Scrum Master / Lead Software Engineer

CURRICULUM VITAE

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Kapil Singhal

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Professional Experience:

. Software Professional having 10.6 years of IT experience with a

proven understanding on

Iterative development and Incremental software delivery.

. Currently working as Scrum Master/Lead Software Engineer at Kronos

Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,

Noida (US based Product Development MNC) since October, 2010.

. Worked as a Sr. Software Development Engineer in R&D Center of Barco

Systems, Noida (Product Development MNC) from August 2004 to September

2010.

. Worked as Project Associate at ACSS Unit, Indian Institute of

Technology, Delhi from

December 2003 to July 2004.

. Worked as Trainee Developer at Central Research Lab, Bharat

Electronics Ltd., Ghaziabad

from July 2003 to December 2003.

. Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance since August, 2011.

. Agile / Scrum experience of more than 4.5 years and managed two teams as

Scrum Master

in last 3.5 years. Successfully delivered 2 Projects from

Initialization Phase.

. Conversant with Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, KANBAN, XP & SAFe). Good

Knowledge on Test Driven Development (TDD) and Acceptance Test Driven

Development (ATDD).

. Assisting Product Owners in backlog creation and grooming with breakdown

of

requirements into Epics and Stories. Act as a servant leader to the

teams.

. Good understanding of project management fundamentals - Time, Scope &

Cost.

. Excellent understanding of agile metrics - Burn down Charts, Velocity

& Backlog tracking.

. Experience of Coaching, Mentoring and evangelizing agile best

practices across the

organization.

. Good Knowledge on continuous integration, build and deploy. Setup the

Build Servers using

Jenkins & Hudson tools. Resolving issues related to Build Mgmt to

streamline team's work

and timely delivery of Projects.

. Pursuing Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) from Scrum Alliance and

PMI-ACP from PMI.

. Strength in Core JAVA, J2EE, SOAP & Web Services (5 yrs. exp. on Web

Service).

. More than 4 years' experience on JUnit / NUnit, C# / .NET Framework

and JBoss Server.

. Knowledge on SOA, ESB and Web2.0

. Excellent troubleshooting, analytical skills, problem resolution and

organizational skills.

. Code Reviews and Mentoring new joinees and S/W Engineers. Given

sessions on Core Java

and Coding Standards to new joiners.

Academic Qualifications

MCA (Master of Computer Application) from U.P. Technical University,

Lucknow.

Course Year of Passing Board/ Univ. %age

MCA 2003 U.P Technical 70%

University

12th 1996 CBSE 73%

10th 1994 CBSE 73.4%

Technical Skills

Methodologies/Tools : J2EE, Event based J2EE System, Core Java Design

Patterns

Language : Core Java (Jdk1.5, jdk1.6), XML, SQL, HTML, C#

Operating System : WIN XP, UNIX, Red Hat Linux 7.2 & Solaris 8.0

DBMS : MySQL 5.0, PostgresSQL 8.2, Oracle 9i/8i/8

Web Tools : SOA, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, AXIS

J2EE Concepts : JPA 1.0, EJB 3.0, JMS, JMX, RMI, JNDI

Design Patterns : Singleton, Factory, Data Access Object,

Fa ade, Proxy, Adapter

& Request Patterns

Third Party Tools : JUnit 4.1/NUnit 2.1, Ant1.6, Log4j, Java Profiler

Configuration Mgmt. : Accurev, SVN, CVS with Eclipse Plug-in

Agile Mgmt. Tools : Version One, JIRA Agile

Projects Undertaken

1). Workforce Task Management April 2012

to till date

Organization : Kronos Solutions, Noida

Technologies Used : Java 6, Eclipse 3.5, JBoss 6, SOAP UI

Team Size : 15

Description : Workforce Task Management is being developed to cater

the complete workflow

of Retailers and Wholesalers. It provides the retail vertical with

ability to create, distribute and monitor strategic tasks across their

stores. The functionality provided in Workforce Task Management reduces

the cost, in both time and money, associated with creating, executing,

and monitoring these strategic tasks across the organization.

Role in Team: Team Lead / Scrum Master

2). Workforce Integration Manager October 2010 to

March 2012

Organization : Kronos Solutions, Noida

Technologies Used : Java 6, Eclipse 3.5, JBoss 6, SOAP UI

Team Size : 13

Description : Integration Manager is a data integration tool that

enables you to transfer data from one data source (such as SAP, text

file, SQL query or another Workforce suite application) to an output

destination. That output destination can be a text file, database, XML

document or another suite application. The key component of Integration

Manager is the interface; this is a file that contains a set of

instructions, or steps, for the data transfer. Those steps are executed

when you run the interface. A step can be a command or it can be a link,

which is a file that specifies the source of the data, how to manipulate

and transfer the data, and the output of the data.

Role in Team: Team Lead / Scrum Master

3). Control Room Management Suite 2.1 February 2006 to

September 2010

Organization : Barco Systems, Noida

Technologies Used : Java 6, Eclipse 3.4, JBoss 4.2.3, EJB 3.0, JMS, C#

& SOAP

Team Size : Four

Description : Barco's CMS-200 software is an advanced control room

management suite which facilitates decision-making and allows more

efficient collaboration in small to medium-sized control rooms. Barco's

control room management suite provides operators and decision-makers with

easy access to information and allows them to connect to information, to

configure how it is displayed, and to collaborate in the most efficient

way. Till date many versions of CMS is being delivered f.i. CMS 100, CMS

130 and CMS 200 along with bug fixed versions.

Role in Team: Involved in design and development of server side

components and the Fa ade & Proxy Layer (Open API). Code Reviews & Mentor

Software Engineers. Involved in Technical Discussions & Task Planning

with the Project Lead. Involved in Task Break down and Effort Estimation

based on the Requirements.

4). Apollo Scenario Management August 2004 to

January 2006

Organization : Barco Systems, Noida

Technologies Used : Java, Eclipse 3.1, Systinet Server 6.0 & SOAP

Team Size : Three

Description : Scenario is a mechanism to define and execute Command

Sequence & Triggers in an automated fashion. The execution of Command

Sequence is controlled by the Events coming from different sources. (f.i.

time of day, user action etc.) The life of the Scenario is controlled by

the attributes of the Time Line Scheduler. It defines the interval when

the Scenario is active or running.

Role in Team: Design, Coding & JUnit testing of the module. Solving the

bugs reported from the QA Team.

5). Academic Management System December 2003

to July 2004

Organization : ACSS Unit, IIT-Delhi

Technologies Used : JSP, Weblogic Server and Oracle9i

Description : This project is being developed to maintain the records

of Under Graduates and Post Graduates students of the Institute such as

credits and marks obtained in each semester, posting of queries for their

faculty etc.

Role in Team: Design, Coding & JUnit testing of the module.

6). Command & Control System February 2003 to

November 2003

Organization : Central Research Lab, Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Technologies Used : C/C++, Solaris 8.0 and Red Hat Linux 7.2

Description: The project develops a module which initializes the Command

& Control System to perform various functions such as tracking of hostile

ships, aircrafts and submarines, keeping track of the system time, checks

the status of server and client and display information at both ends.

Extracurricular Activities

. Winner of Quiz Competition at College.

. Member Placement Cell (Team Leader) at College. Designed Placement

Brochure of MCA Batch (2000-2003).

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 22nd August, 1978

Marital Status : Married

Father's Name : Shri R.K. Singhal

Languages Known : English, Hindi

Passport / Expiry : H6501956 / August, 2019

Visa / Validity : B1 / January, 2021

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