Kedar Kulkarni

About Kedar Kulkarni

I have rich experience in IT Program & Project Management, IT Service Delivery, Digital Transformation leveraging Agile, Cloud & DevOps, good exposure in handling Projects with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, IT Transition, IT Security, IT Governance, ITIL Process Consulting, Process Re-engineering, Client Management, Vendor Management & Financial Management.Scrum Master & SAFe Certified, seasoned and versatile Agile Practitioner in Software Development with a proven track record in delivering and leading Large Agile projects. Extensive knowledge in multiple Agile methodologies. Expert at driving the adoption of Agile principles and best practices using several techniques that encourages collaboration and foster self-organizing teams.Demonstrate leadership in successfully managing end-to-end Project Management and Service Delivery for complex ADM and Program initiatives. Has successfully worked on Business Process Mapping, Client Satisfaction Management, Financial Management, Managing Service Delivery in ITIL/ITSM process areas, People Management, Recruitment, Resource and workforce Management, tracking KPIs, Client Relationship and Stakeholder Management, Agile Coach Certified with passion to Coach, Train/mentor team members and apply the rules of Scrum by following best practices, while promoting self-management and constantly improving standards of work.Master\'s in project management and PRINCE 2 Certified with extensive experience in Project Management process like Planning, Executing, and Monitoring & Control/Tracking.ITIL 4 Certified with Expertise in ITIL Service Delivery, Service Operations, Manage Service solution Architect, IT Governance, IT Security, Quality, setting up process and procedures, strong knowledge of Service-now Administration, Process Re-engineering and CSI.I have Extensive experience in CI/CD with strong knowledge of JIRA Administration and tool chaining with Atlassian Devops Products.Ability to build good working relationships with crosses functional/geographical teams.Good Experience of financial modelling relative to cost and planning.Technologies – Visual Basic, C, C++, JAVA, Drupal CMS, WordPress, SAP, Salesforce, BI/DW, AI/ML and Sun Solaris.Devops Tools – JIRA, Confluence, Crowd, Bitbucket, GIT, Jenkins, BAMBOO and Crucible.Project Management - JIRA, Portfolio Management, Blueprint, ASANA, Azure Dashboard & MS Projects

Experience

1. Program Manager, Agile Coach

   Morningstar

   Jun 2022 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Collaborate with Project Managers, Technology leaders to manage program for Morningstar`s Equity data applications. • Establishing Program governance & framework and have effective control, leadership, and responsibility for delivery of program- including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business value.• Using strong Agile Scrum techniques and proactive management to accomplish the results. Manage estimations for new projects and Implementation, prepare project plans and manage resource capacity. • Oversee the Facilitation of daily Scrum activities such as: Stand-Up’s, Scrum of Scrum’s, PI Planning, Backlog grooming, Backlog reviews, Sprint Review, Burn-Down charts, and Sprint Retrospective.• Responsible in mentoring project managers and Teams, provide guidance and opportunities to them to expand their capabilities and skills.• Perform agile maturity assessments based on the refined maturity model with each scrum team to identify gaps and improvement areas• Provide leadership on all aspects of the programs to ensure successful delivery. Coordinate and drive regular program health reviews with various stakeholders and senior leadership.• Responsible in mentoring project managers and Teams, provide guidance and opportunities to them to expand their capabilities and skills.• Emphasis is on prioritization, strategy/goal alignment, and dependency management across multiple concurrent projects.• Identifies internal and external risk and dependencies in a project at the start. Facilitates and manages a plan to ensure dependency deliverables that aligns with the projects timeline without causing any blocks or delays

Education

• Alliance University

  Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA)

  2017 — 2019

Skills

• Troubleshooting
• IT Operations
• Project Management
• Team Management
• Problem Management
• Resource Management
• Sla
• IT Management
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Itil
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Requirements Analysis
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Information Technology
• Incident Management
• Vendor Management
• IT Service Management
• Change Management
• Management
• Service Delivery
• IT Strategy
• Itil V3 Foundations Certified