Akil Radhakrishnan
Program Manager | Release Train Engineer | Scrum Master | SAFE Agile | CSM® | Driving Project Success through Leadership, Risk Management and Stakeholder Engagement | Agile Enthusiast
- Role
- Team Manager at Cognizant
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akil Radhakrishnan
Results-driven Release Train Engineer (RTE)/ Scrum Master with over 12 years of overall professional experience, including 5+ years dedicated to Agile frameworks and practices. Proven track record in leading high-performing teams, effective resource planning, and driving successful project delivery through strong stakeholder engagement, clear communication, and strategic risk management. Currently seeking a challenging role where I can further strengthen and apply my Agile expertise, foster continuous improvement, and contribute to organisational success.
Experience
Team Manager
Mar 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Ensure clear visibility of ACT\'s current health, Environment status, and future pipeline.•Enforced adherence to agile practices across the team without exceptions, capturing all updates within the systemto boost collaboration and communication.•Oversaw seamless release planning, schedule management, risk mitigation, process documentation,communication facilitation, and generation of release reports using JIRA and Excel, resulting in a 20% decrease inerrors.•Spearheaded adoption of Generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, enabling full team utilization, acceleratingdevelopment cycles, and boosting developer productivity through AI-assisted coding.•Played a key role in leading scrum ceremonies, coordinating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, andretrospectives utilizing Jira to foster team collaboration, enhance project delivery optimization, and achieve a 30%efficiency boost.•Organised war rooms and hackathons in response to demands, utilizing Webex, and Jira, resulting in a 20% reduction in error rate.•Utilised effective resource planning and prioritization techniques to optimize resource utilization and enhance project delivery timelines, leveraging Excel for resource tracking.•Analyzed the project continuously, identified gaps, and implemented changes to enhance efficiency, resulting in a30% increase in productivity through optimized resource utilization.•Prepared high level effort estimation and resource planning ensuring optimal allocation of resources within thedefined project budgets.
Education
Cms matric higher sec school
High school, Maths, physics, chemistry, computer science
2000 — 2009
Karpagam College of Engineering
Engineer's Degree, Mechanical Engineering
2009 — 2013
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Ug Nx
- Catia V5
- Mechanical Engineering
- Microsoft Excel
- Basics of Abaqus
- Ansys
- Gas Turbines
- Gd&T
- Composites
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