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Srikanth Poori

Alpharetta,GA

Summary


  • Accomplished, committed and driven Lead Scrum Master/RTE, with more than 15 years of successfully delivering IT projects on-time and within budget through improved productivity, performance and cost control.
  • Experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in technology and Health industries. A strong passion for quality, process automation, and delivery of life cycle optimization with extensive experience in building and training new teams while helping organizations adapt Agile and Safe practices.
  • Diligent, forward-thinking, and adaptable to business, organizational, and project needs. Certified PMP, Certified Scrum Master, and SAFe Scrum Master Certification and SAFe RTE.
  • Highly experienced in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, Extreme Programming (XP), and Lean
  • Experienced in managing stakeholders, clients, vendors, management, and C-level leadership.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SAFe Scrum Master

Insulet
04.2023 - Current
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Researched current trends to stay knowledgeable in Scrum methods.
  • Conducted quality assurance to verify the accuracy of data used in IT projects.
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
  • Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
  • Developed metrics for tracking progress and measuring team performance against goals.
  • Developed and introduced IT strategies to improve operational efficiency.
  • Improved project delivery timeframes through effective backlog management and sprint planning.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Created and implemented contingency plans to address potential risks.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Managed risks proactively by anticipating potential issues and creating mitigation plans.
  • Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
  • Created a culture of continuous learning through ongoing training sessions, workshops, and knowledge-sharing initiatives within the team.
  • Conducted sprint reviews and retrospectives, fostering a collaborative environment for feedback and improvement.
  • Wrote, updated and maintained project documentation.
  • Ensured timely delivery of high-quality software products by enforcing adherence to Agile principles during development cycles.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Trained personnel on use of IT tools and applications.
  • Coordinated with external vendors to deliver IT project components.
  • Coached team members in Agile practices, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Advised executives on scaling Agile practices across departments to increase organizational agility and responsiveness to change initiatives.
  • Championed Agile best practices within the organization, driving adoption across multiple teams.
  • Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
  • Generated reports for IT project progress and performance.
  • Enhanced team efficiency by implementing Agile methodologies and guiding daily scrum meetings.
  • Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks.
  • Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
  • Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
  • Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.
  • Assessed Scrum maturity of team and organized and coached team to higher levels of development.
  • Acted as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements and handling project changes.
  • Identified and implemented cost-saving measures in IT projects.
  • Facilitated cross-functional communication, enabling teams to collaborate effectively on project tasks.
  • Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value.
  • Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
  • Fostered an environment of trust among team members through regular check-ins, open communication, and honest feedback.

Scrum Master,Project Manager PMO

ZoomInfo
03.2021 - 04.2023
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework - sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily Scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
  • Developed new process for employee evaluation which resulted in marked performance improvements.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
  • Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques including Jira and value-based prioritizing.

Scrum Master,Release Train Engineer

Kaiser Permanente
03.2019 - 03.2021
  • Assist organization through Agile transformation.
  • Train teams on Agile concepts.
  • Plan Agile best practices and encourage team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
  • Design and implement strategies for teams and organizations to continuously improve the use of Agile principles and practices.
  • Coach train leaders, team leads, and team members (including scrum masters) in Lean-Agile practices and thinking.
  • Develop and monitor metrics to track progress of Agile adoption and maturity to aid in accelerating overall Agile transformation efforts.
  • Support teams as they go through their Agile transformation.
  • Manage and facilitate Train meetings and processes, including Agile ceremonies and quarterly release planning activities with key business stakeholders.
  • Work effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Acts as the train’s focal point for communication and connections with all impacted teams needed to deliver on the work.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional development team members to analyze potential system solutions based on evolving client requirements.
  • Help teams set up tooling to track work.
  • Facilitate and monitored Scrum ceremonies.
  • Ensure prioritization alignment, resolve conflicts, and clear cross-team/ART-level impediments and risks so the train delivers commitments and realizes business value. Emphasis on problem-solving.
  • Foster information sharing, creating a collaborative environment.
  • Set the tone in shaping the train’s culture, fostering an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, relentless improvement, and fun.
  • Responsible for agile budgets and forecasts related to people associated within the agile release train
  • Built outstanding and dynamic team of software engineers and developers which significantly boosted overall success of organization.
  • Provide Reporting & Metric Analysis.
  • Using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Matured and advanced the use of agile, multi-team software development practices.
  • Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART using various tools, such as the Program Board, Kanban Boards and score cards.
  • Track and report on progress of epic, feature, costs, benefits etc. using appropriate tools Jira align and Rally across the train and with solution/ portfolio senior leadership and business partners.
  • Manage the train’s backlog and work in progress for improvement initiatives.
  • Improve the flow of value on the train by reducing lead times and bottlenecks in the value stream.
  • Rapidly prototyped new data processing capabilities to confirm integration feasibility into existing systems.
  • Foster innovation with practices and frameworks through experimentation to improve program delivery
  • Assess each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
  • Apply agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Drive Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
  • Facilitate Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
  • Collaborate with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Coach teams in Agile practices and provide necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Manage product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
  • Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
  • Analyzed projects to determine resource requirements and procured necessary equipment and software.
  • Improved the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery pipeline.
  • Acted as a servant leader to the teams on the ART, modeling agile mindset, demonstrating ceremonies and practices where necessary, and supporting the health of the teams.
  • Facilitated ART events and processes and assist the team in delivering value
  • Worked with Product Owners, Tech Leads, and other stakeholders to ensure strategy and execution alignment.
  • Established and communicated calendars for iterations and program increments.
  • Facilitated program increment (PI) planning, PI planning readiness, Scrum of Scrums, system demos, system demo readiness, and other relevant ART-level syncs; assisted with PO sync meetings.
  • Supported the Product manager when necessary.

