Firoz Pinjar, SCRUM MASTER

About

As Scrum Master with 16 plus years of experience in all aspect of software development and project delivery, I would like to work with your company in a challenging role. I have completed

M.Sc

IT from Kuvempu University. Proficient in implementing agile practices, understanding the overall product roadmap as articulated by product owner and translating that into team specific release planning and sprint planning. Presently associated as Scrum Master at Wells Fargo, I am involved in training team members to develop agile capabilities, explaining scrum principles to product owner, escalating critical issues to relevant stakeholders for resolution. Facilitating all interactions that the team has with the product owner to gather and prioritize requirements, reviewing documented requirements, and assisting the team to write the requirement as a user story.

Experience

WELLS FARGO

Sep 2015 – Present

BANGALORE

SCRUM MASTER

 Handling a team of 7 members and assisting them to become a self-organized, cross-functional and highly efficient team that delivers high-quality products  Facilitating scrum ceremonies such as Daily stand-up meetings, Backlog grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint reviews/Demos and Sprint Retrospectives  Leading the organization transformation from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum including business and IT training in Agile methodology and Scrum training  Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment  Train, mentor and support Scrum teams and stakeholders to follow agile values, principles and practices on Product(s)  Secure timely feedback from Product Owners and Stakeholders by planning and organizing demos and product and system testing.  Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the Scrum and development team  Manage issues, risks and action plans inside the multi-disciplinary teams.  Prepare and present status reports designed to inform and influence leadership and stakeholders.  Improve team communications and relationships.  Monitoring progress and performance to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) on value, productivity, predictability and quality.

ACCENTURE

Nov 2009 – Nov 2015

BANGALORE

TEST LEAD

 Led a team of 12 members as QA Lead for Test Pan and Test case Execution.  Worked with Scrum team to define the project's testing methodology and manage the test execution for small to large sized projects  Coordinated with Product Owner for project planning and in the creation and maintenance of Product Backlog  Managed a team of QA Analysts through all phases of testing - (Functional, System, Integration and User Acceptance) on a project  Assessed risks early in the production pipeline and delivered reports and recommendations on how to fix the situation to the development team  Created and implemented test plans that span a product’s lifecycle, design, and engineering as well as localization testing of all products  Acted as a test subject matter expert for technical solution and functional areas within the application and associated projects

OMNIQUAD

Apr 2004 – Nov 2009

BANGALORE

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER

 Responsible for all aspects of the testing, coordination, facilitation, planning and scheduling, defect management and resolution  Worked with the development and product teams to conceptualize out and implement a comprehensive QA strategy for the products and to plan releases and identify risks  Developed effective strategies and test plans as well as created logs to document testing phases and defect

Education

KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY

Jun 2006 – Jun 2008

MASTER OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

GSS COLLEGE

Jun 1992 – Jun 1995

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, MATHS