Shanker Vadlamani

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Certified Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, Technical Project Manager and Agile Practitioner seeking a suitable opportunity for managing large scale Technology and Business Transformation engagements.

SUMMARY:

·Experienced IT professional with more than 10 years’ experience that includes managing end-to-end delivery of medium to large scale complex Technology Projects that span across multiple and diverse Business Functions.

·Strong Leadership and Motivational skills including ability to lead up, across and down, globally distributed Business and Technology organizations.

·Known for ability to produce High Quality Deliverables that meet or exceed Timeline and Budgetary targets.

·Efficient in directing teams on managing Technical Challenges, Blockers and High Severity Issues observed during application development and support.

·Extensive experience in Kanban model

·Experience working in SAFe environment using Scrum principles to understand and execute resolution of backlog items by working closely with the Product Owner(s) and the Project Team(s)

·Working knowledge of Business Process Management (BPM) techniques

·Expertise in estimating work effort, planning sprint backlogs, facilitating daily stand up meetings, and conducting sprint demo and retrospective meetings throughout all Agile sprint phases

·Experience working on both physical and virtual Scrum boards

·Efficient in directing teams on managing Technical Challenges, Blockers and High Severity Issues observed during application development and support.

·Experienced in Implementing various Best Practices to improve Code Quality by introducing build automation, Peer Review, and other Industry Standards.

·Highly proficient in Collaborating with all Project stakeholders including End-users, Business Partners, and Technical Team members.

SKILLS AND PROFICIENCIES:

·Agile Project Management Tools: JIRA with Confluence, Agile Estimators, Team Foundation Server (TFS), VersionOne, ADO

·Version Control/CI/CD Tools: GitHub, MTFS, Teamcity, Gitlab

·Languages/Platforms: HTML, XML, JavaScript, J2EE, Java, .NET, Visual Basic, C, ASP, Python, JSON

·Databases/Tools: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access, Teradata, DB2, Informatica, DataStage

·Web servers: Apache, IIS

·Agile Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe

·Project Management Tools: Confluence, Robohead, MS Project,

·Other software: MS Visio, MS Office, Win Merge, MS Project,

WORK EXPERIENCE

Scrum Master, Newmark Mar 2022 till date

·Worked with more than 2 Agile teams for overall Agile transformation process.

·Initiated Scrum implementation and performed Scrum ceremonies which included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review & Retrospective

·Worked with Product owners for Backlog creation and refinements.

·Created various reports like Sprint Reports, velocity charts, burn down and burn up charts periodically.

·Address and resolve risks, roadblocks and obstacles while securing resources to efficiently complete deliverables

·Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings between teams and System and Solution Architects

·Identified impediments and risks team encountered and worked on resolving them.

·Generated weekly reports on progress of current project(s)

Scrum Master, AETNA May 2021 to Jan 2021

·Worked closely with release management and development to establish a formal code promotion process using CI/CD

·Initiated Scrum implementation and performed Scrum ceremonies which included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review & Retrospective

·Worked with Product owners for Backlog creation and refinements.

·Identified impediments and risks team encountered and worked on resolving them.

·Created various reports like Sprint Reports, velocity charts, burn down and burn up charts periodically.

·Coached teams on Agile methodology and Initiated and hosted various team bonding activities.

·Escalate and track impediments, facilitate Scrum of Scrums sessions

Scrum Master / RTE, Humana, KY Nov 2020 to May 2021

·Worked on call center platform migration program from legacy systems like Nuance IVR and others to Genesys. Worked on different capabilities like call and screen recording, softphone (Salesforce to Genesys), WFM, Queuing and Routing, Co Browse.

