Basant Rimal _Resume

Columbus, Ohio *****

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Phone # 614-***-****

Qualification Summary

An accomplished Sr. Scrum Master, Scrum Master, and Project Management Professional with robust experience acquired over the years in delivering optimal results and business values, managing IT Projects in developing and enhancing applications, configuration, integration, upgrade, and customization, and decommissioning the software application acquired for the clients. Succesfull History of completing PI Planning and delivering value through ART including mentoring and coaching to the agile team following agile-scrum frameworks. Excellent collaborator, communicator, leader, and mentor. A person of high integrity, disciplined, and dependable. Skills Summary

Experience

Daugherty Business Solutions, St. Louis, MO JAN 2022 – 3 OCT

• Edward Jones - Release Train Engineer - Help in facilitating 4th PI Planning, Support in PI execution, led Scrum of Scrum meetings, facilitated ART level cadence and demos, mentored six Agile teams, and supported Agile SAFe digital transformation and activation. Collaborate in developing coaching plans for all scrum teams and help coach in building high-performing self- organizing scrum teams.

• Edward Jones - Scrum Master - Facilitated Scrum ceremonies of the “We are Groot Scrum Team” (Starting Point and Main Page), Supported the Product Owner in writing user stories and backlog refinement events, and coached and mentored the development team in agile principles, mindset, and scrum frameworks. Configured Scrum board and updated JIRA as needed.

• Daugherty Internal Project - Scrum Master - Help support as Scrum master in delivering the assigned projects, Internal Product “Random Coffee Apps” while working on the bench. Mentored and coached new development teams about agile principles, practices, and scrum frameworks. Configured Scrum board in JIRA, Initiated Scrum review and demo events. Eli & Lilly Pharmaceutical, Indianapolis, IN MAY 2019 - JAN 2022 Scrum Master & Project Manager

Supported in managing different types of projects related to software application development, configuration, Integration, Upgrade, and decommissioning of old software. Created Project Charter, developed a detailed project plan, designed project governance structure and progress tracking mechanism, refined status reporting system and lesson learned documentation. C-MASC, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH SEP 2006 – MAY 2019 Project Manager/Research Associate

• Helped design and develop research project plans.

• completed 14 research projects and managed long-term projects. Industry Experience: Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Educational Research & Development Competencies: SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban, Software Product Development and Enhancement, Project Management Services, Continuous Improvement, and SAP-ERP

Software/Tools: MS Excel, MS Office, MS Project, iObeya, Planview PPM Pro, JIRA, Confluence, START, MS Teams, SharePoint, Mural, Zoom. 1

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• Coordinated with field research centers and affiliated partners.

• Submit and upload status reports as required.

• Managed two laboratories including lab supplies and service providers for analytical equipment.

• Engaged in contract negotiation for maintenance services of major analytical equipment and supplies.

• Improved sample process methodologies using Lean and 5S tools.

• Help support international visiting scholars, post-doctoral students, and researchers in carrying out assigned projects.

Bagmati Int. Watershed Management Project-Nepal, SEP 2006 – AUG 2013 Project Co-director

• Developed a detailed project plan for five districts based on the EU Logical framework.

• Establish project governance structure at different levels (National, district, and operational levels)

• Develop a communication plan and establish a reporting mechanism to update the status as laid out in the plan.

• Develop MIS (Monitoring information system) to track task and cost at three levels.

• Carried out a qualitative and quantitative risk analysis of sub-projects.

• Engaged with different stakeholders for the smooth execution of the project.

• Administered jointly budget and 350 locals and 35 foreign expatriates. Recognitions and Certifications

• SAFe RTE & Advance Scrum Master

• SAFe DevOps & SAFe PO/PM

• ICAgile - Certified Professional & ICAgile - Agile Project and Delivery Management

• ICAgile - Team Facilitation & ICAgile - Business Agility Foundations

• ICAgile - Foundations of DevOps & ICAgile - Delivery at Scale

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) & Scrum Master Certified (SMC)

• Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification

• Project Management Institute & Ohio Chapter Member Education

Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - 2013 MBA - Operational Excellence, Project Management, Six-sigma courses, Lean, Finance, and Accounting Silsoe Collee, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK -1995 M.S. Agricultural Engineering

Indian Forest College, Forest Research Institution, Dehradun, India - 1984 Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry

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