Rajaraman Kannan

Rajaraman Kannan (Raj) is an expert Enterprise Agile transformation enabler with over 14+ years rich cross-functional experience.  Raj is a specialist in setting up high-performance delivery teams and has hands-on expertise in latest technology cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps suites, Dot net, and Java-based platforms. He has a strong focus on transforming organisations to agile and innovative ways of working, by employing integral and holistic approaches to transformation.  Raj is proficient in guiding the strategic initiatives towards organisational change and advising the leaders towards becoming a genuine learning organisation. Raj is an expert Agile coach, with an ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Coaching certificate, offered to few selected coaches after robust assessment in the skill sets. He is also one of the top 7 globally to be certified as Transformation Coach-Teams. (Certified Transformation Coach-Teams). Raj is skilled in establishing High-Performance Teams and trains organisations on establishing High-Performance Teams.

 Raj is adept at setting up agile teams both onshore and offshore from the ground up. He places great emphasis on software engineering practices (XP) and mentors the teams on DevOps best practices, automated deployment, and automated testing suites.  Raj is proficient at building rapport and relationships through excellent coaching, teaching, mentoring and listening skills, coupled with a real interest in people behaviours and organisational development. Raj has wide-ranging industry certifications in Agile practices, frameworks, coaching and mentoring, human behaviours and organisational transformation. Raj is competent in working across multiple levels of the organisations to enable and support a change in the working culture of the organisations. Raj is an expert in enabling and moving teams towards high performance and self-organisation. He is skilled in creating software delivery excellence for the organisation. He is a speaker at various forums, subject matter expert on Agile practices and transformation, and represented on the panels for various agile conferences.