Summary Have 19 years of experience in managing projects/programs across fortune 1000 Technology and Financial (wealth management, brokerage and Retail, International and Treasury operations in large banks) Organizations. Global projects team's projects teams consisted of developers belongs to software venders, Implementations partners/providers located in offshore/onsite. Managed data repository/database (data identification, collection, cleansing, profiling and staging) for Information Security, Identity & Access Management, mergers/acquisition, large complex Data warehouse and BI for Digital (e-Commerce) projects in Cloud computing environment. * About 8 years worked as a development manager and led offshore/onsite teams engaged. Certified Scrum Master with more than 10 years of experience in consulting, managing and delivering projects to clients in Banking, Brokerage, Wealth management and Technology organizations. Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog. * Coached, mentored scrum teams and product owner to prioritize backlog, elaborate and breakdown stories (grooming), develop acceptance criteria & conduct scrum ceremonies * Led strategic Release Planning and tactical Iteration Planning sessions. * Helped develop trusting work environment enabling open communication, identify risks and obstacles in time, excel at agile process, coached scrum teams become self-organized and high-performing to deliver higher business value, keep pace with business and be able to address changing business priorities and requirements effectively. * Guided development team from project initiation to delivery of final product. Developed the roadmap for all teams to evolve toward predictive velocities. * Experienced in Agile (Kanban & Scrum) including Sprint Planning, Backlog Management, User stories, Epics, Story Points, Velocity Calculation, Mockup and Testing & Defect Management * Engaged with shared IT resources and third-party vendors to plan and manage external dependencies * Representing interests of the sponsor collaborated with senior / product managers to align IT with business priorities, managed risks, eliminated obstacles, optimized resource utilization and drove projects to closure. * Worked daily with application developers, QA developers, and the SCRUM team to elaborate stories as a member of the implementation team. Works as primary product specialist for the implementation team, manages the team's sprint backlog, participates actively in all phases of the iteration (sprint), and a key stakeholder in product decisions and release planning. Product and technology focused and, as such, works closely with the Product Owner in leading the implementation team. * Managing multiple Projects and their Delivery successfully within planned timelines and efforts, client interaction, Project & Program Management, Tracking of client deliverables. * Experience in managing End to End project implementation through all phases of SDLC. * Brought in Agile best practices such as time boxing, continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, product visioning, technical debt reduction, self-management, empowerment and role training resulting in realized velocity improvement. Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information through useful reports and dashboards

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Companies I like:

CISCO Systems Inc., yes, yes, yes

• Management
• Software
• Applications
• Agile
• Business Analysis
• Business Analyst
• e-Commerce
• Information Security
• Planning
• Reviews