JANARDHANA REDDY
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OBJECTIVE
Aspiring for Scrum Master role in IT
sector to explore the acquired skills
and aid in achieving organizational
goals while ensuring personal growth.
SKILLS
Jira, MS Power BI Desktop, MS SQL,
Team Management, Workflow Man-
agement & UATs
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
With over 16+ years of experience as a Scrum Master ( 3 Years 3 months), Research Analyst & Manager Content Operations (13 Years) in Financial Services, having expertise in Agile Development Methodology, SCRUM methodologies and good process knowledge in Market Data & Corporate Actions, Automation, Data Analysis and People Management. Well acquainted with JIRA, MS Power BI, MS SQL, S&P Global Market Intelligence Products, IDC and having good knowledge in Equity markets for North America & International markets.
EXPERIENCE
Bydint IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad Jan 2019– Till date Working as an Agile Scrum Master and Project Coordinator, through my 3+ years at Bydint IT Solutions. Wonderful exposure & interactions with clients. Below are my responsibilities.
• Leads Daily Scrums and removes impediments
• Monitors Sprint Burndown Charts and maintains other productivity metrics
• Protects the Sprint Backlog from scope creep
• Acts as liaison between stakeholders and teams to negotiate Sprint scope
• Facilitates Sprint Review Meetings, using outcome to work with prod- uct management in updating the Product Backlog
• Facilitates Sprint Retrospective Meetings and expedite plans for im- provement
• Effort Estimation, Strategy & Planning, Team Management, Project Management, Delivery Management, Agile, Scrum, Driving velocity, Getting best out of the sprint planning meetings.
• Effective communication, Self-motivated, Self Driven, Confident, Well Disciplined, Flexible, Quick learner and always ready for new responsi- bilities and challenging roles.
• Manage resources, timelines, customer interaction and deliverables of the project.
• Team management, Status reporting and Project tracking.
• Review of the Requirements and performing Business impact analy- sis.
• Defines the guideline and overview for the project scope.
• Responsible for establishing cadence and program level ceremonies
(e.g. PI Planning, Product Management Council, Scrum of Scrums, Re- lease Train Retrospectives, IP Sprint)
• Working cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execu- tion to ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration.
• Facilitate alignment dependencies between the program team and vendors, release managers, and between the team and other Scrum Teams. Closely partnering with the Product Manager & IT Delivery Owner
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• Maintaining metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on pro- gram-level plans, progress and quality
• Working with other program leaders to drive the definition and re- finement of the program backlog
AGILE DELIVERY
• Responsible for AGILE processes and acting as the delivery champion.
• Coach the team on Agile principles and practices.
• Risk identification, mitigation strategies and management.
• Facilitate a delivery approach that allows for a mix of technical and non-technical work to improve delivery capability. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• Develop, monitor and communicate team reporting and metrics.
• Facilitate sessions with team/s focused on using data and measures to drive change and improvements.
• Ensure improvements are fed into delivery processes & customer value is delivered frequently.
• Ensure the team remains focused on priorities and aligned to strategy and road maps, and that backlog and release plans are maintained LEADERSHIP
• Create clarity around purpose of work and how it contributes to the overall strategy and goals of the organization.
• Identify impediments and remove them.
• Provide guidance/direction in times of change; lead by example con- veying flexibility and adaptability.
COMMUNICATION
• Act as a key contact point for Information relating to the team and de- livery commitments.
• Ensure cross-team collaboration and communication on inter-depend- encies for deliverables are managed effectively.
• Liaison for queries from stakeholders on delivery progress, mile- stones, blockers, risks etc.
• Manage team capacity in relation to demand from Product Owners and Portfolio Managers.
CEREMONIES
• Estimation - story points Daily Stand-ups Sprint Planning Prepare
/ Run Showcases and Retrospectives Backlog Refinement Manager Content Operations, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Hyderabad July 2011- Nov 2018
With over 7+ years of experience as a Team Lead & Manager Content Op- erations in Market Data & Corporate Actions work flow management lead- ing a team of 45 in performing extensive research on pricing and corporate actions, addressing client issues and adhering SLAs. Successfully completed 2 process migrations from Denver to Hydera- bad resulting ~$1.75 million saving
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Implemented 3 lean process in Pricing & corporate actions collection processes resulting 10 FTE savings
Senior Analyst, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Hyderabad March 2008 to June 2011
The job includes sourcing and maintenance of equity share numbers from different sources on timely series. Capturing events (private placements, public offerings etc.,) that effects changes in equity share numbers of a company.
Created 20+ CS rules and enhanced to filter relevant documents. Initiated ‘No Info Analysis’ skipping unnecessary docs being issued to Managed Shares process which resulted in 3 FTE savings for the pro- cess
Awarded as “Outstanding Employee- Certificate of Appreciation” – of Securiteis Data division in 3rd and 4th quarters of 2008 at S&P Global Market Intelligence
Research Analyst, Thomson Financial, Bangalore
December 2003 to December 2005
The job includes maintenance of Price and Non-price information in DataStream, the powerful tool which provides financial information of the stocks / funds trading in the stock markets around the world. Handling Cli- ent queries relating to the stocks and funds information maintained by Thomson Corporation.
Awarded as “Best employee of the year- 2005” and “Best Quality Star Performer” in Securities Team at Thomson Financials, Bangalore EDUCATION
• PGDBA (Finance & Systems) from MS Ramaiah Institute of Manage- ment, Bangalore (2000-2002)
• B. Com Computer Applications from S.V University, Tirupati. (1997- 2000)
• Power BI Course from Simplilearn -Skillup
• Agile Scrum Master Course from Simplilearn-Skillup