum Master

Ensure adherence to Scrum principles

Collaborate with product owners in prioritizing user stories and evaluating acceptance criteria

Assist the product owner and team in developing release plan, release forecast, sprint plans, backlog management and burn down charts through agile project management tool

Partner with the product owner in managing activities like communicating updates and impediments

Maintain effective backlog and release plan. Enhance the team’s engineering practices and tools based on requirements

Implement new engineering practice & assist developers in enhancing processes

Participate in daily stand up, Sprint Planning and Sprint retrospective meetings

Guide team members on DoD (Definition of Done). Manage release activities across Scrum teams within specific delivery groups

Update progress report to the senior management highlighting program status, issues and risks to enable effective decision making

Radiate information or ensure that a team’s progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders, including the team itself

Remove any impediments that obstruct a team’s pursuit of its sprint goals

Train the Scrum Team on Scrum Principles and Values

Team Capacity Planning

Playing an active Scrum Coach role for the team As Agile Program Manager (APM)

Manage release activities across scrum teams within a specific delivery group

Participate in Program level meetings: Release Planning, Scrum of Scrums etc

Collaborate with CPO (Chief Product Owner), Architect & other leads to ensure alignment across domains

Assist impacted teams prior to initiating Release activities

Maintain updated Stakeholder matrix with user stories, Rally and POCs to track cross-domain dependencies

Preside over Scrums meeting to assess progress and status of every delivery team against SLA parameters

Interact with internal & external stakeholders for ensuring compliance to quality parameters

Work closely with senior management to report on KPIs/Metrics, also highlighting overall program status, issues and risks.

Liaise with product owners and provide visibility on ongoing work as well as next in line priority

Guide team members on transformation maturity metrics shared by Transformation Team and set improvement milestones

Ensure complete adherence to PayPal Agile practices within their Delivery group Project Name: GLIC - DNA : Duration: Jan 2014 – Apr 2014 : Client: Guardian Life Insurance, USA Role: Scrum Coach / Scrum Master ~ Team Size: 15

Technology used: Windows XP, C# 3.5, .NET, HTML4.0/ 5.0, jQuery, Visual Studio 2008, VSTS 2010/ALM, Oracle DB Project Brief: The Guardian Life Insurance (GLIC) - Dental Network Administration (DNA) project will include all processing and data interfacing needed to pay in-network Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and Dental Health Maintenance Organization (DHMO) claims and administer directly contracted, rental, and leasing PPO networks as well as directly contracted DHMO networks

Responsibilities:

Guided team members on Scrum to deliver high quality software in role as Scrum Coach

Assisted team members on Agile Scrum Process during project implementation on agile scrum and continuous improvement

Collaborated with team members in preparing/ estimating user stories. Rendered consultancy pertaining to end to end project implementation

Implemented best practices to about Scrum adoption to the project. Planned meetings like Preplanning, Planning, Daily Scrum, Review & Retrospective

Developed capacity calculator template for the team in compliance to Scrum Principles. Organized sprint demos for product owners and business

Assisting in preparing the overall planning of the project that means work as a consultant and provided various ideas, suggestions, and strategies

Project Name: Solve – CCA5 : Duration: Apr 2013 – Dec 2013 : Client: EMC, USA Role: Scrum Master ~ Team Size: 13

Technology used: Java, J2EE, Spring, JDBC, HTML 5.0, JavaScript, Oracle 11G, VersionOne, Jenkins, Test NG, Selenium

Project Brief: Solve CCA5 (Change Control Automation) process is designed to meet the accelerated growth and changes applied to all EMC hardware, associated software and also to all EMC equipment changes such as installations, reconfigurations and upgrade/down grade requests. Project designed to build model in CCA5 prior to changing actual configuration settings

Responsibilities:

Functioned as Scrum Master for the team involved in conducting Scrum principles. Participated in Daily stand up, Sprint Planning and Sprint retrospective meetings

Liaised with product owners for prioritizing user stories and evaluating acceptance criteria

Collaborated with the product owner and the team in developing Release Plans, Release Forecast, Sprint Plans, Backlog Management and Burn down charts through VersionOne Agile Project Management Tool

Organized Daily Scrum, Sprint demos for product owners and business

Assisted the Product Owner in activities like communicating updates and impediments as well as maintaining backlog & release plans/ enhancing team’s engineering practices and tools

Maintained regular interaction with stakeholders and implemented various process improvement initiatives

Worked with the team on DoD (Definition of Done) as well as on SoS (Scrum of Scrum) for the distributed scrum teams

