Scrum Master Project Manager

Srinivas Vasireddy Cell: 864-***-****; ******************@*****.***

Professional Summary

Information Technology professional with over 20 years of experience managing and analyzing multiple complex projects involving onsite and offshore model with

Waterfall & Agile methodologies. Implemented Managed Services Model (MSM) in different Lines of Business for various clients by taking end-to-end ownership of the client businesses

Exposed to a wide range of Project, Program & Delivery Management techniques with strong experience in System Impact Analysis, Maintenance and Production support activities managing multi-million dollar portfolios. Provides analysis and alternative project and portfolio

recommendations to the leadership team developing client relationship and executing projects with cross-functional teams and multiple vendors in Global Delivery Model

IT Strategist and Sr Program/Project Manager with proven experience in building high performance teams and

directing technology, architecture and functional aspects of project handling in Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Expertise in PPM (Project & Portfolio Management) tools

(like Clarity, MS Project) for project planning,

prioritization, execution and implementation with end-to- end responsibility of Portfolio & Vendor Management with exposure to working on RFPs

Also exposed to a wide range of Business processes and involved in creation of Business Requirements, Functional Specifications and performing Functional and Integration Testing

Program/Project Management

Certified in Program

Management “Mastering the

Integrated Program” from Stanford

University, US thru Cognizant

SAFe (SAFe Agilist) from Scaled

Agile

SAFe (SAFe Scrum Master) from

Scaled Agile

CSM (Certified Scrum Master)

from Scrum Alliance

Agile PM Certification –

Cognizant Academy (Internal)

Managed Services Model (MSM)

Implementation Expertise

Undergoing PMP (Project

Management Professional) training

and certification

Domain Skills

Insurance, Health Care, Financial

Services

Technical Skills

Programming Languages –

COBOL, Fortran, JCL, Java Script,

VB Script, HTML, XML, Java and C

Database – MS-Access, Oracle,

SQL Server, DB2

Technologies – IBM MQSeries,

OOAD, Active X, MTS, IIS, COM,

EJB, Web Sphere, Web logic 6.1,

JSP, ASP

Tools Used – MS-Office, MS-

Project, SharePoint, EXCEL,

PowerPoint, Visio, CA-Clarity,

Jira, Rally

Management Abilities

• Ensure on top-quality deliverables from different vendors. Project Estimation and demand/capacity/utilization planning. Review and monitor the progress of projects as per the plan and keeping track of projects delivered on time and budget.

• Experienced in providing high-level project oversight with responsibility for strategic decisions, program leadership and direction, and resource optimization and allocation

• Managing portfolio finances, quarterly and yearly projections, invoicing, resource procurement and management

• Monthly dashboard, status reporting review with leadership team and respective stakeholders

• Managing client-relationship with Application Owners and Leadership team

• People Management, performance (appraisal) goal setting, recommending personnel actions, such as promotion and exercise discretion over day-to-day team operations

• Project coordination & implementation of SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) applications hosting in Cloud using Waterfall/Agile methodologies; estimation, reviews, build core competencies, including Risk Management and mitigation plan Functional/Consulting Abilities

• Performing consultation/due diligence and provide appropriate approach & portfolio recommendations

• Mapping business capabilities and services to IT solutions, plan IT solutions for future business opportunities

• Preparing Business and Functional Specifications and conducts walk-through sessions to the Business Users and Design team; prepare Functional Test Cases and performs functional testing; provide User training to the Business

Professional Experience

Herbalife Nutrition, US (Aug-2021 to till date)

Program Manager/Sr. Project Manager

• Responsible for ensuring top-quality deliverables handling multiple projects for Herbalife

• Assisted in overall program/project planning and ensure cross-team dependencies are well- understood and modeled in project plans and timelines

• Collect and consolidate cross-team delivery status to stakeholders and executive management

• Work with PMO PM/BA, Business along with Tech lead to finalize the Requirements & approvals for BRD and FRD

• Create project plan including Requirement Analysis, Design, Build, Unit Testing, QA testing, UAT Testing, Regression Testing, Deployment Activities, Post Deployment Warranty and support

• Effective Change management process handling in case of any deviation in project changes

• Implemented projects using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies hosting them in Cloud Majesco, US (Sep-2020 to Aug-2021)

Sr. Program Manager/Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master

• Responsible for ensuring top-quality deliverables from Majesco to the client; interacting with them on a daily basis. Participated in Project Estimation exercise and demand/capacity planning. Involved in reviewing project plans and monitor the progress of projects as per the plan; keeps track of dependencies to a closure and ensure that the projects are completed on time and on budget.

