Narsimham Nimmalapalli

NAR (Narsimham) NIMMALAPALLI US Citizen Mobile: (240)460-7770 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nar-nimmalapalli-a6780119 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Expertise Years Expertise Years Expertise Years Business Analysis 5 Agile 12 Quality Assurance 5 Change Management 6 Consulting 10 Training/Mentoring 5 Client Management 10 Project Management 20 Managing Consultants 12 • Strategic technology advisory servicer for one of the top 4 in the area of financial services for IT delivery excellence (Agile, SAFe, DevOps, Cloud Computing). • Agile- proven track record of leading, coaching and motivating Scrum teams in fast paced organizations at Fannie Mae, USAA, Citizens (as Lead ScrumMaster) and K12. • SAFe ®: Coordinated PI (Program Increment) planning sessions, System Demos, Product Management, Program backlog sessions and release schedule for the PIs with RTE. (Fannie Mae, Alfa Insurance, K12, Citizens Property Insurance). • Implemented projects in hybrid environments (Scrum and Waterfall at Fannie Mae, K12, Citizens, USAA and NJM). • Coach, train multiple team members on Rally, Jira, ALM and inculcate scrum, TDD, ATDD, Kanban and XP concepts CERTIFICATIONS Project Management: PMP (2008 – Current) ITIL (AXELOS Ltd) ~ Jul 2014 (Current) Agile/Scaled Agile: Certified Scrum Professional® - Scrum Master – Dec 2018 (Current); Certified Scrum Professional® - Product Owner (CSPO) ® ~ Dec 2018 (Current); Certified Scrum Master® (Scrum Alliance.org) ~ Jan 2013 (Current); Certified Scrum Product Owner ® (Scrum Alliance. Org) ~ Oct 2016 (Current); Certified SAFe® Practitioner (SP) – SAFe ® ~ Sept 2015 (Current); SAFe® 5.0 Scrum Master ~ July 2018 (Current); SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master ~ March 2022 (Current) Domain: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2019 (Active); Associate in Claims® (AICPCU/IIA) ~ Dec 2009 (Current) EDUCATION MBA – International Banking (Texas A & M International University) 2003 - 2005 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Fannie Mae, Reston/Herndon, VA From April 2015 Agile Consultant / SAFe® ScrumMaster/ SAFe® RTE Agile project management consultant implementing Scrum and Kanban. Helped multiple teams’ transition from waterfall to Agile (Kanban/Scrum), forming to performing state and help process improvement through standing up ‘Communities of Practices’ as part of Agile Center of Excellence (CoE). SAFe® ScrumMaster/RTE with multiple teams on Release Train. Ernst and Young LLP, McLean, VA Jan 2014 - March 2015 Manager Advisory Services, Financial Services Organization (FSO), McLean, VA Advised improvements in terms People, Process and Technology to the clients (fortune 100) based on Current State /Future State Assessment Method (CFAM). Advised on the areas that need support, revampment and overhaul for improved functional capabilities. Capture ideas and concepts on the leading market trends. K12.Inc, Herndon, VA Feb 2013 - Jan 2014 Lead Scrum Master Lead the initiative on developmental transformation of eCollege and Blackboard’s from waterfall to Agile (Scrum). Managing three scrum teams, including resources from Argentina and Uruguay. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Jacksonville, FL Mar 2012 - Feb 2013 Lead Scrum Master / Senior Project Manager CORE project (Guidewire Suite-Claim, Policy and Billing Centers) implementation in Agile environment. Helped scale Agile (Scrum and Kanban) to SAFe® practices. USAA FSB, San Antonio, TX Apr 2010 - Mar 2012 ScrumMaster/Senior Project Manager HELOC project to comply Dodd-Frank requirements. NJM Group, Trenton, NJ (HCL America Inc.) Feb 2006 - April 2010 Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master WCC Paperless Project scope entails classification, identification, and capture of the existing documents into Doc Types. These documents will be accessed through HSI OnBase® and through workflows being built for the identified users. Bank of Baroda, Mumbai, India July 1995 - July 2003 Project Manager / Senior Project Manager IT ASCROM developed for generating audit reports for the Reserve Bank of India and provide the optionality for generating the Asset Liability Management (ALM) reports. TECHNICAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE Project Management/QA PlanView, SharePoint, AtTask, MS Project, Daptiv, Jira, Rally, Clarity, Agile Manager, VersionOne, TestLink, HP ALM, iCART Other Applications / Tools Guidewire ClaimCenter®, PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, OracleRBM,HSI OnBase, EDCO Solcom, Kofax Ascent Capture and Indicius, AS400, CreditRevue, UNIFI (LOS), Alfresco, CSP