Scrum Master Project Manager

Rohit Patel E: ********@*******.***

Scrum Master, Project Manager T: +1-407-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am a certified Scrum Master with four years of experience managing large enterprise software development projects that meet demanding time restraints and exceed client expectations, using Agile - SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies. Also having six years of experience of Project Manager in generating and building projects from conceptions to completion. Expertise in co- ordinating with diverse and bringing the best out from the available resources. A Logical and highly analytical individual capable of delivering modernized applications with the most comprehensive technical framework - with customization, development, and implementation of software applications; leveraged skills and experience in leadership roles.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

SDLC Methodologies SAFe Agile, Agile-Scrum, and Kanban. Work Management Tools AZURE, SNOW, JIRA, TEAMS, Microsoft Visual Studios. Defect Tracking tool QTEST and JIRA

Reporting Tools MS Office and Tableau

Modeling Tools MS Visio

Office Tools MS Word, MS Excel, MS SharePoint, MS Project, MS Access, and Project Planner Analytics Tools MS Excel, MS Access, Tableau 9.1

Programming Languages MYSQL and "R"

CERTIFICATIONS

CSM (Scrum Allience)

SAFe 5 Scrum Master ( SSM- Scaled Agile )

Professional Scrum Master I &II (Self-learning,Udemy)

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)

Project Management (PMP) Certification(Self-Learning,Udemy)

PMI-ACP( Simplilearn)

EDUCATION

Master's in Business administration (MBA), Stevens Institute of Technology, USA (2018)

Master's in Pharmacy (M Pharm), North Gujarat University, INDIA (2010)

Bachelor's in Pharmacy (B Pharm), North Gujarat University, INDIA (2008) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lansdale Family Dentistry & Dudhat Dental Group, PA June 2020 to Present Scrum Master-Project Manager

Roles and Responsibilities:

Oversee and manage projects of huge budget to reduce the risk and cost to the best possible extent.

Mentored scrum teams to utilize the Scrum framework as applicable and focused on delivering max business value within time constraints - Continuously monitored team to achieve iteration goals and commitments, factoring velocity and capacity.

Explaining and ensuring that all team members understand all the aspects of the project work accordingly.

Maintained ADO boards and aligned deliverables to business goals and priorities.

Provided high visibility through sprint boards & status reports to leadership, monitored development, SIT, UAT & Prod turn activities.

I have implemented Scrum artifacts while handling teams and facilitated Scrum Ceremonies like Daily standups, Sprint Planning meetings, Sprint Review / Demo meetings, and sprint retrospectives.

Communicated dependencies and blockers appropriately and addressed them with team activities, risk & escalation management.

Followed up on the approvals for Change Orders and ETPs (prod turns) and tracked all the deliverables for each release.

Worked on different proect management tools like Jira.

Facilitated calls for the intake process and design review to support product backlog management.

Provided resource staffing plan and scope management and facilitated implementation planning.

Assisted teams in continually improving the quality of their deliverables and meeting the Definition of Done (DOD)

Assisted in managing blockers, dependencies, and ambiguity to navigate progress.

Transformed the requirements into User stories representing actionable development tasks to be added to the Product Backlog and maintained sprint backlog.

Provided info regarding progress at the "Scrum of Scrums" meeting & addressed dependencies, blockers, and issues.

Incorporated suggestions for improvements from Retrospectives.

Coordinated with leadership, SMEs, product owners, and RTE on team impacts and work items. Pharm Food Group of Companies Inc., FL Jan 2019 to June 2020 Scrum Master

Roles and Responsibilities:

Mentored and trained scrum team with agile practices.

Focused on delivering a product of high business value, MVP & managed priorities based on business goals and inputs from PO.

Implemented Scrum artifacts and facilitated Scrum Ceremonies like Daily standups, Sprint Planning, Review, and Retrospective.

Tracked and communicated team velocity, sprint/release progress & weekly status.

Helped the team to do the PI Planning for all the iterations in Product Increment / Release.

With Product Owner, facilitated transformation of requirements into user stories to develop product backlog, refinement meetings – tasking, brainstorming test scenarios to aid estimations and bring stories to "Sprint Ready."

Participated in "Scrum of Scrums" meeting to discuss potential issues, blockers, and dependencies across multiple teams.

Libra Cosmetics, Gujarat, India Feb 2016 to Dec 2016 Project Manager

Roles and Responsibilities:

Creating long and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.

Lead meetings involving members of business users, subject matter experts, quality management, and application development teams to map the current user process and future process using a process flow diagram, with significant emphasis on lean practice during mapping.

Worked with the end users and system developers to develop a data extraction, migration, and verification plan for multiple systems.

Performed gap analysis, detailed risk assessments, and internal audits for CGMP software system and mitigated risk on time.

Drove efforts to gain working capital and angel funding to start and grow the business.

Ensure projects are planned and executed in line with goals, timelines, and budgets.

Support projects by being the main contact point between functional leads and other stakeholders.

Ensure deliverables are progressing according to specifications and completed on time.

Support collection of project and program level KPIs and provide project level content to internal program communications.

Identify and assess risks with significant business impact, reporting to the Head R&D Productivity and Efficiency to escalate issues/roadblocks.

Identify interdependencies and ensure connections are made across different projects and platform teams.

Play a role in team effectiveness, ensuring open communications, effective conflict resolution, and collaborative engagement within and across projects and activities. Neelam Industry, Gujarat, India April 2011 to Oct 2015 Business analyst-Project Manager

Roles and Responsibilities:

Gathered business requirements from JAD sessions, drove calls with business users and stakeholders, conducted one- on-one sessions, and consulted existing system documents – determined functional and non-functional requirements.

Provided clear and consistent information about project status, both internally and externally, for the IT team and stakeholders.

Used MS Visio for process modeling, mapping, and Business Process flow diagrams.

Prepared Business Requirement Document (BRD) and converted to Systems Requirement Specification (SRS). Analyzed, modified, and validated documents with technical stakeholders.

Prepared UML diagrams like Activity diagrams and Sequence diagrams using MS Visio to analyze the architectural design structure, behavior, and interaction with the system.

Performed Gap analysis between target and existing system.

Played a significant role in product backlog grooming to decompose the higher priority product backlog items. LEADERSHIP: Vice President of the college from the student council -- my primary duties were working with students to resolve problems and conflicts, update higher authorities, resolve student problems, and conduct / manage cultural events and sports activities.

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