Hi, I’m
Smithaa Gopaal
Frisco,Texas
Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.
Henry Ford
Summary
Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
Overview
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Apex Inc, Frisco, Texas USA
Scrum Master
2020.08 - Current (4 years & 1 month)
Job overview
- Accomplishments
Client - Infosys, Number of Infosys teammates - 9
- Objective Team 1- data Archival of retiring applications,
- Objective Team 2- decommissioning of the applications being retired during Data center move
- Tools
- Version 1, Outlook, Miro Boards, MS Office
- Facilitate Daily Stand ups, encourage updates using the team story board in version One, discuss the stories pulled into Ready, trace the movement of the stories till accepted stage, discuss the WIP limits and guide the teammates on a daily basis
- Discuss the defects/impediments initiating the conversation with teammates to work to remove the blocks ,assist in reaching to the concerned validating points.
- Being a coach , a servant leader , having an eye on the throughput , cycle time, and the user stories being worked on vis a vis the user stories planned
- Coach team to understand the cycle time, effects
- Represent the teams in scrum of scrums, scrum master chat, review of metrics
- Conduct maturity assessment of the teams with the RTE
- Facilitate the team sprint planning meetings during PI Planning, update Miro board during the two day PI planning sessions,facilitate impromptu meeting for representation of items on ROAM board
- Coached team during backlog grooming -user story refinement sessions, helped the product owner in updating user stories in Version one after PI planning session.
- Conducted retrospective meeting after a sprint aided by backlog pulled from Version One.
- Coached the team after the sprint review
ICICI BANK, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Scrum Master/Associate Product Manager
2016.05 - 2019.08 (3 years & 3 months)
Job overview
- Facilitated Scrum framework in Bengaluru , Organized sprint planning meetings ,
- Coached the product owner in user story refinement to suit the bank needs
- daily scrums calls
- sprint reviews with Senior management
- sprint retrospectives
Axis Bank, Mumbai, Mumbai
Project Scrum Master
2014.12 - 2016.04 (1 year & 4 months)
Job overview
- Led Navi Mumbai team in Project Lakshya - CMD led project, handling 18 Branches of Navi Mumbai region in Maharashtra India
- daily scrums
- retrospectives
- backlog refinement
- sprint reviews with senior management
Education
McComb School of Texas , Austin
Master of Science from Data Science & Business Analytics
08.2022
Karnataka University , Karnataka
Bachelor of Arts from Commerce
04.1997
University Overview
Bachelors in Commerce- earned a first class with good grades in Business statistics , accountancy
SDM College , Mangalore Karnataka
BBA from business administration
04.1995
MICE
Diploma from Computer applications,C
1994
Skills
- Skill Set:
- Finacle, MS Office, Version One, Jira, Trello, Jam board, virtually trained in BA tools like AZURE, MS Visio, writing Business Requirement document & Salesforce admin
- Excellent Communication
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Multitasking Abilities
- Attention to Detail
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Dependable and Responsible
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Self-Motivated
- Teambuilding
- Decision-Making
- Active Listening
- Written Communication
- Planning and Coordination
- Good Telephone Etiquette
Accomplishments
- Certifications:
- Certified Safe Agile 5.1
- Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance
Languages
English
Full Professional
Hindi
Professional Working
Technological skills
Languages
Java 8/7/5, C, C++, Python3.6.0, PL/SQL.
Web Technologies
HTML5, CSS3, SASS, LESS, NodeJS, Angular JS, CI/CD, JavaScript, jQuery, JSF, AJAX, XML.
Editors
Notepad +,Pycharm,Python 3.1.7,Jupyter, Google Colab
Operating Systems
UNIX, LINUX, Windows (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, 2008, 2010).
Databases & NOSQL DB
DB2, MySQL 5.0, Oracle, SQL Server &MongoDB, Cassandra.
Version Controls
Git, CVS, Bitbucket, SVN
Defect Tracking Tool
JIRA, Rally,Version one
Availability
See my work availability
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Available
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Scrum Master
Apex Inc
2020.08 - Current (4 years & 1 month)
Scrum Master/Associate Product Manager
ICICI BANK
2016.05 - 2019.08 (3 years & 3 months)
Project Scrum Master
Axis Bank
2014.12 - 2016.04 (1 year & 4 months)
McComb School of Texas
Master of Science from Data Science & Business Analytics
Karnataka University
Bachelor of Arts from Commerce
SDM College
BBA from business administration
MICE
Diploma from Computer applications,C
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