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Agile Coach
Anil Kulkarni
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London, United Kingdom
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I'm offering
Agile Coach (ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching - ICP-ACC), ICAgile Certified Professional -Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF), Kanban Management Professional (KMP), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), Certified (CSM - Scrum Alliance) and experienced Scrum Master with 23 years of industry experience consisting of Core and Web based e-commerce applications development experience mostly using Java J2EE Technologies.
Markets
United Kingdom
Lithuania
Rest of Euro area
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
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My experience
2019 - ?
temp
Sr. Agile Coach
DWP.
* Agile coach for agile transformation of Universal Credit Programme's feature teams. Total 11 teams
* Conducted trainings for various Agile methodologies on a regular basis viz. Lean Practices, Value Stream Mapping, Story Breakdown, Story Maps, Writing Good User Stories with Acceptance Criteria, DOR, DOD, Kanban, Explicit Policies, Handling Tech Debt, Resolving Blockers.
* Trained team members to facilitate team's Agile ceremonies with focus on Continuous Improvement
* Instrumental for implementing Lean and Agile values in teams' way of working.
* Regularly tried various experimentations to understand what works best for a team.
* Implemented various "Information Radiators" so that all the relevant information is widely and regularly available for various stake holders
* Streamlined Jira Project structures, workflows, permissions schemes to align with programme's way of working. Workflows modified based on STATIK method
* Introduced OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) to the programme and ensured those are documented and measured at regular intervals.
* With Jira system administrator access was able to propose many changes to the way Jira was being used in order to make processes more efficient
* Improved Agile Way of Working Processes between London, Manchester and Leeds teams
* Active contributor to Delivery Community of Practice
* Conducted trainings for various Agile methodologies on a regular basis viz. Lean Practices, Value Stream Mapping, Story Breakdown, Story Maps, Writing Good User Stories with Acceptance Criteria, DOR, DOD, Kanban, Explicit Policies, Handling Tech Debt, Resolving Blockers.
* Trained team members to facilitate team's Agile ceremonies with focus on Continuous Improvement
* Instrumental for implementing Lean and Agile values in teams' way of working.
* Regularly tried various experimentations to understand what works best for a team.
* Implemented various "Information Radiators" so that all the relevant information is widely and regularly available for various stake holders
* Streamlined Jira Project structures, workflows, permissions schemes to align with programme's way of working. Workflows modified based on STATIK method
* Introduced OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) to the programme and ensured those are documented and measured at regular intervals.
* With Jira system administrator access was able to propose many changes to the way Jira was being used in order to make processes more efficient
* Improved Agile Way of Working Processes between London, Manchester and Leeds teams
* Active contributor to Delivery Community of Practice
Kanban, Processes, Statik, Administrator, Value stream mapping, Feature, Coach, Community, Transformation, Writing, Agile transformation, User stories, Lean, Agile methodologies, Agile coach, Continuous improvement, Agile, Jira
2018 - 2019
job
Scrum Master / Agile Coach
HMRC.
* Scrum Master / Agile coach for 3 squads for agile transformation.
* Adept at Coaching team members on Agile and Lean techniques like User Story Mapping, Impact Mapping, effective Story writing, estimation techniques, generating information radiators, Katas, Gemba, Obeya, Value Stream Mapping
* Expert at using various techniques to conduct Retrospectives
* Used various gamification techniques for team building exercises
* Facilitator for many workshops like KanBan training
* Very good understanding of GDS Principles and User centred Design - to involve end users in the application development process throughout
* Keeping track of Key indicators to champion the idea of Continuous improvement
* Effective contributor to Scrum Masters' Guild
* Good communication skills with an ability to manage senior members and stakeholders
* Expert at using Jira and Confluence tools
* Adept at Coaching team members on Agile and Lean techniques like User Story Mapping, Impact Mapping, effective Story writing, estimation techniques, generating information radiators, Katas, Gemba, Obeya, Value Stream Mapping
* Expert at using various techniques to conduct Retrospectives
* Used various gamification techniques for team building exercises
* Facilitator for many workshops like KanBan training
* Very good understanding of GDS Principles and User centred Design - to involve end users in the application development process throughout
* Keeping track of Key indicators to champion the idea of Continuous improvement
* Effective contributor to Scrum Masters' Guild
* Good communication skills with an ability to manage senior members and stakeholders
* Expert at using Jira and Confluence tools
Lean, Value stream mapping, Coach, Development, Gamification, Facilitator, Transformation, Workshops, Confluence, Kanban, Agile transformation, Design, Agile coach, Continuous improvement, Training, Agile, Scrum master, Jira, Scrum, Coaching, Writing
2017 - 2018
job
Agile Transformation Coach
BNP Paribas Fortis.
