Navina Agarwal

Ph: +1-419-***-**** Email: navinaagarwal@gmailcom

Profile Summary

Highly focused and versatile Certified Scrum Master/Business Analyst with 9+ years of extensive experience in agile project management. Capable of delivering large-scale software and development projects on time and on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management. Demonstrate strong team player and skills with the capability to build relationships across organizational level. Exemplify strong domain knowledge in Banking, Life Insurance and Health Insurance verticals

Key Qualifications

Expert knowledge of the practices, concepts and procedures related to coaching and facilitating development teams in the adoption and practice of agile principles

Introduced Agile practices through engagement planning and preparation, training and workshops, release planning, drive architectural collaboration between business and technical team

High proficiency with various technical designs and programs specifications

Ability to analyze impediments, removing them and fostering self-management

Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment keeping teams focused and delivering successfully

Updated Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs

Evangelist of agile/scrum principles, methodologies and various s/w lifecycles like waterfall, modified waterfall, etc.

Excellent skills in functional Business Analysis, Object Oriented & Data Analysis, Business Modeling and Use Case development

Ability to present and communicate with executives and client audience over phone and in-person

No sponsorship necessary; 100% ready to travel

Experience

Senior Scrum Master Oct ‘14 - Present

UBS Weehawken, NJ

•Facilitated scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, stand-ups, etc.)

•Enacted changes and continuous improvement increasing the productivity and growth

•Set teams’ business goals, managed backlog, prioritized resolution of defects

•Met the goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours consistently

•Managed the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment

•Coordinated code releases, shared APIs, sprint release/progress with other IT groups

•Reported detailed status updates with management, engineers, product managers and SMEs on product issues

Scrum Master Jul `12 –Apr `14

BCBS & HSC

•Facilitated team meetings like Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospectives to help the team balance specificity with simplicity and deliver prioritized value to the customers.

•Translated business requirements and conducted training sessions to build up team expertise

•Reviewed various business and financial reports which were generated on a daily, weekly, yearly basis keeping business in loop

•Guided the team through the Scrum framework by encouraging self-organization

•Acted as Servant Leader and removed impediments for the team by working with the project stakeholders as necessary.

•Interfaced regularly with stakeholders to manage their expectations on progress and delivery of the project by leveraging information radiators

Scrum Master Dec `10 – Jun ‘12

BMO - HCL Technologies

•Successfully migrated more than 2 projects from Waterfall to Scrum within 6 months

•Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology

•Evangelized the benefits of Scrum to ensure its smooth adoption

•Tracked progress of changes against original estimates delivered to production via weekly meetings

•Assisted the team to develop a sustainable pace for development and delivery of a data warehouse initiative for the company's Manufacturing line of business using Agile methodology

•Assisted with prioritization and resolution of software defects

•Leveraged business values to foster a collaborative environment for the team and encouraged self-management and individual accountability by guiding the team with best business practices

•Managed the manufacturing vertical, part of Engineering and R&D based on market research, data base repository & RFP responses

•Met with CXO level decision makers about the services offered by HCL and proposed enhancements to the existing product

Associate Scrum Master Sep ’08 – Nov ‘10

Halifax Bank of Scotland

•Acted as Scrum Master for Product teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work

•Continuously learned Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with the team

•Identified and resolved impediments to help maintain optimum velocity for the team on a regular cadence

•Facilitated technical discussions between team members to promote Agile engineering best practices like pair programming, Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration

•Interfaced with Program Management Office to ensure project goals and requirements are being met

•Engaged with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

Software Engineer/Business Analyst Sep ’07 – Aug ‘08

American International Group

•Organized daily stand-up meetings, scrum planning and reviews.

•Maintain relevant metrics that help the team see how they are doing

•Provide instruction and training to software development teams in the area of agile software principles

•Assist the product owner with keeping the backlog groomed

•Managed pre and post conversion testing of batch and online modules

•Performed parallel test using existing load comparison of pre-conversion and post-conversion outputs

Software Engineer Jun ’05 – Dec ‘05

Tata Consultancy Services Chennai, India

•Identified the requirements for adding a search tab in the e-banking web page

•Prepared document of the business understanding and end-user’s requirements

•Developed a Java based multi lingual search engine catering to the needs of various end-users

•Testing the functionalities of the engine with multiple language input

•Made amendments based on the input from the end-user

Capabilities

Certified Scrum Master

Certified in Loma 280 and HIPAA

Technical: C, C++, Java, Pascal, Oracle, PL/SQL, MVS, COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF

Business: JIRA, JIRA Flow, Financial Analysis & Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, UML, etc.

Education

Master’s Degree - Software Engineering (5 years integrated), Shri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, India, July 2007

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