Sanjeev Raman
Miami
Summary
Dynamic Agile Practitioner with extensive experience at CyberBahn Federal Solutions, driving successful transformations through the Scaled Agile Framework. Expert in project management and team facilitation, I have implemented custom training programs and enhanced stakeholder engagement, achieving significant improvements in project delivery and team performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Agile Practitioner and PM, Coach, and Trainer
CyberBahn Federal Solutions, LL
Washington
11.2016 - Current
- Collaborated with executive leadership to strategize agile transformation approaches and evaluate ROI.
- Implemented Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) across portfolio, program, and team levels.
- Rolled out custom Agile training programs at enterprise and program levels.
- Developed e-training courseware for Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Facilitated release planning and created product release roadmaps for enterprise and program levels.
- Supported Scrum teams in adopting Continuous Build Integration and Deployment practices.
- Guided transition from Test Driven Development (TDD) to Behavior Driven Development within Scrum Teams.
- Established a center for agile excellence to drive transformation initiatives.
Program & Project Manager
Navy Federal Credit Union
09.2022 - 03.2024
- Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in alignment with organizational goals.
- Develop detailed project plans, including schedules, resource allocation, and milestones.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to prioritize project tasks and manage dependencies.
- Oversee the end-to-end execution of software development projects, ensuring timely delivery.
- Monitor project progress using tools like Jira, Trello, or MS Project, and provide regular status updates.
- Identify and address project risks, issues, and bottlenecks to keep projects on track.
- Lead cross-functional teams, including developers, testers, designers, and business analysts.
- Facilitate communication among team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment.
- Conduct team meetings, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews to track progress.
- Manage project budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to financial constraints.
- Allocate resources efficiently and adjust as necessary to meet project needs.
- Track project expenses and ensure alignment with the approved budget.
- Ensure all project deliverables meet quality standards and client requirements.
- Coordinate testing phases, including unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing.
- Oversee deployment and post-launch support to address any issues promptly.
- Coached and ensured Teams were following our CMMI Level 3 standards and the Scrum framework.
- Maintain detailed project documentation, including requirements, timelines, and lessons learned.
- Generate project reports for stakeholders, highlighting achievements, challenges, and key metrics.
- Ensure proper handoff and knowledge transfer to operational teams after project completion.
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients, providing updates and addressing concerns.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment with project goals.
- Facilitate effective communication to build trust and long-term relationships.
- Evaluate and improve project management methodologies and workflows.
- Implement Agile, Scrum, or other frameworks to enhance project efficiency.
- Share best practices and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.
Agile Squad Coach
Morgan Stanley
09.2020 - 09.2022
- Coached Squads across different Fleets to achieve 'Active for Agile' status based on MS standards.
- Coached Squads on Scrum Ceremonies and Kanban System Design (STATIK Approach).
- Conducted workshops on Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.
- Conducted workshops on User Story Writing.
- Conducted Kanban training for Squads that were considering Kanban based on the nature of the work.
- Conducted Lunch and Learn sessions for Portfolios and Fleets on Team Effectiveness, JIRA Workflow and Configurations, and Metrics & KPIs.
- Facilitated Squad Agile Maturity Assessments.
- Facilitated Scrum versus Kanban Assessment for Squads that were not sure what framework/method to use.
- Helped Squads build out their Agile Teaming Agreements.
- Helped Fleet Leads and Squads prepare for their quarterly planning.
- Assisted Squad setup in Agile Pipeline, Almanac, and MSVIZ for Metrics.
- Worked with Fleet Leads to understand KPIs and how to create and track them.
- Mentored Scrum Masters via weekly 1-1 sessions.
- Advised and configured JIRA for Program Portfolio Management.
Portfolio Agile Coach
Bristol Myers Squibb
08.2019 - 08.2020
- Product definition and setup: product vision, design thinking.
- Sprint 0: team mobilization, release planning, DevOps, initial architecture.
- Sprinting: sprint ceremonies, XP practices.
- Production readiness: deployment plan.
- Value Monitoring: business value measurement.
- Agile program structure: feature teams, product owners.
- Prioritization: demand and workload.
- Agile Architecture: intentional and architecture runway, emergent design.
- Funding: supply/demand analysis.
- Procurement: vendor strategy.
- Agile CoE & governance: operating model, governance mechanisms.
- Change Management: communication plan, training.
- Roadmap: transformation milestones.
- Performance management: team, program, enterprise KPIs and metrics.
