Pradeep Mishra
SCRUM Master/Program Manager
Waxhaw,USA
Summary
Executive profile:- Dynamic, strategic, inclusive and innovative leader with 16 years of experience in IT industry including Business Development, Client and Partner Alliance Management and SCRUM MASTER. Passionate about technology, people, process, collaboration and results, with hands on experience of ETL testing and Project Management. Program delivery and Technical Consulting including P&L responsibility; managing around $1mm+ practice revenues.
Scrum Master/Program Manager: Certified Scrum Master with 3+ years of experience delivering large-scale projects on time and on Budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading multiple scrum teams. Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management. Capable of keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
SCRUM Master/Program Manager
Synechron
Charlotte, NC
04.2020 - Current
- Worked in CRM and Finance Domains
- Proficiently facilitating all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning
- Involved in Agile transformation and successfully implemented agile (SAFe) methodology
- Collaborating with project teams (both on and offshore), create and maintain project plans and schedules effectively
- Overseeing and managing scope, timeline, quality and deliverables that support business goals
- Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums meeting and passed information from that meeting back to the team
- Assisted the team in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and the Inspect and Adapt sessions
- Coordinating with other SCRUM Team to implement and Integrate KAFKA and Micro frontend
- Using key Scrum metrics (burndown, velocity) to help deliver committed work
- Working with Product Owner to define scope and Acceptance criteria
- Assisting internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Coordinating and manage weekly backlog grooming sessions with the team, ensuring work items are estimated, ready-for-work and maintained
- Work with development teams and product owners to create a collaborative environment
- Anticipating issues and acting proactively to address potential issues
- Developing status reports and dashboards, including metrics-informed analysis
- Developing capacity planning and helped in release scheduling
- Working across teams to ensure release readiness and quality deployments
Lead – SCRUM Master/Technical Project Manager
Synechron
Charlotte, NC
01.2019 - 03.2020
- Manage the logistics of the project includes creating and managing the sprint plans, communication archives and wide array of project documentation.
- Played Dual Role as SCRUM Master Analyst as well as Technical development Project Manager.
- Helped the UX, Dev and QA team understand the requirements and updates as necessary.
- Created SAS, TRD, FSD and RTM for this project.
- As acting scrum master facilitated all team meeting including User Story grooming, Daily Standup, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, and Iteration Retrospective
- Worked with Product Owner and delivery teams to groom stories in advance.
- Monitored team backlog daily and ensured it accurately reflects the current state, including burndown chart and status, at the release and sprint levels.
- Ensure that the definition of done (Acceptance criteria) is established and adhered to at all levels.
- Actively addressed blocking issues and helped team focus on achieving iteration goals
- Helped team with estimating user stories.
- Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums meeting and passed information from that meeting back to the team.
- Assisted the team in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and the Inspect and Adapt sessions.
- · Communicated progress, risks, and issue analysis to stakeholders.
- · Ensured that the project is on track and raise any risks or issues on time.
- · Create Use case diagram for each Business Requirement.
- · Responsible for writing database queries, database release scripts and other database related activities required for application development and deployment to all environments.
- · Expertise in testing, continuous code delivery and deployment experience using DevOps/CI (Continuous Integration) tools.
Lead - Technical Analyst / ETL QA/Ab-Initio Support
Synechron
Charlotte, NC
10.2014 - 12.2018
- Responsible for testing and reviewing of ETL mapping and transformation specifications based on the business requirements from various teams and the business teams.
- Testing of ETL jobs that are scheduled for file transfers from Operational Data Stores to designated file systems/directories.
- Executing and monitoring jobs through Autosys
- Responsible for setting up the SIT/UAT environments from scratch
- Improve productivity, supportability and efficiency through automation of repeatable tasks using tools and scripting.
- Used Agile testing methodology for achieving deadlines in UAT.
- Performed Verification, Validation, and Transformations on the Input data (Text files, Flat files) before loading into target database.
- Writing complex SQL queries using Case Logic, Intersect, Sub Queries, and Union in SQL.