* Agile coach for 3 squads in the bank's big agile transformation at scale programme.
* Coaching Scrum Masters, POs and Squad members in following Bank's Agile Operating Model - a customised SAFe and Spotify model for scaling
* Proficient in using Gamification techniques to coach.
* Coaching squad members on DevOps practices like CI / CD using Jenkins, Nexus, BDD tools
* Measure Maturity Assessment for the squad and the tribe on a regular basis
* Helping in keeping Visual Management (Task boards) up-to-date
* Helping squads in planning for the next iteration release (similar to PI planning with SAFe)
* Using Agile Central as a Backlog management tool
* Coaching Scrum Masters, POs and Squad members in following Bank's Agile Operating Model - a customised SAFe and Spotify model for scaling
* Proficient in using Gamification techniques to coach.
* Coaching squad members on DevOps practices like CI / CD using Jenkins, Nexus, BDD tools
* Measure Maturity Assessment for the squad and the tribe on a regular basis
* Helping in keeping Visual Management (Task boards) up-to-date
* Helping squads in planning for the next iteration release (similar to PI planning with SAFe)
* Using Agile Central as a Backlog management tool
Coaching, Scrum, Jenkins, DevOps, Agile, Agile coach, Management, Agile transformation, Safe, Pos, Transformation, BDD, Assessment, Gamification, Coach, UP
2016 - 2017
job
Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Nordea Bank.
* Agile coach for the newly established Data Engineering Teams in Copenhagen and Poland.
* Scrum Master for 2 teams. Team members with cross-functional capabilities with Developers, Testers, DevOps. Team size 6 and 5 members
* Responsible for establishing Agile way of working for the teams
* Facilitator for all Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand up, Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective
* Good competency over agile practices like Scrum and Kanban
* Ran various workshops to train teams to further enhance Agile journey
* Stakeholder management responsibilities
* Team is part of wider CBP (Core Banking Platform) Programme with 15 other teams following SAFe
* Active facilitator for PI planning
* Working closely with Business on various Enablers to establish Epics and Features
* Competent in various Agile techniques and tools used to ensure teams are high performing viz. Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Automated Tests
* Competent user of Jira and Confluence tools
* Established KPIs to help management team to gather progress of teams
* One of the key organisers for running a company wide Agile knowledge sharing platform
* Scrum Master for 2 teams. Team members with cross-functional capabilities with Developers, Testers, DevOps. Team size 6 and 5 members
* Responsible for establishing Agile way of working for the teams
* Facilitator for all Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand up, Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective
* Good competency over agile practices like Scrum and Kanban
* Ran various workshops to train teams to further enhance Agile journey
* Stakeholder management responsibilities
* Team is part of wider CBP (Core Banking Platform) Programme with 15 other teams following SAFe
* Active facilitator for PI planning
* Working closely with Business on various Enablers to establish Epics and Features
* Competent in various Agile techniques and tools used to ensure teams are high performing viz. Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Automated Tests
* Competent user of Jira and Confluence tools
* Established KPIs to help management team to gather progress of teams
* One of the key organisers for running a company wide Agile knowledge sharing platform
Data engineering, Platform, UP, Performing, Coach, Facilitator, Continuous deployment, Continuous integration, Workshops, Safe, Engineering, Confluence, Scrum, Banking, Integration, Kanban, Management, Agile coach, Stakeholder Management, Agile, DevOps, Deployment, Scrum master, Jira
2016 - 2016
job
Scrum Master
PA Consulting.
