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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Core Competencies
Accomplishments
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Sibi Chakaravarthi

Chennai

Summary

Seasoned Scrum Master with over a decade of experience in Agile Leadership and Team Empowerment, with success in delivering IT projects 'on-time' and within budget through improved productivity, and performance. Lead and coached cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions for clients in various domains, such as Telecommunications, ERP and Downstream Supply Chain Management. Certified Scrum Master (PSM-l) and Agile Coach (ICP – ACC).

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Team Manager / Scrum Master

Cognizant
2022.01 - Current

As a Scrum Master, establish objectives and manage 3 IT Agile team members in execution of concurrent projects while adhering to the best agile practices. Liaise with business managers to exceed project objectives. Mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.

  • Planned and managed all aspects of development for “Troubleshooting” framework of a telecommunication company. Led 18-member team in execution of this high-profile project that, if handled improperly, leads to attrition of customers.
  • Implemented “DoR” into practice, which resulted in increased team efficiency by 16% (Avg Velocity Increased from 38 to 44 story points).
  • Led 13-member team project, that identified the customers those are violating location of connection that they received during installation.
  • Led 15-member team Smart Home Analytics project, that will send customers, proactive communications about their connection health and lead them to troubleshooting

Project Lead / Scrum Master

Ivy Mobility Solutions
2021.05 - 2022.01
  • Managed 16-member team, on building a mobile version of Distributor Management System, for distributors in rural and urban areas of the country
  • Rolled out for 600+ distributors in 3 months, in a phased manner
  • Also developed a feedback system in the app, which helped in maintaining the transparency at all stages of implementation journey and product building phase
  • Automated the defect tracking mechanism which reduced the clerical work of a resource.

Project Lead / Scrum Master

Botree Software
2018.06 - 2021.05

As a Scrum Master, managed 3 agile team, for 3 clients, on a wide range of scope of product.

  • Engaged in a project with a cross-functional team comprising Dev, QA, and business customers, to build a product for Schemes and Initiatives, that reduced the man-hours of the resources and increased the processing time by a month.
  • Led 6-member team, to build a product for Stock Replenishment, which ensured the distributors never ran out of stock of a fast-moving product in the market.
  • Managed 20-member team, on both parties (Company and Client), for rolling out the new migrated software into the market, in multiple phases. Rolled out for 1500+ distributors in 2 months, with clear phase-wise plan, and resources allocation

System Analyst

Wellspring Software Labs
2013.07 - 2018.05

Worked as System Analyst / Developer, partnering with clients across South India, for ERP application.

  • Built a Retail POS application along with 10 member cross-functional team.
  • Developed a Report Module that has reduced the development efforts of any new report by 70%.
  • Developed a shell script that automates the deployment process at client site. Reduced the man-hours of the implementor by 40%.

Education

B. Tech Information Technology -

Anna University
Chennai, India
05.2013

Skills

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Change management
  • Scrum & Kanban Framework
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Agile Metrics and Reporting
  • Sprint Planning and Execution
  • Backlog Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Continuous Improvement Mindset
  • Agile Transformation initiatives
  • Remote Team Facilitation
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • ZOHO Sprints

Certification

  • PSM I
  • ICP - ACC

Core Competencies

Agile Methodologies

Skilled in applying Agile methodologies to increase team productivity and project productivity. Expert in applying Agile principles to a variety of business environments. Ensure that they are adaptable to and responsive to change.


Facilitation Skills

Expert in Facilitating scrum ceremonies such as Daily Standup, sprint planning and Retrospectives. Skilled at fostering open communication, encouraging participation, and driving productive discussions.


Conflict Resolution

Skilled in identifying and resolving conflict within the team. Skilled in mediating conflict, promoting a positive work environment, facilitating constructive discussions to resolve issues and improve team dynamics.

Accomplishments

TC & TR sign Off

Reduced the “After Effects” of delivering the CR, by 60%, by introducing TC and TR sign off process by client with functional documentation.


Incident Management

Introduced SOP Management System, which helped in reducing the Dependency on Resources on Each Project and Cost-To-Company, and Increased Resource Availability for Change Requests and ROI.

Timeline

Team Manager / Scrum Master

Cognizant
2022.01 - Current

Project Lead / Scrum Master

Ivy Mobility Solutions
2021.05 - 2022.01

Project Lead / Scrum Master

Botree Software
2018.06 - 2021.05

System Analyst

Wellspring Software Labs
2013.07 - 2018.05

B. Tech Information Technology -

Anna University
  • PSM I
  • ICP - ACC
Sibi Chakaravarthi