Enterprise Agile Coach
NBC/Telemundo
10.2017 - 07.2019
- Company Overview: Created a new Enterprise Agile Framework known as the Agile Axiom Framework.
- Created 6 hours of online Agile training videos on Agile, Scrum, and Product Innovation.
- Created an IC Agile accredited, virtual training course to onboard people new to Agile.
- Recommended a holistic approach to implement JIRA.
- Developing an online tool to generate the score cards for the Enterprise and Team Agile assessments.
- Implementing Big Picture and Structure for JIRA to streamline Portfolio visibility across Agile Programs.
- Initiated Communities of Practice for DevOps, Change Management, Test Automation, & Agile Methods.
- Created a new Enterprise Agile Framework known as the Agile Axiom Framework.
Enterprise Agile Coach
JC Penney
04.2017 - 10.2017
- Conducted Enterprise, Program, and Team Agility Assessment.
- Facilitated Value Stream Workshops to map ART Trains to Value Streams.
- Conducted Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, SAFe PM/PO, SAFe Scrum Master trainings for Programs.
- Guided Leadership how to create and link Themes to Initiatives to Epics to Features.
- Conducted JIRA assessment to recommend configurations to support Portfolios.
- Initiated an Agile Center of Excellence to support the Communities of Practice for each Program.
- Initiated Communities of Practice for DevOps, Change Management, Test Automation, Agile Methods.
- Coached RTEs to setup and facilitate PI Plannings.
- Coached Business on prioritization using Cost of Delay, WSJF, Story Mapping, and Buy Feature.
- Implemented a Progressive Elaboration process for all Programs.
- Trained and coached DevOps, Systems team, and Sustaining teams on implementing Kanban.
- Coached and mentored Directors and Program Managers on their roles and responsibilities.
Enterprise Agile Coach
Syniverse
11.2016 - 04.2017
- Coached Solution Trainer Engineer, Solution Architect, and Solution Manager to coordinate and align multiple ARTs to deliver a single solution.
- Trained Leadership, Scrum Masters, Agile Teams, and Product Owners/Product Management on SAFe.
- Conducted Feature/Story writing workshops for Product Owners and Product Managers.
- Conducted Story estimation workshops for Agile Teams.
- Worked with RTE and other program stakeholders on creating Program Backlog, prioritize using WSJF, and prepare for PI Planning.
- Setup SAFe Portfolio/Program metrics for initiatives, features, and budget using JIRA w/ Agile Craft.
- Worked with different Agile Teams to create agreements around their Scrum Ceremonies.
- Trained and coached DevOps, Systems team, and Sustaining team on implementing Kanban.
- Coached and mentored Directors and Program Managers on their roles and responsibilities.
- Drafted an internal Agile Playbook based on SAFe Framework.
- Facilitated PI Planning PI retrospectives.
- Mentored and coached the Release Trainer Engineer.
Enterprise Agile Coach
FannieMae
08.2015 - 11.2016
- Enterprise Assessment for SAFe Agile adoption.
- Worked with Leadership to map SAFe value stream for CETS Solution delivery.
- Trained Leadership and Development Teams on Leading SAFe and SAFe ScrumXP.
- Facilitated Agile release planning sessions for large high visible solution delivery initiatives.
- Coached PI Planning for ART Train.
- Setup of SAFe Portfolio and Program metrics for tracking initiatives, features, and budget.
- Worked with different Development Teams to create agreements around their Scrum Ceremonies.
- Coached and mentored Business on their roles and responsibilities.
- Coached and mentored Directors and Program Managers on their roles and responsibilities.
- Drafted an Agile Playbook based on SAFe Framework.
- Co-led JIRA integration with Confluence, Agile Jira, XRAY, Jenkins, FishEye POC for managing Agile Programs.
Enterprise Agile Coach
SK Hynix
12.2014 - 08.2015
- Led SAFe training for Executives and Managers.
- ScrumXP training for all Scrum Teams.
- Scrum Master and Product Owner Training.
- Setup Communities of Practice.
- Coached and mentored Product Managers and Release Trainer Engineers.
- Coached and mentored Product Owners and Scrum Masters.
- Worked with teams to create team agreements.
- Conducted Epic, Feature, and User Story Workshops.
- Setup of agile tooling process (Agile Metrics, Scrum Board, Dependencies, etc.) using JIRA Agile.
- Worked with Architects to create Agile Architecture and Designs to support Features and User Stories.
