SuryaKiran Kasturi

Suryakiran Kasturi

• Presenter at eXtreme Programming Conference, India 2015 on TDD in embedded environment
• Member of the Core Agile team at IDC and organizer of the first Agile Day at Intuit
• Member of the innovation council and have organized innovation events at Allstate
• Expertise with: Software Design, Development and Maintenance and using Agile and SDLC methodologies.
• Domain: Video Analytics, Telecom, Accounting (US), Travel, Insurance, Biometrics, Renewables and ERP
• Maintaining coding standards by setting up code review framework and CI/CD including automated testing
• Understanding the big picture and identifying the approach to make this a reality by utilizing the relevant tools
• Microsoft Stack (19+ years), C/C++ (16+ years), Web (10+ years), Cloud, SAAS and IOT (5+ years), .Net (11+ years), .Net Core (3+ years), Video (9+ years), Microservices (3+ years), Docker (2+ years), Java (2.5 + years), People Management (10+ years) ), Data Analytics (4 + years), Mobile Apps (7+ years)
• Developed multiple products from scratch (8 products) and re-architected multiple modules across my entire career
• Coaching and Mentoring:
  o Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to handle technically complex discussions with less experienced engineers and non-technical audience
  o Building a cohesive team where developers, BA and QE work together to ensure the quality of deliverables, accomplished using TDD and Agile. Code and Design reviews.
  o Evaluating and training the teams on new technology trends and also ensuring involvement in technology evaluation. Design Thinking, Innovation. Conflict resolution. Belief that every team member has: different needs, to be motivated and groomed to achieve their full potential.
  o Preventive actions to ensure team is always challenged and works as a cohesive unit
  o Provided knowledge sharing sessions on Cloud, IOT, Agility and TDD
• Process:
  o Expertise across Waterfall (Starting from requirements Gathering, HLD, LLD, Development to Release) and Agile methodologies (Scrum, XP and Kanban, variants).
  o Project Setup & Scoping, Requirement Analysis & Technical Specifications, Effort & Cost Estimates, Risk Management, Planning, Monitoring and Tracking, Reporting & Communication, Process Management & Compliance, Issue & Change Management, Resource Optimization
  o Extensive experience in interacting with clients/Product Owner/Sales and Marketing to gather and fine tune requirements and generating possible solutions. Certified Scrum Master
  o Ensuring clear user Stories and estimation using methodologies like planning poker
• Awards Received
  Intuit: Received “Star of the Quarter” award- Q1 2014
  Honeywell: Six Sigma Plus Green Belt certification
  Celstream: Received Team Excellence Award (for entire team) at for providing innovative solutions to the customer.
  Process Compliance Award