Scrum Master, Scrum ceremonies, Agile Coach, Agile Practitioner

VARUN REDDY PRODDUTOORI

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Certified Scrum Master with over 15 years of experience leading cross-functional Agile teams to deliver high-impact software products. Proven track record of fostering collaboration, removing impediments, and driving continuous improvement in fast-paced environments. Adept at coaching teams, product owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles and Scrum best practices. Skilled in facilitating all Scrum ceremonies, promoting transparency, and using metrics like velocity, burn down charts, and cumulative flow diagrams to enhance delivery predictability. Passionate about building high-performing, self-organizing teams that embrace Agile values and deliver customer-centric solutions.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Test Automation: Selenium, Cypress, Robot Framework, Karate, Postman, Rest-Assured, Cucumber

• Agile & Scrum: Scrum Master, Agile Coaching, Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives

• Frameworks: BDD, TDD, Hybrid, Keyword/Data-Driven, Page Object Model

• CI/CD & Tools: Jenkins, Maven, GIT, GitHub, Bitbucket, JIRA (Xray, Zephyr, Rally), Tricentis Tosca

• Languages: Java, JavaScript, SQL, PL/SQL

• Databases: Oracle, SQL Server

• Accessibility: WCAG, Section 508, ADA, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver

• Others: GenRocket, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, Mocha, QTP/UFT

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Scrum Master®, Scrum Alliance — Credential ID: 2067753

• ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

State Street Corporation – Scrum Master

Quincy, MA Aug 2024 – Feb 2025

Led Agile teams in delivering complex financial applications, ensuring alignment with business goals, compliance standards, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX, SEC).

Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies, maintaining disciplined cadence and maximizing team engagement and productivity.

Collaborated with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize and refine backlog items based on risk, ROI, and regulatory impact.

Ensured traceability and audit readiness of user stories, test cases, and acceptance criteria in accordance with financial compliance needs.

Removed cross-functional impediments and managed dependencies across distributed teams working on trading, investment, and risk analytics platforms.

Promoted Agile best practices and coached teams on Lean principles to improve delivery velocity and product quality.

Partnered with QA and DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code quality standards for secure software releases.

Tracked Agile metrics (burn down, velocity, throughput) to identify improvement areas and support data-driven decision-making.

Supported Agile adoption and scaled Scrum practices across multiple financial product teams using SAFe and Scrum@Scale frameworks.

Fostered strong communication and transparency among technical teams, business analysts, and compliance officers to ensure successful project execution.

Coaching team members, Product Owner and organization on Scrum principles and facilitates all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective) and ensuring Scrum framework is followed.

Benefitfocus Inc (via ValueLabs) – Scrum Master

Charleston, SC Aug 2015 – May 2024

Facilitated Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, and Retrospectives) to ensure consistent and effective team collaboration.

Coached development teams and Product Owners in Agile/Scrum principles to improve delivery cadence and team self-organization.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, QA, and DevOps to deliver scalable SaaS solutions and HIPAA-compliant healthcare applications.

Removed blockers and navigated cross-team dependencies to maintain a steady delivery flow across multiple scrum teams.

Partnered with stakeholders to align product roadmaps with business objectives, ensuring regulatory and data privacy requirements (HIPAA, HITECH) were met.

Implemented Agile best practices in CI/CD environments, enabling rapid and reliable software releases for cloud-based platforms.

Used metrics like velocity, burn down charts, and cycle time to assess team performance and drive continuous improvement.

Supported backlog refinement and story grooming to ensure clear acceptance criteria and traceability for compliance audits.

Fostered a DevOps mind set and encouraged test automation and shift-left testing to enhance product quality and reduce release times.

Led Agile transformations, guiding teams from waterfall to Agile methodologies, and introduced SAFe practices in larger program structures.

Coaching team members, Product Owner and organization on Scrum principles and facilitates all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective) and ensuring Scrum framework is followed.

BlackBerry Ltd (via ValueLabs) – Sr. QA Automation Engineer

Canada Jan 2014 – Jul 2015

Automated mobile app testing across Blackberry devices using Robot Framework.

Delivered over 70% automation coverage and led QA team trainings.

Managed CI/CD execution and created reusable Java-based test modules.

Crafted automated scripts for mobile applications, boosting automation coverage by 70%.

Formulated the overall test strategy and plan for end-to-end testing activities.

Mobile devices testing (Black Berry Q5, Z10, Z30 and Passport devices).

Loading the builds and bar files into the device using cfp tool for testing.

Automated tests using Appium and executed on Simulator & Devices for consistency.

AIG Bank (via Cenvien Technologies) – QA Automation Engineer

Wilmington, DE Aug 2009 – Dec 2013

Automated 60% of test scenarios using QTP and custom utilities.

Maintained test scripts, integrated execution with test reports, and coached manual testers on automation.

Designed manual test cases based on requirements and maintained traceability of requirements to test cases to defects.

Automated tests using UFT, QC and successfully achieving 60% automation coverage.

Managed automation scripts and disseminated execution reports.

Involved in Peer reviews.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

Dr. BAM University, Aurangabad, INDIA – 2004

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