Scrum Master Continuous Improvement

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UPMA

CHOUDHARY

SAFe, Scrum Alliance Certified

Passionate Technology and Product Driven

Leader with 16+ years of experience

STRONG PEOPLE MANAGER

Certified Scrum Master with 16+ years of experience in Agile methodologies and a proven track record of managing multiple Scrum Teams in fast paced environment. Passionate about fostering a lean- Agile mindset, driving continuous improvement, and empowering teams to deliver predictable results. Servant leadership and management experience across various industries including- banking, wealth management, insurance, retail, infrastructure and cloud services, telecom and consumer finance industries.

RESULTS-ORIENTED AND DATA DRIVEN LEADER

Expertise in facilitating Scrum ceremonies, backlog management, mentoring and removing impediments to ensure on time and within budget delivery. Experienced in applying SAFe and Scrum principles to drive high performing teams across industries. Strong communication skills with a focus on coaching, problem – solving, and collaboration to drive team success. CONTACT

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EXPERIENCE

LEADERSHIP

SENIOR SCRUM MASTER T-Mobile

Atlanta, GA February 2021- Present

- Led 6 teams of 45+ engineers and 2 scrum masters. Running all agile ceremonies for 2 teams and Mentoring 2 junior scrum masters. Facilitated Program Increment Planning, Inspect and Adapt and Agile empowerment sessions to improve team performance.

- Delivered program level metrics – velocity, burn ups, predictability, demand vs capacity, CFDs to ensure team met delivery goals on time and within budgets.

- Strong Thought partner with various product owners and Product managers to translate customer needs into actionable user stories ensuring clear communication and alignment and promoting a collaborative Backlog.

- Removed Impediments through cross functional collaboration and by ensuring agile tools were fully leveraged for transparency and tracking.

SENIOR SCRUM MASTER NORTH WESTERN MUTUAL

Milwaukee, WI July 2018- January 2021

- Managed 3 Scrum teams (15+ engineers) facilitating agile ceremonies: daily stand-up, iteration planning, refinement, retrospectives, and demos driving high team engagement and performance.

- Coached agile principles and values to Scrum teams, Product Owners and Stakeholders, including Value-based Prioritization, Iterations, User Stories, Story Points, Self-Organization, Collaboration and Time-Boxing.

- Guided team in Backlog refinement, focusing on continuous improvement, collaboration and self- organization.

LEAD SCRUM MASTER US BANK

Milwaukee, WI January 2015- June 2018

- Managed agile ceremonies (daily stand-up, iteration planning, refinement, retrospectives, and demos) for 3 cross functional teams consisting of 15+ engineers –delivering software solutions.

- Led Agile Transformation, coaching teams on Agile Best Practices including Value- based prioritization, Self – Organization and Continuous Delivery.

- Collaborated with Product Owners and Stakeholders to define scope, deliverables and release planning.

- Launched and configured the company's new workflow: Administered JIRA and Confluence tools for the creation of the projects, designing the workflow, built Scrum boards. PROJECT MANAGER SONY ELECTRONICS

San Diego, California April 2011- December 2014

- Led the delivery and execution of technology projects, collaborating with product management and operations team to define project scope and milestones.

- Managed resource allocation, forecasting and risk mitigation. Managing procurement and renewal of licenses.

- Created and maintained project plans, status reports and communicated risks and issues to leadership. TEST LEAD FIFTH THIRD BANK

Mumbai, India June 2010 - March 2011

- Analyzed the functional requirements and design specification documents to ensure that the system met all of the technical and business requirements.

- Wrote 1,000s+ test cases in less than 1 year and coached others to drive a strongly tested codebase using functional, Regression, Integration, Security and System testing. DEVELOPER LAFARGE

Mumbia, India July 2007- June 2010

Delivered on-time + on-budget project resulted from through planning, preparing, & effective testing. Detail Oriented and Strong Execution

Data and Metrics Driven

Strong Customer Vision

Passionate People Manager

Ability to wear “many hats”

CERTIFICATION

Certificate in Leadership by University of

Washington

Certified SAFE® Agilist, SM

Cert SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

Scrum Alliance Certified CSM and CSPO

Red Hat LINUX Certified Engineer

Microsoft Certified Professional

EDUCATION

BS of Engineering in Electronics and

Communications

TECH SKILLS

Agile tools- Atlassian Suite (Jira, Jira Align,

Confluence),Azure Devops, ITSM,BMC Remedy

Data and Reporting-Microsoft Excel, Tableau,

PowerPoint, Power BI

Cloud and DevOps- AWS, Git, Jenkins,React,

Python

Programming and Testing tools-SQL, ITSM,

HPALM, Java, .Net, UFT, Selenium

Project Management –Budget Forecasting,

Variance Analysis, Resource Allocation.

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