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Praveen Narula
IT Program Manager
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Praveen is an IT Program Manager and Certified SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) with 15+ years of Experience and specialized in Business Intelligence. He has managed multiple successful Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing implementations for clients based out of US. He has lead multi-track programs in onsite-offshore model worth $20M and more.
Praveen is an accomplished servant-leader capable of delivering large-scale software and development programs on time and on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities.
Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management. Facilitating PI planning readiness by fostering a continuous exploration process, which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning meetings. Organizing system demo, inspect and adapt workshops for future PIs and Release Management meetings.
Overview
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3
Certifications
4
4
years of post-secondary education
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager
Infosys Ltd (Client: Truist Bank)
Raleigh, NC
01.2020 - Current
- Planned, created, tested, and deployed system life cycle methodology to produce high quality systems to meet and exceed customer expectations.
- Coached team members on productivity strategies, policy updates and performance improvement plans to accomplish challenging goals.
- Facilitated PI planning readiness by fostering a continuous exploration process, which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning meetings.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – PI planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Improved success of program by making proactive adjustments to operations.
- Created and presented data using Rally Out of the Box Reports, MS Excel spreadsheets and other MS Office tools.
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Collaborated with project stakeholders, including developers, quality assurance team members and business analysts.
- Planned and executed meetings to connect organizational representatives, community members and clients.
Sr Scrum Master
Infosys Ltd (Client - 1010Data)
New York, NY
09.2018 - 12.2019
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques including Jira and Scrum Methodologies.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation , including preparing and publishing regular status reports.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Applied Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Directed software design and development across multifaceted team to meet client needs for functionality, timeline and performance.
- Managed scope, schedules, issues, risks , and customer expectations .
- Worked closely with other business analysts, development teams and infrastructure specialists to deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
- Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- Produced Budget and utilization reports each week, updating customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
Scrum Master
Infosys Ltd (Client: Capital Group)
Los Angeles, CA
10.2012 - 09.2018
- Implemented scheduled maintenance, retooling production status sheets and driving [Number] tasks to achieve scheduling effectiveness.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing [Number]% reduction in [Type] errors over [Timeframe].
- Implemented [Type] and [Type] program changes to identify and quickly resolve root cause issues bottlenecking production levels.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Chaired daily project meetings using Agile methodologies and Scrum formats.
- Planned and orchestrated end-to-end processes
- Maintained tight production timetables and quality standards to give audiences exceptional offerings.
Senior Technology Lead
Infosys (Client: Capital Group)
Chandigarh., Punjab, India
02.2011 - 09.2012
- Interpreted data models for conversion into ETL diagrams and code.
- Directed data transformations and transitions using Pentaho.
- Optimized broken and inefficient assets through effectively troubleshooting technical processes and workflows.
- Wrote and optimized in-application SQL statements.
- Developed intelligence-sharing dashboards, providing company-wide access to collected data.
- Led employee relations through effective communication, coaching, training and development.
- Formulated complete project plans and coordinated engineering, design and shop drawing efforts.
- Coordinated presentations for customers and project members detailing project scope, progress and results, keeping all entities well-informed of milestones and goals.
Senior Software Engineer
Espire Pvt Ltd (Client: Citi Bank)
New Delhi, New Delhi, India
08.2010 - 12.2010
- Built outstanding and dynamic team of software engineers and developers which significantly boosted overall success of organization.
- Collaborated with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
- Tested troubleshooting methods, devised innovative solutions, and documented resolutions for inclusion in knowledge base for support team use.
Software Engineer
FutureSoft Pvt Ltd (Client: Wipro Ltd)
New Delhi, New Delhi, India
09.2006 - 08.2010
- Coordinated with hardware and system engineering leads to gather and develop system requirements.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results and submitted observations to development team.
- Requirements analysis and feasibility of the project.
- Designing the system & Development
- Handled the complete team in the Absence of Team Lead at very crucial period when bulk promotions of Wipro BPO happens (Wipro(Client) has awarded two months of salary as part of appreciation)
Education
Bachelor's of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Rajasthan University
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 07.2001 - 06.2005
Skills
SAFe and Scrum Methodologies
undefinedAccomplishments
- Automated internal Infosys process and saved 100K + USD per annum.
- Introduced Innovation event for encouraging Infosys employees to come forward and contribute towards Innovative Ideas and many of them were implemented at various clients and were well recognized.
- Trained & Supervised team of new batches (Fresh hires).
- Automated process of reporting of project using Rally Out of the Box reports and custom Excel spreadsheet.
Software
PL/SQL, Unix Shell Scripting
Agile tools like - Jira & Rally
Certification
SAFe Certified Scrum Master (Scaled Agile)
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Interests
Cooking
Railroad Modeling (HO Scale)
Quote
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Program Manager
Infosys Ltd (Client: Truist Bank)
01.2020 - Current
SAFe Certified Scrum Master (Scaled Agile)
01-2020
Sr Scrum Master
Infosys Ltd (Client - 1010Data)
09.2018 - 12.2019
Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
06-2013
Scrum Master
Infosys Ltd (Client: Capital Group)
10.2012 - 09.2018
Microsoft Certified SQL Server Developer
03-2012
Senior Technology Lead
Infosys (Client: Capital Group)
02.2011 - 09.2012
Senior Software Engineer
Espire Pvt Ltd (Client: Citi Bank)
08.2010 - 12.2010
Software Engineer
FutureSoft Pvt Ltd (Client: Wipro Ltd)
09.2006 - 08.2010
Bachelor's of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Rajasthan University
07.2001 - 06.2005
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