I am Anand Ramamurthy. I am in the industry from 1987. First 5 years(till 1992) I worked as a Production Engg in Mechanical industry and for next 5 years I was a EDP manager  in same industryand developed office automation softwares for the same factory. I joined a software firm in 1997 and worked in most of the areas as a developer, Tester, Domain specialist, Process consultant. From past 10 years I am into quality assurance, Process consultancy.

I was the founder member of SEPG and actively involved in CMM Level 4 implementation during 2003. I was an ATM for CMM Assessment too.

Further my specialization extended to CMMI. I was Appraisal Team Member(ATM) for 4 appraisals in different organizations for CMMI Maturity Level 3 & 5  as Internal & External ATM as well.

 From past 3 years I am in the team spearheading the Agile implementation in our organization. We piloted the Agile methodology in first quarter of 2010. I was involved in familiarizing the teams, working out the logistics & the strategy for implementing the Agile. I got trained as CSM during the Jun 2010.

We are using the combination of Scrum & XP methodology for Agile implementation. From 2010 till now we piloted for 2 releases and then 2 more releases have been implemented in complete Agile way. My role in Agile implementation ranges from working on the strategy before the release start and then mentoring/training the teams on the Agile methods and then coaching the team on daily basis.

As regards to my Certifications,

CSM in June 2010

PMP in March 2011 (PMI Member ID  1979487) PMP #: 1396343

PMI-ACP(PMI-Agile Certified Practioner) in Feb 2012. (PMI Member ID  1979487) PMI-ACP #: 1486221

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