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Sreenivasarao Naraharasetty

Summary

Accomplished Lean Portfolio and Technical Program Management Professional with over 17+ years of successful global experience in Product Delivery and Integration across multiple portfolios. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in Payment industry by launching several customer facing products to market. Strengths in building scrum teams from inception and leading through transformational change backed by training in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

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Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Release Train Engineer(Northern Trust)

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
04.2021 - Current
  • Championed Lean-Agile practices and mindsets with leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters.
  • Led major Transformational Initiatives towards Delivery Enablement, Improved scrum team efficiencies to 90 percent on Predictability and 75 percent on Efficiency.
  • Supports the Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)
  • Facilitated PI planning events for US ,Canada and India regions
  • Own and debrief metrics, for VP Quarterly Operation Review meetings including group of 10 plus B40 & B45 stakeholders.
  • Manage Program Increment (PI) process: gathering requirements, coordinating meetings, partner with product, engineering, security, and customer application teams
  • Drove Vision, Roadmap and backlog, and Coaching the ART, Collect, Aggregate, and Analyze ART level metrics
  • Build excellent relationships with Partners within Northern Trust to facilitate smoother delivery.
  • Captured technical schematics for use in PI Planning and execution.
  • Prepared action plans for problematic processes and assets.
  • Facilitates ART level ceremonies such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Sprint Demos, Inspect and Adapt
  • Drove Innovation journey for scrum teams through events.
  • Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
  • Proficiency in identifying, assessing, and managing risks associated with program delivery
  • Application of system thinking to understand and optimize the interdependencies within the larger system.

Scrum Lead/Release Train Engineer(DiscoverFinance)

SVAM International Inc
07.2019 - 03.2021


  • Led and Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies.
  • Coached teams on Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset towards Agile methodologies.
  • Implemented Proof of Concept to Maturity, Feature based and Cross Train teams.
  • Facilitates ART level ceremonies such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Sprint Demos, Inspect and Adapt
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
  • Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
  • Worked across teams outside of engineering to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by engineering personnel.
  • Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks.
  • Resolved Tema conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
  • Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum leads to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
  • Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.
  • Break down silos and encouraged cross communication processes

Scrum Master

HTC Global Services
07.2015 - 02.2018
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for sprint releases.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Worked across teams outside of engineering to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by engineering personnel.
  • Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
  • Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
  • Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.

Scrum Master

C-Vision Inc
01.2015 - 06.2015
  • Led Scrum ceremonies: Daily Scrum, sprint reviews, iteration planning meetings and Sprint Retrospection to realize full team engagement.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
  • Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, APP Architects, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress

Lead Business Analyst

Venus Business Solutions
06.2010 - 02.2013
  • Developed short-term goals and long-term strategic plans to improve risk control and mitigation.
  • Promoted enterprise-level risk management practices and helped instill strong culture focused on protective policies and procedures.
  • Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
  • Assigned tasks to associates, staffed projects and updated involved parties to enhance optimal business flow.
  • Researched competitors to build report of rising trends in Digital Network Printers markets.
  • Performed competitor bench-marking analysis to identify manufacturing savings opportunities and potential product enhancements.
  • Evaluated trends to understand competitive environments and assess current strategies.
  • Led cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts and opportunities of technology changes.
  • Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
  • Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.

Business Analyst

Ricoh India Ltd
05.2003 - 06.2010
  • Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish marketing objectives and boost long-term profitability.
  • Uncovered and qualified prospects and sales opportunities in targeted markets using external resources.
  • Negotiated, prepared and signed contracts with clients.
  • Applied strategic negotiation and sales closing skills to bring in new accounts.
  • Established relationships with key decision-makers within customer's organization to promote growth and retention.
  • Developed and promoted successful company sales and account management personnel into leadership positions to drive company growth.
  • Developed new business by networking with prospects and valuable customers at 3 segments.
  • Collaborated with company departments to develop new strategies to capitalize on emerging customer and market trends.
  • Reached out to potential customers via telephone, email and in-person inquiries.
  • Created reports and presentations detailing business development activities.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Business Statistics & Mathematics

Acharya Nagarjuna University
Guntur Andhrapradesh
04.1995

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership
  • Coaching
  • Innovating
  • Engineering Mindset
  • Consulting
  • Team Building
  • Digital Transformation
  • Program Delivery
  • Incubating New Teams
  • Influencing

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Certified Safe Agilist.
  • Lean Portfolio Management
  • Release Train Engineer.


Timeline

Release Train Engineer(Northern Trust)

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
04.2021 - Current

Scrum Lead/Release Train Engineer(DiscoverFinance)

SVAM International Inc
07.2019 - 03.2021

Scrum Master

HTC Global Services
07.2015 - 02.2018

Scrum Master

C-Vision Inc
01.2015 - 06.2015

Lead Business Analyst

Venus Business Solutions
06.2010 - 02.2013

Business Analyst

Ricoh India Ltd
05.2003 - 06.2010

Bachelor of Commerce - Business Statistics & Mathematics

Acharya Nagarjuna University

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