Manager Project

Nadeem Ahmad

Tel: 847-***-****

Email: *******@*****.***

Professional Summary:

•Over 11 Years plus of experience and expertise in the IT industry and hands on Experience as a SCRUM Master for over 5 Yrs.

•Extensive experience with management and individual and global teams

•Establish sprints for 2 weeks and ensure the backlog is ready for the future sprints

•Scrum Master with experience supporting multiple Distributed Scrum teams, including on-site /off-shore

•Experienced in all functions of product life cycle including Development, DevOps, Test automation

•Work with Product Owners on artifacts such as Product Backlog, Sprint and Release Burn Down.

•Facilitate meeting with product owners, business and cross functional teams

•Assist Product owner in backlog grooming (prioritization & estimation) and establishing acceptance criteria

•Responsible for release/sprint planning, retrospective, daily scrum, resources, schedules, mitigation of risks/issues

•Work with Product Manager to develop project schedules and resource allocation models for QA related projects.

•Extensive experience in SDLC processes like – Agile, Waterfall methodology and familiar with SAFe

•Aware of retirement funds 401k & 403b

•Strong experience with product management, development and business users

Certification:

PSM: Professional Scrum Master

PMP (in progress)

Core Competencies:

Agile /Scrum / Kanban / XP SAFe AMON IDX

Project Management Microsoft Project Professional SQL Server Rally

SDLC QC/ALM/Clear Quest Oracle SOAP UI

JIRA Java Site Catalyst ETL

Main Frame ORION CSE and FCMS TOAD Jenkins

Employment Experience:

Judge Groups Consulting Company 11/2018 – Current

Client: Discover Financial Services, Chicago

Project: API Security and Automation

Scrum Master:

•Leading a team of Developers on-site and off-shore to design and develop an in-house Web site for Java Developers

•Ensure the team is following the Agile methodology and all the ceremonies are properly being executed

•Work closely with Product Owners, coordinating backlog grooming and story estimation

•Assist and give feedback technically and in UI designing frameworks

•Coaching, implementing and making sure the sprints are successfully ending

•Manage PI-planning event and help Product Owner to establish future releases

•Co-organize and coordinate a SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)

•Real-Time-Board (RTB) to maintain a high level PI & sprints objectives and goals

•Using Rally tool to design User Stories and also to pull monthly reports

•Assisting Release Manager to follow protocols, schedule delivery, risk identification and mitigation, to initiate deployment is planned and logistics are being followed.

•Maintain and communicate software release schedules, status and deployment

•Facilitate the Go/no go session to finalize the release

•Continuously assessing team performance to improve velocity, efficiency and productivity

•Create an environment and guide team(s) to be self-organize, establish knowledge sharing and working sessions

Hexaware Consulting Company 05/2018 – 7/2018

Client: Northern Trust, Chicago

Project: Fund Accounting Reconciliation

Scrum Master

•Managed multiple projects with teams in off-shore/on-site, Ireland and provided Agile overview to the them.

•Facilitated scrum ceremonies (Refinement, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Daily Stand-Ups, etc.)

•Coached the organization on Scrum to maximize business value

• Implemented action items that come out of Retrospective

•To ensure that when the sprint ends, the team delivered the shippable product on time.

•Continually worked with the Team and business to find and implement improvements.

•Supported the Product owners and created a high level user stories in the backlog (Jira)

•Utilized agile methodology (Scrum) to effectively plan, monitor, control and report on project of high visibility.

•Involved in the organizational transition from Waterfall to Agile Methodology and managed the process steps from inception through production deployment.

•Helped the team and BA to convert defects/issues from the “Operational Group” into User Stories.

Manpower Consulting Company 06/2017 – 05/2018

Client: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Chicago

Scrum Master

•Administered all Agile/Scrum process and assisted junior staff on same.

•Implemented Agile process and trained staff to maximize benefits

•Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality

•Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs

•Track and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress

•Using project management tools like MS-Project for status reporting and planning

•Reported project status to key stakeholders and executives.

•Ensure DEV Teams are practicing core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility.

•Used JIRA for Tracking stories and administer backlog

•Participated proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools and best practices.

Cognizant Technology Solutions 10/2010 - 05/2017

Clients:

1.Discover Financial Services, Scrum Master, Chicago. 01/2013 - 05/2017

2.Express Scripts Inc. Project Coordinator, St. Louis. 08/2011 - 12/2012

3.MTS Allstream, Test Manager, Toronto, Canada. 05//2011- 08/2011

4.Walgreen’s, QA Team Lead, Northbrook, IL. 10/2010 - 05/2011

WellsFargo, Project Coordinator Charlotte, NC. 02/2009 - 10/2010 TIAA-CREF, QA Analyst, Charlotte, NC. 05/2007 - 12/2008 PDS/SunGard OMNI, QA Lead, Birmingham, AL. 03/2006 - 05/2007

Education:

•Bachelor of Engineering, (Electronics), Four years degree

Skills: ADPART, Oracle, SQL, Agile, Selenium

Member: Toastmasters International

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