Chaitanya Kiran, Release Manager, SAFe ph: 312-***-****

Professional Summary:

Has over 12+ years of enabling “hands-on” Enterprise-wide transformations. As an Enterprise Lean Agile (SAFe 5.1) & DevSecOps coach, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Solution Train Engineer (STE), Scrum Master, Product Manager & Product Owner (PO) he has completed deployment (at scale) of multiple Releases and implemented the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) at four customer sites in the Health Care, Manufacturing (Auto), Energy, Aerospace, Manufacturing/Mobility, Utilities (Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution) and Auto Suppliers industries.

This included Digital Strategy, Value Stream Mapping, Road-mapping, Launching & operating Agile Release Train’s (ARTs) and associated global Cross-Functional Scrum Teams (Global Delivery Model Off-Shore/On-Shore) integrated with Development and Security (DevSecOps) including the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (Continuous Exploration, Integration (CI) & Delivery (CD) leading to Releases and deployment of Features. Each Program Increment (PI) was 10 weeks (5 Sprints including Innovation & Planning (I&P) Sprint).

Also, Led large scale enterprise transformations including global SAP implementations with hosting on the Cloud (SaaS). In addition, evaluated migrating applications to the AWS PAAS & Azure CI/CD Delivery Pipeline to streamline the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CI/CD- Continuous Integration & Deployment), testing and deployment.

Active with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), PMI & Scrum Alliance Communities of Practice’s in terms of Agile Scaling & Agile Program Management leading edge thinking & best practices.

Areas Of Expertise:

Azure (DevOps) CI CD pipeline (AzDev) configuration/training for Scaling the Backlog Hierarchy & Cadence for the Scrum & ScrumBan Agile Teams

Collaboratively work closely with Executives, Managers & Leaders in “Scaling” & developing Business Value Streams, launching Agile Release Trains (ART), integration of Development with Operations DevOps/DevSecOps for setting Delivery Pipeline through to Releases.

Hands-on roles for Enterprise Coaching, training & ‘Scaling” SAFe (5.0), Release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Engineering (Product Manager (PM), Product Owner (PO), Scrum Master, Cross functional global Scrum Teams as well as integrating Development & Operations (DevOps) to streamline the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CI/CD- Continuous Integration & Deployment).

Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Agile LACE (Lean Agile Center of Excellence); PMO/CoE Lead while enabling sustainable Organizational Change for large scale global transformations by coaching & training “Bimodal Capability” to manage uncertainty & any disruptions in order to institutionalize agility, productivity & quality.

Education – Certifications:

Azure (DevOps) CI CD pipeline (AzDev) configuration/training for Scaling the Backlog Hierarchy & Cadence for the Scrum & ScrumBan Agile Teams

Project Management Professional (PMP)®, NIU 2021

Agile Transformation Facilitator (ATF) of Ford Agile Framework (FAF) comprising of: (1) SAFe 5.0 with SAFe Program Consultant (SPC4), SPC5.1; (2) SAFe 5.0 Scale Agilist (SA); (3) SAFe 5.1. Scrum Master (SSM); (4) SAFe 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM); (5) SAFe 5.0 Release Train Engineer (RTE); (6) SAFe Practioner (SP); (7) SAFe 5.0 for Teams (with SP); (8) SAFe 5.0 Product Manager / Product Owner (PO/PM); Solution Train Engineer (STE) & Business Owner (BO) V5.1

Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM)

PROSCI /ADKAR/DODAF 2020

Integrated Resource Management (CIRM)

Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum Alliance 2022

UIUC coursera Certified Accounting, MBA 2020

Blockchain certificate, Virginia Tech. 2023

MS, NIU, DeKalb USA. 2012

BE, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. 2010

Clients Served:

Chevron; Verizon Telematics, Lear, Consumers Energy, McCain Foods, Ontario Pension Board, Riyad Bank, Saudi Electric, Agricultural Financial Services, Kroger, Hyla Steel, Delco Electronics.

Professional Experience:

Toyota, Indiana, Scrum Master & Agile Coach. Nov 2022 – Feb 2023

1.Scrum Master & Agile Coach responsible for standing-up four global Agile Teams (Australia, Singapore, Philippines, India & the USA). Completed 2 Program Increments & conducted 1 PI Planning onsite

The cross functional Scrum & ScrumBan teams comprised of SMEs like Risk Managers, Risk Analysists, Control Performers & Cyber Security & Compliance

Azure (DevOps) CI CD pipeline (AzDev) configuration/training for Scaling the Backlog Hierarchy & Cadence for the Scrum & ScrumBan Agile Teams

Deployed Microsoft Power BI designs and solutions to solve financial reporting of inventory inflow and outflow, business analysis reports

Experience with RDBMS, creating tables and Ledger databases, writing SQL queries of different complexities.

