Scrum Master and Software Development Manager
Resume:
Nishant Gupta
*****.*******@*******.***
linkedin.com/in/nsgpt
Summary
• Certified Scrum Master and an experienced Software Development Manager with 10+ years of total experience in Software Development and 4 years as Scrum Master while leading global teams distributed across time-zones
• Saved 1.83L USD for the organization through increasing engineering efficiency in scrum teams
• 50% reduction in attrition rate, by creating a culture of trust and pride towards work and org
• Demonstrated history of creating, leading, and managing a large motivated cross-functional software development team of 40 devs and QA members working in Scrum while developing enterprise-scale web applications
• Helped organizations in planning, developing, and launching multiple web applications in the financial and education domain, while being a bridge between business and IT engineering teams Experience
Scrum Master and Manager of Engineering Feb 2018- Present
# Facilitated the scrum ceremonies like Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Reviews and Retrospectives
# 35% increase in engineering efficiency by leading the team while deploying various scrum metrics aimed at continuous improvement
# Grew the engineering team from 5 headcounts to 40+ while leading in a start-up like environment through transition during company merger
# Drove various new engineering practices like hot relaoding and cross-team code reviews, to help mature the engineering delivery from India.
# Led the team through the change of technology stack from OOP to Functional paradigm
# A strong believer in people as core strength
# Annual appraisals for developers, QA and Team Leads
# Organized Hackathon competition for engineering teams - first time for India office
# Appreciations from Managing Director and VPs for leading a highly motivated and result-driven development team
Scrum Master and Development Team Lead Oct 2015 - Jan 2018 Tk20, Inc. - Assessment Solutions at Work 2 years 4 months
# Facilitated the scrum ceremonies like Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Reviews and Retrospectives.
# Lead the team while enabling 95+ percent increase in performance of data loads
# Developed a web application for offline assessments of field experience
# Addition of several new features to the legacy product
# Annual appraisals for developers and QA
# Award for outstanding contribution to the company's strategic goals of creating offline assessment application and others
Senior Software Developer Jun 2014 - Sep 2015
Tk20, Inc. - Assessment Solutions at Work 1 year 4 months
# 96-R, Sector 7,
Gurugram, Haryana
Watermark (Previously known as Tk20) - Largest Tech company in US Higher Education
# Contributed as a Java developer on CampusTools - TK20's flagship product for Higher Education Senior Systems Engineer Jul 2012 - Jun 2014
2 years
# Helped to revamp the Finacle's initial load time to 50% and launching Finacle Lite - a banking solution tailored for Tier 4 banks which often worked with low bandwidth internet connectivity
# Got award and appreciation for stellar performance as an individual contributor Systems Engineer Feb 2010 - Jun 2012
2 years 5 months
# Contributed as a Java developer on FDMS - a delivery management system for banking solution, Finacle.
# Completed a rigorous training program with 5 out of 5 CGPA, top 4% of the cohort Education
Govt. College of Engg. & Technology, Firozpur 2005 - 2009 Bachelor of Technology - BTech
Skills
Agile Methodologies • Scrum • Software as a Service (SaaS) • Senior Stakeholder Management • Servant Leadership • Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership • Agile Transformation • Software Product Management • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) • People Management Certifications
Professional Scrum Master I • Scrum.org
349761 • Jun 2018 - Present
Honors & Awards
Team Award • Tk20 (Ind) Pvt. Ltd. • Jun 2016
Best Performer Award • Tk20 (Ind) Pvt Ltd. • Jun 2015 Appreciation for services as Chairperson • Indian Society for Technical Education - Student Chapter
• Jan 2009
First Prize - Debate Competition • SBS College of Engg and Tech • Apr 2006 Second Position - Electronics Model Competition • SBS College of Engg. & Tech. • Oct 2005 Regular Blood Donor • Multiple Organizations
Have been regularly serving society by donating blood for last 15 years. Infosys - a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting Infosys - a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting
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