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SHERIN SAKEENA

SHERIN SAKEENA

Sammamish,WA

Summary

Experienced IT project delivery manager, program manager, and senior scrum master with a track record of success spanning over 15 years. Demonstrated expertise in effectively addressing business challenges, devising practical system solutions, and overseeing projects across diverse execution models such as waterfall, Agile (Scrum and SAFe), and Kanban. Proficient in both legacy and cloud technologies, including AWS and Azure.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master 3

COSTCO LLC.
08.2022 - Current
  • Has been the Scrum Master / Product Owner/ Delivery Manager for Corporate Solutions Cloud Engineering managing the backlog and execution for cloud application enhancements and DevOps features in Kanban
  • Also performs the duties as delivery manager including scope and schedule management for VAM tool onboarding for projects and the Spain deport work performed by US SAP team
  • Coordinates all communication with the dependent IT teams, business and US support teams
  • Handles creation, refinement, and prioritization of user stories within the FICO Cloud backlog with four distinct business areas
  • Facilitates technical grooming to refine the design and create technical user stories
  • Manages the remediation of blockers and issues identified by team members to support the timely completion of deliverables
  • Reports several levels of status for the projects and PODs that are being managed and presents them to leadership in weekly status meetings
  • Maintains the Kanban feature plan for Cloud POD and project plans for two projects with detailed milestones and planned release dates
  • Maintain a keen watch on risks/issues and bring up with management and other stakeholders for addressing them in a timely manner

Agile Delivery Manager (Albertsons)

UST
08.2020 - 07.2022
  • Responsible for overall delivery under UST engagement with Albertsons for all projects in Merchandising area including Proposals, project conception and budget planning, and end to end project execution
  • All projects are executed as Agile in a fixed bid model and lead the delivery sprint reviews of all projects based on an agile health check dashboard
  • Primary owner for Merch modernization projects which aims at rewriting the mainframe applications to full stack in Azure as part of the cloud migration initiative
  • Leading the proposal for Item transformation which involves understanding of the existing systems comprising of legacy store systems and digital platform to define a phased item journey to arrive at the proposed future state

Delivery Manager/ Senior Scrum Master (T-Mobile)

UST
10.2017 - 03.2020
  • Managed the below AWS platform products / projects planning the sprints and releases while functioning as liaison between the product management team and the development team for backlog grooming, roadmap planning, Open Source (OSS) releases through adoption
  • PacBot - Policy As Code: Custom built AWS platform tool for gauging cloud compliance developed using microservices architecture but can be customized as a generic compliance assessment product - built and open sourced by T-Mobile partnered with UST Global
  • Jazz - Serverless Platform Product developed by T-Mobile Cloud Center of Excellence team as a joint development venture with UST Global and act as a developer buddy for serverless adoption
  • T-Vault - Another open source product from T-Mobile cloud security team which provides an enterprise secret management solution comprised of custom built code over HashiCorp Vault for seamless integration among internal T-Mobile applications hosted on AWS
  • Led and managed business operations support for T-Mobile Digital Commerce platform built over Elastic Path which is the backend engine for public facing applications including TMO.com and MyTMO
  • The responsibilities included automation and verification/reconciliation of daily catalog maintenance with MDM, spearheading the promotion configurations in conjunction with business partners and ensuring the accuracy of rate plans for existing and prospective customers in addition to any system level troubleshooting and associated triages as part of BizOps support

Project Delivery Manager (Walmart)

UST
12.2012 - 09.2017
  • As onsite project manager for multiple Store Number Expansion and Unintelligent Item Number projects in Item file application, I was responsible for managing the entire solution implementation from inception till warranty under Managed outcome contract
  • Key responsibilities include but not limited to the following: Assessing the requirement for system level impact and defining the project scope / estimates within managed outcome contract
  • End to end ownership for putting together the contract including thorough diligence with team to sort out the terms and conditions, assumptions, risks and response plans, associated with scope and estimates
  • Stakeholder management comprising of the management and technical groups at customer front and offshore team
  • Ensuring quality delivery within the Managed Outcome scope implementing extensive change management procedures including negotiations change control board(CCB) meetings with customer on budget and scope
  • Meeting budget and profit margin goals

