Radhika Balemarthy
Scrum Master
Hyderabad,Telangana
Summary
- Seasoned professional with over 12+ years of experience in Agile Software Development & Project Management
• Enthusiastic Scrum Master with 5+ years of experience in managing large enterprise software development projects. Demonstrated ability to motivate, organize, lead and coach Scrum teams across multiple locations
• Seasoned Agile thinker, practitioner, coach, consultant and trainer. An Product Scrum Master at Deloitte with around 12 years of IT experience in implementing Agile principles, values and Lean practices with Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.
• 3 years of Project Management experience in heading large engagements with notable success in executing high-complex projects in Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Skilled as a Scrum Master in facilitating Scrum processes and conducting ceremonies (Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective) in Agile Scrum methodology and worked on tools such as JIRA/RALLY/CONFLUENCE etc - Collaborated closely with product owner on backlog grooming to keep product backlog relevant and prioritized, ensuring acceptance criteria were agreed upon and stories were ready for sizing
- Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity by 40% within the first year of Agile adoption
- Enforced Kanban principles as a scrum master that resulted in a reduction of Cycle time by 30% thus increasing the team's throughput in less than 12 weeks.
- Effectively track the team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting
- Facilitated Agile collaborative groups, Communities of Practice (CoP), and Agile Working Groups. Participation in Scrum of Scrum meetings
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Product Scrum Master
Deloitte
HYDERABAD, India
10.2018 - Current
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload..
- Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
- Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
- Engaging with business users to clarify and understand business requirements
- Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.
- Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology Work closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features. Hands-on coaching to individual teams in all aspects of Scrum and Kanban - daily meetings, planning, self-organization, collaboration, managing flow, limiting WIP, etc.
- Engaged with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in organization.
- Participation in Scrum of Scrum meetings. Working knowledge of Agile tools (Jira, Confluence) .
- Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships among multiple agile teams across states
Agile Scrum Master
DBS Bank
HYDERABAD, India
10.2016 - 09.2018
- Asessed Scrum maturity of team and organized and coached team to higher levels of development.
- Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective
- Work closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
- Engaging with business users to clarify and understand business requirements
- Coached new SM and trained global teams, which resulted in the early delivery of the project and reduced process waste caused by a lack of common understanding.
- Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
- Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 30% reduction in errors
Technical Architect/ Agile Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
HYDERABAD, Telangana
02.2014 - 06.2018
- Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Plan and design structure of the technology solution.
- Communicate system requirements to software development teams
- Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
- Oversee assigned programs (e.g. conduct code review) and provide guidance to team members
- Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
- Ensure on the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
- Engineered architecture and infrastructure for 7000+ users across globe with RWD application
Full Stack Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam
HYDERABAD, India
10.2010 - 02.2014
- Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery.
- Consulted with engineering team members to determine system loads and develop improvement plans.
- Involved in requirement analysis and development phases of modules.
- Owned 4-5 modules and involved in end-to-end development.
- Written stored procedures and involved in complex database table design
- Supported team in Java APIs development.
- Involved in AWS deployment - Using Jenkins and terraform tools to create resource in AWS and deploying application.
- Experienced in writing good, clean, testable, Python code using Flask framework. Generated reports using Pod, and Google API client Library.
- Developed (Producing) Web Services to the consuming team.
- Developed core functionality of the project at business layer.
- Involved in writing Stored Procedures at DB layer for handling batch jobs.
- Involved in writing the test cases using Mockito & JUnit to ensure maximum code coverage
Education
Master of Science - Software Systems
BITS Pil
Shameerpet, RR Dist. 06.2013 - 07.2015
Master of Arts in English
Osmania University
Hyderabad 07.2011 - 05.2013
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
Bandari Srinivas Institute of Technology
03.2006 - 06.2010
Intermediate - M.P.C
Narayana College
Hyderabad 06.2004 - 02.2006
SSC -
Malika High School
Hyderabad 03.1994 - 04.2004
Skills
Project management & release management
Agile practices
Frameworks: Java, Python, R Language, Spring 3X ,SpringBoot, Angular [ 2 & 4,5 ],Hibernate ,Web Services Framework [WSF2],Microservices, Flask and DJango
Web Technologies: JSP, Servlets, JavaScript, HTML 5 , XML, CSS , Jasmine, Karma and Apache Spark
Web Services: Restful Services , SOAP Services - JAX RPC, JAX WS
Database Servers: Oracle DB2 , MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB and MongoDB
Development Environments: Jboss Developer Studio ,Eclipse 35, Editplus, Eclipse Galileo, Eclipse SDE, SOAP UI , Rally strategic planning tool
Draw tools : Visio, Drawio, Mira
CICD: Jenkins
Reporting Tools: Pod, Google API Client library, Jasper Reports
Testing tools: JUnit,Mockito,Power Mockito, BDD, Selenium , Fabric, JMeter
Deployment Tools: LARA, WebLogic, Bamboo, Google App Engine
Web & App Servers: JBoss 7x, WAS 7 & 8, Web Logic 8, WebSphere 62, Apache Tomcat
Other Tools: Fish Eye (Crucible), ICM
Affiliations
Certifications
- SPC - Certified SAFe® 4.6 Program Consultant
- Advanced Certified Scrum Master & Professional Scrum master (A-CSM & PSM)
Specialties
- Agile Framework – Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Agile Principles & Engineering Practices
- Agile Meetings/Rituals, Metrics & Reporting, Estimation & Planning
Project Management, Estimation, Scheduling, Tracking & Monitoring, Release & Risk Management
Timeline
Product Scrum Master
Deloitte
10.2018 - Current
Agile Scrum Master
DBS Bank
10.2016 - 09.2018
Technical Architect/ Agile Business Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
02.2014 - 06.2018
Master of Science - Software Systems
BITS Pil
06.2013 - 07.2015
Master of Arts in English
Osmania University
07.2011 - 05.2013
Full Stack Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam
10.2010 - 02.2014
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
Bandari Srinivas Institute of Technology
03.2006 - 06.2010
Intermediate - M.P.C
Narayana College
06.2004 - 02.2006
SSC -
Malika High School
03.1994 - 04.2004