Parimala Krishnaraj
Northlake,TX
Summary
Dynamic Project Manager and Scrum Master with over 7 years of experience in Agile delivery, project coordination, and stakeholder collaboration within enterprise environments. Proficient in managing project timelines, tracking deliveries, coordinating releases, and prioritizing backlogs while effectively mitigating risks and dependencies to align business and technology teams across multiple initiatives. A strong foundation in Project Management and Agile methodologies includes quarterly planning, roadmap execution, stakeholder communication, status reporting, release readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives. Hands-on experience in software development with .NET technologies, SQL Server, REST APIs, and SDLC practices enhances the ability to drive successful project outcomes through seamless collaboration across Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, and business teams.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Fidelity Investments
06.2023 - Current
- Streamlined agile delivery and project coordination activities for multiple cross-functional technology teams, enhancing quarterly planning release execution and stakeholder collaboration across enterprise initiatives.
- Spearheaded planning and execution of activities supporting various technology initiatives, facilitating quarterly planning sprint coordination, dependency management, and release readiness to optimize delivery predictability and business alignment.
- Coordinated effectively with product owners, stakeholders, and engineering teams to enhance requirements, prioritize initiatives, manage dependencies, and achieve delivery targets.
- Supported interim Product Owner responsibilities during transition periods, including backlog prioritization, story clarification, and stakeholder communication.
- Coordinated delivery plans, risks, dependencies, release readiness, and stakeholder communications throughout multiple workstreams, promoting alignment between business priorities and technology execution.
- Synchronized efforts with UI, API, QA, architecture, and integration teams to ensure comprehensive support for end-to-end delivery release activities and dependency management across multiple workstreams.
- Applied prior hands-on development experience to bridge communication between business stakeholders and engineering teams, enabling smoother delivery coordination and technical alignment.
- Orchestrated routine delivery updates in planning discussions and stakeholder communications to uphold coherence between business priorities and technology delivery targets.
- Drove best practices, Jira workflows, delivery tracking, and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen team collaboration and execution efficiency.
Software Development Specialist - Scrum Master/Project Manager
Ohio Department of Health
10.2016 - 08.2017
- Led Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and Agile delivery coordination.
- Collaborated with business and technical teams to analyze requirements and support project delivery.
- Facilitated agile processes as scrum master while developing web applications utilizing C#.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, REST APIs, and SOAP services.
- Created SQL Server databases, implemented stored procedures, and produced SSRS reports, assisting with testing and deployment tasks.
Software Engineer & Scrum Master/Project Manager
Valtech India Pvt Ltd
04.2010 - 03.2013
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies, sprint execution, and release planning for Scrum teams.
- Partnered with stakeholders and development teams to interpret business requirements into technical solutions.
- Engineered enterprise applications utilizing C#.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, REST APIs, and SOAP services.
- Contributed to SQL development, testing, deployment, and production support operations.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Anna University
Coimbatore,India04-2010
Skills
- Project Management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Project release management
- Quarterly / PI Planning
- Risk & Dependency Management
- Delivery Tracking
- Backlog Refinement & Prioritization
- Cross-functional Team Coordination
- Sprint Planning & Retrospectives
- Jira & Confluence
- SDLC
- Collaborative product ownership
- RESTful API development
- SQL Server
- NET Technologies
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) – PMI
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance
- SAFe 6 Scrum Master
- Certified AgilityHealth Facilitator
- AI Fundamentals
- Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot
- Microsoft 20487 – Developing Windows Azure and Web Services
WORK AUTHORIZATION
H4 EAD – No Sponsorship Required
Timeline
Scrum Master
Fidelity Investments
06.2023 - Current
Software Development Specialist - Scrum Master/Project Manager
Ohio Department of Health
10.2016 - 08.2017
Software Engineer & Scrum Master/Project Manager
Valtech India Pvt Ltd
04.2010 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Anna University