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Pradeep Talasila

Toronto

Summary

SUMMARY Senior Scrum Master with over 10 years of experience in Agile software development and a proven track record of delivering high-quality products on time and within budget.

Skilled in implementing Scrum methodology, facilitating Agile ceremonies, mentoring, and coaching team members, and removing obstacles to team progress.

Adept at building strong relationships with development teams, product owners, and stakeholders, and improving team efficiency through continuous improvement of the Agile process. A collaborative leader who is dedicated to ensuring the development team meets its goals while following Agile and Scrum principles and practices.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2022 - Current
  • Successfully led across-functional team in development and launch of new mobile app for streaming live radio and television
  • Implemented agile methodologies and tools that improved team's ability to deliver high-quality products and services, resulting in 50% increase in team productivity, increased customer satisfaction and retention
  • Successfully managed team of 10 developers and delivered project on time and under budget
  • Implemented new workflow system that improved team productivity by 30%
  • Led cross-functional team to deliver complex project that resulted in 50% increase in customer satisfaction
  • Implemented Scrum framework and coached team members on Agile best practices, resulting in 50% increase in team productivity
  • Acted as liaison between development team and other business functions to resolve conflicts and find solutions to issues
  • Helping team to define and track metrics that will provide insight into team's performance and progress.

Scrum Master

TCS - BMO
04.2020 - 02.2022
  • Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload
  • Successfully implemented Scrum framework within oil and gas division, resulting in 20% increase in project delivery success rate
  • Facilitated retrospective meetings and implemented action items to continuously improve processes, resulting in 25% reduction in defects and 50% improvement in overall quality
  • Implemented agile metrics and reporting, which provided visibility into team performance, helped identify areas for improvement, and ultimately led to 20% increase in efficiency
  • Worked closely with product owners to ensure alignment with business objectives and customer needs
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement and actively sought feedback from team members to identify and resolve issues
  • Provided coaching and mentoring to team members, resulting in development of several high-performing team members and reduction in turnover by 15%
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track
  • Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.

Integration Lead Developer

TCS - BMO
11.2016 - 03.2018
  • Explore and understand the need of SOA, Web Services and assist EAI development team to implement
  • Responsible for understanding the requirements and passing on the knowledge to the team
  • Responsible for creating XSD’s and WSDL which plays a major role in SOA integration
  • Automate the code deployments in admin using Ansible tool
  • Responsible for code review according to the coding standards and document the code review comments
  • Provided solution designs to meet system strategies, capabilities, and technologies and to respond to current and future business requirements
  • Responsible for providing development support for Unit testing, System testing, Performance Testing, UAT testing in various environments

Software Dev Analyst

Dell International Services
05.2012 - 10.2016
  • Providing technical solutions to complex business problems, improving overall system performance and reliability by 50%
  • Discovered root causes of problems and identified appropriate solutions
  • Provided client support on system operation and troubleshooting
  • Investigated system issues and implemented resolutions to reduce downtime
  • Resolved or escalated problem tickets to resolve user issues
  • Diagnosed, troubleshot, and resolved network and system problems
  • Responsible for code review according to the coding standards and document the code review comments
  • · Responsible for providing development support for Unit testing, System testing, Performance Testing, UAT testing in various environments
  • Production support with quick response and resolving the issue in minimal time frame

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Applications

Sri Venkateswara University
India

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur
India

Skills

  • TECHNIQUES
    Agile Methodologies
    Agile Project Management
    Sprint Planning
    Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • TOOLS & FRAMWORKS
    Scrum
    Kanban
    Jira
    SQL
    JavaScript
  • CORE COMPETENCIES
    Scaled Agile Framework
    Functional & Technical Documentation
    Process Improvement Initiatives
    Agile & Scrum Methodologies
    Team Leadership
    Project Management
    Cross-functional Collaboration

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2022 - Current

Scrum Master

TCS - BMO
04.2020 - 02.2022

Integration Lead Developer

TCS - BMO
11.2016 - 03.2018

Software Dev Analyst

Dell International Services
05.2012 - 10.2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Applications

Sri Venkateswara University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur

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