Senthil Kumar Thangaraj

Experience

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  IGATE

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

  Consultant
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  Primafore, Inc.

  May 2004 - Jun 2006

  Consultant

  Worked as an AS400 consultant to support SACS retail product for DS Waters• Analysis on business requirements that interfaces with web orders• Used RPG II and RPG IV to build new custom process around SACS product• Web interface was developed using Net .Data which interfaces with iSeries• Worked with MQ Series to transport data real time from web to iSeries for web orders• Custom reports were developed to support statistics on orders using RPG and RLU• Managed a team of web developers to build web interface for online order entries Show less

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  Cognizant

  Aug 2006 - May 2008

  Senior Associate

  • Requirement analysis of business requirements converted into technical specifications• Developing custom process around SLIM and TRIM product• Built interfaces for consignments using RPGLE programs• Code reviews, unit testing and deployment of built programs• Custom reports were built using CL, RPG and RLU• On-call support for End of Day process• Support for business tickets on SLA timelines

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  Wipro Limited

  Jun 2008 - Feb 2009

  Consultant

  PRMS-Presource product developed in iSeries for manufacturing and distribution. This systems supports the assembly and logistics for the products ordered from both vendors and clients. As a project delivery,• Project plans and delivery schedules for development projects• Onsite-Offshore co-ordination and point contact for the client• Programs were developed in CL, RPG, ILE• Reports were designed and written using RPG and RLU• Involved in Lean project from initiation to deployment in logistics• Programming, Unit testing and deployment on development tasks• Root cause analysis, support and delivery on maintenance activities Show less

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  ISGN Corporation - Leading Edge Mortgage and Loan Technology

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2018

  Senior Technical Manager / Scrum Master

  US Mortgage product company providing end-to-end solutions for the Mortgage industry. LoanDynamix is a Loan Servicing product developed in AS400/iSeries platform. It has end-to-end servicing for life of loan. Development of this product was transitioned from Waterfall methodology to agile practice leading to 2 months delivery cycles.• Successfully delivered product releases in 2 months release cycle.• Formed 4 Scrum teams for sprint deliveries.• Facilitated scrum events like Sprint, Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review and Sprint retrospection.• Facilitated Scrum of Scrums for dependency projects to ensure the release is delivered as planned.• Managed Kanban team for support and minor enhancements to address technical debts.• Worked closely with the product owner and product manager to maintain sufficient backlog for successive sprints.• Removed impediments for scrum teams and protected the team from outside influences.• Improved Sprint velocity significantly by incorporating capacity planning during sizing and sprint planning exercises.• Facilitated Scrum teams with product team for continuous product refinement.• Prepared reports like burndown charts, velocity, and dashboards for respective stakeholders using JIRA.• Frequent training on development better practices to the scrum teams for speedy and quality delivery. Show less

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  PerfectMind

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2020

  Program Manager / Release Train Engineer

  Membership product company hosting small, medium and enterprises customers on Membership services platform. Caters to all membership business needs of entities like Parks and Recreations, Gym and Yoga in Canada and USA.• Program Manager, managed multiple projects with schedule and delivery.• Release Train Engineer managed 5 scrum teams on 2 weeks sprint• Facilitated Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Reviews and Retrospect for scrum teams for every two-week sprint.• Facilitated program increment meetings to plan release and sprint schedules.• Tracked program using Jira and reported to the management.• Facilitated release retrospectives, prepared action items and bring it closure in successive sprints.• Coordinating scrum teams with DevOps for continuous delivery of product increments.• Coached the teams on best agile practices, scrum, and Kanban frameworks.• Facilitated retrospect sessions to identify wastes on every sprint and enable the team to avoid them in successive sprints.• Coordinating with product management for user story readiness and maintaining product backlog.• Facilitating product refinement/grooming sessions and sizing the user stories, defining acceptance criteria for development team with feature owners.• Track KPI metrics using Burndown charts and velocity for sprint performance improvements.• Preparing sprint reports such as burndown chart, velocity chart and track project and teams’ performance.• Facilitating scrum of scrums to discuss dependencies between teams against roadmap and track to bring it to closure. Show less

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  PNI Digital Media Ltd

  Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

  Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master

  • Managed 2 Scrum teams supporting development and release for clients. • Facilitated product refinement sessions to create stories, estimation using planning poker• Facilitated backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives• Facilitated Program Increment planning in SAFe practice• Managed projects in Jira using Gantt charts and published project status to all stake holders • Managed programs involving multiple teams from initiation till closure Show less

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  Infosys

  Jan 2022 - now

  Lead EQS Consultant / Release Train Engineer

  • Release Train Engineer as servant leader facilitating portfolio planning, program planning, execution and iterative delivery• Implemented Scaled Agile on the program level with 3 scrum teams• Managed and optimized the flow of value through the Release Train using Scaled Agile Framework and Scrum using tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira• Facilitated PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous product refining process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and healthy Backlog• Facilitated product grooming, scrum of scrums and scrum events like sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospect• Helped product team for hierarchal setup for Azure DevOps (Feature, Story Mapping)• Coached leads and scrum teams on Agile best practices• Facilitated train level meetings for inter-program dependencies• Summarizing team objectives into PI objectives for portfolio planning• Built metrics through Azure DevOps for program level and scrum level for reporting and improvements Show less