Scrum Master

Cisco Systems, Inc.
10.2007 - 03.2019
  • Work closely with the Product Owner to ensure product backlog is visible and prioritized towards business value
  • Improve technical practices that help the team with its continuous integration process
  • Protect the team from external interruptions from stakeholders or management
  • Influence team through the implementation of agile processes, practices, principles, and values
  • Improve collaboration and self-organization of the team and company through the implementation of Agile processes
  • Identify and help mitigate program and team level risks and impediments
  • Work with other Agile and product teams to identify and address cross-team dependencies
  • Facilitate timely delivery through effective team collaboration, dependency management decision making, and conflict resolution
  • Motivated the team to strive for continuous improvement by implementing action items identified during
  • Represent teams at program level events and clearly communicate team’s accomplishments, impediments and dependencies
  • Coach the team on Agile transformation through the stages of Team formation norming, storming, norming, and performing
  • Protect the teams from outside disruptions, monitor progress, and provide reporting for teams
  • Utilize data, teams’ feedback, and other factors to make decisions and report on quality, delivery rate, throughput, productivity and velocity during Scrum of Scrums
  • Set, track and manage teams and individual performance KPIs during sprints/iterations
  • Align and integrate department goals with other departments by fostering partnerships that drives individual and business growth
  • Coordinate system delivery with other scrum masters
  • Develop a relationship with stakeholders to eliminate the gaps between the teams to ensure that the product we build meets customer needs through transparency and constant communication
  • Led daily scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
  • Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
  • Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
  • Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.
  • Stayed current on emerging technologies and trends that could benefit production process.
  • Increased team efficiency by 90% by inspiring motivation, spins and changes for quality and timeliness.

Quality Engineer

Aegis ITPL
04.2005 - 10.2007
  • Effectively interacted with project management and development departments regarding software defects and requirement issues, working closely to develop innovative solutions.
  • Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities and reported all findings to development with improvement recommendations.
  • Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
  • Oversaw onsite testing for customers as required by the project specifications.
  • Debugged code and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
  • Ensured that process checks were done properly and at the correct frequency.
  • Created and achieved product quality objectives and met product specifications.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering -

SNCET
Chennai, India
04.2005

Skills

  • Agile Project Management
  • Risk identification and risk mitigation planning
  • Web development technologies
  • Project Management
  • Analytical and Problem solving skills
  • Mentoring
  • Cultural awareness
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Databases: ORACLE,DATA LAKE,
  • Methodology: Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM, KANBAN, XP
  • ERP: Oracle Financials and Salesforcecom
  • PM Tools: MS Project, JIRA, JIRA Align, VERSION ONE Rally, HP ALM and Asana

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

SAFe Scrum Master

SAFe RTE

SAFe POPM

EXIN Scum Master

Task TOP Flow Metrics


Timeline

SAFe Scrum Master

Insulet
04.2023 - Current

Scrum Master,Project Manager PMO

ZoomInfo
03.2021 - 04.2023

Scrum Master,Release Train Engineer

Kaiser Permanente
03.2019 - 03.2021

Scrum Master

Cisco Systems, Inc.
10.2007 - 03.2019

Quality Engineer

Aegis ITPL
04.2005 - 10.2007

Bachelor of Science: Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering -

SNCET

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