• Responsible for coordinating and managing teams by implementing projects with multi-layer architecture involving back-end, middle-layer and front-end

• Daily interaction with Client Senior Managers to outline the initiatives for new projects in addition to managing the on-going delivery

• Responsible for people management, performance (appraisal) goal setting, and has authorities to recommend personnel actions, such as promotion and leave authorization, of my subordinates and exercises discretion over the day-to-day team operations for which the team is responsible

• Implemented projects using Agile methodology hosting them in Cloud using SaaS model and facilitated Sprint events - Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and Backlog Grooming

MetLife, US (Mar-2013 to Sep-2020)

Program Manager/Project Manager/Scrum Master

• Facilitated Agile ceremonies/events - Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and Backlog Grooming

• Developed and maintained a productive working relationship with Product Owner and Stakeholders in identifying and removing impediments continuously; Support Product Owner especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the backlog

• Participated in identifying and establishing Agile and team guidelines and best practices

• Participated in Project Estimation exercise and demand/capacity planning. Ensure that the projects are completed on time and on budget and also ensuring that laid down procedures and processes are followed by the team

• Responsible for coordinating and managing teams by implementing and hosting projects in Cloud using SaaS and PaaS models with multi-layer architecture involving back-end, middle-layer and front-end via Salesforce

• Daily interaction with Client Senior Managers to outline the initiatives for new projects in addition to managing the on-going delivery of projects

• Work with PMO PM/BA, Business along with Tech lead to finalize the Requirements & approvals for BRD and FRD

• Work with Tech Lead on Solution Design Document based on the requirement and get the necessary approvals

• Create project plan including Requirement Analysis, Design, Build, Unit Testing, QA testing, UAT Testing, Regression Testing, Deployment Activities, Post Deployment Warranty and support

• QA testing – Work with QA team for QC testing & closely monitor for defects & trigger RCA for any defects using HP QC (Quality Center)

• Organize to create Deployment Checklist document and support during production deployment

• Resource/Capacity Planning – Participate in project meetings and understand the project resource needs. Proactively plan and assemble team members. Ensure timely availability of skilled resources on time. Single point of contact for resource allocations, resource utilization, and tracking

• Project Ownership – Owns Cognizant delivery for projects including but not limited to project planning, tracking, monitoring quality, status reporting, addressing escalations.

• Status Reporting (360-degree view) – Dashboards to cover weekly project status, risks, pending issues to client Leadership team

• Knowledge Management / Innovations – Create knowledge repositories, document lessons learned, and books of knowledge for new team members. Focus on innovation, value adds & continuous improvements

ING (Voya Financial), US (Nov-2012 to Mar-2013)

Program/Project Manager

• Performed benefit analysis and proposed the best feasible solution for OIPA upgrade from V7 and V9

• Managed client relationship with Application Owners and Leadership team

• Provided a realistic overall picture of the project/initiative portfolio and communicate daily to the client management

• Be a point of contact to execute projects end-to-end, and responsible for project planning, prioritization, execution and implementation

• Involved in project scoping, estimation, budget tracking, resource planning, scheduling, risks and issues management

• Responsible for review and tracking the program level schedule, presenting monthly dashboard, status reporting to leadership and various stakeholders, billing and invoicing, people management, performance (appraisal) goal setting, review and evaluation, quality processes adherence and compliance

MetLife, US (Dec-2011 to Oct-2012)

Scrum Master/Project Manager

• Served as a Scrum Master for multiple teams across the program where required

• Assisted in overall program/project planning and ensure cross-team dependencies are well- understood and modeled in project plans and timelines

• Resolved cross-team impediments and blocking issues

• Collect and consolidate cross-team status for delivery to stakeholders and executive management

• Scheduled and conducted meetings and ceremonies in accordance with best practices for Agile/Scrum software development

• Responsible for building team collaboration, commitment towards achieving sprint objectives and viewing team needs

• Continuously worked to improve team performance and productivity

• Facilitated Retrospectives which generate new ideas for process improvement

• Responsible for managing resources and acquiring projects from the client and delivery management

• Key participant in impact analysis, estimation, proposing new solutions. Adhering to complete SDLC process

