Karuna Kuchi

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ABOUT KARUNA KUCHI

16+ years of IT industry experience in IT project management, Service Delivery Management, Agile Transformation, Product Management and in formulating and implementing agile processes for continuous improvement. Professional Scrum Master I certified from Scrum.org and PMI ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) certified Working as Senior Scrum Master/Agile Coach for more than 4 years, managing multiple scrum teams of 6-7 cross-functional team members each. Aids in efficiently implementing agile principles Actively participating in Agile Transformation of the Organization and Experience in building Agile practices in IT development engagement & very effective in Daily Scrum, Sprint planning, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospection Experienced in Product as well Managed Service Delivery with good exposure in iterative and incremental development, in identification of project risks and raising them proactively, identification of process issues and improve them Very Effective people person in holding the team together, guiding the team or individual in achieving their goals Lead cross-functional teams through the project milestones while ensuring dependencies across project(s) are identified, tracked and aligned at critical points Proficiency in coordination between Cross-functional teams, globally distributed teams & release management activities. Proven documentation skills for any kind of business communication Possess experience in driving Mobile & Web Applications right from inception to delivery Possess experience as Business Analyst (as a Business Consultant) – Client server Technologies - Requirements gathering, Preparation of SOW, BRD, FRD, Flowcharts and Mock prototypes (preparation of wireframes using Online tools - Balsamiq) Specialties: Business Analysis, Agile SCRUM, Product development, Project Management, Release Management, People management, Risk Management, Acquaintance of SEI CMM Level 5 and ISO standards