Project Name: LORENZO : Duration: Jul 2008 – Mar 2013 : Client: NHS, UK Role: Scrum Master/ Quality Manager ~ Team Size: 40 Technology used: Windows XP, C# 3.5, Silverlight 5.0, WCF, ASP .NET, HTML4.0 / 5.0, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, Rational synergy, VSTS 2010/ALM Project Brief: An enterprise solution developed to reform healthcare across the globe with emphasis on creating electronic medical records, uniform standards of prescription and diagnosis for patient care beyond administration. LORENZO is built on a modular, flexible Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) this is designed for interoperability with 3- Tier deployment architecture. Lorenzo is developed on an architecture/platform named BLUEPRiNT. This architecture forms the base for Lorenzo product and subsequent solutions. This architecture provides the framework, components, and controls and tools so that the product can be developed consuming the platform Clinical Data Capture (CDC):-CDC is a tool that enables clinicians and other support staff in a health organization to capture data pertinent to a patient; individual pieces of data are captured by making use of data items of several types. Using these data items, forms and form sets are designed. The forms and form sets are typically initiated to a patient using a web-based application called the Electronic Patient Record (EPR). Issue Management is the process of identifying and resolving issues in LORENZO product Responsibilities:

Involved in developing sprint plans, backlog management and burn down charts through TFS/ ALM

Guided the test team in evaluating requirements and designing test strategy

Prepared/ implemented test plans for ensuring compliance to SLA parameters

Reviewed all issues and decided on a course of action

Administered Scope Management

Assigned roles and responsibilities for managing issues

Reported on the status of issues to management

India Comnet International, Chennai ~ Assistant Manager ~ Apr 1999 – Jun 2008 Job Profile

Spearheaded team efforts in rendering qualitative service delivery across assigned projects

Involved in documenting, tracking, & communicating test plans, test results, analysis & unresolved problems

Prepared/ presented various test status and progress reports to enable decision making by the senior management India Comnet Projects

Project Name: Office Database Administration (ODA) : Duration: Jul 2003 – Jun 2008 : Client: Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, Chennai

Role: ~ Team Size: 20

Technology used: UNIX, C, Sun Solaris, Windows, Test Simulator and 5ESS Switch Project Brief: ODA (Office Data Administration) is a set of off-line processes that provides a mechanism for data entry, error checking, and production of the final database for use in a 5ESS Switching office. The result of the ODA process is an Office Dependent Data (ODD), which contains the unique translation for a specific Switching office. The Office Dependent Data (ODD) built and loaded into the switch provides the required Data Base for Call Processing and Administration and Maintenance as well as Traffic Measurements. All hardware details of the switch and its configuration are stored as information in ODD. It is a prerequisite for running the switch. ODD is generated based on ODA and Retrofit Toolsets

Responsibilities:

Managed data engineering and loaded ODD (Office Dependent Data) Database in 5ESS Switches

Conducted integration & system testing for features delivered by the ODA through EES or off-line 5ESS Switch

Tested & debugged production & field return Line and Trunk & Processor Control Circuit Packs

Performed system level testing to ensure that the switch supplied meets the stringent quality requirement of the customer

Rendered technical support and resolutions for site related problems. Conducted formal technical reviews and 5ESS feature discussions

Prepared Detailed Test Plan on Feature Specification and Data Design Documents

Validated/ priority of error reported by the team members

Conducted Feature & Basic Call Testing such as PSTN, ISDN in 5ESS Execution Environment Simulation Tool

Optimized resource utilization through task allocation to team members across North American Region (NAR) and International (INTL)

Prepared Objective Tracking Records based on metrics collected to be presented to the same to top management

Updated team objectives based on Customer Satisfaction Report Project Name: Telecommunication Management System (TMS-5) : Duration: Apr 1999 – Jun 2003 : Client: Alcatel- Lucent Technologies, Chennai

Role: ~ Team Size: 15

Technology used: UNIX, C, Sun Solaris, Windows, TUXEDO, Panther, JAM/JPL, Java, Informix, Oracle, 5ESS RC

(Recent Change) Test Simulator and 5ESS Switch, Win Runner, Load Runner Project Brief: Telecommunication Management System (TMS-5) is a suite of OSS (Operations Support System) that allows the efficient management, Operation, Inventory, activation and control of Alcatel-Lucent 5ESS switches in private networks. TMS-5 allows the user to record, track, and manages all information pertaining to a telephone subscriber system.

Earlier Assignment

Softline Solution, Pondicherry ~ Programmer ~ Jan 1997 – Feb 1999 Credentials

Education

MBA (System), University of Madras, Chennai 2004

M Sc. (Computer Science), Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 1996

B Sc. (Computer Science), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 1994 Professional Development

Scrum Master, International Scrum Institute 2012

Scrum Product Owner, International Scrum Institute 2012

CSM (Certified Scrum Master), Scrum Alliance 2011 Date of Birth: 27th May 1974 Languages Known: English and Tamil Passport Details: N1398104 valid till 2025 Visa Status: H1-B US Visa Reference: Available on Request

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