Venkatesan Govindarajan
Summary
Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master (CSM )
Anthem Inc. (IBM)
10.2016 - 04.2022
- Lead Agile ceremonies including grooming sessions, sprint planning, retrospectives and daily scrum
- Work closely with Product Owners to drive backlog story grooming and to ensure backlog items are properly and fully defined prior to acceptance into sprint(s).
- Identify and manage risks, cross-team dependencies, facilitate issue resolution.
- Track and report on team efficiency, velocity, utilization to evaluate team performance and identify areas for improvement
- Conduct Sprint reviews and Sprint retrospectives to identify areas of improvements for future sprints.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement
- 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
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases
- Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams
- Acted as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements and handling project changes
- Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks
- Worked across teams outside of engineering to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by engineering personnel
- Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels
- Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion
Project Manager
Anthem Inc. (IBM)
06.2014 - 09.2016
- Facilitate scope definition, cross-functional estimates
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback
- Develops complete project plans, timelines, communication strategies, and project documentation
- Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones and deliverable tasks
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed
- Coordinated resource assignments, budgets, scheduling, and scope prioritization for projects within budget requirements
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts
Project Manager
Anthem Inc. (IBM)
08.2012 - 04.2014
- Responsible for delivery of Audit and Validation (A&V) solutions for Migration tracks
- Own/drive/coordinate activities within A&V team and help team resolve issues impeding A&V activities
- Work with Conversion teams to understand any deviation from planned conversion activities and align A&V activities accordingly
- Responsible for Creating and maintaining A&V project plan for test and production conversion runs
- Accountable for delivery of Audit & Validation results to Business and IT Stakeholders.
Project Lead
Anthem Inc, (Deloitte Consulting)
06.2011 - 07.2012
- Created Audit and Validation(A&V) Solution Design
- Responsible for development of A&V solution
- Report Conversion Load and Audit & Validation results to Business
- Command center dashboard update
- Defect Management & facilitation of Defect Triage Meetings
- Coordinate with Business team to perform cleanup for data issues.
Business Systems Analyst
Farmers Insurance
09.2009 - 06.2011
Technical Lead- Application/Production Support
GMAC Insurance
11.2007 - 08.2009
Technical Lead
Zurich North America Insurance
06.2006 - 11.2007
Mainframe Developer, Systems Analyst, Production Support
American Express
11.2003 - 06.2006
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering -
Madras University
India, TN06.2001
Skills
- Agile Planning
- Product Development
- Strategic Planning
- Agile Coaching
- Process Improvement
- Quality Assurance
- Conflict Facilitation/Resolution
- Scrum Master
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mobile (Android and IOS)
- Web development
- API, UI and Services
- Scrum, Kanban, XP
- Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid
- JIRA, Confluence
- Microsoft Project
- SQL, C and JAVA
- Selenium
- Mainframe Technologies
- Sprint Planning
- Scrum Framework Expertise
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master by Scrum Alliance
- Mainframe Technologies Certified by Infosys Technologies
Timeline
Scrum Master (CSM )
Anthem Inc. (IBM)
10.2016 - 04.2022
Project Manager
Anthem Inc. (IBM)
06.2014 - 09.2016
Project Manager
Anthem Inc. (IBM)
08.2012 - 04.2014
Project Lead
Anthem Inc, (Deloitte Consulting)
06.2011 - 07.2012
Business Systems Analyst
Farmers Insurance
09.2009 - 06.2011
Technical Lead- Application/Production Support
GMAC Insurance
11.2007 - 08.2009
Technical Lead
Zurich North America Insurance
06.2006 - 11.2007
Mainframe Developer, Systems Analyst, Production Support
American Express
11.2003 - 06.2006
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering -
Madras University
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