Shailendra Parolkar

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214–449–7561

ac3nm2@r.postjobfree.com

I have 20 years of Project and Program Management experience in field of Information Technology. I have worked with several multinational companies managing projects using Agile frameworks e.g. SCRUM and SAFe.

Key Skills:

Project Manager

15 years of project management experience including budgeting, planning, resourcing, risk management and execution of complex projects.

Program Manager

5 years of program management experience in a global delivery model involving distributed teams across multiple locations.

SCRUM Master

10 years of agile development experience in a SCRUM Master role leading multiple cross functional teams distributed across multiple locations.

Agile Coach

1 year of experience coaching cross functional teams transition into agile frameworks e.g. SCRUM and SAFe.

Work experience:

August 2016 – Present

Program Manager / Agile Coach at New York Life Insurance Company, Dallas, TX

As a Program Manager and Agile Coach at New York Life Insurance, I am working with the PMO to develop a Scaled Agile Framework and help the organization adopt Agile Development Methodology. Here are my current responsibilities.

Develop a portfolio structure in the Agile Planning Tool (CA Agile Central / Rally) to help the business / IT align their Strategic Initiatives to Organizational Goals and enable Value Stream funding for Program Increments (PI).

Help the business / IT with PI Planning, decompose Strategic Initiatives into Minimum Viable Product Increments and prioritize them.

Coach the Agile Release Trains (ART) and Scrum Teams on PI Planning / Product Backlog Refinement / Sprint Planning / Scrum Ceremonies.

Configure the Agile Planning Tool (CA Agile Central / Rally) with the required Portfolio Hierarchy and Custom Kanban Boards / Metrics / Reports.

Develop guidelines on agile artifacts such as different levels of Portfolio Items, User Stories, their Acceptance Criteria, agile techniques such as Backlog Refinement, Relative Estimation and agile ceremonies such as PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review / Retrospectives etc.

December 2015 – August 2016

Project Manager / SCRUM Master at Sabre, Southlake, TX

As a Project Manager at Sabre, I was responsible for managing software development projects for enhancing and maintaining Airline Inventory Management Systems using an Agile Development Methodology (SCRUM). I was also performing the role a SCRUM Master with following responsibilities.

Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily SCRUMs, Reviews and Retrospective meetings.

Work with the product owner to prioritize and groom the Product Backlog.

Enhance productivity by handling issues and external dependencies.

Ensure adherence to standards across teams through several reviews during Sprint execution.

Facilitate knowledge sharing and proper coordination across teams on various aspects of Sprint execution.

Monitor and report team performance on an ongoing basis across Sprints based on reports and metrics available in the Agile Planning Tool (CA Agile Central / Rally).

March 2014 – November 2015

Program Manager / SCRUM of SCRUMs at AT&T, Plano, TX

As a Program Manager at AT&T, I lead the integration of several Sales, Ordering, Provisioning and Reporting Systems and successfully completed multiple quarterly releases using the SCRUM methodology. Here are some of my accomplishments:

Lead the transformation of software development efforts from standard SDLC waterfall environment to agile development environment.

Engaged the clients / business / product owners to come on board with agile development environment and helped them work efficiently with the agile development teams.

Tracked the development status and efficiency of development teams using the metrics available in the Agile Planning Tool (CA Agile Central / Rally).

Performed a SCRUM of SCRUMs role with following responsibilities:

oWorked with the product owner to prioritize and groom the Product Backlog.

oWorked with the application team SCRUM masters to coordinate and facilitate Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Review and Retrospective meetings across multiple teams.

oWorked with the application team SCRUM masters to enhance productivity by handling issues and external dependencies.

oWorked with the product owner, the application teams and the user testing teams to coordinate integration testing and end to end user testing.

January 2008 – February 2014

Senior Project Manager / SCRUM Master at Uniken Systems, Pune, India

As a Senior Project Manager at Uniken, I was responsible for adopting Agile Software Development Methodology (SCRUM) to enhance the productivity, efficiency, quality and usability of software development process. I successfully completed several projects as a SCRUM Master with following responsibilities.

Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily SCRUMs, Reviews and Retrospective meetings.

Worked with the product owner to prioritize and groom the Product Backlog.

Enhanced productivity by handling issues and external dependencies.

Facilitated knowledge sharing and proper coordination across teams on various aspects of Sprint execution.

Monitored and reported team performance on an ongoing basis across Sprints.

March 2004 – December 2007

Delivery Manager at IBM Global Services, Pune, India

As a Delivery Manager at IBM, I was responsible for application development and maintenance services to IBM clients worldwide in a global delivery model, managing teams spread across several locations in India and U.S. Here are some of my accomplishments:

Managed on–site and offshore teams to ensure a smooth delivery process.

Interacted with onsite teams to understand upcoming requirements and plan resources and budgets accordingly.

Managed risks and issues through the life cycle of ongoing projects.

Interacted with the team on a regular basis to understand their issues and concerns and provide performance feedback.

Managed employee performance evaluation process.

July 1996 – February 2004

Project Manager at Vanguard Group, Valley Forge, PA

As a Project Manager at Vanguard, I was responsible for developing E–Commerce Applications to serve their institutional and retail clients. Here are some of my accomplishments:

Planned and budgeted the yearly development effort for the Vanguard on–line portal.

Managed the development projects thru their life cycle including requirements gathering, functional analysis and design, technical analysis and design, development, functional and performance testing, implementation and support.

Performed quality checks and reviews at various stages of system development to ensure quality, maintainability and adherence to development and documentation standard.

Ensured proper documentation pertaining to different stages of system development including user and operations manuals.

Education:

Degree

Institution

Bachelor of Technology

(Manufacturing Science and Engineering)

Indian Institute of Technology

Kharagpur India

Certifications:

Certification

Institution

CSM (Certified Scrum Master)

Scrum Alliance

CSP (Certified Scrum Professional)

Scrum Alliance

PMP (Project Management Professional)

Project Management Institute

PMI–ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner)

Project Management Institute

Six Sigma Black Belt

Aveta Business Institute

Technical Skills:

Software – MS–Project, MS–Office, MS–Visio, CA Agile Central (Rally) / VersionOne / JIRA (Agile)

Databases – MS–SQL, MySQL, MS–Access, Oracle, DB2, Sybase

Languages – C, C++, Java, RPG, COBOL, Visual Basic, Power Builder

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