Over 14 years experience in IT Industry on web-applications in Microsoft and Java technologies with hands on development, testing... Read More
Over 14 years experience in IT Industry on web-applications in Microsoft and Java technologies with hands on development, testing, leadership and project management experience.
Collaborative leader applying agile and lean techniques to empower and enable teams deliver high quality software by encouraging creativity.
Continuously learn and improve on product management skills using lean/agile principles.
Proven work experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies of SDLC in enterprise wide projects.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, conflict resolution, facilitation and presentation skills.
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Technology, Nagpur University (India) 1999
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMP-ACP®) [PMI-ACP # 1574119 | renew in Jan 2016]
Project Management Professional (PMP®) [PMP # 1331673 | renew in April 2016]
Certified Scrum Master (CSM®) [renew in March 2015]
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH Using product management techniques to lead the following communities: Knowledge Management Lead for PMI’s Agile Community of Practice Program Manager – Agile Interest Group for PMI Atlanta Chapter Past: Standards volunteer – PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition – Scope Management Chapter Volunteer group manager for Scrum Alliance LinkedIn® group
Senior Consultant at 3i Infotech, Inc.
Edison, NJ 08837
United States
http://www.3i-infotech.com/content/index.aspx
June 2008-Present
Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, GA Oct 11 – present Agile Business analyst, Scrum Master/Agile Coach (Contractor)
Responsibilities:
o Serving in the role of a Scrum Master to help Maintain Product backlog, Sprint backlog & User stories
o Facilitate Stand-ups, Sprint planning, Sprint reviews and Sprint retrospectives
• As an Agile Coach – Coaching the team on agile values and principles while introducing them to Scrum & Kanban.
T-Mobile, Atlanta, GA Jan 11 – Oct 11 Enterprise IT – Strategic Development
Product owner/Technical Delivery Manager (Contractor)
Responsibilities:
• As a Product Owner Impact analysis of projects on UUI, Involved in requirements discussions, Business Requirements Doc reviews, Work with the Product owner team and Project Leadership to create and prioritize product roadmap, product backlog.
• Involve affected supporting groups for Impact analysis and aligning requirements release to bring in line with Product quarterly release cycle.
• Conduct/Attend: Product Backlog Grooming, Story Grooming sessions, Sprint Planning, Product demos and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Liaison between Business systems analyst, Scrum team, Testing team and Enterprise support groups.
• As a Technical Delivery Manager: Tracking issues and impediments for Activations module, Coordinating with other project managers to create, track and manage project plans, weekly status reporting, risk assessment, defect/trend analysis, help in project/task closure activities, Scope management by involving stakeholders/3rd party vendors.
Achievements:
• Streamlined triage support using new SA team by implementing mix of KANBAN/Scrum principles – Played the scrum master role (Mentored teams to adopt & practice Scrum, Kanban) for this team.
• As a (new) Product owner for 4 distributed scrum teams, completed first release of a major functionality with just 1 defect post production.
• Contributed significantly to UX standardization, product and project management.
ODJFS, Columbus, OH Aug 09 – Jan 11
IT Portfolio management – Business Requirements section
Agile Business Analyst, Associate Project Manager
Jacobs Engineering, Houston, TX Sep 08 – Jul 09
Field Labor Analysis – Replacement Project
Agile Business Analyst
2008-Present
Software Specialist at Patni Americas Inc
Cambridge, MA 02142
United States
http://www.igate.com/
January 2001-September 2008
As an employee of SEI-CMMI level 5 software multinational company, worked on multiple projects with clients based in US, UK and India.
ENTERPRISE CLAIMS SYSTEM (ECS) - Bill Management Jul 03 – Aug 08
Roles performed: Subject Matter Consultant (SMC), Functional lead, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst and Onsite Project Coordinator
Started agile journey at this client while performing roles of Iteration Management coordinator and SMC on Scrum team.
Achievements:
• Saved large area insurance company (LAIC) 15% of their system testing budget by identifying process automation.
• Identified, escalated and addressed a business, transaction issue for the LAIC that saved them repeat transactions per auto pay/treatment match failed bill(s). Results in significant revenue saved.
2001-2008
joined Atlanta
Sameer has no upcoming events.
| Location: | Jonhs Creek, GA |
|---|