Scrum Engineer
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RAHUL KUMBHAR 737-***-****
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• A performance proven scrum master with years’ experience in applying appropriate, practical technology/mix of technologies that meet business needs while minimizing risks; accustomed to working with executive and senior level management
• Performance-oriented IT specialist with a proven ability in providing various IT services that will improve the efficiency and performance of a company; experience in working in an on-shore and offshore software delivery model
CORE COMPETENECIES
Professional Skills Technical Skills Personal Skills
• Product/Project management • Agile scrum • Communication skills
• End-user support • Atlassian Jira • Analytical and Technical skills
• Risk management • Confluence • Multi-tasking/Troubleshooting
• Technical documentation • Azure DevOps • Problem-solving skills
• Leadership/Training • SAFe • Ability to work under pressure
• Client Relations • Process Improvement • Time Management skills PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
North Point IT Corp March 2017- Present
Client: Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Des Moines, Iowa Role: Scrum Master.
Term: March 2020 – Present.
• Provide support to the scrum team, guide team on what to self-organize to create the most efficiency within the team and coach the team to higher levels of Scrum maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Recommend improvements, assists in maintaining best practices and ensures consistent use of standardized tools and technology within the Scrum team.
• Removes impediments or guides the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to assist.
• Facilitates getting the work done without assigning or dictating the work.
• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution, and advocates others to solve problems.
• Organize and facilitate project planning daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings
• Tracks and communicates team velocity and sprint release progress.
• Assists with internal and external communication, improves transparency and disseminates information and metrics.
• Supports and educates the Product Owner, with an emphasis on grooming and maintaining the product backlog. Key Achievements
• Handled the Data enhancement project and a shared services team for the client.
• Identified and implemented the Scrum process for the project team and Kanban for the Shared services. Achieved an improvement in team productivity by 50% within 6 months of agile adoption.
• Maintained the team velocity at a constant for the rest of the development period.
• Helped increase the Quality of the product since the agile adoption. The number of defects generated per sprint went down considerably.
• Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame and retribution; enhanced team functionality and promoted improvements and greater efficiency. RAHUL KUMBHAR
C e r t i f i e d S c r u m P r o f e s s i o n a l
adksi6@r.postjobfree.com
9654 TurnPoint Dr
West Des Moines
Iowa, 50266
RAHUL KUMBHAR 737-***-****
Client: Sammons Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa
Role: Scrum Master.
Term: March 2017- February 2020.
• Exercise effective servant leadership that maximizes team empowerment, self-organization, and self-directed management. Agile Scrum, LEAN principles & SAFe expertise; coaching the team and the Product Owner on correct and consistent best practices.
• Run and facilitate key Scrum meetings and ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint and release planning, review/demos, and retrospectives.
• Support the Product Owner; educate and advise on proven tactics that enable effective management of the backlog.
• Relationships management; forging and maintaining communication and trust between the team and external stakeholders.
• Frequently update information radiators; support enterprise reporting necessities.
• Work with external groups to identify and resolve dependencies, including other teams.
• Identify and escalate potential risks and issues to managers before they turn critical.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Coordinate any organizational transformation work with customer organization (SOPs, change management). Key Achievements
• Handled the Life policy conversion project (LAP), Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) for the client.
• Worked with 3 agile teams and 2 Kanban teams.
• Achieved an improvement in team velocity by 60% within 6 months of agile adoption.
• Coached the team about modern agile practices
Banker’s Toolbox Inc. Apr. 2011-Feb. 2017
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
• Guide team to produce quality software on a predictable schedule using Agile/Scrum & SAFe principles and practices
• Create and maintain information radiators that track progress at multiple levels; remove impediments to team progress either directly or by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Support and educate the product owner; groom and maintain the product backlog
• Prepared, facilitated and followed up on actions for all Scrum ceremonies including grooming, planning, stand- ups, reviews and retrospectives
• Drive process improvements toward consistent delivery of working product.
• Providing support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible; leading by example
• Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Experience in working in an on-shore and offshore software delivery model. Key Achievements
• Handled critical risk management software that adhered to the BSA Patriot act (BAM+), suspicious activities (SAR Manager) and Wire compliance (Wire Pro)
• Worked with 4 agile Scrum teams and 2 Kanban teams
• Achieved an improvement in team velocity by 50% within 4 months of agile adoption. Team Lease Services Limited Jun. 2007-Nov. 2008
Technical Support Engineer/Project Engineer
• Improved the Uptime of software applications and device interfaces deployed at retail outlets
• Collaborated with Project Lead for requirement gathering and finalized technical specifications
• Provided remote technical support to the users on the site regarding the petroleum retail outlet issues.
• Worked closely and effectively with vendors to escalate and ensure availability of standby system Key Achievements
• Provided business process mapping using IBM’s LOVEM methodology; technically supported from DAKC to field retail outlet problems
RAHUL KUMBHAR 737-***-****
• Successfully prepared network and logical architecture for servers, client machine and PDA’s according to requirements
• Individually handled the entire application suite for retail automation systems of the petroleum business including configuration and maintenance
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• MBA Marketing 2011
Pillai’s Institute of Management Science & Research, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai University
• Engineering- Electronics and Telecommunication 2006 A.C.Patil College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai University CERTIFICATION
• Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist from Scaled Agile Inc
• Certified Scrum Professional®-ScrumMaster (CSP-SM) from Scrum Alliance
• Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) from Scrum Alliance
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance REFERENCES
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