
Chavatapalli Veera Surya Kiran
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Toptal member since July 6, 2022
Surya is a certified scrum master with a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering and 12+ years of experience in the IT industry. For the past five years, he has worked as a scrum master and agile coach, focusing on improving processes and guiding teams to achieve their full potential. Surya is well-versed in Agile project management and has managed multi-million dollar projects in retail, investment banking, and capital markets for Fortune 100 clients.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Agile Project Management
- Azure Boards
- Jira
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Scrum
- Scrum Coaching
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Scrum Master
Deloitte
- Drafted product roadmaps, vision, and OKRs, and ensured release coordination by working closely with product managers, stakeholders, and dependent teams.
- Coached two Scrum teams in product lead ways of working to develop valuable products, which increased the customer satisfaction index by 15%.
- Facilitated Scrum cadences using Liberating Structures to increase team engagement and MURAL/Jira/Jira Align to improve collaboration.
Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
- Utilized Agile and Scrum practices to help the team increase their productivity by 45% within the 1st year of adopting Agile.
- Resolved impediments and created a disruption-free environment for three Agile teams working on a cloud migration project.
- Created Azure boards as per the project requirements.
- Trained and mentored three junior scrum masters in Agile best practices and organizational standards.
- Generated project metrics reports and showcased them to stakeholders and senior management.
Project History
Agile Transformation of a Cloud Migration Project for a Fortune 100 Client
Trained 100+ associates and mentored three junior scrum masters in Agile and Scrum practices.
Enterprise Launch of an Android Applications for a Fortune 100 Client
Served as a scrum master for two Scrum teams that launched six Android applications through accelerated releases.
Scrum Master for an Investment Banking Firm
Managed a cross-functional team responsible for enhancing a trade capture system.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology (GIET) - Rajamahendravaram, India
Certifications
SAFe 5 Agilist Certification
Scaled Agile
Professional Scrum Master Level II (PSM II)
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
ITIL Foundation Certification
APMG International
Skills
Tools
Jira, Azure Boards, Confluence
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile Project Management, Agile, Servant Leadership, Test-driven Development (TDD), Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment, Kanban
Industry Expertise
Retail & Wholesale
Other
Sprint Planning, Sprint Ceremonies, Sprint Retrospectives, Scrum Master, Agile Certified Practitioner, User Stories, Backlog Grooming, Agile Practices, Agile Sprints, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), ITIL, IT Project Management, Facilitation, Scrum Coaching, Investment Banking, Liberating Structures, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Backlog Management, Release Management, Project Management, Project Planning, Stakeholder Management, Agile Coaching, Product Roadmaps, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Software Release Management
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