Subhasish Gupta

Scrum Master/Senior Software Professional

ad4ll1@r.postjobfree.com• 973-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhasish-gupta/

• Hoboken, NJ, 07030

Summary

Multifaceted IT Professional with track record of implementing Agile Methodologies and Scrum Ceremonies to facilitate on-time product delivery. Proven track record in driving Agile and Lead frameworks, fostering collaboration, and achieving quality product delivery. Committed to continuous improvement and promoting an Agile mindset for individual and team growth.

Refined communicator with expertise in building and sustaining professional relationships with teams, colleagues, stakeholders, clients, and all levels of management. Approachable and team player and Proven exceptional customer service with unconditional commitment to giving the highest level of product or service to every person, regardless of the circumstances. Passion for sharing information and helping others be successful. Team player with a positive attitude, sense of urgency, and willingness to do whatever is needed to achieve project goals.

Areas of Expertise

•Agile Methodology

•Scrum Framework Proficiency

•Servant Leadership

•Transparency & Accountability

•Collaborative Problem Solving

•Develop User Stories

•Backlog Refinement

•Process Optimization & Negotiation Skills

•Building Effective Relationship

•Teambuilding & Leadership

•Training & Development/Product Demonstrations

•Presentation Skills

•Conflict Resolutions

•Jira & Confluence

•Data Analysis

•Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

•FX Trading

•MySQL

•Microsoft Office

•Quality Assurance

•Interpersonal Skills

•Regularity Compliances

Career Experience

Self Employed, USA Aug 2023 – Present

Knowledge Consultants

Trainer/Coach via case studies, white papers, published articles and presentations. I am passionate about the contribution I’m able to make to growing and developing leadership in others. This is such a central and immensely rewarding aspect of any leadership role.

Train and coach teams on FX Trading, Reports, Regularities Compliances, Scrum Framework and QA processes.

Train and strengthen the skill set of Scrum team rooster through guidance, motivation, and positive reinforcement.

Empower the team to make process improvement ideas and solutions in an ever-changing environment and improvement of Scrum/QA Processes.

Successful Coach/Instructor on Udemy.

Bank Of America, New York, NY Apr 2022 – Aug 2023

Scrum Master/Analyst

Adept at leading Agile ceremonies, resolving impediments, and collaborating cross-functionally to optimize project outcomes. Skilled in crafting and communicating strategic visions, streamlining processes, and ensuring transparency and accountability in Scrum activities. Proficient in utilizing Jira and Confluence tools for metric tracking and reporting. Known for empowering teams, mentoring, and instigating continuous improvement initiatives. Enforced Agile framework and provide a strong agile mindset by example in both the squad and the organization. Coached various teams to higher levels of maturity by improving their process and ensuring they adhered to the Scrum framework. Defined a short- and long-term Product vision with Product Owner and communicated it to the Scrum team and stakeholders.

Scrum Master Role:

Provided a vision strategy for Agile practices and enabled a culture to the continuous improvement for the organization.

Coached team members on Agile processes and facilitated agile ceremonies including Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.

Enforced the scrum principles within the scrum team and resolved the impediments of the team members.

Facilitated discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution across cross -functional teams.

Assisted with the planning, tracking, and communicating team progress using Agile metrics and reporting tools, documentation, and status updates for the ongoing projects.

Acted as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams, ensuring clear communication and understanding of project progress, design decisions, and Agile practices.

Translated business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications.

Creating user stories, providing credible challenges to teams during Demo and when appropriate providing work around / tactical solution to move forward.

Ensured the 100% of inter-team risks, impediments, and blockers were identified, communicated, and resolved.

Ensured 100% of goals, scope, and product domain were understood by the scrum team.

Ensured user stories were 100% ordered, defined and ready to be worked on by the teams.

Ensured 100% of Scrum activities were tracked, kept up-to-date, and reported.

Supported and educated product owners with respect to grooming and maintaining product backlogs.

Created, updated, and communicated weekly dashboard reports, which includes graphical representation of burndown progress to velocity of the team.

Utilized Jira and Confluence tools to prepare and share team’s metrics and delivery results.

QA Analyst Role:

Identified opportunities for process improvement and initiate changes and implemented process improvements.

Instrumental in supporting products, and various areas, while ensuring optimal quality.

Organized system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls, and enhancing overall performance.

