Ritesh Kumar Agrawal

Ritesh Kumar Agrawal

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  • About me

    Enterprise Agile coach | Technology Leader | ICF PCC, SPC 5.1, CSP, DevOps Practitioner, SCJP

  • Education

    • Govt. Polytechnic Nowgong

      1993 - 1996
      Diploma Electrical Engineering
    • Govt. Higher Secondary School, Unchehra

      1992 - 1993
      SSC
    • Nagpur University

      1996 - 1999
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics and Power Engineering
    • Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Katol Road

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  • Experience

    • 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

    • MitoKen Solutions (Motorola Spin-Off)

      Apr 2002 - Feb 2003
      Software Engineer

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

    • 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

    • 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
    • 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

    • 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

    • Marsh McLennan

      Jun 2023 - now
      Agile Coach
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • SAFe DevOps Practitioner

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Jan 2019
    • Certified Scrum Master

      Scrum Alliance
      May 2014
    • Certified Scrum Professional

      Scrum Alliance
      Aug 2016
    • Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

      ISATB - International Software Automation Testing Board
      Sept 2021
    • Management 3.0 Practitioner

      Management 3.0
      Jul 2018
    • Certified SAFe® 5 Program Consultant

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
    • SAFe Agilist

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Jul 2016
    • Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

      International Coaching Federation
      Jul 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Scrum@Scale Practitioner

      Scrum Inc.
      Jun 2022
    • Sun Certified Java Programmer

      Sun Microsystems
      Oct 2000