Candidates About

 

Parashuram Shreyakar

Profile SUMMARY                            

ü  Certified Scrum Master and Scaled Agile Framework Practitioner with extensive experience in Agile methodology.

ü  Over 10+ years of experience in Scrum, Mainframe development and leading mainframe projects to successful completion with quality, on time and budget using SDLC and Agile Methodologies.

ü  Extensively experienced in business analysis, design, programming, debugging, testing, release management and quality assurance for cruising, banking, health, Insurance, benefits, and retail domains.

ü  Extensive experience in mainframe application batch and online programming and testing using Mainframe languages, relational databases, and tools including COBOL, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, SQL, JCL, EZtrieve, IMS DB, VSAM, CICS, CICS Web services, Teradata, FILEAID, MQ, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, XPEDITOR, QMF, CHANGEMAN IBM UTILITIES, ENDEVOR, CONTROLM and CA-7 Schedulers.

ü  Certified IBM DB2 Associate, Certified Oracle 9I fundamentals, Certified RDBMS concepts and Certified Scrum Master.

ü  Excellent decision making, communication, analytical, business, and interpersonal skills. Comfortable working independently as well as in a team. Ability to learn and adapt quickly to the emerging new technologies.

ü  Self-managed with the ability to mentor others. Familiarity with project management frameworks. Strong and proven problem solving skills with the ability to deliver quality product meeting client’s timelines under pressure with a positive attitude.

ü  Excellent communication, analytical, business, and interpersonal skills. Comfortable working independently as well as in a team.

 

technical Expertise

Operating Systems	MVS/ESA, WIN-XP, WIN-NT, Z/OS, UNIX
Languages	COBOL for Z/OS, COBOL for OS390, COBOL II, JCL, CICS, C, C++, JAVA, VB, VB.NET
Tools	CHANGEMAN, ENDEAVOR, ISPF, SCLM, SPUFI, QMF, Platinum for DB2, FILEAID, ControlM Scheduler. MAX DATA/UTIL, File Manager for DB2, Troux Architect 9.1, Rally and JIRA Agile tools.
Databases	DB2, VSAM, IMS DB, SQL
Debugging Tools	XPEDITER (batch & Online), CA INTERTEST FOR CICS.
Software	VPN, TN3270 plus Client, MS Office, Clear Quests for Defects, Citrix for accessing Mainframes, CQ and Web Communicator.
Certifications   Frameworks	IBM Certified Database Associate (DB2 UDB V 8.1), Scaled Agile Framework Practitioner Certified. CSM certified. Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, XP
Others	Macromedia Flash Professional 8, Photoshop CS6, Sony Vegas. Adobe Premiere pro. Adobe after effects, Avid Media composer.

 

ü  B.E. in Information Science & Engineering from VTU, Belgaum with FIRST CLASS in May 2004.

ü  Certified IBM DB2 Associate and completed Oracle 9i Fundamentals.

ü  Brain bench certified in RDBMS concepts.

ü  Brain bench certified in COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS (WIN XP) concepts.

ü  Trained on File Aid and Expeditor conducted by Compuware.

ü  Trained on Problem-Solving Solutions, Improvements, and Innovations.

ü  Trained and Certified in Scaled Agile Framework and Certified Scrum Master.

 

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

The client is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores.  The company was the world's largest public corporation in 2010 by revenue. The YEYB 2015 project delivered the Benefit PLAN changes and adjustments requested by the Benefits department to be applied during the Open Benefit Enrollment period for fiscal year 2015. This project involved working on various Benefits enrollment work streams and making all the Benefits Effective starting 01-01-2015 for all the associates who choose their 2015 benefits. The project is run in 2 week sprint Agile mode.

 

Duration	:	May 2014 – present
Client	:	Wal-Mart Inc.
Location	:	Bentonville, AR.
Role	:	Scrum Master, Technical Lead and Proxy RTE.
Environment	:	ZOS/MVS, Cobol, Cics, Eztrieve, Db2, Jcl, Db2 stored procedures, Cics web services, IMS db,  batch and Online Expeditor, CA-7, Librarian, Spufi, QMF for windows, HPQC for Defect tracking, Citrix. Clarity for Timesheets. Scaled Agile (SAFe) Framework, Scrum, Agile Methodologies, Team Forge for creating User stories and tracking for closure.

 

Responsibilities as Scrum Master and Technical Lead.                                        

ü  Lead the project as a Scrum Master managing the multiple Scrum Teams and conducting Scrum Ceremonies.

ü  Work with the Product owner on the Business requirements/user requirements/user stories and work with the team on getting story points/estimates required for Sprint Planning.

ü  Hosting Sprint Planning for my team with BA’s, developers and QA folks and discussing story points so that the team understands the user story and the acceptance criteria.

ü  Track the user stories through Mid Sprint planning, regular emails to the team and Daily scrum calls.

ü  Follow up with the team on the User story status, Prepare burn down charts to track progress and provide project status to Higher management and Business.

ü  Also involved in the Initial analysis, design, code changes, defect fixes and testing the application.

ü  Involved in Release planning, Sprint Planning, Mid Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo’s, Sprint grooming, Sprint Retrospectives and Daily Scrum calls and Scrum of Scrum meetings.

ü  Work closely with Production Owner, Development, QA and other Cross functional teams to create user stories, for user story story points, backlog grooming.

ü  Working closely with Project team and other cross platform teams to remove team impediments related to Technical, Functional or Business related Issues.

ü  Working closely as proxy RTE with RTE at the program level to make sure all dependencies and risks are mitigated.

ü  Conducting Sprint Demo’s for Business to validate the User story development.

ü  Coach the team to follow Agile Scrum methodologies.

