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BHAVESH CARSANE

Leander,USA
BHAVESH CARSANE

Summary

  • 12+ years of industry experience as a certified scrum master's in financial and ecommerce domain with outstanding qualifications and continuous learning of Agile methodology with track record in delivering and managing projects.
  • Responsible for leading project teams and facilitating the agile approach.
  • Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, Mid sprint review, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations
  • Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
  • Work closely with project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
  • Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.
  • Direct and lead development team from project initiation through the delivery of final product.
  • Conversant with creation and management of Agile reporting artifacts like Release/Product Burndown Charts and Sprint Burndown charts
  • Acted as a Servant Leader to guide to the team in becoming self-organized to optimize productivity.
  • Expertise in creating User stories, Business Requirements Documents, Use Cases, test-driven development (TDD), Functional and Technical Specification Documents for easy sprint planning.
  • Experience in handling Multiple Scrum Teams and worked in SAFe environment.
  • Adept in using JIRA for issue tracking, user story management and requirement traceability.
  • Established and maintained liaison relationships with the business partners and development team
  • Guided projects to completion on time, within scope and on budget
  • Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant with scope commitment
  • Tracked and managed product backlog, burndown metrics, velocity and task breakdown
  • Addressed problems through risk management and contingency planning.
  • Engage Product Owners, Portfolio Leads and PMs to fulfill their individual roles
  • Participate and/or Lead scrum adoption practices across the organization and related Community of Practices.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

15
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Visa INC

Technical Program Analyst
10.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Under - Risk and Identity Solutions: Decision Manager Platform
  • Successfully led multiple Agile teams in the development of complex software projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business objectives
  • Led QBR and QEP Planning sessions for quarterly commitment, aligning team objectives with program goals and coordinating dependencies across teams
  • Conducted regular sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure effective sprint execution and continuous improvement
  • Implemented Agile best practices and coached team members, resulting in improved team productivity and delivery performance
  • Collaborated with Product Managers and TPMs to prioritize and refine product backlogs, ensuring clear and actionable user stories
  • Developed and maintained dashboards and reports for tracking sprint progress, team performance, and project status, providing stakeholders with visibility and insights
  • Identified and removed impediments to team progress, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
  • Tracked and managed the scheduled releases making sure every release has gone through security assessment clearances before any deployment
  • Collaboratively worked with teams from Bangalore and Poland assuring the passenger tickets were ready for merge
  • Led and facilitated the platform demo meetings for 12 teams of Decision Manager platform of Risk and Identity
  • Risk and Identity Solutions: Decision Manager Platform
  • Analyzed unstructured information to derive key insights.
  • Helped solve diverse program problems with in-depth analysis.
  • Implemented quality assurance measures, leading to a significant reduction in errors and rework.
  • Monitored program performance against established benchmarks, taking corrective action as needed to realign with desired outcomes.
  • Successfully managed multiple simultaneous projects while adhering to strict deadlines for optimal progress tracking.
  • Managed vendor relationships to ensure timely deliveries and adherence to contract terms for optimal results.
  • Prioritized platform upgrades, considering both long-term and short-term return on investment (ROI) potential to maximize spending impact.
  • Developed comprehensive training materials to support onboarding new team members quickly and effectively.
  • Interfaced with internal IT development teams to integrate new technologies, streamlining use of existing systems to reduce operational timelines by [Number]%.
  • Increased team efficiency with effective resource allocation, task prioritization, and workload balancing strategies.
  • Performed risk management assessments on projects.
  • Collaborated with team to define and explore business challenges, creating technical roadmaps based on findings.
  • Implemented monitoring tools and performance metrics for increased visibility into project health and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Verified achievement of practical Business Value Realizations by each operational team, suggesting alterations to meet goals.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Resolved complex technical issues, restoring system functionality and minimizing downtime.
  • Facilitated transition to agile project management methodologies, improving project flexibility and stakeholder engagement.
  • Coordinated with software developers to tailor applications to client-specific requirements, ensuring maximum usability and satisfaction.
  • Managed cross-functional teams to ensure project deliverables were met on time, within budget, and to client's satisfaction.
  • Optimized resource allocation, significantly reducing project completion times and increasing client satisfaction.
  • Streamlined processes for increased efficiency by implementing automation solutions using various programming languages.

