ABHISHEK KUMAR SINGH
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TRANSFORMATION LEADER BUSINESS GROWTH THROUGH EXCELLENCE
Certified SAFe ®5.0 Scrum Master, SAFe® 5.0 Practitioner and a technocrat Agile professional offering 15+ years of progressive experience in delivering consulting & service improvement programs across Analytics & Digital Practices within Energy & Utilities, Insurance, Telecom and Customer Experience Management domains
Leverages expertise in implementing SAFe framework at organization level and successfully driving business strategies, product positioning & competition tracking for SaaS & PaaS products across startups
Demonstrated history in Agile Project Management, Product Development, Continuous Improvement and Innovation, Process Consulting, Business Process Optimization
Profound expertise in planning and managing projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains
Implement project management framework and best practices methodologies to achieve organizational goal. Outstanding ability to understand and work on complex assignments with strong determination
Driving domain & industry agnostic Business Analytics across Data Warehousing, BI, Enterprise Information Management & Enterprise Performance Management
Gained exposure to a global culture which includes working with cross-functional teams, colleagues across UK
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Software Development Lifecycle Requirement Analysis Agile, Scrum & Waterfall Methodologies Project Management Product Development Program Management Business Analysis Lean Management Techno Functional Consulting Account Management Stakeholder Management Business Development Pre-Sales Team Management Relationship Management
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Senior Manager- Projects/ Agile Coach Larsen & Toubro Infotech, India Nov 2020- Ongoing
Involved in Agile Transformation across large client in the Life Sciences Sector and organizing Agile/SAFe & Design Thinking sessions for the associates
Handling large RFPs from the perspective of ways of working
Release Train Engineer/Scrum Master/Agile Coach Teachers Insurance & Annuities Association (TIAA) Jan 2018- Nov 2020
As RTE
Ensured that program level impediments should get resolved resulting in on time delivery of the product as Servant Leader
Performed a wide array of duties like setup agenda for PI Planning and assured improvement by adopting & improving best practices (both at the framework level, as well as engineering best practices such as TDD, BDD, Pair Programming etc. Acted as UberScrumMaster
As Scrum Master for 3 Teams
Mentored the team & organization about the usage of Agile/Scrum/SAFe practices & values to delight customers and how to get the most out of self-organization
Provided assistance to the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in Agile/Scrum frameworks and determined the Scrum maturity of the team & organization and coached the team to higher levels of maturity
Eliminated impediments or provided guidance to the team on the same by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment
Developed a safe environment with an emphasis on healing & problem solving and ensured the work was done without coercion, assigned/ dictated the work
Provided assistance with internal & external communication, improved transparency and radiated information
Supported & educated the Product Owner on grooming and maintained product backlog
As Agile Coach
Mentored Scrum Masters towards servant leadership style of functioning and organized SAFe training sessions for 100+ colleagues across the organization
Executed Lean Startup & Design Thinking Sessions for organization vide colleagues and conducted sessions for JIRA & Agile Craft across 2 geographies (US & India)
Program Manager/Delivery Manager Nectar Infotel Solutions Jan 2017- Oct 2017
As Business Analyst/Techno Functional Consultant
Accountable for functional design for Nectar's in-house products for Enterprise Mobility Management & Field Force Management and functional design for
Nectar's Internal ERP Application
PaaS/Saas based Billing Software
As Project/Delivery/Program Manager
Coordinated with a team of 14 resources for Telecom clients including Movicel & Unitel (Angola based) to maintain account centricity for running smooth operations around on time delivery, scope, time, cost, quality, change, communication, risk & crisis management and integration
Handled knowledge & application support transition of the current ERP to the Nectar Team and delivered the integration of client's existing
Acted as a Scrum & Agile Coach for the organizational level program & project management and delivery strategy
Senior Account Manager Ideapoke Technologies Pvt Ltd., India Jun 2016- Jan 2017
Involved in end-to-end delivery of landscape consulting report for application of Digital Practices (primarily IoT & Nanotechnology) across various industries like Electronics, Home Appliances and Manufacturing
Generated revenue to the tune of $50,000 and successfully created new revenue stream for the organization by drafting & implementing Strategic Partnership Framework
Senior Manager- Business Development Birdvision Consulting Pvt Ltd Jul 2015- Mar 2016
As Business Analyst/ Functional Consultant
Involved in prototype & delivered digital aspects of a SaaS on the basis of Customer Engagement/Experience product in terms of incorporating Machine Learning, Gamification, Multi Variate Analysis etc.
Incorporated and delivered functionality advancements in the existing PaaS on the basis Customer Engagement/Experience platform
As Senior Manager- Business Development
Created and presented customized proposals for prospective B2B customers, showcased Birdvision's capabilities and engagement program design
Increased the number of channel partners for Birdvision's Customer Engagement product suite to bring multiplier effect for product penetration across India resulting in revenue generation of the tune of INR 14 lakhs/annum towards the product licensing fee
PRECEDING ASSIGNMENTS
ORGANIZATION
DESIGNATION
TENURE
Enzen Global Ltd., UK
System Analyst
Apr 2012- Oct 2014
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Programmer Analyst
Oct 2009- Aug 2010
Tata Consultancy Services
Assistant Systems Engineer/ Project Leader/ On Site Coordinator
May 2005- Oct 2009
SCHOLASTIC & ACCREDITATION
Master of Business Administration, University of Leeds, UK, 2011
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Visweswaraiah Technological University, India, 2004
Certifications:
Diploma in Management Consulting
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
SAFe 5.0 Practitioner
SAFe 5.0 Scrum Master
SRI 111 (Fundamentals of Retirement)
Key Accolades
Bagged by All Stars Award for successfully delivering transformational projects in TIAA
Earned recognition for generating additional annual business worth GBP 5mn
Enzen vide acknowledgement for efficiently handling a team comprising of 8 members including business analysts, application developers & testers for transition of Reinstatement Management Solution from PIS to Application Support
Highest scorer for Management Consulting Module during MBA