Executed a full range of testing on features including regression testing, functional testing, and UAT testing for BOA Trading applications.

Collaborated closely with developers throughout the coding phase while running multiple integration tests simultaneously for major software launches.

Worked closely with Automation team defining requirements, creating automation scripting, executing, and troubleshooting.

Created and executed database queries to test the underlying data changes caused by interactions of software applications.

Used customer data & feeds to perform root cause analysis accurately reporting on results.

Investigate and remediate compliance breaches in a timely and effective manner.

Monitored and reviewed Trading reports to ensure that all policies and procedures are fully followed.

Delivered and tracked program compliance training for all staff, associates and third parties.

Provided product demos to stakeholders and end users to get feedback for product improvement.

Promoted continuous improvement by conducting, documenting, and communicating lessons learned with upper management.

Ensured the successful implementation of all release components to meet company commitments.

Coordinated and managed internal projects and assignments to deliver seamless rollout.

Successfully deployed multiple crucial releases on migrating major functionality from third-party system to BOA system and eliminate dependencies.

Knowledge Consultant Role:

Responsible for knowledge transfer to internal and external audiences via case studies, white papers, published articles and presentations, and served as keynote speaker in area(s) of expertise.

Conducted weekly Knowledge Transfer sessions to coach teams on FX Trading, Reports, Compliances, Scrum Framework and QA processes.

Provided full range of expertise on FX and Scrum to various teams.

Conducted weekly knowledge transfer sessions to internal and external audiences via case studies and presentations.

Empowered the team to make process improvement ideas and solutions in an ever-changing environment and improvement of Scrum/QA Processes.

Key Achievements:

Spearhead developed streamlined workflows and feature map to provide more effective results for both development and program team respectively.

Applied Agile methodologies to streamline development processes, resulting in reduction in time-to-market for new features.

Trained and strengthened the skill set of Scrum team rooster through guidance, motivation, and positive reinforcement.

Initiated development of robust software testing process that aligned with project needs, that led to successful management of time and focused more on main software testing tasks.

Successfully delivered Releases in timely manner, in partnership with internal business and program team while adhering to enterprise standards.

Shared knowledge through weekly knowledge transfer sessions to internal and external audiences via case studies and presentations.

Provided continuous improvement ideas and solutions in an ever-changing environment.

NEX/CME, Parsippany, NJ Feb 2015 – Dec 2020

Senior Software Professional/Scrum Master

Implemented and guided Agile principles, leading ceremonies like Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Retrospective, Story Refinement, and Sprint Review. Addressed team members' impediments, enforced Scrum principles, and empowered teams to make process improvements, captured in sprint retrospective meetings. Initiated impactful process improvements, fostering team-building opportunities, and enhancing productivity through continuous improvement initiatives, reducing waste. Leveraged Jira and Confluence tools to compile team metrics and delivery results, providing guidance to the QA team for timely and quality execution of high-quality products. Collaborated with developers, designers, and support team members, validating requirements and designs while crafting comprehensive test plans and scripts for various Trading applications, ensuring strict adherence to quality standards. Supported in planning and development of various applications by outlining plans and specifications such as roadmap, milestones, requirements, risk & dependencies. Worked closely with domain leads and development team to design and develop robust solutions to meet business requirements for functionality.

Scrum Master Role:

Guided Agile principles and facilitation skills to ensure teams were working on Agile mindset and utilizing Scrum practices.

Spread headed Agile ceremonies such as Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Retrospective, Story Refinement and Sprint Review.

Acted as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams, ensuring clear communication and understanding of project progress, design decisions, and Agile practices.

Resolved the impediments of the team members and enforce the scrum principles within the scrum team.

Guided team and applied Agile techniques throughout journey.

Empowered the team to make process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings.

Encouraged and implemented process improvements. Create team-building opportunities.

Improved productivity through continuous improvement initiatives and reduction of waste.

Utilized Jira and Confluence tools to prepare and share team’s metrics and delivery results.

Encouraged and implemented process improvements. Created team building opportunities.

Senior Software Professional Role:

Gave direction and supervise QA team by offering approaches to be used to ensure timely and quality execution against expectations and deliver quality products.

Worked collaboratively with developers, designers, and support team members in the validation of requirements and design while creating the test plans and scripts.

Developed, maintained, and documented Test Plans/ Test Strategies/Test cases for several Trading applications with close attention to detail to ensure quality standards are met.