·Work with business partners to track and report benefits and impact of the program

·Help to guide and manage the ART and the teams through the delivery of software and services, encouraging the agile mindset across client spaces

·Facilitate and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PI)

·Aggregate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency

·Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings between teams and System and Solution Architects

·Escalate and track impediments, facilitate Scrum of Scrums sessions

·Provide guidance in Agile, Scrum, and SAFe and leads Agile delivery teams consisting of a mix of organization and possibly contractor/vendor staff

·Drive continuous improvement via facilitating workshops; assess the agility level of the program and push teams to improve

·Ensure alignment to the cross-departmental roadmaps, create a collective plan to manage dependencies

·Understand fundamentals of software development processes and procedures in an agile development environment

·Drives program-level continuous improvement via retrospectives

Scrum Master/Agile SME, Ven Soft LLC, Irving, Texas

Client: Sunbelt Rentals, Fort Mill, SC July 2019 – Oct 2020

·Worked with more than 3 Agile teams for overall Agile transformation process.

·Worked on Ecommerce and ERP projects

·Initiated Scrum implementation and performed Scrum ceremonies which included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review & Retrospective for 3 or more teams

·Facilitated Kanban implementation for projects

·Performed Agile/Kanban activities using JIRA and Confluence extensively.

·Worked towards removing impediments for the Scrum teams and coached teams

·Performed project management activities, resource management, project planning, tracking, and reporting.

·Provided Agile coaching to teams during transformation phase

·Involved in initial Requirement Analysis phase and understanding user stories defined in Jira.

·Closely worked with product owner and showcased servant leadership for the team.

·Technically involved with teams for the projects and delivered well in time per plan

Scrum Master/ RTE, PROMINDS BUSINESS CONSULTING INC, Atlanta, GA

Client: Global Payments Atlanta, GA SEP 2018 till June 2019

·Initiated Scrum implementation and performed Scrum ceremonies which included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review & Retrospective

·Performed Scrum activities using JIRA and Confluence extensively

·Coordinated with Product owner for backlog creation and refinement

·Identified and removed impediments for Scrum teams

·Worked on Salesforce, Mobile and Ecommerce projects

·Reported progress to all stakeholders through Sprint Burn-Down Reports, Iteration Burn-Down Reports, and velocity target updates

·Coordinated with systems partners to finalize designs and formalize requirements Utilized Story. Sizing and Planning Poker techniques as needed based on the length of the backlog and priorities

·Operated in 3-week sprints with flexibility on length based on immediate functionality concerns.

·Ensured application availability and data integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.

·Resolved conflict, improved morale and established clear goals by effectively managing timelines and shared resources with special emphasis on building relationships across departments

Scrum Master, Tabner Global Inc, Charlotte, NC

Client: American Tire Distributors, Huntersville, NC Feb 2014 to Aug 2018

·Performed all Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Sprint Reviews and Daily standups for more than 3 scrum teams

·Worked on BI, Ecommerce and Workday projects

·Planned and scheduled project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.

·Actively participated in agile transformation program in the organization.

·Worked closely with release management and development to establish a formal code promotion process using CI/CD

·Worked with Product owners for Backlog creation and refinements.

·Identified impediments and risks team encountered and worked on resolving them.

·Created various reports like Sprint Reports, velocity charts, burn down and burn up charts periodically.

·Coached teams on Agile methodology and Initiated and hosted various team bonding activities.

·Extensively used JIRA for Scrum Boards and dashboards.

·Encouraged teams to implement and practice pair programing where applicable.

Business Systems Consultant, Lowe's, Mooresville, NC May 2010–Dec 2013

·Created Test Plans and managed the team for testing various applications across multiple browsers in production as well as UAT environments

·Implemented and practiced agile frameworks like Kanban and Scrum

·Involved in sprint planning, daily standup’s, retrospective meetings

·Liaise with Business Analyst, Project Manager, and Development team member(s) throughout for ensuring better quality products

·Generated weekly reports on progress of current project(s)

·Monitored and validated daily promotions, banners, and homepage on Lowes.com on store, item and state level

·Provide UAT support (baseline, integration, regression) for daily site enhancement

·Trained and mentored individuals both onsite and offshore in promotional banner and homepage testing methodologies

·Mentored and trained onsite and offshore resources on projects

EDUCATION

·Master’s in Engineering, McNeese State University (Jan 2007- July 2008)

·Bachelor’s in Engineering, Osmania University (Sep 2002- June 2006)

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

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