Priyanka Duriseti
Liberty Hill,TX
Summary
Certified Scrum Master (PSM I, PSM II) with 6+ years of experience leading Agile delivery and QA efforts across IT and healthcare. Skilled in driving Agile transformation, facilitating key ceremonies, and aligning stakeholders to deliver high-value projects on time and within scope. Strong track record of improving team velocity, fostering collaboration, and ensuring high-quality deliverables through effective test strategies. Adept at backlog refinement, cross-functional facilitation, and stakeholder engagement to maximize business value.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master / PM
MR OWL
Albuquerque, New Mexico
07.2022 - Current
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) across multiple Scrum teams, ensuring alignment to sprint goals.
- Partnered with Product Owner and stakeholders to refine backlog and prioritize features for timely delivery.
- Coached team members on Agile practices, improving sprint predictability and collaboration.
- Oversaw UAT planning and execution, ensuring business sign-off and compliance before production release.
- Additional contributions: API testing with Postman, web application validation, and deployment troubleshooting.
- Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
- Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
Healthcare Analyst / Business Scrum Master
Randstad USA
11.2021 - 07.2022
- Facilitated sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives to improve delivery cadence.
- Partnered with stakeholders to deliver key healthcare compliance features valued at $50M annually.
- Conducted root cause analysis on recurring data issues, reducing reporting discrepancies by 25%.
- Automated SQL validation scripts, cutting manual testing time by 30%.
- Coached teams on Agile practices, increasing sprint velocity by 15% and improving transparency in deliverables.
BA / Scrum Master
Health Choice, Arizona
06.2021 - 10.2021
- Coordinated with product owners to refine user stories, improving sprint predictability.
- Trained new team members on Agile and QA processes, accelerating onboarding by 40%.
- Facilitated cross-team workshops that improved data quality, reducing claim rejections.
- Managed healthcare data testing in Care Radius,ensured HIPAA compliance.
- Guided cross-functional teams through Agile methodologies and best practices.
- Coordinated sprint planning sessions to prioritize tasks effectively.
SQL Analyst / Scrum Master
Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan
07.2020 - 06.2021
- Facilitated daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint planning sessions across distributed teams.
- Coordinated regression cycles, reducing execution time from 10 days to 7 days.
- Partnered with compliance teams to meet regulatory deadlines ahead of schedule.
- Designed automated UAT reports in Cognos for executive stakeholders.
- Improved SQL query performance, reducing execution time by 40%.
Scrum Master
Team Health
04.2020 - 06.2020
- Facilitated sprint retrospectives focused on process improvement, boosting team velocity.
- Streamlined payroll validation process through automation, reducing manual workload by 30%.
- Partnered with stakeholders to align sprint goals with organizational objectives.
- Supported adoption of Agile practices in a transitioning environment.
QA Analyst
Fidelis Care
Buffalo, NY
10.2018 - 12.2019
- Supported QA efforts for healthcare claims processing and UM modules.
- Reduced post-release defects by 20% through enhanced regression coverage.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with state templates.
- Executed manual and automated tests for web applications.
- Analyzed test results and documented findings for review.
- Collaborated with development teams to identify and resolve defects.
Education
Master of Science - Information Systems
01.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
01.2016
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
- Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II)
Technical Skills
Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Agile Transformation, Waterfall-to-Agile Migration, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement, PI Planning, Release Planning, JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Rally, Trello, Miro, MS Teams, Burndown/Burnup Charts, Velocity Tracking, Release Metrics, Risk Management, Capacity Planning, Stakeholder Workshops, Sprint Reviews/Demos, Continuous Improvement Facilitation, Agile Coaching, Team Onboarding, Change Management, Servant Leadership, Selenium WebDriver, HP ALM/QC, TestNG, SoapUI, Postman, UFT, LoadRunner, SQL Server, Oracle, Java, JavaScript, Python, HTML, XML, C, C++, SOAP, REST, Jenkins, Maven, MS Visio, Healthcare, EDI (HIPAA 837, 835, 834), Medicare/Medicaid
Timeline
Scrum Master / PM
MR OWL
07.2022 - Current
Healthcare Analyst / Business Scrum Master
Randstad USA
11.2021 - 07.2022
BA / Scrum Master
Health Choice, Arizona
06.2021 - 10.2021
SQL Analyst / Scrum Master
Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan
07.2020 - 06.2021
Scrum Master
Team Health
04.2020 - 06.2020
QA Analyst
Fidelis Care
10.2018 - 12.2019
Master of Science - Information Systems
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
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