Project Manager (SAFEWAY)

UST Global
06.2008 - 05.2012
  • This project forms a major part of Safeway's technology remodel initiative and aims to reduce IT operating costs for Safeway, by releasing IBM licenses in Safeway Unix environments
  • This involves migrating 57 Safeway J2EE applications running on IBM WebSphere to the Oracle WebLogic Application Server
  • The project scope also includes migrating the 17 UDB/Informix databases in identified Safeway applications to the new Oracle 11g DB
  • As offshore project manager, my responsibilities include: Complete ownership of migration plan and schedule that falls under UST project scope including estimating, planning and defining the migration roadmap till production cutover
  • Maintaining communication plan for entire project stakeholders - onsite, offshore and client
  • Closely monitoring the project scope to alert the stakeholders on any possible scope creep and handles all changes through approved change orders
  • Planning the UST budget (close to $2.9M) and managing it from presentation to the client for approval, appropriate change tracking till utilization and thereby ensuring efficient GPM (>= planned; > 10% till date)
  • Effectively identifying and mitigating key risks and timely resolution of issues those impede the project progress to ensure smooth execution of the project
  • End - end execution of the project from planning the right resources, procuring them till successful delivery following all UST mandated processes
  • People management of the entire team including career advancement and succession planning

Software Developer / Technical Lead (SAFEWAY)

UST Global
06.2002 - 02.2008
  • Technology: Mainframe, Unix, Perl, Javascript
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Participated in software field testing to verify performance of developed projects.
  • Translated customer requirements into written use cases.
  • Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.

Skills

  • Project Management - Scope, Cost and Schedule Management
  • Methodologies; Waterfall and Agile - Scrum, SAFe, Kanban Practices
  • PM Tools: : MS-Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, Rally, Servicenow, Clarity
  • Estimation Techniques - Analogy / Function point, Story Point estimation for Agile
  • Quantitative Project Health - EVM and Agile Metrics
  • Technology: DevOps, AppDynamics, Splunk, GitHub, Cloud Services (AWS, Azure), Mainframe, Unix, Javascript, DB (Relational and NoSQL)
  • Soft Skills: Effective Communication, Analytical thinking, Problem Solving, Deadline driven, Active listening, Adaptability, Idea development and brainstorming, Interpersonal skills, Attention to detail

Accomplishments

  • Established stakeholder alignment through streamlined reports
  • Communicated business value through Agile metrics
  • Achieved ahead of schedule project delivery through meticulous planning and risk management
  • Improved accountability and process adherence by introducing scrum score card
  • Created coordinated product delivery roadmaps for 3 related Cloud products
  • Guided the team to identify and accomplish quick wins with high business impact
  • Collaborated with multiple cross functional teams to orchestrate development and testing for business critical project
  • Led high visibility business initiative (New Product Launch) with zero escalations through diligent planning and communication
  • Conceived and developed dashboard for showcasing the innovation hub accomplishments for FICO team

Certification

  • SAFe PO/PM Certification
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • PMP training/ certification prep in progress

Personal Information

Work Permit: Green Card Holder

Timeline

Scrum Master 3

COSTCO LLC.
08.2022 - Current

Agile Delivery Manager (Albertsons)

UST
08.2020 - 07.2022

Delivery Manager/ Senior Scrum Master (T-Mobile)

UST
10.2017 - 03.2020

Project Delivery Manager (Walmart)

UST
12.2012 - 09.2017

Project Manager (SAFEWAY)

UST Global
06.2008 - 05.2012

Software Developer / Technical Lead (SAFEWAY)

UST Global
06.2002 - 02.2008

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