Wells Fargo

Lead Scrum Master
03.2021 - 10.2022

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Frontline Integrated Reporting
  • As a Kanban Lead I worked closely with the Line of Business for gathering the requirements and determining the timeline of Deliverables
  • As a Kanban Lead I facilitated regular scrum ceremonies and provided coaching to the teams and individual team members who are new to the agile environment and tools as and when needed
  • Provided training to LOB and product team on efficient way of story writing as well as on tools like Jira and confluence
  • Generated bi-weekly reports on the performance of the team with control charts (created vs resolved) to the stakeholders
  • Worked like a shield in resolving road blocks/impediments which might impact the smooth functioning of the team
  • Frontline Integrated Reporting
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
  • Resolved conflicts and facilitated open communication among team members, promoting a healthy work environment.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

Citizens Bank

Technical Program Manager
10.2020 - 02.2021

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Automation and Development of reports for the Risk Analytics team
  • As the team was new to Agile as an Agile expert I had to work on transformation of mindset of team from traditional way to the scrum way
  • Coaching and mentoring highly collaborative project 2 teams geographically distributed in Scrum Framework
  • Lead and guide the team to understand the backlog requirements and break down the stories to smallest possibility
  • Raising and Tracking access request for existing developers as well as new developers for new environments and application as per demand of project
  • Identifying and tracing the impediments on day to day basis as experienced by the scrum team and expedite/escalate the matter if needed
  • Facilitated retrospective meetings backlog grooming sessions as well as sprint planning sessions on highly complex stories
  • Conducted sessions among the team to resolve inter dependency blockers and delegate to the dependent team for ETA
  • Created real time JIRA Dashboards for Blockers displaying Priority, Status, Reporter, Assignee of the blocker along with Pie Charts for easy tracing
  • Tackled team challenges, conflict and personal issues among the team
  • Organized training sessions from senior developers of my team to other value streams developers
  • Prepared documentation for new resource to raise request in sailpoint system of the bank to remove dependency on myself/scrum master
  • Automation and Development of reports for the Risk Analytics team

Wells Fargo

Scrum Master
12.2019 - 09.2020

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Risk and Finance Data Service (RFDS)
  • As a Scrum master lead the transformation of team from traditional customized waterfall model to more business focused Scrum environment
  • Organized and facilitated Agile Scrum ceremonies like Daily stand up meetings, Mid sprint reviews, Retrospectives, Sprint Report generation
  • Create/Assign stories, Raising blockers tickets on dependent team boards
  • Prepared documentation of platform checklist validation for different environment and placed it on SharePoint for Auditors
  • Participated in weekly Scrum of scrums and presented accomplishments of the team in report to Project managers and Technology Managers
  • Organized Weekly Platform Build Status meeting of Leadership Tech team and documented meeting minutes on wiki
  • Facilitated sessions for Team Demos end of every sprint to the Tech Managers and Project leads
  • Conducted sessions among the team to resolve inter dependency blockers and delegate to the dependent team for ETA
  • Created real time JIRA Dashboards for Blockers displaying Priority, Status, Reporter, Assignee of the blocker along with Pie Charts for easy tracing
  • Structured boards displaying burndown charts and team progress
  • Helped fellow scrum masters to set up Scrum/Kanban boards, Dashboards and resolve Jira related issues
  • Tackled team challenges, conflict and personal issues among the team
  • Organized training sessions from senior developers of my team to other value streams developers
  • Prepared documentation for new resource to raise IAM request for Jira/Confluence/wiki access
  • Risk and Finance Data Service (RFDS)

CPR Technologies

Project Manager
01.2017 - 11.2019

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Health plans or benefits of consumer of Cerner clinic, healtheCerner, Memorial Herman
  • Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, which included Sprint Planning, Stand-ups (SUM), Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review and Retrospective and Sprint report generation
  • Tracking Performance Indicators/Metrics and addressing any issues as they arise
  • These metrics include Velocity, Burndown charts, Release progress, etc
  • Assisted Scrum teams with User Stories generation and managing their progress
  • Assisted teams with Impediments and Roadblocks removal, Risks and Backlog grooming
  • Experience in Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development practices
  • Experience in Scrum Release Planning and Release Life Cycle
  • Competent user of Rally Agile Management Tool
  • Familiar with JIRA, etc
  • As a Practitioner, established and drove Agile methodologies and Release Planning processes for development teams across multiple Geographies
  • Drove successful transformation of existing organizations from Waterfall to Agile
  • Facilitated and delivered Agile training to development teams via coaching and mentoring
  • Monitored trends/progress of the projects and acted as an advisor to the management
  • Reported progress to key stakeholders through Release/Sprint Burn-Down, velocity target updates, schedules, risks, dependencies, etc
  • Collaborated closely with the business owners/stakeholders and technical teams to identify and document detailed requirements and process flows, including budget and headcount
  • Maintained and monitored project, schedules and progress
  • Coordinated activities, resolving issues and proactively managing the risks and opportunities
  • Responsible for identifying and communicating project risks to the project team, leaders, stakeholders, and proactively anticipating issues/risks that may compromise project goals
  • Hired and managed engineering/development teams
  • Developed training plans, curriculum and infrastructure, and carried out formal training for their advancement
  • Health plans or benefits of consumer of Cerner clinic, healtheCerner, Memorial Herman