Worked with Automation team in creating automation scripts, executing, and troubleshooting.

Tested Validated Trading Application Deal Executions, Reports (Deal Tickets, Settlement Instructions….) to ensure the data accuracy.

Tested and retested development turnovers and recommended alternatives/turnarounds to resolve issues.

Created and executed database queries to test the underlying data changes caused by interactions of software applications.

Used customer data & feeds to perform root cause analysis accurately reporting on results.

Wrote SQL scripts to validate data accuracy and consistency for Trading system applications.

Deployed software releases with Ops team and work with end-users on configuration changes and software changes.

Coordinated and managed internal projects and assignments to deliver seamless rollout.

Provided product demos to stakeholders and end users to get feedback for product improvement.

In-depth knowledge of FX Trading, Market Data, Liquidity Management and Billing applications along with Trading Regularity Compliances.

Key Achievements:

Acted as a servant leader and coach for Agile Scrum teams, ensuring the effective use and practice of the Agile framework.

Streamlined Scrum/QA Processes to increase efficiency and new product rollout time.

Drove innovation in multiple areas, including strategies for effective teamwork and crafted robust strategies for enhancing teamwork and communication among members of team projects.

Provided full range of expertise on FX Trading and Scrum to various teams to bring them up to speed.

Demonstrated leadership abilities that include excellent organizational and communication skills, motivating teams, maintaining a strong customer focus.

Acted as key contact for issue resolution and customer advocacy, reducing issues and by over 45%.

EBS/ICAP, Parsippany, NJ Jan 2009 – Feb 2015

Senior QA Professional

Lead Software Projects and managed QA team. Conducted comprehensive technical evaluations to determine scope and timelines for upcoming projects and individual tasks, while recommending development and testing enhancements to maximize overall impact. Gave direction and supervise QA team by offering approaches to be used to ensure timely and quality execution against expectations and deliver quality products. Trained and steered onsite/offshore team members in QA standards, policies, and procedures; provided guidance to junior testers. Acted as a subject matter expert (SME), advising senior managers on the implications of proposed business decisions related to area(s) of expertise.

Senior QA Professional Role:

Collaborated closely with upper management and cross functional team to drive strategy through development and implementation of new processes, applications.

Created strong guidelines for testing to ensure better results and quality.

Lead multiple teams with several members to improve testing accuracy.

Created User stories, providing credible challenge to QA during Demo and when appropriate providing work around / tactical solution to move forward.

Prepared Test Plans/Strategies/Scripts/test cases, scheduled testing responsibilities, ensured process compliance, and represented QA in internal Audit.

Executed a full range of testing on features including regression testing, functional testing, integration testing, and UAT testing.

Write SQL scripts to validate data accuracy and consistency for Trading system and Billing applications.

Testing UI/DB compatibility, data transaction and load test.

Build and install applications, ensuring connectivity between all components as well as executed sanity test prior test executions.

Provided continuous improvement ideas and solutions in an ever-changing environment.

Maintained knowledge of emerging technologies and use those technologies to solve business problems.

Assisted automation team on scripting. Execute and troubleshoot automated tests.

Independently oversaw extensive and complex FX Spot, NDF, Forwards, Swaps Trading, Market Data & Billing Projects, while complying with budget constraints.

Key Achievements:

Acted as a facilitator to resolve issues; seen as key team member on project teams spanning more than own function.

Worked with development teams to resolve design issues discovered during testing phases and recommended suitable software changes.

Developed client-facing materials and delivered training to company field and service associates.

As a Subject Matter Expert, I trained and mentored new/existing employees.

Professional Skills

Excellent problem-solving skills; proven teamwork and communication skills.

Excellent organizational skills and detail-oriented approach to problem solving Demonstrated proficiency in multitasking and prioritization.

Mentor/Coach for Scrum Framework, SDLC, QA Process.

Demonstrated analytical skills and experience of working with metrics.

Proactive, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education

Bachelors in science with Physics, Statistics, Mathematics & Computer Science

Management in Development: Strategic Planning, Management Issues & Computer Science

Professional Training

Application Development in Client/Server Computing

Scrum PSM I, PSM II, PSPO I

Certifications

Professional Scrum Master PSM I

Professional Scrum Master PSM II

Professional Scrum Product Owner PSPO I

Coach/Instructor

Highest rates Udemy Instructor for Professional Scrum Master Certification training.

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