BRIJESH MUKUNDAN SATHI

Apex, NC ***** 510-***-**** adlkay@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

• Experienced Release Train Engineer (RTE), Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Senior Program Manager with PMP, AWS-CCP and Scrum Master certification ready to provide strong technical direction and strategy development to Agile and DevOps teams across development unit. Highly technical experience in Java/J2EE, Database environments and keen abilities in business management including budgets, scheduling, and business development. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.

• A highly skilled and respected leader with vast array of expertise in software development life cycle, System Analysis, Technical Analysis, Scrum, SAFe, Agile Delivery, Cloud Technologies, Project Management, Outsourcing, Program Management, Hands on Technical skills in Java/J2EE, Database, proven track record of resolving complex operational business issues across many global organizations, contributing to the growth of an organization.

• Senior Scrum Master/ Release Train Engineer (RTE), Responsible for coordinating, running and managing the Scaled Agile Framework -SAFe Planning Increment (PI) / Other SAFe ceremonies, Scrum ceremonies.

• Experienced System Analyst working directly with business clients to understand and define business requirements.

• Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused, Conflict Resolution, and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments

• Possess an Agile mindset, Accomplished servant-leader with large-scale software delivery experience. Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self- management.

• Implemented a series of best practice processes like simplified story documentation template, utilization of team collaboration site, Continues Integration Continues Delivery (CICD) /Dev Ops, TDD /BDD, Continues Improvement, survey driven and results oriented retrospectives.

• Successfully delivered 8 + projects using agile methodology, Successfully migrated multiple projects from Waterfall to Scrum, good experience in working with multiple globally distributed teams/different time zones.

• 10+ Years of hands on technology experience in developing and deploying applications using J2EE Architecture and Client Server Technologies.

• Proficient with project management processes and best practices at all phases of the software development life cycle.

• Clientele includes Fidelity, Gullivers Travel Associates, British Telecom, MetLife, New York Times, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Chemplastics Inc., Telstra, American Health Net, Vodafone. Skills

• Agile Principals, Tasking Meetings/Retrospectives, Story-Based Development, Iteration/Sprint Planning Meetings, Conflict Resolution, Leadership.

• Project Lifecycle Management,Project Monitoring, Coordinating Team Projects, Project Manager

Supervision, Agile Project Management. Planning,

Communication.

• Stake holder management, Business Process

Improvement, Scope management, Budget

Management, Manage Risks and plan for the

• Requirement Analysis and Documentation, Product

Development, Performance Testing, Performance

Tuning, Data Analysis, Training Facilitation,

Monitoring / tracking projects with respect to

budgeted cost, SOW creation, Invoicing.

• Java, J2EE, OOAD, XML, UML, Spring, Hibernate,

iBatis, Oracle, MS SQL Server, My SQL, SQL,

DB2, AWS -SQS, AWS-S3, Python, Machine

Learning.

• Weblogic, Websphere, Jrun, JBoss, JMeter, Spring contingencies, Strategic Planning, Multitasking

abilities, Verbal and written communication,

Cultural awareness.

• Estimation, Managing Risks, Dependency

Management, Motivate & Coach Team Members,

Appraisals, Mentoring, Conduct Code Reviews and

Design reviews, Business Analysis, Kanban, Data

Structures.

Framework

• MS Project, Rational Rose, Eclipse, Erwin, MS

office, JIRA, Agile craft / JiraAlign, Confluence, Sharepoint, Mural, SoupUI, POSTMAN.

Work History

Release Train Engineer (RTE)/ Senior Scrum Master / Agile Coach 07/2015 to Current Fidelity Investments – Raleigh, NC

• Lead Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to success and navigate the complexity of delivering innovative solutions

• Resolved and escalated impediments, managed risk, assured value delivery, and drove program level continuous improvement.

• Play a critical link between multiple scrum teams; facilitating communications, opening the flow of information, and sharing important progress updates to ensure all teams involved in the ART are focused on successful delivery.

• Accountable for the overall coordination, execution and delivery of value through the program while ensuring alignment with company strategy, commitments and goals.

