Deepak Kumar Verma

About Deepak Kumar Verma

A seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of industry experience, spanning software development, testing, project management, and Agile delivery. Began career as a Software Programmer, gaining strong expertise across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirement gathering, analysis, design documentation, coding, testing, and implementation. Completed a 4-year onsite assignment in London (UK) for knowledge transition, business requirement gathering, and software development.Transitioned into Software Testing and advanced to the role of Test Manager, managing multiple teams and delivery operations for over 8 years. Led teams of 35+ members across multi-vendor environments and undertook onsite assignments in Zurich (Switzerland) and Minneapolis (USA) for test management and delivery.Served as a Scrum Master for nearly 3 years, well-versed in Agile ceremonies such as backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Experienced in using JIRA and Azure DevOps for Agile project management. Additionally, managed Agile and Waterfall projects for 7 years, leading 35+ geographically distributed team members. Successfully completed a 6-month onsite assignment in Ecuador (Latin America) for requirement gathering and project planning. Proficient in leveraging MS Excel-based templates and in-house tools for planning, estimation, tracking, and execution of projects.Extensive experience in delivery operations, including planning, conducting status meetings, progress tracking, reporting, and daily/weekly customer communication. Strong involvement in team ramp-ups, hiring, interviewing, and onboarding activities across projects.Domain expertise includes Banking sector along with Health & Life Sciences, e-Governance, Logistics, and e-Commerce domains.Holds a B.Tech degree in Engineering from KNIT Sultanpur. A certified Project Manager and Scrum Master with strong interpersonal skills, proven leadership capabilities, and stakeholder management expertise.

Experience

1. Project Manager

   Zensar Technologies

   Mar 2022 — Present · Pune, IN

   Plan, execute, and finalize projects within triple constraints of delivering on time, within budget and scope objectives• Acquiring resources, and coordinate efforts of team members in order to deliver projects according to plan• Identify, effectively communicate, and resolve project issues and risks• Direct daily activities and efficiently manage a project team of Test Leads and Test Engineers• Effectively communicate project status to project stakeholders• Coach, mentor, and motivate team members, influencing them to take positive action and accountability for assigned work.

Education

• KNIT, Sultanpur

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1992 — 1996

• OEF Inter College

  Intermediate, Mathematics

  1980 — 1992

Skills

• Jdbc
• Core Java
• Java Advance
• Servelet
• Team Management
• Microsoft Office
• C++
• C
• Project Engineering
• Windows
• Jsp
• Management
• Leadership
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Scada
• Project Management