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Deepti Nataraj

Cumming,US

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Lead / Agile Project Manager

General Motors Corporation
06.2021 - Current

As a scrum lead, I am responsible for managing and coaching teams within eCommerce ART primarily focused on parts and accessories storefront and GM energy storefront. Some of my main responsibilities include:

  • Improving team velocity by fostering AGILE framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Collaborating with Product Owners to refine user stories and acceptance criteria in team foundation server, driving successful implementation of features.
  • Streamlining project delivery through efficient backlog management and prioritization.
  • Resolving impediments efficiently to maintain steady progress toward sprint goals, ensuring timely completion of tasks.
  • Managing risks proactively by closely monitoring sprint progress and addressing potential issues early on.
  • Empowering team members by encouraging autonomy and self-organization, fostering a positive work environment conducive to innovation and growth.
  • Coordinating release planning activities to align with overarching organizational goals and timelines.

Associate Consultant (Charles Schwab)

Infosys Ltd.
02.2021 - 06.2021

As an associate consultant for leading agile projects some of my main responsibilities included:

  • Hosting sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives meetings to foster agile framework
  • Planning and arranging meetings with cross functional teams and individuals, enabling all parties to meet and discuss project progress & requirements.
  • Resolving impediments efficiently to maintain steady progress toward sprint goals, ensuring timely completion of tasks.
  • Working with Testing team to coordinate Unit & Integration testing



Business Systems Analyst

Inovalon, Inc
08.2017 - 02.2020

As a business systems analyst, I was responsible for gathering business requirements for 'Call Center - Genesys Transition' project and document them as user stories. Some of my responsibilities included

  • Efficient backlog management and prioritization.
  • Hosting sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives meetings
  • Managing and improving team velocity to achieve required targets
  • Coordinating release planning activities
  • Development & execution of Test Plans and Test Cases.
  • Coordinating User Acceptance Testing, End-to End testing & Integration Testing.
  • Process mapping different processes within healthcare and Call Center Operations to identify operational challenges and risks.

Education

Master of Science - Information Systems (GPA: 3.7)

University Of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Cummins College Of Engineering

Skills

  • Agile coaching
  • User story creation
  • Sprint planning , Release planning
  • Velocity tracking
  • JIRA, Team Foundation Server
  • Business Process Mapping
  • Agile project management

Certification

Agile with Atlassian JIRA

Skills

Agile project planning, Release planning, SQL server 2012, MS Office, MS Visio, System Analysis, Process Mapping, Project Coordination, SDLC, Agile methodologies, UAT, Team foundation server

Timeline

Scrum Lead / Agile Project Manager

General Motors Corporation
06.2021 - Current

Associate Consultant (Charles Schwab)

Infosys Ltd.
02.2021 - 06.2021

Business Systems Analyst

Inovalon, Inc
08.2017 - 02.2020

Master of Science - Information Systems (GPA: 3.7)

University Of Maryland Baltimore County

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Cummins College Of Engineering
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