Scrum Master Project Manager
Resume:
Anil Vemula
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/vemula
Summary
I have over 20 years of IT experience in Techno-functional roles includes Scrum Master, Business Data Analyst, Project Manager. I have followed and applied Agile- Scrum, Kanban methodologies.
• Have hands on experience in Jira, Version One, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Confluence.
• Handled cross platform migration, database migrations, Business Reports, UI requirements, disaster recovery.
• Extensive experience in offshore/onsite model projects involving teams from multiple geographies (US-Australia-India-Germany).
• Functional experience in telecom (AT&T, Amdocs), Retail (Hallmark, Sears, Nielsen), Finance (US Bank, ACI, Citi).
• Technical experience in IBM Mainframes, UNIX, MFT, SQL, SAP BO, Jira, VersionOne, DB2.
Key Contributions, Honors – Awards.
oReceived ‘The best in Us’ recognitions from Product Managers, Business Leads & Managers for Commercial Leasing development (Reporting Database team), Wealth Management (Client Growth Excellence program).
oReceived ‘U Rock’ appreciation from Hallmark client for resolving MFT critical issues.
oStar of the Month & Best Team Award – Hallmark – TCS.
oReceived On the spot award & thank you award from Nielsen client.
oImplemented Optimization techniques which saved $200K for AT&T.
Certifications/Achievements:
oPSM – Scrum Master certification.
oIBM certified – Database associate DB2 UDB V8.1 Family certification (Exam 700).
oAWS cloud Practitioner essentials certified.
oITIL Foundation: TCS(E-certified) & Nielsen.
oAgile Delivery Way of Working Foundation.
oCMC certified Internal Quality auditor.
Education
oMaster of Technology (2001 - 2003) – SASTRA university
oBachelor of Engineering (1997 - 2001) - University of Madras.
Professional Experience:
oTata Consultancy Services (2011 – Present)
oTech Mahindra (2004-2011)
oData Software Research Company (2003-2004)
Technology
Software Products
Tools
Methods
MFT product, COBOL, JCL, FILEAID, IMS, DB2, VISIO, MS-Office, Oracle, SAP BO & ABAP basics, Java, AWS Essentials, Tableau.
Strobe, I-strobe, SharePoint, Jira, Service Now, VersionOne. Jira, React, Jenkins, Confluence, Snag It, Vantive.
Handled Development, cross platform Integration, Migration and Maintenance. Scrum- Agile- Kanban-Sprint methodologies.
Client: US Bank (Mar 2021 to Dec 2023)
Role: Business Analyst & Scrum Master
oReceived ‘The best in Us’ recognitions from Product Managers, Business Leads & Managers for Commercial Leasing development (Reporting Database team), Wealth Management (Client Growth Excellence program).
oCoordination and worked with over 15 teams and tracked the timelines and deliveries. Created Jira Dashboards. With Agile metrics
oHandled & facilitated Agile-Scrum-Kanban ceremonies – Backlog refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review & Retro.
oResolved impediments & Blockers and focused on process improvement.
oCreated Dashboards in Excel and PowerPoint to communicate progress to Leadership.
oManaged Jira dashboards reports and updated leadership & management.
oManages all engagements to defined metrics. SLOs, SLTs and SLAs.
oProactively evaluate and logically resolve problems and ensures similar outlook is nurtured in the team.
oProject status tracking and implementation - track the work done till the project goes live successfully.
Environment: DataStage, ETL, DB2, Oracle, Java, Microservices, APIs, UX-Figma, Analytics, Jira, Squirrel, ServiceNow, Tableau.
Client: American Century Investments (May 2019 to Feb 2021)
Role: Business Analyst & Scrum Master
oBusiness requirements gathering based on the Scope defined.
oIdentify business need, problem, and opportunity, define the nature of a solution that meets that need, and justify the investment necessary to deliver that solution, including assessment of proposed solutions, identification of the work breakdown structure (WBS).
oCo-ordinate with development teams, Product Owner, Product Manager and Architects
oTrain nearshore-offshore team members on the ACI tools – Product overview, SharePoint configuration, Microsoft teams, Webex etc.
oAttended trainings on AWS & completed AWS essentials certification.
oWorked with offshore and near shore teams and owned delivery.
Environment: Java Application, APIs, React, Linux & Windows servers, DB2, Oracle, IBM Mainframe, Agile scrum.
