Kishore Kumar Manickam

About Kishore Kumar Manickam

18+ years of overall IT Experience including 8+ years as a Scrum Master and project manager, targeting assignments with a leading organizations. Managing cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders, enforcing Scrum best practices, facilitating sprint ceremonies, and promoting a culture of self-organizing, high-performing teams. Known for identifying and removing impediments, enabling consistent delivery of business value. Skilled in stakeholder management, Past achievements include maintaining a 95% sprint completion rate over 12 months, improving team velocity by 20%. Passionate about identifying and solving workflow challenges, committed to creating high performing teams and aligning projects with business goals. Proficient in Agile tracking and reporting tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps (TFS), and Micro Focus ALM. Experienced in generating actionable metrics and dashboards for improved visibility and continuous improvement. Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and mentoring abilities. Passionate about empowering teams, fostering innovation, and delivering customer-centric solutions.Tools & Technologies:Agile Project Management: JIRA, Azure DevOps (TFS), ALMCI/CD & DevOps Awareness: Jenkins, GitHub, MavenFrameworks: Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Waterfall-to-Agile TransitionReporting & Metrics: Burndown/Burnup charts, Velocity Tracking, Release Forecasting

Experience

1. Associate Director, Delivery

   Accolite

   Jul 2025 — Present · Chennai, IN

Education

• University of Madras

  B.E, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  1996 — 2000

• Anna University, Chennai

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, HR & Finance

  2017 — 2019