• Oversees medium-to-large sized release trains with complex scope and interdependencies.

• Facilitated the coordinated preparation of release planning for the release train, including communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.

• Ensure that the ART adheres to and blends Lean Agile best practices, DevOps and DevSecOps practices, and required internal controls and governance

• Responsible for backlog management as well as ALM tool data integrity for accurate reporting. This includes the collection of metrics and KPIs.

• Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams, release trains, or solution groups are involved in development.

• Resolve/report issues and manage dependencies and risks across the ART and between ARTs.

• Drive continuous improvement through the facilitation of retrospectives quarterly, or more often as needed, to improve backlog management, release train reviews, sprint reviews, or release train coordination and higher- level function

• Actively participate in the RTE Community of Practice helping the organization to maintain alignment, learn new techniques, and improve technical and quality practices. Work with RTE community to determine ways to help ARTs across the company improve cross train and solution group coordination and collaboration.

• Teach, mentor, and coach teams, Scrum Masters, ARTs and Product on emerging agile, lean, and XP methods, Act as a coach to any Agile role or stakeholder

• Produced working deliverables and agile metric reports each Sprint, updating customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.

Senior Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master 01/2011 to 07/2015 Infosys – Nashua, NH

• Managed a four million worth account, 70 + team members, 2 project managers.

• In another project, as a Sr Project manager, was responsible for delivery of a complex, 2 million worth, multi- vendor web application using 40+ team members Telecom Major.

• Responsible for mentoring and motivating PMs, PL/TLs, Responsible for performance evaluation of the 40 + team members.

• Manage Risks and plan for the contingencies, Identify & Coordinate with multiple stakeholders/vendors, Get involved in discussions with Business team to scope the project.

• Developed implementation methodologies to rein in project costs while meeting key milestones.

• Developed and initiated projects, including managing costs, schedule and performance.

• Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.

• Worked with the engineering managers to identify cross-team dependencies and manage inter-team tasks.

• Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams by 16% and the quality of deliverables by 22%.

• Coached new SM and trained global teams, which resulted in early delivery of project and reduced process waste caused by lack of common understanding.

Project Manager/ Scrum Master 09/2006 to 12/2010

Sapient – Bangalore

• Was responsible for delivery of a Complex web application for a Travel and hospitality domain client.

• Drove requirements backlog cleanup initiative, resulting in more time elaborating and developing stories and less time managing.

• Primary responsibility includes – End to end Delivery, Scrum Master for Site Management scrum team, Managing and Tracking deliverables in the project, interacting with Senior managers and directors of different project teams and making sure that deliverables are delivered on time, Manage the dependencies in the project.

• Responsibilities include Estimation, Leading Delivery team, Leading the support team,Project Scoping, Planning and Tracking, Conduct Code Reviews and Design reviews,Manage Risks and plan for the contingencies, Manage issues & dependencies., Requirement Analysis and Motivate & Coach Team Members, Appraisals, Conducting Interviews.

• Communicated technical information to non-technical staff by serving as Subject-Matter Expert. Project Lead 09/2003 to 09/2006

Cognizant Technology Solutions – Orange, CA

• Planned, executed and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with contractual requirements.

• Was responsible for E2E delivery of Web Application building projects for Media and Insurance major. Track lead / Senior Developer 09/2000 to 09/2003

California Software Co. Ltd

• Delivered of e-Marketplace building project -Retail domain, Hospital Management system project- Healthcare domain.

• Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments, including testing features and correcting code.

• Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for project plans. Education

MBA: Operations Management

Symbiosis International University - Pune, India

Bachelor of Engineering: Computer Science & Engineering Madras University - Chennai

Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified through Project Management Institute (PMI), 2010

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS-CCP), Amazon

• Retirement Plan Fundamentals (RPF) Certificate, American Society of Pension Professionals and actuaries

(ASPPA)

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM®), Certified through www.scrumalliance.org.

• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP®) Certified through www.scrumalliance.org.

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®) Certified through www.scrumalliance.org.

• Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) Certified through www.scrumalliance.org

• SAFe Agilist

• ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching Certification (ICP-ACC)

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