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Seshadri Thirunarayanan

Agile Coach / Senior Scrum Master
Dallas,TX

Summary

Highly motivated and passionate Agile professional - Scrum Master, and Agile coach with a focus on technology., with 10+ years of experience. Highly regarded for establishing and evangelizing agile methodologies in 6 months or less per team and managing large enterprise software development and Agile transformation. Has led cross-functional teams of up to 15 members in domains including banking, telecom, airline, and logistics. Seeking to utilize previous experience and skills to continue enabling cross-functional teams and streamline processes to increase productivity.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Agile Coach

Plano, TX
11.2018 - Current
  • Constructed roadmap for 100% organization-wide transformation from waterfall to agile.
  • Formalized 10 agile workshops for stakeholders, product management, scrum masters, and co-located teams.
  • Evangelized 100% transition from the “silo” stage to “swarming” to create a high-performing team.
  • Coached senior leadership effective collaboration across silos, and how to communicate product vision, strategy, roadmaps and upcoming releases to other stakeholders in the project.

Vice President - Scrum Master

JP Morgan Chase
Plano, TX
03.2017 - 07.2018
  • Eliminated defect density by 30% through careful story refinement, decomposition, and acceptance criteria.
  • Increased business value delivered from 70% to 90% through continuous improvement.
  • Accelerated team towards 95% to 100% completion of user stories through new team processes and keeping story spikes under 5.

Scrum Master

American Airlines
Tempe, AZ
06.2016 - 01.2017
  • Persuaded team to keep escaped defects under 3% through enhanced coordination between the product owner and scrum team.
  • Engineered processes on the team and company-wide levels to ensure engineers deploy 100% of committed stories at release.
  • Ensured 90% accuracy in estimation and tracked velocity through sprint reports.
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 40 % reduction in escaped defects

Scrum Master

American Express
Scottsdale, AZ
02.2015 - 06.2016
  • Pioneered scrum practices and led the team through the stages of formation (forming, storming, norming, performing).
  • Motivated team to increase the percentage of adopted user stories from 80% to 95% through improved story point estimation.
  • Implemented surveys and retrospectives to measure team engagement and happiness with a 44% gradual increase.

Agile Coach

Ryanair
Dublin, Ireland
01.2012 - 02.2015
  • Familiarized 8 teams and over 20 senior stakeholders scrum masters and product owners with agile frameworks.
  • Encouraged product owners to align business objectives to product vision, drafting epics, and break up of epics into granular user stories.
  • Coached teams on agile practice using Shu Ha Ri concept, resulting in a saving of EUR 2 million in development cost over the span of 2 years.

Scrum Master Shaw Group
Toronto, CA
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • Delivered 20+ digital projects in and under budget resulting in cost savings and shorter time to market.
  • Expanded average team attendance to scrum ceremonies to 93% through mentorship skills.
  • Decreased sprint defect leakage to under 5% through coordinated efforts between development and QA team members.

Scrum Master Bank of Montreal
Toronto, CA
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Introduced team to writing sprint goals using the SMART method and decomposing user stories based on INVEST principles.
  • Spearheaded scrum ceremonies including release planning, sprint planning, refinement, sprint planning, stand-up, retrospective, and review.
  • Collaborated with the product owner and business analysts to maintain story readiness at 95% before refinement meetings.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) -

Pondicherry University

Skills

Agile Transformation, Team building, Agile coaching, Servant Leadership, Conflict resolution, Risk Mitigation, Road mapping, Dependency Management, OKR & KPI Tracking

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Certification

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Timeline

Agile Coach

11.2018 - Current

Vice President - Scrum Master

JP Morgan Chase
03.2017 - 07.2018

Scrum Master

American Airlines
06.2016 - 01.2017

Scrum Master

American Express
02.2015 - 06.2016

Agile Coach

Ryanair
01.2012 - 02.2015

Scrum Master Shaw Group
01.2008 - 01.2012

Scrum Master Bank of Montreal
01.2007 - 01.2008

Master of Business Administration (MBA) -

Pondicherry University

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