* Scrum Master for a team of 7 team members.
* Team responsible for developing a new Immigration Platform to be used by case workers
* Project development in compliance with Govt. Digital Standards (GDS) criteria
* Facilitator for all Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand up, Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective.
* Adept at using different retrospective and facilitation techniques, Agile games, Burn up/down techniques
* Reporting and monitoring Team metrics e.g. Velocity, burn down, Sprint Report to relevant stakeholders.
* Technology & tools: Java 8, Hadoop, Jira, Jenkins, Confluence
* Very keen on self learning and regular participant of Meet up groups like Agile Coaching Exchange, Adventures with Agile
* Team responsible for developing a new Immigration Platform to be used by case workers
* Project development in compliance with Govt. Digital Standards (GDS) criteria
* Facilitator for all Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand up, Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective.
* Adept at using different retrospective and facilitation techniques, Agile games, Burn up/down techniques
* Reporting and monitoring Team metrics e.g. Velocity, burn down, Sprint Report to relevant stakeholders.
* Technology & tools: Java 8, Hadoop, Jira, Jenkins, Confluence
* Very keen on self learning and regular participant of Meet up groups like Agile Coaching Exchange, Adventures with Agile
Hadoop, Platform, UP, Development, Monitoring, Facilitator, Confluence, Technology, Compliance, Java, Agile, Exchange, Scrum master, Jenkins, Jira, Scrum, Coaching
2015 - 2016
job
Scrum Master
Accenture.
* Scrum Master for a team of 11 team members. Team member number is higher due to HMRC's internal team structure
* Team responsible for developing a new Digital Service for Business Tax to be hosted on Gov.uk portal
* Delivered MVP features within time
* Complete familiarity with Govt. Digital Standards (GDS) life cycle phases and 18 points of "Digital by Default - Service Standards" related to Service Design Manual
* Facilitator for all Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand up, Release & Sprint planning, Demo (Show and Tell), Sprint Retrospective.
* Coaching other teams in the centre on Agile practices e.g. Story estimation techniques, Story Mapping etc.
* Conducted coaching sessions for other Scrum Masters in the centre on effective techniques for facilitating Retrospectives, managing Technical Debt
* Highly competent in using Jira Agile, Confluence
* Reporting and monitoring Team metrics e.g. Velocity, burn down, Sprint Report to relevant stakeholders.
* Introduced a technique to produce Sprint report combining Jira and Confluence as a common template for all the teams in the centre. This simplified approach was highly appreciated by senior management team
* Effective contributor to organisation-wide Scrum Master Community of practice.
* Team representative for Scrum of Scrums, 20 teams in total
* Technology & tools: Scala, MongoDB, Jira, Jenkins, Confluence
* Actively involved in self-learning, by attending Agile conferences e.g. Scrum Global Gathering, Agile In the City. Regular participant of Meet up groups Agile North East
* Team responsible for developing a new Digital Service for Business Tax to be hosted on Gov.uk portal
* Delivered MVP features within time
* Complete familiarity with Govt. Digital Standards (GDS) life cycle phases and 18 points of "Digital by Default - Service Standards" related to Service Design Manual
* Facilitator for all Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand up, Release & Sprint planning, Demo (Show and Tell), Sprint Retrospective.
* Coaching other teams in the centre on Agile practices e.g. Story estimation techniques, Story Mapping etc.
* Conducted coaching sessions for other Scrum Masters in the centre on effective techniques for facilitating Retrospectives, managing Technical Debt
* Highly competent in using Jira Agile, Confluence
* Reporting and monitoring Team metrics e.g. Velocity, burn down, Sprint Report to relevant stakeholders.
