NEELIMA REDDY MBA, PSM, SA ACCELERATING GROWTH THROUGH SCRUM LEADERSHIP

SCRUM MASTER

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CONTACT INFO

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CORE SKILLS

• SCRUM FRAMEWORK

• AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING

• COACHING AND MENTORING

• SERVANT LEADERSHIP

DOMAIN/CROSS-INDUSTRY

EXPERIENCE

Healthcare, Financial Services,

Restaurant, Banking, Retail, Food,

Insurance, Automotive and

Manufacturing Industry experience

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

AGILE TOOLS (RALLY, JIRA, AZURE

DEVOPS), PROJECT MANAGEMENT

TOOLS (MS PROJECT, VISIO, MS OFFICE,

SMARTSHEET, SERVICENOW),

COLLABORATION TOOLS (SHAREPOINT,

CONFLUENCE, HUDDLE, DROPBOX), ERP

(SAP, MS DYNAMICS AX), WEB-BASED

TECHNOLOGIES (JAVA, C#, XML, HTML,

ASP, .NET), CLOUD COMPUTING

(AMAZON AWS, MS AZURE), TESTING

TOOLS (SELENIUM, CUCUMBER,

MANUAL), API TESTING TOOLS

(POSTMAN, REST ASSURED),

CYBERSECURITY (PENETRATION

TESTING, ENCRYPTION, NETWORK

SECURITY), GREEN IT (POWER

MANAGEMENT, VIRTUALIZATION,

RECYCLING), DATABASES (ORACLE, SQL,

MS ACCESS)

Accomplished Senior Scrum Master with 11 years of

experience in agile/scrum framework. Led and managed all phases of project life cycle - initiation, planning, design, development, testing, user acceptance and deployment. 18 years of overall professional IT experience who has collaborated, accelerated, and coached multiple scrum teams on various agile projects delivering high-quality and valuable products on schedule.

EXPERIENCE

Starbucks, Seattle, WA (Remote) May 2022 – March 2024 Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Led and managed 3 SAP SuccessFactors teams by leveraging Agile/Scrum principles and practices to effectively deliver valuable, high- quality products, and services to customers

• Partnered with Product owners to support short and long-term planning, and to keep the product backlog healthy so that we were prepared for development & execution

• Ensured that Scrum ceremonies - Sprint planning, Daily scrum, Backlog refinement, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective took place regularly and were effective

• Communicated and coordinated activities during releases. Supported release planning with agile teams and end users

• Actively participated in agile enablement practices which includes agile toolbox methodology, performance metrics and process improvement

(Scrum of Scrums)

Canoo, Inc., Torrance, CA (Remote) Oct 2020 – May 2022 Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Managed ADAS and OTA Tools teams on scrum process as a part of Canoo’s Lifestyle Vehicle development

• Led scrum ceremonies such as daily scrum, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint review, and retrospectives

• Empowered the team to make system and process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings

• Used key Scrum metrics (Burndown, velocity) to help deliver committed work

• Supported and educated 2 Product Owners with respect to grooming and maintaining product backlogs

NEELIMA REDDY MBA, PSM, SA ACCELERATING GROWTH THROUGH SCRUM LEADERSHIP SCRUM MASTER

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

• Certified Professional Scrum

Master (PSM)

• Certified SAFe Agilist (SA)

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

• MBA, Finance, Osmania

University, India

• BS, Mathematics, Osmania

University, India

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• USA Citizen (No Visa or

Sponsorship required)

• Availability to join: Immediately

GE/Tech Mahindra, Greenville, SC Aug 2016 – Feb 2020 Module Lead/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Led scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Managed full SDLC, from ideation, to discovery, to execution, then to deployment.

• Ensured cross-functional coordination between product owners, analysts, developers, and QA occurred early and often, and removed barriers and blockers for the team.

Zerochaos/IBM/MetLife, Greenville, SC Aug 2013 - Feb 2016 QA Lead/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coached all Scrum ceremonies and continued driving the adoption of Scrum core values across the organization.

• Worked with Product Owners and Managers in Development and Operations to properly manage backlog refinement and sprint allocation.

• Successfully delivered multiple data migration projects Volvo CE NA, Inc., Asheville, NC Oct 2009 – May 2013 Software/QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with the Scrum Agile team and product owners to develop high-quality testing solutions.

• Authored and executed load, performance, and regression testing.

• Performed Quality Assurance (QA) tests and supported user acceptance testing (UAT) in ERP-SAP environment.

Pyramid IT Services, Asheville, NC Nov 2005 – Jul 2009 Software/QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Led an Offshore team of 20 members resulting in decreasing bugs, and assuring 100% functionality with each cycle.

• Actively involved in the walkthrough sessions of FRD’s and guided the team with analysis and test design.

• Collaborated and Communicated with the end users, developers, and project managers in bug and issue resolutions.

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