Ritesh Kumar Agrawal

Experience

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  Infosys

  Dec 2000 - May 2001

  Software Consultant

  Worked as a consultant through Vault Consulting Union (VCU). I was part of Banking business unit. and worked in the Finacle fallback application system for ABN Amro bank.• Customization of Finacle fallback application system banking product like Demand draft, Cheque book Issue• Coordination with the onsite client team during the User acceptance testing

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  MitoKen Solutions (Motorola Spin-Off)

  Apr 2002 - Feb 2003

  Software Engineer

  • Design and Development of the Opportunity management and Contact Management ERP application

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  Integral India

  Feb 2003 - Apr 2006

  Lead Software Engineer

  • Developer/Analyst role for CitiFX Trader spot trading application that handles daily trades worth nearly $10B• Development lead for STP Download client application• Developer/Analyst role for CitiFX White Label system for spot and outright trading

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  Target

  May 2006 - Oct 2017

  Agile Coach Role - • Played a key role in Target’s Agile Transformation, right from inception, strategized the overall agile transformation for Target India• Transformed 12 teams in Merchandizing & Supply Chain business unit to move from project based approach to product and services based approach• Hands on training of over 150 members on Agile-Scrum, Kanban and DevOps, Engineering practices like Continuous Integration using Jenkins, Test automation, TDD, BDD, Technical debt handling, Refactoring etc.• Partnered in setting up Scrum Master Community of Practice (SM CoP), conducting agile events (agile day, talk series) etc.Manager Delivery Services role - • Played Scrum Mater role and brought the complete ownership of Integrated Business Partner program to Offshore• People Manager and Project Manager for Vendor Management and Collaboration Show less • Successfully delivered on time and within budget key programs including Integrated Business Partner (IBP) capability, Strategic Planning Funnel (SPF), Costing, Negotiations and Agreements (CNA), Portal server technologies evaluation for Target’s Partners online application and Merchandising stability releases• Co-architected and led development on the SPF program to enable retail functions to break down strategy into tactics from VP till buyers, resulting in 5% increase in soft line sales Show less

  • Lead Scrum Master (Agile coach) / Manager Delivery Services

    Oct 2010 - Oct 2017

  • Technical Architect

    Apr 2008 - Sept 2010

  • Team Lead

    May 2006 - Mar 2008
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  Societe Generale Global Solution Centre

  Oct 2017 - Dec 2021

  Agile coach

  Agile Coach Role - • Lead coach role for the two business units• Coaching 25+ teams on Scrum/ Kanban/ SAFe to transform them to agile teams• Trained 100+ people on Leading SAFe 5.0/ 5.1• Trained 200+ people on Clean code & TDD, BDD, Agile overview through 2 days hands on workshop• Co-creation of Agile@Scale framework, defining the new roles and responsibilities• Deploying Tribe, Feature Teams, Chapters, Guilds and Leagues for 100+ people tribe• Coaching 10+ teams on Software craftsman practices like TDD, BDD, Clean code, CI & CD etc.• Coaching RTE and coaching Agile Release Train (ART) launches.• Coaching on DevOps mindset (not only tools)• Leadership coaching on Constructive conversation, Solution Focus, Motivation, Innovation and Host leadership• Coaching Scrum masters, Product owners, Development teams• Designing the training materials for Agile overview, SM, PO, Software craftsmanship practices trainings• Co-creation of designing the transformation sustenance program Show less

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  Innovecture, LLC

  Dec 2021 - May 2023

  Sr. Agile Coach

  Agile Coach• Training people on Agile Foundations, Role based trainings like Scrum Master, Product Owner, Azure DevOps (ADO)• Developing different courses like ICAgile Agile Programming (ICP-PRG), ICAgile Agile Software Design (ICP-ASD), ICAgile Agile Fundamentals (ICP), ICAgile Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)• Mentor coaching people as part of Agile Coach Development Program (ACDP)• Coaching teams on Agile practices, Software craftsmanship, Extreme programming techniques like Test Driven Development (TDD)• Proof of concept to establish alignment of tools like Planview portfolios, AgilePlace, ADO to custom Agile@Scale scaling model, Defining Agile Funding Show less

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  Marsh McLennan

  Jun 2023 - now

  Agile Coach