- Aligned Integration Testing Teams and Hardware groups with Agile Release Trains.
- Conducted Program level Retrospectives (Inspect and Adapt).
- Published case study to publish with the Scaled Agile Institute.
Enterprise Agile Coach
JP Morgan Chase
05.2014 - 08.2014
- Agile Leadership, Team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Engineering Practices Training.
- Evaluated Sprint 0 and Sprint Ceremonies [Planning, Standups, Review, Retrospectives].
- Provided best practice agile guidance during meetings and discussions.
- Documented gaps and opportunities for improvement at the Team and Program level.
- Setup agile tooling process (Agile Metrics, Scrum Board, Tracking Dependencies, etc.) using JIRA Agile.
- Provided technical guidance for continuous integration and source code repository setup.
- Drafted and presented initial Playbook for scaling.
- Helped teams develop their team agreements (i.e. Definition of Done, task breakdown, etc.)
Enterprise Agile Coach
Cisco Systems
11.2013 - 04.2014
- In-class Training of 30+ people at a time on Agile Practices like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and XP in the United States, Canada, and India.
- Responsible for driving and implementing the new Agile Training curriculum for all agile courses.
- Facilitated town hall discussion with different programs to help evangelize the Agile Transformation.
- Coached Scrum teams on implementing Scrum at the team and program level.
- One-on-one training and mentoring of Product Owners on creating the product backlog, 5 levels of agile planning, assessing business value.
- Coached and facilitated quarterly agile release planning and agile release trains.
- Led the champions committees for Continuous Integration and Automated Testing Frameworks.
- Led agile metrics for measuring transformation success at the Enterprise and Program level.
- Presented bi-weekly updates on Transformation initiatives to senior executives.
- Customized Rally with executive dashboards at the portfolio and program level.
- Developed a Rally Agile Module to report metrics across different programs supporting the same solution.
Agile Coach
PayPal
07.2013 - 10.2013
- Worked with the Enterprise Agile Transformation office to implement a multi-year, global transformation roadmap that spanned 3 countries and 300+ teams with milestones and strategy.
- Worked with the Enterprise Agile Transformation office to implement an Agile Training program for staff.
- Trained dev teams on the ceremonies and roles of Scrum.
- Trained dev teams on agile engineering practices (agile architecture, test driven development, pair programming, refactoring, design practices).
- Coached and facilitated quarterly agile release planning for the Re-Platform Program.
- Coached Scrum teams to implement continuous build integration with static code analysis.
- Coached Scrum teams to implement accepted test-driven development.
- Coached and trained Scrum teams on writing and estimating stories.
- Implemented innovation games to generate and prioritize epics and themes with stakeholders.
- Mentored multiple teams on the Agile Manifesto values and principles.
- Measured transformation progress every sprint via agile analytics.
Agile ISO Consultant
Catalyst
06.2012 - 10.2012
- Performed detail assessment to what processes had to change to be Agile and ISO compliant.
- Wrote and executed a 5 point plan: draft the QA-QM manual to reflect agile processes, introduce Agile processes into the training material, start an internal community with Agile evangelists, coach the first few teams through the agile process, and look to inspect, adapt, and automate internal processes.
- Facilitated and passed the ISO audit for both locations (Single Certification, multi-site).
- Wrote user stories to automate the organization’s internal processes using SharePoint to help ensure ISO compliance sustainability.
- Coached and mentored software developers on Agile principles.
- Wrote Agile training material for technical managers to train their software developers on Agile practices.
- Published Case Study on enterprise transformation from Waterfall to Agile with ISO 9001:2008 compliance with the Scrum Alliance.
Program Scrum Coach
Ecova, Inc
11.2011 - 05.2012
- Company Overview: Ecova is the total energy and sustainability management company.
- Coached and helped to develop project charter with business stakeholders.
- Coached scrum masters on sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint review/demo, and retrospectives.
- Coached and facilitated innovation games & release planning with stakeholders to build program road map with release milestones.
- Interviewed and allocated resources to the Program, and implement multiple scrum teams.
- Conducted Story writing workshops for product owners.
- Updated management with weekly program report and confidence level of meeting release milestones.
- Configured the Agile template for Team Foundation Server to manage product backlog, sprint backlog, sprint tasks, record retrospectives, generate sprint and release burn down charts, and track velocity, assigned tasks and hours for each scrum team.
- Mentored, discussed, and implemented the Agile principles for working on the project like continuous build integration for automatic compiling upon code check-in and automated scripts to test builds upon check-in.