• Set-up end to end delivery process for development and maintenance projects

• Monitor milestones and track deliverables for timeliness and quality

• Project plan, Task allocation, Progress monitoring and Issue resolution

• Integrate/work with multiple work streams to ensure that the project delivery is in line with the Scope, Schedule, and Cost baselines adhering to the planned targets defined

• Create, Maintain and Manage Project Plans and Estimates

• Ongoing Management of identifying potential project risks, management of issues, escalations and dependencies

• Effective Change management process handling in case of any deviation in project changes The Hartford Life (HLIKK, US) (Feb-2009 to Dec-2011) Delivery/Project Manager

• Performed Due Diligence and provided approach and portfolio recommendations to client leadership on implementing MSM model for the new engagement

• Completely owned the engagement from transition phase till steady state in the MSM model

• Manage the client relationship with Application Owners and Senior Leadership team

• Provided a realistic overall picture of the project/initiative portfolio and communicate Steering Group decisions to client leadership team

• Parallel execution of multiple projects (MSM and Invest), knowledge management and coordination

[including maintenance of knowledge repository (client SharePoint portal)], client management, project scoping, estimation, budget tracking, resource planning and scheduling

• Responsible for the design and implementation of the processes and tools associated with the program management office which includes managing risks and issues

• Implement and ensure the follow of Project and Program Standards, Methods, Best Practices, and Templates

• Managed multiple clusters teams which include Microsoft, Java, Data Warehouse and Mainframe technologies

• Handling portfolio finances, quarterly and yearly projections, invoicing, resource procurement and management

• Ensuring project delivery in global delivery model with effective resource utilization, bettering onsite-offshore ratio, streamlining billing and invoicing processes, tracking SOW utilization, etc.,

• Mapping business capabilities and services to IT solutions, plan IT solutions for future business opportunities

The Hartford (HLIKK, HLIEU), Japan, Ireland (Oct-2004 to Feb-2009) Project Manager/Business Analyst

• Performed Due Diligence and involved in analyzing the external system and identifying the gaps and recommended a new architecture/design for CMS (Cash Management System) implementation

• Bettered the Business requirements based on expertise in Ingenium and refined the requirements

• Responsible for People aspirations and their career growth, driving portfolio to meet account goals, CMM Quality driving and maintenance, better operating margin

• Responsible for ensuring project delivery in global delivery model with effective resource utilization, bettering onsite-offshore ratio, streamlining billing and invoicing processes, tracking utilization, etc.,

• Apply risk identification strategies in project planning and handling customer interaction and delivery management

• Responsible for presenting dashboard, status reporting to leadership and various stakeholders

• Review the Project Plan and track the milestones of the project

• Involved in reviewing Functional Specification for some of the key functionalities

• Also involved in conducting walk-through on the Business and Functional understanding with the Users and Design team while playing Business Analysis role

• Review Functional Test Plan and Test Cases

Prudential Life, Taiwan & Manulife, Japan (May-2002 to Oct-2004) Project Lead/Business Analyst

• Provided estimation on the new requirements and performed Gap analysis of the current system along with the surrounding systems

• Defined a migration strategy and involved in gathering requirements from the Business Users and preparing Requirements document

• Prepare Project Plan and track the milestones of the project. Status update to the client and leadership team

• Involved in preparing Functional Specifications and conducting walk-through sessions to the Design team on the changes implemented

• Provided User training to the Business on the usage of the new system

• Performed the role of Business Analyst in identifying the gaps that were submitted by various Clients who use Ingenium; based on the Functional Changes implemented in their systems

• Analyze and propose the solutions to be made for the base Ingenium

• Defined a migration strategy and guiding the team in data mapping for the existing system to the new system

• Provided estimation on the migration methodology performed based on the current system

• Mapped around 170+ tables to the new Ingenium system from UNISYS to INGENIUM ASTD – American Society for Training and Development, US & DBS – The Development Bank of Singapore, Singapore (Dec-1999 to May-2002)

Project/Tech Lead/Team Member

• Engaged in taking care of Securities Module by tracking the deliverables quality and schedule

• Engaged in generating the Online Enquiries and Reports for the module

• Engaged in analysis viz., preparing SRS (System/Software Requirement Specifications) and Design Document (HLD and LLD) for the project

• Engaged in analysis and design of Admin module for all the four phases

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