Experienced Scrum Master and Agile Leader

Lavanya Rotte

309-***-**** *******.*****@*****.*** U.S. Citizen

WORK EXPERIENCE

Country Financial Bloomington- IL

Scrum Master/Project Manager 07/25 – Now

Facilitated Team sync, Scrum of Scrums, PI planning, retrospectives, and sprint ceremonies for Data quality Management teams.

Managed team capacity planning and ensured process adherence across squads.

Enterprise wide coordinated migration projects ( Trillion migration and Enterprise cycle date migration efforts)

Pulled data from Rally to track sprint progress, provide updated sprint goals, and present defect burndown charts and status reports to leadership

Maintain and refine product backlog

Ensure user stories are clear and ready

Help prioritize tasks based on business value

Facilitate collaboration between developers, testers, and stakeholders

TEK/State Farm Insurance Bloomington, IL

Agile Delivery Lead Data & Platform Engineering 07/24 –06/25

Worked as Scrum Master on Personal lines Auto (PL-Auto) Managing utility Services and shared screens Product teams and PL-Auo Applications. Closely work with Devops and infrastructure teams to have successful implementation

Led product strategy and execution for platform engineering initiatives, aligning technical delivery with stakeholder priorities across business and tech.

Defined and prioritized backlogs, managed agile ceremonies, and coordinated dependencies across cross-functional squads and offshore teams.

Delivered product enhancements through iterative releases, improving data availability and reliability for internal consumers.

Owned stakeholder updates and risk reporting, ensuring alignment on delivery status, blockers, and resource planning.

Triaged production issues and service requests to maintain business continuity and system uptime.

WIPRO/Comcast Chicago, IL

Product Owner Production Support & Deployment 12/21 – 02/24

Directed deployment readiness and production triage for high-volume customer platforms, ensuring service reliability and stakeholder alignment.

Spearheaded backlog refinement, story grooming, and team ceremonies to drive agile velocity and execution quality.

Acted as liaison across engineering, product management, and operations teams to ensure successful cross-team delivery.

Facilitated release coordination, issue resolution, and platform stability across global teams.

TCS/State Farm Insurance Bloomington, IL

Scrum Master / Product Owner Policy Administration Systems 06/19 – 11/21

Oversaw agile delivery for PAS modernization, managing story breakdown, sprint planning, and stakeholder engagement.

Partnered with DevOps and infrastructure teams to execute technical deployments and ensure environment readiness.

Participated in Scrum of Scrums and coordinated cross-team dependencies and timelines.

Chicago Advisors Springfield, IL

Scrum Master / Product Owner 08/18 – 10/18

Supported delivery of government IT programs by managing agile ceremonies, grooming backlog, and resolving delivery blockers.

Maintained tight coordination with business owners and technical leads to align roadmap and execution.

Advance Soft Chicago, IL

Scrum Master 03/18 – 05/18

Facilitated Scrum of Scrums, PI planning, retrospectives, and sprint ceremonies for enterprise software teams.

Managed team capacity planning and ensured process adherence across squads.

NTT Data Bloomington, IL

Release Manager 09/14 –01/18

Oversaw software release cycles, change management, and CAB coordination for enterprise applications.

Identified risk exposures and led mitigation planning across releases, supporting post-launch analysis and optimization.

Techie Brains Inc. Milwaukee, WI

IT Analyst 06/07 – 08/14

Led agile project delivery, managing requirements gathering, estimation, UAT coordination, and cross-functional QA efforts.

Delivered detailed status reporting and facilitated continuous improvement across state-level IT implementations.

EDUCATION

Kakatiya University, India

Bachelor of Science in Genetics

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

ITIL Trained

Guidewire Certified

Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)

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