- · Smoke Testing in UAT through simulation SQL. Use case analysis
- · Validated data in between source and target after running Mappings by the Ab Initio developer team.
- · Hands on work experience working with offsite team model; coordinate my own efforts with team members in the off- site team.
- · Provided weekly status report to the Project Manager and discuss issues related to quality and deadlines.
Senior QA Analyst
Synechron
Raleigh, NC
11.2013 - 09.2014
- Being engaged in test requirements analysis using external vendor applications for rates trade booking such as Tradeweb and MarkitWire
- Participating in estimation and project plan
- Preparing and reviewing test strategy document
- Preparing and reviewing test requirements and test cases
- Performing System and Database testing
- Being involved in defect management and Regression testing
- Creating Proof of Concept in the early phase to view if the project could be automated
- Using external vendor applications for rates trade booking such as Bloomberg, Broadway, and Tradeweb
Project Lead
Synechron
Jersey City, NJ
05.2012 - 11.2013
- Functioned as Automation Project Lead on all automation activities including prioritizing, scheduling, assignment, mentoring, training, and reviewing all automation scripts
- Managed and coordinated a team of four with offshore-onshore model
- Implemented test procedures, processes, standards, and guidelines
- Maintained weekly status reports/ downtime logs, and provided various metrics (scripting, maintenance, and execution) to the management
- Created automation framework for QTP, and used VBScript for writing automation test scripts for back office trading systems, reporting, and front office applications
- Created Proof of Concept in the early phase to view if the project could be automated
- As a Manager, responsible for overseeing the automation testing effort both onsite and offsite teams
- Coordinated with offshore team for issue resolution
- Managed deliveries ensuring the quality of deliverables
- Created and reviewed automation traceability matrix
- Engaged in test script generation, debugging/ peer reviews, re-scripting, local execution, and test deliverables
Assistant Manager, Automation Lead
Synechron
Chicago, IL
01.2012 - 05.2012
- Coordinated with Offshore team for issue resolution
- Involved in estimations and documentation
- Maintained Weekly status reports, metrics, and downtime logs
- Managed deliveries ensuring the quality of deliverables
- Created and reviewed automation traceability matrix
- Created and reviewed automation test script and functions
- Participated test cases analysis, test automation plan, test automation design, and object repository creation
- Engaged in test script generation, debugging/peer reviews, re-scripting, local execution, and test deliverable
Automation Test Lead
Synechron
Pune, India
01.2010 - 12.2011
Test Automation Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services
Pune, India
10.2006 - 12.2009
Team Member
Digite Infotech
Mumbai, India
05.2004 - 10.2006
- Digite 4.2 Enterprise Management Tool
Education
Master of Technology - Control Systems
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical
Skills
Account ManagementCollaboration and Relationship ManagementStrategic Thinking and Execution ExcellencePassionate Leadership and Team Building
VBScript, C#, Shell, Selenium,Cucumber
MS Visual SourceSafe (VSS), SVN,GithubJIRA Align, JIRA, ALM
Selenium, QTP 9x, RFT 7x, WebUI, BDD,
Mongo, MS SQL Server 2000/ 2005 ,MYSQL,SQL Server, OracleAnthill, uDeploy, JenkinsVisio, Office, SSRS(Reporting Tool), Share PointBMC Remedy PAC2000Tableau, VSS, AutosysCertification
PSM (SCRUM)
Timeline
SCRUM Master/Program Manager
Synechron
04.2020 - Current
Lead – SCRUM Master/Technical Project Manager
Synechron
01.2019 - 03.2020
Lead - Technical Analyst / ETL QA/Ab-Initio Support
Synechron
10.2014 - 12.2018
Senior QA Analyst
Synechron
11.2013 - 09.2014
Project Lead
Synechron
05.2012 - 11.2013
Assistant Manager, Automation Lead
Synechron
01.2012 - 05.2012
Automation Test Lead
Synechron
01.2010 - 12.2011
Test Automation Engineer
TATA Consultancy Services
10.2006 - 12.2009
Team Member
Digite Infotech
05.2004 - 10.2006