Autonomous Driving Data Management expanding and optimizing for the Autonomous Driving Data Management Toolchain, as well as optimizing data flow and collection requirements for cross functional teams. Worked with Data Management team to reprocessing and vehicle instrumentation teams on data initiatives, ensure an optimal and consistent data delivery process.

Strong experience using a variety of data mining/data analysis methods, building, and implementing models and using/creating algorithms.

Have designed data models, built, developed and tested ELT / ETL processes, assembled large, complex data sets that meet functional and non-functional business requirements, defining and computing KPIs, designing data visualization dashboards, processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis, analyze large amounts of vehicle data to discover trends and patterns, writing and refactoring the code into reusable libraries, APIs, and tools in order to have clear, efficient, tested, and high-quality code.

Played an active role in pursuing engineering excellence, by fixing bugs and refactoring the code base where necessary, supporting business analytics initiatives cross, expert solutions in big data solutions.

Launched main Big Data frameworks and platforms, c, Hadoop, Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, Proficiency with SQL, Knowledge of Database Management Systems (PostgreSQL, MySQL, …), Scientific programming with Python (Numpy, Scipy, Scikit-learn, Pandas, …), Functional programming with Scala, Knowledge of Docker, Openshift, Ansible, Jenkins, Maven.

Launched software engineering principles with automotive experience, knowledge of Data Visualization Tools (Kibana, Grafana), CI/CD topics

Netcom, inc Wheeling, IL June 2020 To Nov 2022

Lean Agile & DevSecOps Coach, Release Train Engineer (RTE) & Scrum Master

"Hands on servant Leader" Coach/Trainer & DevSecOps in the Government/DoD domain coaching and training all stakeholders including key vendors. In addition, played key agile roles like Solution Train Engineer (STE), Release Train Engineer (RTE), Scrum Master (SM), Product Manager (PM) & Product Owner (PO). This is a complex scenario & completed the Operational & associated Development Value Streams & the Architectural Runways for this very large & complex initiative. Also stood-up & trained stakeholders for the Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE). Currently we are Scaling-Up to 7 Release Trains (ART’s)own and up in terms of integration.

Utilizing Azure CI/CD Delivery Pipe in conjunction with Jira. Using Acceptance test Driven development (ATDD); Behavior Driven Development (BDD) & Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD).

National Technical Systems, CA May 2011 To May 2020

Lean Agile DevSecOps Coach, Release Train Engineer (RTE) & Scrum Master

Lean Agile Program Coach & RTE for an enterprise-wide modernization program (Clients: Two large health Care providers). In addition, coached Internal Audit functions to increase efficiency & effectiveness of Internal Audits by operationalizing Scrum techniques (Large utilities & Financial Services firms).

As an Enterprise Lean Agile & DevSecOps coach, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Scrum Master, Product Manager & Product Owner (PO) he has completed the deployment of multiple Releases and implemented the Minimum Viable Product (MVP), this included Digital Strategy, Value Stream Mapping, Road-mapping, Launching & operating Agile Release Train’s (ARTs) and associated global Cross-Functional Scrum Teams integrated with Development and Security (DevSecOps) including the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (Continuous Exploration, Integration (CI) & Delivery (CD) leading to Releases and deployment of Features. Each Program Increment (PI) was 10 weeks (5 Sprints including Innovation & Planning (I&P) Sprint).

In addition, evaluated migrating applications to the AWS PAAS cloud to streamline the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CI/CD- Continuous Integration & Deployment), testing and deployment.

Agile Program Coached Release Train Engineer (RTE) for a large Agile Release Train (ART), Scrum Master & product Manager comprising of 25 Global scrum teams and planning for Program Increment PI3. Utilized SAFe V 5.1

Completed the Value Stream based on Business Value & developed the Implementation Roadmap as well as launched large Agile Release Train (ART). First release during PI2. SAFe. (Major Healthcare clients).

Coach & SME for scaling Agile frameworks to increase efficiency & effectiveness of Internal Audit (IA) functions. (Financial & Utilities industries).

Coach and SME for Integrating Secure Development with Operations. (DevSecOps – DevOps). Utilize DevSecOps Framework for measuring maturity. (Internal Security Operations).

Technologies & Tools: Jira, Confluence, Agile Craft, Java, XP, XL, Focus, TDD, BDD, ATDD.

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