Pendulum Pvt Limited

Project Co Ordinator
01.2012 - 04.2017

Job overview

  • Company Overview: Dharani Urban project to automate the manual procedures and permissions obtained by an entrepreneur to establish an Industry
  • Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, which included Sprint Planning, Stand-ups (SUM), Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review and Retrospective and Sprint report generation
  • Tracking Performance Indicators/Metrics and addressing any issues as they arise
  • These metrics include Velocity, Burndown charts, Release progress, etc
  • Assisted Scrum teams with User Stories generation and managing their progress
  • Assisted teams with Impediments and Roadblocks removal, Risks and Backlog grooming
  • Experience in Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development practices
  • Experience in Scrum Release Planning and Release Life Cycle
  • Competent user of Rally Agile Management Tool
  • Familiar with JIRA, TFS, etc
  • As a Practitioner, established and drove Agile methodologies and Release Planning processes for development teams across multiple Geographies
  • Drove successful transformation of existing organizations from Waterfall to Agile
  • Facilitated and delivered Agile training to development teams via coaching and mentoring
  • Monitored trends/progress of the projects and acted as an advisor to the management
  • Reported progress to key stakeholders through Release/Sprint Burn-Down, velocity target updates, schedules, risks, dependencies, etc
  • Collaborated closely with the business owners/stakeholders and technical teams to identify and document detailed requirements and process flows, including budget and headcount
  • Maintained and monitored project, schedules and progress
  • Coordinated activities, resolving issues and proactively managing the risks and opportunities
  • Responsible for identifying and communicating project risks to the project team, leaders, stakeholders, and proactively anticipating issues/risks that may compromise project goals
  • Hired and managed engineering/development teams
  • Developed training plans, curriculum and infrastructure, and carried out formal training for their advancement
  • Dharani Urban project to automate the manual procedures and permissions obtained by an entrepreneur to establish an Industry

HSBC Bank

Business Analyst
07.2009 - 12.2011

Job overview

  • Company Overview: The Paperless Entry Processing (PEP+) System from Check Free provides an efficient and reliable means of processing and controlling Automated Clearing House (ACH) electronic funds transfer operations
  • Gathered stakeholder and Business requirements through open-ended discussions, brainstorming sessions, structured walk-throughs, and prototyping
  • Involved in Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) to analyze existing Business processes and Implementing new improved processes
  • Documenting the user requirements, analyzed, prioritized them, and converted them as system requirements
  • Worked on workflow of the project concentrating on current and future workflow descriptions and created Use case diagrams using MS Visio
  • Coordinated with multiple teams and integration architects in performing Root Cause Analysis for Issues regarding speed and stability
  • The Paperless Entry Processing (PEP+) System from Check Free provides an efficient and reliable means of processing and controlling Automated Clearing House (ACH) electronic funds transfer operations
  • Collaborated closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements and drive continuous innovation in the organization.
  • Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
  • Streamlined project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
  • Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.

Education

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu

Master in Business Administration
05.2013

University Overview

JNTU

Bachelor of Technology from Electrical and Electronics Engineering
04.2009

University Overview

Skills

  • Agile & Scrum Methodologies
  • QEP Planning & Program Management
  • Sprint Planning
  • Team Facilitation
  • Agile Coaching
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Effective Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Conflict Resolution

  • Reporting
  • Metrics Analysis
  • KPI monitoring
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business process improvement
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Risk Assessments
  • Process Mapping
  • Risk assessment expertise
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Problem-solving abilities

Certification

SAFe Certified Scrum Master

Timeline

Technical Program Analyst
Visa INC
10.2022 - Current
Lead Scrum Master
Wells Fargo
03.2021 - 10.2022
Technical Program Manager
Citizens Bank
10.2020 - 02.2021
Scrum Master
Wells Fargo
12.2019 - 09.2020
Project Manager
CPR Technologies
01.2017 - 11.2019
Project Co Ordinator
Pendulum Pvt Limited
01.2012 - 04.2017
Business Analyst
HSBC Bank
07.2009 - 12.2011
JNTU
Bachelor of Technology from Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Master in Business Administration
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