- Coordinated parallel sprints with scrum of scrum meetings.
- Initiated an agile community to foster further development and understanding of Scrum and how it fits into the organization.
- Ecova is the total energy and sustainability management company.
Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master
Nike, Inc
04.2011 - 10.2011
- Created and maintained project schedule and budget in MS Project.
- Interviewed and allocated resources to the Project Team.
- Lead the technical and analytical effort to implement an effective and efficient process for capturing data from Brand (project sponsor) and executing a series of validation & analysis steps to confirm data cleanliness.
- Mentored team and implemented Scrum principles.
- Since the team consisted of shared resources, worked with Business to create Epics and Stories to present to capability leads to reserve the right resources from their functional teams.
- Conducted daily scrum standups, sprints, demos, retrospectives, and sprint planning.
- Coordinated infrastructure needs, technical support, and releases with senior management and infrastructure team.
- Setup Jira to store and track stories, manage sprints and burndown rate, disseminate information, log and track defects found in QA, and manage documents.
- Updated senior management weekly on the progress and budget and addressed issues and concerns Helped to coordinate the photo shoots and integration of Pro-Athlete images and products based on the project schedule released.
Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master
Pegged
09.2010 - 03.2011
- Company Overview: Pegged Screening Application is used for screening potential candidates for specific jobs.
- Created and maintained project schedule and budget in MS Project.
- Interviewed and allocated resources to the Project Team.
- Configured Team Foundation Server to manage the Pegged Project with control policies and assigning work items with mandatory code reviews upon check-in.
- Setup SharePoint to manage SDLC documents that were written post release.
- Facilitated product backlog refinement and Sprint planning sessions with the product owner and team.
- Facilitated daily scrum meetings with bi-weekly sprints.
- Configured Quality Center to write and execute test cases, and log defects.
- Generated Burndown and Release charts to tracked and monitor each sprint and release.
- Updated senior management with a weekly status report and confidence level of completing all the stories/requirements for the Sprint.
- Discussed and negotiated release dates with senior management based on client’s expectations and team’s capabilities.
- Pegged Screening Application is used for screening potential candidates for specific jobs.
Chimes International, Inc
- Company Overview: Chimes Family of Services is an international multi-service agency delivering a wide range of programs, services and supports to more than 17,000 people of all ages and different levels of developmental disabilities, mental illness and other specialized needs.
- Chimes Family of Services is an international multi-service agency delivering a wide range of programs, services and supports to more than 17,000 people of all ages and different levels of developmental disabilities, mental illness and other specialized needs.
Education
Ph.D. - Information Technology
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA05-2005
Master of Science - Information Technology
Towson University
Baltimore, MD08-2002
Bachelor of Science - Medical Informatics
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD05-2001
Associate of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD08-1999
Skills
- Agile methodologies
- Scaled Agile Framework
- Project management
- Team facilitation
- Continuous integration
- Stakeholder engagement
Timeline
Program & Project Manager
Navy Federal Credit Union
09.2022 - 03.2024
Agile Squad Coach
Morgan Stanley
09.2020 - 09.2022
Portfolio Agile Coach
Bristol Myers Squibb
08.2019 - 08.2020
Enterprise Agile Coach
NBC/Telemundo
10.2017 - 07.2019
Enterprise Agile Coach
JC Penney
04.2017 - 10.2017
Agile Practitioner and PM, Coach, and Trainer
CyberBahn Federal Solutions, LL
11.2016 - Current
Enterprise Agile Coach
Syniverse
11.2016 - 04.2017
Enterprise Agile Coach
FannieMae
08.2015 - 11.2016
Enterprise Agile Coach
SK Hynix
12.2014 - 08.2015
Enterprise Agile Coach
JP Morgan Chase
05.2014 - 08.2014
Enterprise Agile Coach
Cisco Systems
11.2013 - 04.2014
Agile Coach
PayPal
07.2013 - 10.2013
Agile ISO Consultant
Catalyst
06.2012 - 10.2012
Program Scrum Coach
Ecova, Inc
11.2011 - 05.2012
Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master
Nike, Inc
04.2011 - 10.2011
Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master
Pegged
09.2010 - 03.2011
Chimes International, Inc
Ph.D. - Information Technology
George Mason University
Master of Science - Information Technology
Towson University
Bachelor of Science - Medical Informatics
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Associate of Science - Medical Laboratory Science
Harford Community College
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