* Introduced a technique to produce Sprint report combining Jira and Confluence as a common template for all the teams in the centre. This simplified approach was highly appreciated by senior management team
* Effective contributor to organisation-wide Scrum Master Community of practice.
* Team representative for Scrum of Scrums, 20 teams in total
* Technology & tools: Scala, MongoDB, Jira, Jenkins, Confluence
* Actively involved in self-learning, by attending Agile conferences e.g. Scrum Global Gathering, Agile In the City. Regular participant of Meet up groups Agile North East
Scala, UP, Portal, Demo, Organization, Community, Monitoring, Facilitator, Confluence, Technology, Service, Design, Management, Service Design, Agile, Scrum master, Jenkins, MongoDB, Jira, Scrum, Coaching
2013 - 2014
temp
Scrum Master
Ericsson.
* Facilitator for all Scrum ceremonies e.g. daily stand up, Release & Sprint planning, Demo (Show and Tell), Sprint Retrospective.
* Collaborated with the Product Owner and the team on regular Backlog Refinement (Grooming) sessions to fulfil "Definition of Ready" for user stories
* Agile process coach for development team of 8 with focus on story estimation, team collaboration, continuous improvement, team learning and self-organisation.
* Helped team to improve performance levels by providing technical coaching, code reviews
* Reporting and monitoring Team metrics e.g. Velocity, burn down, Sprint Report to relevant stakeholders.
* Guided team to maintain a consistence and sustainable pace of around 30 story points (as per team's "Definition of Done") per sprint (3 week duration)
* Developed User stories using Java, JEE technologies
* Effective communicator capable of articulating impediments to external parties with a view to resolve them as quickly as possible
* Chaired and a solid contributor to organisation-wide Scrum Master Community of practice.
* Technology & tools: Java 7, JEE, JPA, XML, Eclipse, Jira Agile, Jenkins, Gerrit
Earlier Work History in short
* Collaborated with the Product Owner and the team on regular Backlog Refinement (Grooming) sessions to fulfil "Definition of Ready" for user stories
* Agile process coach for development team of 8 with focus on story estimation, team collaboration, continuous improvement, team learning and self-organisation.
* Helped team to improve performance levels by providing technical coaching, code reviews
* Reporting and monitoring Team metrics e.g. Velocity, burn down, Sprint Report to relevant stakeholders.
* Guided team to maintain a consistence and sustainable pace of around 30 story points (as per team's "Definition of Done") per sprint (3 week duration)
* Developed User stories using Java, JEE technologies
* Effective communicator capable of articulating impediments to external parties with a view to resolve them as quickly as possible
* Chaired and a solid contributor to organisation-wide Scrum Master Community of practice.
* Technology & tools: Java 7, JEE, JPA, XML, Eclipse, Jira Agile, Jenkins, Gerrit
Earlier Work History in short
Eclipse, UP, Demo, Organization, Jpa, Coach, Development, SOLID, Community, Monitoring, Facilitator, Technology, Java, User stories, Product owner, Continuous improvement, Agile, Scrum master, XML, Jenkins, Jira, Scrum, Coaching
2010 - 2013
job
AVP & Executive Project Manager
POLARIS FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY.
Project Manager, Manager
2007 - 2010
job
SR. Software Engineer
IPREO.
Software
2005 - 2007
freelance
SR. Technical Consultant
CONCHANGO.
2004 - 2005
job
SR. Java Developer
SYZYGY UK LTD.
Java, Developer
2001 - 2004
job
Analyst Programmer
GLOBAL SOFTWARE LTD.
Analyst
1998 - 2001
job
Sr. Software Engineer
L&T INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Software
My education
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1998
C DAC
Vocational, Advanced Computing
Vocational, Advanced Computing
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1996
n/a
Somepostgraduate, IMDR Pune
Somepostgraduate, IMDR Pune
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1993
University of Pune
Bachelors, Engineering
Bachelors, Engineering
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