Smitha Swamy

About Smitha Swamy

Experienced Agile Coach/Consultant/Trainer with more than 13years of experience in areas - Scrum Framework, SAFe, DevOps and technologies such as Android, HTML5, J2SE, J2EE, Web Design (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)* Extensive experience in Agile Consulting & Training / Coaching, Application Development and Process Improvement* Well versed in assessing training needs, conceptualization and design of appropriate training methods, pedagogy, delivering high quality training modules and in assessing feedback to improve further effectiveness of programs. Have trained teams and consulted for several top tier IT firms* Agile Transformation Advisor on bringing Change and Agility to organizations*Trained & certified 800+ people as SAFe Agilists, Scrum Masters & Product Owners with a pass rate of 98%. Enterprise Agile coach for a global. Setup an Agile CoE for customer. Provided guidance on PI planning, estimation, backlog refinements, reviews, Inspect and Adopt and Agile (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban etc.) best practices.* Experience in agile transformation, coaching and building high performing Agile teams. Experience and exposure in all aspects of Agile Consulting including Assessments, Roadmap creation, improvement recommendations, estimation, strategy/ planning, risk & dependency management, stakeholder alignment and in applying Project Management best practices.* Experienced in coaching teams in Agile methods such as Scrum for continuous improvement and enabling an Agile Mindset among teams* Specialities:Agile Methodology: Scrum (Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner), SAFeAndroid, HTML, Core & Advance Java, Web Design(HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL),Oracle,Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, SQL/PLSQL• Design Patterns: Core Java Design Patterns• Specifications: Servlet, JSP, EJB,JPA, Java Web Services, AjaxDatabase: Oracle, My-SQL, MS-Access.Framework: Spring, Hibernate, JSF RDBMS: Oracle, MySQL Editors and Platforms: NetBeans, Eclipse, JCreator, Android StudioWeb Development Tools: DreamWeaverDebugging Tools: CodeStyle, FireBug, FindBug, PMDTesting Tools: Cucumber, Junit, Jenkins,TestNG

Experience

1. Associate Director

   NTT DATA North America

   Feb 2015 — Present · Bangalore, IN

   Performing the role of both Enterprise and Team coach. Lean Agile/Scrum/SAFe Training to teams for better understanding of Lean Agile methods & practices – Agile Essentials full day workshops, User Story writing, Estimations, PI Planning, ARTs, Value Streams, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives.3. Coaching of teams, Scrum Masters/RTEs, POs/PMs/Business Owners/Portfolio Mgmt, Delivery Heads/Managers with the objective of building a strong Agile culture as part of Agile Practice.4. Enabling teams to understand, learn and behave in an agile way to drive customer and business value including implementing Scrum, Scaled Agile, Lean and Kanban practices. Coaching of teams, scrum masters, product owners, engineering managers with the objective of building a strong Agile culture as part of the product development strategy. Working hands-on with multiple teams.6. Agile/Scrum Training to teams for better understanding of Agile methods & practices. Delivering trainings/coaching & coordination across countries mainly North America and Asian. Self-up gradation to upcoming technologies and always maintain knowledge in relevant field.9. Participating in various leadership meetings, planning meetings, retrospectives, backlog refinement meetings and providing feedback and suggesting improvements.10. Focused primarily on training the teams to write good user stories, prioritize the work based on business value and handling of the tasks by the team. Placed substantial efforts on team member role training, time-boxing, and providing strong metrics for all players.11. Key role in researching, gaining approval for, and then using tools such as JIRA to successfully support Scrum implementations, Plan and design Training course structure, course material, course duration as per the need.12. Assist HR recruitment by conducting Technical evaluations of prospective candidates

Education

• Teresian Convent Mysore

  Schooling

• VTU

  Bachelor's Degree, Information Science/Studies

  2003 — 2007