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Scrum Engineer

Location:
Des Moines, IA
Posted:
March 09, 2021

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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

737-***-****

**********@*****.***

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

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• 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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