SANTHIYA
VK
CERTIFIED
SCRUM
MASTER
CONТАСТ
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Nagar
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Cross
Ariyalur
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621713
EDUCATION
Annamalai
University
-Tamil
Nadu
Master
of
Business
Administration
(MBA)
2021-
2023
Vivekanandha
College
of
Engineering
for
Women
-
Namakkal,
Tamil
Nadu
Bachelor
of
Engineering
(B.E),
Electrical
Electronics
and
Engineering.
2017-2021
SKILLS
MS
Office
365
Suite
Critical
Thinking
Leadership
Great
Communication
Sills
Time
Management
LANGUAGE
Tamil
English
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
Certified
Scrum
Master
with
a
strong
track
record
of
over
3
years
in
leading
Agile
teams
within
IT
services
and
product
development
environments.
Proven
ability
to
apply
Scrum
and
SAFe
(Scaled
Agile
Framework)
methodologies
to
deliver
business
value,
increase
team
velocity,
and
drive
enterprise
agility.
Adept
in
fostering
high-performing,
self-organizing
teams,
coaching
Agile
best
practices,
and
facilitating
smooth
Agile
transformations.
Seeking
a
Scrum
Master
role
where
l
can
contribute
to
agile
maturity,
innovation,
and
organizational
success
EXPERIENCE
SCRUM
MASTER
-COGNIZANT,
CHENNAI
2022-
Present
Facilitated
Scrum
and
SAFe
ceremonies
(Scrum
of
Scrums,
PI
Planning,
Inspect
&
Adapt)
across
Agile
Release
Trains
(ARTs)
with
2+
cross-functional
teams.
Increased
team
velocity
by
20%
within
two
quarters
through
backlog
grooming
and
data
driven
retrospectives.
Shielded
the
team
from
external
interruptions,
preserving
sprint
focus
and
achieving
95%
sprint
goal
success
rate.
Collaborated
with
RTEs,
Product
Owners,
and
Business
Owners
to
align
team
output
with
PI
Objectives
Defined
and
refined
Definition
of
Ready
(DOR)
and
Definition
of
Done
(DOD)
to
ensure
high
quality
deliverables.
Enabled
transition
from
Waterfall
to
Agile
for
a
client
team,
improving
time-to-market
by
30%.
Leveraged
Jira
dashboards
to
improve
transparency
and
provide
leadership
with
real-time
sprint
metrics.
Mentored
junior
Scrum
Masters
and
facilitated
Agile
workshops
to
promote
continuous
learning
culture.
AGILE&
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
SKILLS
FRAMEWORKS
&
TOOLS:
Scrum
SAFe
(Scaled
Agile
Framework)
Kanban
Lean
Agile
Coaching
Sprint
Planning
Jira.
Jira
Query
Language
(JQL)
Jira
Dashboards
Confluence•
Azure
DevOps
Tempo?
Project
&
Delivery.
Release
Planning.
CI/CD•
Defects/Bug
Management•
Backlog
Grooming
Estimation
Capacity
Planning
Velocity
Tracking
DOD/DOR
Compliance
Acceptance
Criteria
Quality
Management
Risk
Management
Time
Management
•
Program
Management.
Project
Scope•
Resource
Allocation
TEAM
&
COMMUNICATION:
Servant
Leadership
Cross-Functional
Team
Collaboration•
Facilitation•
Stakeholder
Engagement.
Team
Leadership
Coaching
&
Mentoring
Conflict
Resolution
Communication
Skills
Continuous
Improvement
Transparency
Promotion?
ACHIEVEMENTS
Improved
sprint
delivery
predictability
by
25%
through
detailed
sprint
planning
and
capacity
management.
Reduced
defect
leakage
by
18%
through
proactive
quality
checks
and
collaboration
with
QA
leads.
Led
successful
release
planning
across
3
ARTs,
coordinating
with
System
Architects
and
Release
Train
Engineers
CERTIFICATIONS
CERTIFIED
SCRUM
MASTER
(CSM)
-
SCRUM
ALLIANCE,
2022
DECLARATION
I
HEREBY
DECLARE
THAT
THE
INFORMATION
PROVIDED
IN
THIS
RESUME
IS
TRUE
AND
CORRECT
TO
THE
BEST
OF
MY
KNOWLEDGE