Home

Sohan Karira - Scrum master/Project Manager

[email protected]

Location: Dallas, Texas, USA

Relocation: texas

Visa: h1b

SOHAN KARIRA Dallas, TX 6787127608 [email protected] SKILLS Agile Program/Project Management Project Scope Planning and Prioritizing Software Release Management Schedule Creation and Monitoring Resource Requirements & Management Cost Management and Revenue reporting Change Management Program Risk Management Conflict Management Leading Cross Functional Teams Customer Management Effective Leadership and Communication CI / CD, Azure DevOps, Cloud, Integrations and Implementations CERTIFICATIONS Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Scrum Master (CSM) SAFE Agilist Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1) TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS Web Technologies Linux, Apache, PHP, SQL AzureDev Ops, Git, Jenkins, CI CD, Pipelines, AWS Cloud, GCP, Acquia Cloud. Team Collab Jira, MS Project, Slack , Rally PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY An experienced Agile Project manager, Sr. Scrum Master with 12+ years of experience in Agile Software Development having expertise in Scrum Delivery, Agile transformation, and SAFe. Rich International experience of Project & Program Management, Agile Scrum Master for multiple clients. Proficient in managing entire Project lifecycle including Stakeholder Management, Backlog Planning, Grooming, Estimation, Retrospectives, Demos, and Release planning. Actively involved in Discovery, Requirement Gathering, Estimation & Analysis. Leading the Sprint Planning, Sprint execution, Backlog planning, Estimation using planning poker, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, SoS, Sprint reviews and demos. Manage production releases and post-production support. EXPERIENCE 1. Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master 01/ 2023 Present National Life Group / NTT Data, Dallas Texas. 2. Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master - 09/2019 12/2022 Acquia, Remote 3. Project Manager, Scrum Master - 08/2017 - 09/2019 Tech Mahindra USA and India 4. Project Manager, Scrum Master - 02/2015 - 08/2017 HSBC Technology India. 5. Project Manager, Scrum Master - 01/2014 - 01/2015 Nvizion Solutions, Mumbai India 6. Onsite & Offshore Scrum Master, PM - 05/2010 - 11/2012 Photon Infotech Inc USA & Bangalore India EDUCATION MBA in IT and Marketing BIMM University, Pune, India 2008 2010 Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) Pune University, India 2002 - 2006 EXPERIENCE DETAILS Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master Jan 2023 to present National Life Group / NTT Data, Dallas Texas Leading 3 Projects as a Senior Project Manager at National Life with budget of over $3 -5 Million each During Discovery - Actively involved in Vendor Scoring, Leading Discovery, Requirement Gathering, Estimation & Analysis. Helped close vendor negotiations and finalizations with Project approvals for funding. Built the NLG Project artefacts like RACI, Project charter to identify and map project stakeholders, business teams, marketing teams and PMO. During Sprint execution - Managed Jira backlog planning, sprint planning, estimation using planning poker, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, SoS, Sprint reviews and demos. Tracked MPP milestone roadmaps, sprint goals, managed budget, dependencies, risk mitigation and change management. Maintained Program reporting dashboards, tracking of burn down charts, Sprint velocity reports, trends etc and effectively ran weekly reporting to C level leadership on project and program status. Improved team performance by encouraging team-ownership, Agile coaching, and continuous learning. Supported release preparation activities like Communication of release contents, testing coordination, release tagging, packaging, deployments, documentation, and also post release monitoring, support and transition. Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master Acquia, India Sep 2019 Dec 2022 Actively involved in all phases of Agile, SAFe, DevOps Projects with Requirement Gathering, Estimation & Analysis, Development & Testing Coordination, Integration, Deployment, Release to Production, Support & Maintenance. Project, Program Manager, Agile Scrum Master for multiple Digital clients like Alshaya eCommerce program, Bayer Consumer health with over 500 Live Drupal Web apps and mobile apps on Acquia Cloud Site Factory. Managed program backlog planning, sprint planning, estimation, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, SoS, Demos. Improved team performance by encouraging team-ownership, continuous learning and shared understanding of vision. Tracked milestone roadmaps, sprint goals, managed budget, dependencies, risk mitigation and change management. Partnered with Technical Leads, Architects, Development Teams and cross-functional stakeholders for Project needs and initiatives. Maintained Program dashboards, tracking of burn down charts, Sprint velocity reports, trends etc. and managed communication to leadership on program status. Supported release preparation activities like packaging, deployments, documentation, and post release monitoring, support and transition. Used Estimation techniques like Planning Poker (Fibonacci Series) for Stories. Effective task Planning & Allocation using Capacity, Velocity, Load Calculation and Stretch objectives. Coached team members on Agile and engineering processes, metrics etc. Project Manager, Scrum Master Tech Mahindra USA and India Aug 2017 Sep 2019 Agile, SAFe Scrum Master working at Cisco client location, US and Scrum Master on Mastercard Project. SAFe Iterative Methodology managing 2 teams of 12 FTE developing Continuous delivery Analytics Application. Primary Point of contact between Cisco, Mastercard POs, Stakeholders, Tech Mahindra Management, Dev & Support Teams. Coordinated Program backlog planning, sprint planning, estimation, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, SoS, Demos Leading Scrum Transformation with Tech Mahindra Teams through coaching and hand holding at Team levels. Preparation of Prioritized Product Backlog with the Product Owner & Dev team, Prioritized Feature Lists, Sprint Backlog & Microsoft Project Plans (MPP), Status Updates, Weekly Update Reports etc. Project Manager, Scrum Master HSBC Technology India Feb 2015 -Aug 2017 Scrum Master working on Scrum and SAFe Iterative Projects managing 3 teams of 10 FTE Joint responsibility of Program manager to manage the EIM Program and track multiple projects that have their data stored in HSBC central repository of Enterprise Information Management. Primary Point of contact between HSBC Management, Development Managers, Project Managers, POs & Development teams. Leading SCRUM Transformation at HSBC through coaching and hand holding at Team levels. One of my teams was also showcased as the Pilot Agile Scrum team with DevOps integrations. Update & Manage PM Tools like Information Radiators, Jira Boards, Kanban Boards, MS Project, Excel Project Plans etc Preparation, Estimation & Allocation of Microsoft Project Plans (MPP), Excel Project Plans, Daily, Weekly and Monthly Status Reports (DSR, WSR), Minutes of Meeting (MOM), Red Amber Green (RAG), Burn down Burn Up Charts, Sprint Velocity Report, Jira Dashboard etc. Creation of Monthly Update Decks after compiling updates from Multiple Project Managers. These Monthly decks are sent to 200+ Steering committee members & Stake holders. Project Manager, Scrum Master Nvizion Solutions, Mumbai India Jan 2014 Jan 2015 Act as a Team Leader & Coordinate all the Agile Scrum ceremonies Backlog Sizing, Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning & Estimation, Sprint Review and Retrospective. Responsible for End-to-End delivery of projects starting from understating of the customer requirement till implementation of the product till Delivery and Postproduction Support and Enhancements Onsite & Offshore Scrum Master, PM Photon Infotech Inc NJ, USA & Bangalore India May 2010 Nov 2012 After my MBA in IT & Marketing started at Photon Infotech Bangalore, India and worked as Scrum Master on Johnson & Johnson pharma projects. Was later transferred to Photon NJ, USA as an Onsite Scrum Master working on the Johnson and Johnson Pharma account. Use Jira, Rally, ALM tools for grooming of Backlogs, Task estimation and allocation, Status Updates, Weekly Update Reports etc Work with Account Management / Finance and other teams in Estimating & Finalizing SOW / PO/ CR. Onboard and Off board based on Contracts. Coordinate all the Agile Scrum ceremonies Backlog Sizing, Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning & Estimation, Sprint Review and Retrospective. Handling Estimation, Project Analysis, Scope, Development, Delivery & take the lead on Issue resolution. Release to Live Production environment, obtain multiple signoffs, Prepare release checklists, Postproduction testing etc. Keywords: cprogramm continuous integration continuous deployment information technology purchase order microsoft New Jersey Texas