Ronak Kandarp Sanghavi - Agile Coach - SPC, ICP-ACC

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SUMMARY

Seasoned Agile Coach and Trainer on a mission to improve business outcomes through effective implementation of Agile values and best practices in real world situations.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Senior Agile Coach with over 8 years of experience in Agile methodologies, coaching, leadership, and transformation.

Coached global leaders and 60+ Agile teams from diverse cultures to drive successful Agile adoption.

Skilled in driving organizational change through continuous improvement, Lean principles, and Agile frameworks.

Expert in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and other Agile methodologies.

Passionate about coaching teams, leaders, and stakeholders to achieve their full potential and deliver high-quality products and services.

26 years of experience in IT-enabled business solutions, including SDLC, business analysis, project/program management, delivery management, practice management, hiring, resource management, programming, system administration, coaching, mentoring, and training.

PROBLEMS I TYPICALLY SOLVE

Team members work in a silo

Vanity metrics are measured and managed

Insufficient role clarity, especially for Product Owner, Scrum Master, Resource Managers

Teams practice in “Ritualistic” or “Waterfall” Agile

Managers and leaders impede agility by practicing command-and-control leadership

Lack of 'Continuous Improvement' mindset and practices

Ineffective stakeholder engagement, especially with business stakeholders

Not all of the work team performs is made visible, i.e. hidden factory

High work-in-progress, i.e. high cycle-time

Agile ceremonies are skipped or executed “namesake”

Dominating Product Owner or Scrum Master

Poor quality of requirements

EXPERTISE

Standing up SCRUM and Kanban Agile teams and Coaching them to become high performing teams.

Coaching Agile leaders to become role models of Agile values, behaviors and practices.

Coaching Product owners and other business stakeholders including operations and product management.

Designing and facilitating Agile awareness, skill building and certifications training.

Configuring and using Jira to facilitate efficient communication and collaboration within and across teams.

SKILLS

Agile Coaching • Agile Training • Agile Project Management • Agile Methodologies • Scrum • Kanban • Agile Leadership • Scaled Agile Framework • Business Analysis • Requirements Analysis • Business Process Improvement

CERTFICATIONS

SAFe 5 Practitioner Certification from Scaled Agile Inc

ICAgile Certified Professional Agile Coaching from ICAgile

Certified Business Analysis Professional from IIBA

EXPERIENCE

Senior Agile Coach Valuebase Apr 2023 - Present

Developed and delivered training curriculum that improved Agile maturity by 30%

Established and led multiple SCRUM and Kanban teams, facilitating Sprint 0 and increasing productivity by 30%.

Provided ongoing guidance and support to Agile teams, resulting in a 20% increase in team satisfaction and a 15% increase in on-time delivery.

Fleet Agile Coach Morgan Stanley May 2021 - Mar 2023

Coached and trained 20+ teams to adopt Spotify scaled agile framework: improved velocity 30-50%.

Conducted agility maturity assessments: identified improvement areas boosting performance by 20%.

Built Fleet Agile metrics dashboards: increased transparency enabling 15-20% faster decision-making.

Led Agile Coaching team and standardized practices across 50+ teams.

Updated Agile COE playbook resulting in a 25% increase in adherence to Agile practices.

Coached leaders on Agile values and portfolio planning; improved culture and 30% reduction in planning time.

Provided ongoing coaching to agile teams to enhance Agile maturity by 2 levels.

Enterprise Agile Coach Vanguard Charitable May 2019 - Apr 2021

Implemented SAFe framework. Facilitated transition from Waterfall. Reduced time to market by 25% within 1 year.

Increased strategy alignment by facilitating workshops to develop identify Value Streams.

Implemented Agile maturity assessment framework which boosted continuous improvement by 35%.

Drove Jira Portfolio implementation resulting in 90% of initiatives aligned to strategy within 2 sprints.

Coached business teams including Marketing, Finance, and Customer Service for agility.

Socialized “Personal Agility Manifesto” to cultivate agile mindset across the organization.

Trained Product Owners resulting in reduced scope volatility 60% and cycle time by 25%.

Coached Scrum Masters and team resulting in 30% increase in throughput.

Agile Coach BCBS, Cotiviti, Other Healthcare Clients Dec 2015 - Apr 2019

Facilitated design and implementation of Agile Transformation initiatives across multiple org areas.

Trained 25+ teams on Scrum and Kanban frameworks, increasing throughput by 80%.

Facilitated Initial Product Discovery sessions to seed product backlog.

Established and baselined metrics to track team performance.

Facilitated just-in-time improvement of team members’ collaboration, communication and other skills.

Business Analyst Coach, Trainer & Consultant ValueBASE Aug 12 - Dec 15

Managed company's Corporate Business Analysis division. Increased revenue by 300%.

Senior Director, Business Analysis Practice NTT DATA Nov 2009 - Aug 2012

Managed 100+ global Business Analysis Practice. Increased utilization to 90%, employee satisfaction to 96%.

Engagement Manager, Business Analysis DEA Apr 2007 - Jul 2009

Managed engagement to set up Business Analysis Center of Excellence for Pfizer and Travelers.

EDUCATION

MBA Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business

Managing in Technology Intensive Environment

Co-Director of Graduate Technology Group

Bachelor of Engineering Thadomal Shahani Engg College

Computer Science

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