Amar Chaparala

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ABOUT AMAR CHAPARALA

Passionate Agile Coach, DevOps Coach, and SAFe Program Consultant with over 20 years of experience in driving innovative solutions for complex projects. Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Professional with a strong background in Lean and Agile methodologies. Adept at instilling Agile values, principles, and practices across all organizational levels, including executive leadership. A goal-oriented, creative, and strategic thinker committed to enhancing team collaboration and performance.* Coached diverse software and creative teams through their Agile journeys, fostering growth and improvement.* Developed and implemented enterprise-wide processes that integrate Lean UX with Agile Development teams.* Transformed an insurance domain at AMEX to Agile, achieving over 50% reductions in lead and cycle times.* Guided distributed software teams through large-scale Agile transformations in the electronic payments sector.* Educated and mentored teams in XP practices including Pair Programming, TDD, ATDD, and BDD.* Conducted training sessions on Scrum fundamentals (Basic, Scrum Master, Product Owner) and VFQ (Value, Flow, & Quality).* Transformed waterfall teams into high-performing Agile teams using Scrum, Lean, and Kanban methodologies, including successful Scrum implementation in a co-development project with an off-shore vendor.* Trained and coached Product Owners, Scrum Masters, managers, and executives through Agile Transformations using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) within the Finance industry.* Facilitated Open Space sessions to introduce Agile practices to senior managers across business and technology functions.Specialties: Visual Management, Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean, Kanban, Coaching, Training, Agile Project Management, Agile Software Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Agile Release Process, Facilitation and Team Building.