Scrum Master Product Owner

Hema Vanarasi

Scrum Master Nashua, NH +1-603-***-**** ****.**********@*****.*** Hema Vanarasi LinkedIn Professional Summary

• Helping Business and teams to operate seamlessly in Agile process with 6+ Years of experience in the IT Industry

• Certified SCRUM Master with expertise in Agile (SCRUM/Kanban) for Coaching, Mentoring the scrum teams on Agile values

• Experienced in effectively facilitating scrum events (sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective)

• Skilled in backlog refinement, user story creation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact features

• Facilitated Quarterly room plannings through stakeholder collaboration including Backlog Refinement, Planning, and Retrospectives

• Expertise in using different Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and SAFe scrum

• Worked with product owner to break down complex requirements into user stories and prioritizing as per product requirement

• Maintained and updated teams performance metrics using burn-down charts to provide clear feedback to the team members

• Identified opportunities to improve the teams focus towards agile by providing coaching and training

• Recognized as Ms. Significant for wearing multiple hats at a same time (SCRUM Master and Full Stack QA Engineer)

• I pursued the additional path of a full-stack QA engineer and added a greater impact which resulted in a higher level of quality Skills

Agile/Scrum: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean, Agile Coaching, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, PI Planning, Backlog Management Technical Understanding: Agile Development Methodologies, Cloud Environment, SDLC Lifecycle Process Improvement: Agile Maturity Assessments, Value Stream Mapping, Flow Optimization, Continuous Improvement Initiatives Communication & Collaboration: Coaching, Mentoring, Cross-Functional Teams, Negotiation, Collaboration & Facilitation Project Management: Risk Management, Issue Tracking, Change Management, Stakeholder Management, Project Analysis & Design Cloud & Tools: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jira, Jira Align, Microsoft Project, Trello, Confluence, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Power-BI Product Management: Requirements Gathering, User Research, Backlog Prioritization, Creating product Road map Interpersonal Skills: Active Listening, Team Management, Strategic Planning, Systems Thinking, Lean Thinking, Conflict Resolution Professional Experience

Rivier University – Scrum Master Nashua, NH, USA September 2023 – December 2024

• Worked with Professors to design and plan for course curriculum on Algorithms and Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

• Interacted with Graduate students on day-to-day basis to resolve their queries and remove impediments

• Coached 500+ Graduate students to understand the core objective of their projects through Agile/Scrum Fundamentals – WHY and HOW

• Graded students Assignments and coached them to improvement opportunities to achieve higher grades Accenture – Scrum Master Bengaluru, India November 2018 - January 2023

• Coached and mentored team under SCRUM Events for Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective

• Resolved conflicts and removed impediments with continuous improvements leading to a 20% improvement in Sprint velocity.

• Collaborated with the Product Owner to prioritize and maintain healthy backlogs by identifying improvement opportunities.

• Worked with Product Owner to ensure the goals, scope and the requirements are clearly understood by everyone in the team

• Proficient in ensuring healthy backlogs are maintained and accurately balanced across team members

• Guided the Product Owner in refining backlog items, prioritization, and empirical planning for continuous improvement

• Supported change and Release management with continuous refinement of backlog based on business priorities

• Advocated for continuous improvement by maintaining and updating team’s performance metrics through burn-down charts

• Actively participated in Scrum of Scrums, Agile coaching discussions and Sprint Demos by sharing knowledge and best practices with Scrum Masters by understanding and practicing agility.

• With an Agile approach, transitioned a team from Waterfall to Agile Methodology with lean thinking Additional Responsibilities

• Designed and maintained scalable automation frameworks which are reusable across Business units

• Developed reusable test cases for applications such as Ariba on Demand, mySource, and GEP

• Designed and executed functional, regression, and integration test cases using TOSCA to validate critical features, including guided buying, supplier management, and contract lifecycle management during the Ariba-to-GEP migration

• Automated end-to-end procurement workflows in GEP, ensuring seamless integration of requisitioning, sourcing, invoicing

• Maintained and executed automation scripts for strategic sourcing processes such as RFx management and real-time e-auctions

• Conducted thorough functional and regression testing to ensure platform stability, compliance, and system reliability

• Experience in writing Unit Tests, Integration and performance tests to maintain high quality of deliverables Certifications

• Certified SCRUM Master (CSM) - Scrum Alliance

Education

MS in Computer Science, Rivier University, USA December 2024

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