
Timeline
About me
Release Train Engineer, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, Agile cheerleader, Product owner, PMI certified Project Manager
Education

Bharath engineering college, chennai
2008 - 2012Bachelor of technology (b.tech.) computer science and engineering
Bishop cotton boys’ school
2004 - 2006High school commercial applications high school(8th through 10th grade)
National public school
1996 - 20031st through 7th grade
S.s.m.r.v. college
2006 - 2008Pre-university computer science
Experience

Stragure software technologies private limited
Jul 2012 - Apr 2014Business analyst/project coordinator• Transformed the needs of business users and stakeholders into functional/technical requirements.• Lead and worked with teams to examine and solve business problems by accurately analyzing the needs of the client and helping them achieve improved quality and value.• Adept at overseeing the project progress and delivering project/status reports.• Excellent written and oral communication skills with a result-oriented attitude.• Excellent in conducting/facilitating Daily Scrum meetings with the development team and presentation skills. • Proactive team player with demonstrated problem solving and analytical reasoning abilities.• Managed requirements throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).• Possess reasonable understanding of relational databases and writing simple SQL queries. Show less

Sourcen
Apr 2014 - May 2015Project coordinator• Worked with various stakeholders to gather business processes and domain specific knowledge required for analyzing and managing respective projects efficiently.• Managed and worked with design teams to create bespoke Visual Designs for Web applications and Mobile devices.• Worked with various Technical leads towards arriving at estimates for software projects.• Created software proposal documents targeted at prospect leads.• Worked with the sales team in understanding possible prospects line of business and ways in which our services could be beneficial to their success.• Proactive team player with the ability to face challenges thrown at me in an optimistic way.• Managed development teams during the Software Development Lifecycle.• Created requirement documents for various projects. Show less

Sonata software
May 2015 - Dec 2015Project coordinatorWorked with a Travel product aimed at streamlining and automating the complete travel life-cycle management cycle.• Constantly involved in understanding business requirements from clients/solution mapping and definition to overseeing project progress continuously.• Ideated the complete redesign of www.rezopia.com's marketing website by coordinating activities of the UI/UX team(www.rezjourney.com)• Actively involved in Sprint planning activities both for customer specific enhancements and product roadmap related sprints.• Regularly involved in Product roadmap/product backlog definition and pruning.• Reviewed/written FSD's and User stories for sprints.• Training new Project managers/Business Analysts on domain, application and process specific knowledge.• Served as a go-to person for fellow business analyst's on the team to clarify doubts about the domain/process or next steps as and when required.• Monitoring and controlling sprint progress from planning upto retrospective.• Constantly involved in quality improvements by overseeing and occasionally conducting functional testing for sprint deliverable's. Show less

Qatar airways
Jan 2016 - Mar 2017It project manager / business analystWorked with Qatar Airways on payrolls of Sonata Software Ltd.1. Worked with Qatar Airway's home grown IT division on multiple initiatives mainly in the software arena which involve new product feature roll-outs, business related software improvements, regular timely release of stability fixes to existing software's. Role required close coordination with offshore teams to deliver multiple solutions:• Involved and managing multiple initiatives for Check-in related systems across the airline ranging from Kiosks, web check-in applications to staff and mobile check-in apps.• Managed new business initiatives and mapping/fitment analysis with the existing systems.• Offshore team coordination by conduction daily stand-up sessions, solution walkthroughs/managing and tracking deliverables.2. Worked with the Holidays division of Qatar Airways for almost 6 months. Managed multiple initiatives which involve business process improvements/increase in revenue generation by introducing IT automation.• Constantly involved in opportunity analysis/solution mapping for new initiatives• Creating, maintaining/updating project plans and ensuring smooth execution of projects.• Creation of BRD's, Requirement documents and checklists for business initiatives/automation.• Ensuring cross-functional collaboration during problem analysis.• Vendor management during conception, development, testing phases and ensuring timely deliveries of features/items. Show less

Amiti software technologies pvt. ltd.
Apr 2017 - Sept 2019Project manager scrum masterRole: Playing the role of a Scrum Master(SAFe methodology)Team composition: Leading 2 teams of 8 members each and 2 product owners. Project overview: Revamping an existing application(for a market leader into the Car Auction Business operating out of North American region) using the latest technology stack(AWS, Node JS, Typescript, Oracle golden gate, Angular 7). Work related specifics: Working in collaboration with multiple geographically distributed teams and RTE's from multiple trains, coordinating releases and delivering consistent business value through frequent PRODUCTION releases.Day to Day Responsibilities:• Ensuring correct usage of Scrum ceremonies/practices• Deliverable forecasting for sprints• Regularly tracking and removing team's impediments• Tracking team performance using various metrics.• Working closely with the product owner and business teams(onsite)• Reporting on a regular basis to company management and Program manager.• Agile coaching Show less

Airbus
Sept 2019 - nowRelease train engineerI work the shoes of a Release train Engineer helping ramp up a new train in Airbus(partly collaborating with my European counterpart). I facilitate PI plannings and ensure that teams in the ART function smoothly. I ensure end to end operational excellence right from sourcing/hiring the right candidate to onboading to helping them work and then chalk out plans for relentless improvement. Also my main role is to facilitate resolution of program risks by involving the right people at the right time. I also in the past have worked as a Scrum Master for 2 teams here in Airbus India who works towards automating parts of Indistrial operations for Aircraft Manufacturing processes/business units. I've worked to get teams up to the right Agile maturity and worked with teams through every phase of Tuckman's model. Show less
Licenses & Certifications
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Certified associate in project management (capm)®
Project management instituteNov 2015 
Certified scrum master
Scrum allianceFeb 2017- View certificate

Safe advanced scrum master
Scaled agile, inc.Aug 2020 
Certified safe 5 release train engineer
Scaled agile, inc.Jul 2021- View certificate

Professional scrum product owner i
Scrum.orgOct 2019 - View certificate

Safe® 4 certified scrum master
Scaled agile, inc.May 2017 - View certificate

Certificate for strategic management
Indian institute of management bangaloreMar 2024
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Raghunandan ShanthakumarThe Most Promising Business Analyst award Mr.Tusharkanta Biswal and Mr.Rohit Pant Jan 2014
Languages
- enEnglish
- hiHindi
- kaKannada
- taTamil
- teTelugu
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