Scrum Master Project Management

SHRI INAMDAR, MBA, PMP, SSM *.*, RTE *.*

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PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

SAFe Certified Scrum Master (SSM) 6.0, SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) 6.0, Certified Release Train Engineer (RTE) 6.0 and Product Owner Product Manager (POPM) 6.0 from Scaled Agile Academy.

PMI Certified Project Management Professional.

A dynamic individual possessing excellent leadership and communication skills with track record of leading multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural development teams to higher levels of agile maturity.

Extensive experience with using ALM tools Version One, Rally, JIRA, Microsoft TFS and Star Team Agile.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 11/2023 – Present

Scrum Master and Agile Coach – Enterprise Agile Transformation

Managing the Agile Transformation within the EBTS and Data Analytics groups at BCBS. Implementing the Agile Transformation Roadmap while simultaneously developing the governance model and ALM strategy.

Defining and developing role based training strategy for the organization including certification for key roles.

TD Bank, Mount Laurel, NJ 03/2022 – 10/2023

Agile Coach and Scrum Master – Mobile and TD Web Product Group

Responsible to drive SAFe Agile Transformation across the Mobile and TD Web groups. Pioneered the use of BDD for all teams and matured this process in the organization.

Continuously assess the agile maturity of teams and individuals at all levels of leadership, educating and mentoring to address gaps. Regularly held training sessions to reinforce agile concepts and mindset.

Establish and monitor key metrics that are tied to business outcome, qualitatively measuring impact and performance and enhance customer experience.

Infosys Limited, Basking Ridge, NJ 04/2019 – 03/2022

Principal Consultant – Enterprise SAFe Agile Transformation Coach

Launched and matured an ART for migration of Voluntary Insurance program to a robust web based application at Aetna insurance. Accountable for managing a team of Agile Coaches, RTE and Scum Masters in the agile transformation of teams in agile practices while modeling leadership behavior.

Provided strategy and coaching to Network Personalization ART program for executing SAFe at Verizon.

Coached and Facilitated Agile Transformation and setup of an ART for iPortal development at World Bank

Merrill Lynch - Bank of America, Pennington, NJ 11/2017 – 03/2019

Agile Scrum Master

Assisted and supported full Agile transformation of the MGIA roll-out. Provided Agile Leadership coaching and training to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Functional Managers, and Executives.

Delivered hands-on coaching to individual teams in the Agile Release Train in all aspects of scrum and kanban framework including daily scrum, planning, self-organization, and iterative development,

Conducted Value Stream Mapping sessions helping business identify the solution, features and define the MVP for the product.

Johnson and Johnson, Raritan, NJ 06/2016– 11/2017

Agile Transformation Lead – Enterprise Agile Transformation and Project Management Excellence

Led successful global agile and digital transformation across the organization by providing vision, leadership and overcoming barriers to successful transformation. Responsibilities included managing, directing and developing agile coaches and scrum masters to plan and deliver scope of work adopting agile behavior and practices. Provided Project Management leadership to a team in Serialization and Packaging Line automation at Janssen Pharmaceutical.

Provided strategic direction and roadmap for the adoption of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for selected programs. Subject matter expert and trusted advisor to the senior leaders in this endeavor.

SLVSOFT, Princeton, NJ 09/2004 – 06/2016

Agile Transformation and Coaching at numerous organizations:

TIAA-CREF, New York, NY

Agile Coach

Facilitated the transformation of the Asset Management Technology Division from Waterfall to Agile Scrum Framework.

Strengthened community of agile coaches and scrum masters by coordinating weekly session for best practices, learning and sharing techniques.

United Healthcare, Horsham, PA and Basking Ridge, NJ

Agile Scrum Coach

Assisted three teams in implementation of the new Affordable Care Act Regulations, in Agile Scrum Methodology.Trained the product owners, scrum masters, team members and QA to continuous improvement with agile techniques in estimating, story and acceptance criteria writing.

Capital One Bank, Richmond, VA

Agile Scrum Coach and Scrum Master

Provided guidance to the organization and the development teams on how to use agile (Scrum & Kanban) practices and ceremonies; acted as an agent of change to introduce and expand the use of agile.

Used Version One to control the Epics, User Stories, Daily Stand Ups, burn down and Velocity for Sprints.

Wal-Mart, Bentonville, AR

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Scrum Master for teams in redevelopment of Wal-Mart Transportation Management System (WTMS). The software had Java, Dot net and SOA architecture.

Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, PA

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Managed the implementation of a Safety Data Warehouse (SDW) with integration of data from several disparate databases.

IBM Global Services, Bangalore, KA, India 07/2001 – 08/2004

Advisory Project Manager

Led strategic PMO creation in India for Data Warehousing and CRM competencies, in the corporate global delivery organization.

Siebel Systems Inc., Short Hills, NJ 04/1999 – 06/2001

Principal Consultant - Siebel Professional Services

Managed implementation of Siebel CRM solution at several fortune 500 organizations.

PeopleSoft, Teaneck, NJ 02/1996 – 03/1999

Project Manager - Professional Services Group

Managed implementation of PeopleSoft Financial, Payroll and HCM modules at numerous organizations.

State of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ 10/1988 – 01/1996

Manager - Systems Development

Managed daily operations of a team responsible for development, enhancement and maintenance of programs to calculate daily winnings and related taxes at each casino in New Jersey. The projects encompassed Databases, VB programs, analysis using SPSSx package, generation of weekly and monthly reports to be submitted to the State of NJ Treasury. Reviewed, evaluated and approved accounting and internal control procedures of casino operations.

EDUCATION

University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 08/1986 – 09/1988

Master of Business Administration

Awarded merit based research assistance scholarship.

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