Rajendra C.

About Rajendra C.

I am an Agile Enthusiast, Having approx. 17 years of overall Experience in program, project & service management. As an Enterprise Agile Safe scrum master and RTE & DevOps, I have steered multiple projects across USA,UK & INDIA primarily leveraging agile methodology, administering Portfolio & Program Planning & translating Strategic Themes to Portfolio Vision. I have been instrumental in assessing Agile Maturity; developed mind maps for effective understanding of platforms; leveraged expertise in implementing Agile Framework, SoS, Agile Transformation & Coaching, and Kanban. Technically proficient in using ADO and JIRA to create agile roadmap/PI Planning/Dashboard/Kanban Board/Scrum Boards and Confluence for all the documentation and training materials. Some of my major contributions: • Led the Agile Coaching, Demand Shaping & Contribution to Agile CoE; Executed Agile Maturity model for better penetration of Agile knowledge •Steered multiple projects across geographies primarily leveraging Agile/Scrum methodology; coordinated with multiple Teams & Stakeholders to establish Agile & Scrum processes • Stellar role in epic and story estimation by implementing normalized estimation processes and techniques; translated the requirements into technical representations, •Expert in JIRA with - collecting, tracking, and presentation of execution, performance, and defect data via Dashboard along with Portfolio for JIRA; Hands-on with defining Workflow, Screen Scheme, Custom Fields, JQL and Metrics Mentored teams through transformation facilitated project transition from waterfall to Agile Technical and & Project Management : IT Applications: OSS RC Telecom, Connect Policing Application,Pentip,Compass,Pronto,ANPR agile methods do develop & deploy. Financial Applications :IVR,Live Chats,Virtual assistant,AI based products,CRM Core Competencies are : DevOps: Implemented CICD pipeline setup from the scratch and provide DevOps solutions in the on-premises Kubernetes. worked on DevOps tools mainly in Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Gradle, JFrog and Harbor. worked on helm charts in Kubernetes. worked on containerization apps using Docker, Kubernetes. Customer mindset: Understand customer met and unmet needs, think and walk in their shoes, participation in customer feedback reviews and interviews. Getting things done I believe that Innovation is nothing without execution and I do execution. I mentor teams and team members for Innovation Process, Problem Solving, Design thinking, Certifications Done: PMP,ITIL-F 4 service management,PRINCE2- F,Prince2 Practitioner

Experience

1. Senior Project Program Manager & Release Train Engineer

   Visionet Systems Inc.

   Dec 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Responsibilities as Program/Project Manager for Regeneron project: Release train engineer: Team Size: 60 ( approx. 6 scrum teams in ART )Team Location :USA and India Lead major project Regeneron (approx. 15 million budget), Work with stakeholders from across different business verticals a to collect requirements, design project plan, lead People and Projects Handle escalations and manage high degree of customer satisfaction through regular governance monthly invoicing, managing project budget, Manage Profit & Loss account for project, Schedule, scope, cost estimates, profitability analysis,KPI report. Experience in Product Roadmap development and influencing key stakeholders for buy-in on business priorities, skilled in requirement gathering & SDLC Keep Risk register up to date for various projects and decide on Risk mitigation strategies. Work with the teams in the ART to prioritize features to be considered in a given PI planning cycle. Responsible to include organizing and driving SAFe events like meeting between teams to collectively plan the short-term development cycles, ART sync at every stage, Demos, workshops, and Backlog Refinement. Collaborate with the Product Manager to ensure that the program has a healthy Product Backlog. Manage changes to the ART’s PI plan and survey the impacts of those changes on the value chain. Drive cross-team collaboration in the ART and resolve departmental impediments and other planning, collaboration, and coordination issues. Foster open communication between the teams and stakeholders to increase transparency. Understand and be able to visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies. Drive value-delivery and continuously improve the product by effectively utilizing data such as feedback and metrics like quality, delivery rate, etc, to identify opportunities. Improve the flow of value across value streams by enhancing and evaluating DevOps and Release on Demand.

Education

• Waghire Highschool Saswad

  SSC, ssc

  1990 — 1996

• Maharashtra Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2000 — 2006

• Vishwakarma Institute Of Technology

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing/Marketing Management, General, second

  2007 — 2009