Jasdev Singh

Pune

About

Title: Project Manager/Scrum Master

Summary

An empirical, self-driven change agent with a proven record of transforming teams into high performance self-organizing teams. He was a varied experience across multiple domains such as Retail Business Intelligence, Insurance & Online Media

  • Hands on experience under the umbrella of technical Agile practices XP, Clean Code, TDD, BDD & ATDD in projects across multiple domain viz. E-Commerce, Retail & Investment Banking, Content & Collaboration
  • Technology agnostic Agile Coach with the ability to create systems that mirror organisation structures and deliver the expected business values
  • Over 13 years of experience in Project Management, Business Analysis, Product Design & Implementation and Team Management
  • Proficient in cross-functional team coordination with skills in managing key project life-cycle including requirement analysis, assessment/design, testing, business process analysis & design, process optimization
  • Skilled at supporting the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables and helping to implement an effective system of project governance
  • A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile Methodologies including 3+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
  • Exposure in defining and managing a well-defined project management process and championing ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management
  • Research based approach with skills in contributing to improvements in Product and Processes (technical or business) through self-training (webinars and whitepapers)
  • Comprehensive knowledge of .NET, Visual Basic, SQL Server, JavaScript, ASP &Crystal Reports
  • Efficient organizer, motivator, team player and a decisive leader with the ability to motivate teams to excel and win
  • Spearheaded the use of Agile metrics to create healthy environment of peer pressure
  1. Achievements
  • Mentored and coached the project team on Agile Scrum; planned and integrated the work of multiple teams on the project; provided input on team performance and rewards
  • Recognized as achiever of the month for Jul’07 and Feb’09 for L&T Infotech

 

Skills

Methodologies

Scrum, XP, TDD, BDD, Pair Programming

Frameworks/Languages

Java, .NET

Domain Experience

EDI, BI - Retail, CPG, Insurance – Property & Casualty, Online Media

 

Work Experience

 

GE Transportation, Apr 2016 to Jul 2016

Staff Software Agile Leader

Worked as a change agent fostering Agile transformation through a learning path based on experimentation and learning. Coached teams on Scrum adoption guiding them through practicing Agile principles and values, and usage of ALM tools.

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions, July 2014 to Apr 2016

Scrum Master/ Coach

Worked as Scrum Master catalyzing teams into a following a continual cycle on inspection and adaptation for requirements analysis, customer expectation management, building quality up-front and continuous improvements.

 

Instrumental in helping Agile transformation for multiple accounts including a global major German heavy electricals company, US based insurance provider and a global major consumer electronics provider from Europe.

 

Symphony Teleca, October 2011 to November 2013

Scrum Master

Helped transformation and facilitated implementation of Scrum for multiple teams in BI domain, coached CPG managers adopt to Agile delivery life cycle for delivery cycles.

 

L&T Infotech, Aug 2004 to July 2011

Project Lead

Collaborated with offshore team to get the business requirements developed and was responsible to gap analysis to ensure business requirements and functional specifications were tested and fulfilled. Key member of the delivery team providing onsite support ensuring customer satisfaction by achieving delivery, service quality norms and UAT assistance including post implementation support.

 

Affarsstrategerna Think Tech Technologies (A3TL), December 2003 to July 2004

Consultant

 

121 Agencies, April 2003 to December 2003

Web Developer

 

TeeChee Systems & Solutions Pvt. Ltd., February 2002 to October 2002

Software Developer

  • Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)SMfrom PMI, USA| Member of  PMI, License: 1686617; Validity: January 2014 – January 2017
  • Certified Scrum Master SM (CSM) from ScrumAlliance®| Member of ScrumAlliance®: 000303318; Validity: January 2014 - January 2018
  • INS 21: Property and Liability Insurance Principles from American Institute For Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (AICPCU), USA| Grade: Good
  • Microsoft 70-536 (TS: Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation)

Qualifications

2011       Executive Program in Global Business Management (EPGBM) from IIM Calcutta

2002       Diploma in Advanced Computing (DAC) from C-DAC, Mumbai

2001      Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) from RGPV University, Bhopal

Experience and services

  • Career history

    • 2016-11-17 - present - Capgemini Technology Services India Limited (Project Manager/Scrum Master)
    • 2014-07-03 - 2016-04-15 - Cognizant Technology Solutions (Project Manager/Scrum Master)
    • 2016-04-25 - 2016-07-05 - GE Transportation (Staff Software Agile Leader)