Client: Hallmark (Sept 2015 to Apr 2019)
Role: Project Lead
SEEBURGER’s BIS MFT Solution provides fast, secure File Transfer of sensitive data within hallmark and with external partners. Whether file transfers are automated (scheduled) or ad hoc (unscheduled).
oOwn the MFT product and work with US Vendors & Seeburger team based out of Germany.
oCo-ordinate with offshore maintenance team (India - Germany) and Onsite teams (US)
oTrain multiple support teams which includes the Hallmark, TCS, Infosys support teams on MFT tool.
oConduct monthly COP – community of practice training sessions to resolve any issues that team is facing.
oWork with COP members to discuss on the requirements and provide solutions.
oReceived ‘U Rock’ appreciation from client for resolving MFT critical issues.
Environment: BIS MFT, Linux & Windows servers, DB2, Oracle, Agile scrum.
Client: Nielsen (Feb 2013 to June 2015)
Role: Project Manager / Business Analyst
Nielsen acquired Perishable group and Arbitron, involved in requirements capture, Design and development to integrate PG and Arbitron systems with Nielsen. I lead and manage a team of 9 Business Analysts who worked from offshore.
oAnalyzed the Perishables group systems and Nielsen systems to integrate with existing Nielsen mainframe system.
oGuided the Application development and support teams.
oPrepared Business requirements and High-level requirements.
oMapped the new system requirements to the existing system.
oDrafted Data flow diagrams using Visio and worked with external users.
oEstimation – provided estimates for the work handled.
Environment: VISIO, SAP BI, Business Objects, IBM Mainframes, agile.
Client: SEARS (Feb 2012 to Feb 2013)
Role: Project Lead
oAnalyzed Enterprise planning (EPIC) systems at Kmart and Sears end.
oAnalyzed Sales tracking systems and Point of sales systems.
oAnalyzed Refund management systems.
oGuided the Application development and support teams to prepare support documents and understand the systems.
oPrepared MOM and have handled stakeholder review meetings.
oServed as technical Mentor when needed by the team.
oProvided training to the team members.
Client: CITI cards and Collections (Mar 2011 to Dec 2012)
Role: Project Manager
oManaged 3 teams with total team size of 30 members.
oMake appropriate and timely technical/people decisions to deliver artifacts on time within SLA.
oIT management activities - maintaining productive relationship with key vendors, clients and Business partners.
oCapacity planner – Plan workload with available team bandwidth.
oCoordination with onsite-offshore teams and Status monitoring and issue resolution.
oConstantly explore to conceptualize and understand customer needs and proactively provide solutions.
oProactively identify & analyze opportunities/risks for the business and plans appropriate solutions.
oQuality assurance and Audit - have audited projects for quality compliance.
oGuide the team of analysts, developers, testers to meet milestones.
Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, SQL, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, FILEAID, QMF.
Client: AT&T (Aug 2004 to Feb 2011)
Role: Project Lead
BCAP - Billing Calculation and Preparation System & Bill Plus.
oProject status tracking and implementation - track the work done till the project goes live successfully.
oConducts weekly business reviews with clients to deliver project updates, communicate business with focus on metrics.
oPrepare High level Design - Analysis and mapping the new system requirements to the system.
oApplication Recovery coordinator – maintains application recovery manuals.
oEstimation – provide estimates for enhancement work, CRs, LDs, TDs, optimization tasks.
oManaging Application development Team and involved in development activities.
oInvolved in pre-sales activities and IT project Management activities.
oApplication Development and Maintenance - duties include develop code, test, and fix the bugs.
oApplication support - provided 24x7 Production support when there is a system failure.
oLead and support day to day task allocation to team members, track progress
oPrepare Low level Design documents from high level system requirements.
oQuality assurance and Audit - have audited projects for quality compliance.
oDefects consolidation and analysis - fix the defects in the product delivered.
Environment: COBOL, IMS/DB, DB2, JCL, Vantive, I-strobe, Strobe, Amdocs billing products.
Client: Data Software Research Company (November 2003 – August 2004)
Role: Developer
Activities include Maintaining Customer and Vendor related details. Maintaining products related details and Stock details.
As a Developer, was involved in the following:
oAnalysis and Tracking the Bugs raised by the Various Testers.
oUnit testing of the new/modified modules.
oQuality Assurance activities in Unit Testing and chain testing stages.
Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, SQL, DB2, VSAM, FILEAID, QMF.
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