ü  Possess experience working at the Program and Team level of the SAFE framework.

ü  Providing developmental support to the SIT and UAT team during testing phase of the Project.

The client is one of the largest publicly traded Fortune 50 health care companies in the US. This project was related to providing the functionality to FSA subscriber’s to rollover their Election amount to the next year. As a result of this, the Subscribers could utilize the rollover amount for submitting Claims to get their Out of pocket expenses incurred.

 

Duration	:	Oct 2013 – April 2014
Client	:	WellPoint Inc.
Location	:	Woodland Hills, CA
Role	:	Scrum Master and Technical Project Manager.
Environment	:	ZOS/MVS, Cobol, Cics, Db2, Jcl, Db2 stored procedures, Cics web services, IMS db,  batch and Online Xpeditor, ControlM, ChangeMan, Spufi, QMF for windows, HPQC for Defect tracking, Citrix, Rally for Agile. Scaled Agile (SAFe) Framework, Scrum.

 

Responsibilities as Scrum Master and Project Manager:

ü  Lead the Project as a Scrum Master and managed multiple Scrum teams.

ü  Facilitate daily scrum calls, sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos. 

ü  Manage Product and Sprint Backlog as well as assist Product Owners with keeping their backlog groomed.

ü  Providing weekly project status reports of completed, pending tasks, issues, risks. Prepare burn down charts for daily tracking to make sure planned sprints tasks are completed on time and within budget.

ü  Implemented Project Sprints including capacity planning, velocity planning, burn downs and Kanban lead time (cycle time)

The client is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores.  The company was the world's largest public corporation in 2010 by revenue. APM Documentation or the EMI Legacy modeling project mainly deals with the Wal-Mart Item File area process flow analysis, process flow capture, data collection and Troux Modeling of the various applications for disaster recovery purposes. The data collection is done using the Mainframe expertise and the modelling is done using the Troux Architect Modeling tool.

 

Duration	:	Mar 2013 – Oct 2013
Client	:	Wal-Mart Inc.
Location	:	Bentonville, AR.
Role	:	Scrum Master and Technical Lead.
Environment	:	ZOS/MVS, Cobol, Cics, Db2, Jcl, Db2 stored procedures, Cics web services, IMS db,  batch and Online Xpeditor, CA-7, Librarian, Spufi, QMF for windows, HPQC for Defect tracking, Citrix, TeamForge for Agile.

Responsibilities as Scrum Master and Technical Lead:

ü  Facilitate daily scrum calls, sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos. 

ü  Manage Product and Sprint Backlog as well as assist Product Owners with keeping their backlog groomed.

ü  Providing weekly project status reports of completed, pending tasks, issues, risks. Prepare burn down charts for daily tracking to make sure planned sprints tasks are completed on time and within budget

ü  Implemented Project Sprints including capacity planning, velocity planning, burn downs and Kanban lead time (cycle time)

ü  Involved in gathering Business requirements, preparing the design documents.

ü  Performing Impact analysis, data collection and creating and fixing data sheets and models and review.

ü  Fix Issues in the Data collection sheets as well as Troux Models.

ü  Performing Peer reviews and incorporating review comments and rework.

ü  Get the Troux models reviewed and signed off from the Client.

ü  Gathering the Business Applications list from the SMEs and gathering the details of each

Application in a designated template.

ü  Create Troux models and get it reviewed by the SMEs and Architects.

ü  Onshore Offshore co-ordination and reviews of the tasks so that a quality product is delivered on time.

ü  Planning agile sprint sessions and coming up with User stories and Story points, Hosting daily scrum calls and overcoming any major Impediments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            The client is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores.  The company was the world's largest public corporation in 2010 by revenue. The project mainly dealt with creating a systematic code to represent an Item as an Ecommerce Item on the online portal.

 

Duration	:	Aug 2012 – Mar 2013
Client	:	Wal-Mart Inc.
Location	:	Bentonville, AR.
Role	:	Scrum Master and Technical Lead.
Environment	:	ZOS/MVS, Cobol, Cics, Db2, Jcl, Db2 stored procedures, Cics web services, IMS db,  batch and Online Xpeditor, CA-7, Librarian, Spufi, QMF for windows, HPQC for Defect tracking, Citrix, JIRA for Agile.

Responsibilities as Scrum Master and Technical Lead:

ü  Facilitate daily scrum calls, sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos. 

ü  Manage Product and Sprint Backlog as well as assist Product Owners with keeping their backlog groomed.

ü  Providing weekly project status reports of completed, pending tasks, issues, risks. Prepare burn down charts for daily tracking to make sure planned sprints tasks are completed on time and within budget

ü  Implemented Project Sprints including capacity planning, velocity planning, burn downs and Kanban lead time (cycle time)

ü  My responsibilities included providing technical and business feedbacks to business during requirement gathering phase.

ü   Preparing function and technical design documents, Code changes, Unit Testing and providing support for UAT testing.

ü  Tracking and fixing defects.

ü  Set up the IMS database system, Created PSB’s, Started IMS-Db databases and Loaded

Data into the IMS database.

ü  Set up Test Mainframe Jobs to for testing the changed programs and CICS screens.

ü  Performed System Integration and End to End Testing.

ü   Documented and Peer Reviewed Technical Design documents and Program Specs.

ü  Onsite Offshore coordination and hosting daily status calls.

ü  Planning agile sprint sessions and coming up with User stories and Story points, Hosting daily scrum calls and overcoming any major Impediments.

ü  Knowledge transfer activities to Offshore and Support team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            The client is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores.  The company was the world's largest public corporation in 2010 by revenue. This project deals with rolling out a Healthy Food program for Humana customers to promote a Healthier lifestyle. Humana members would get financial reward points on their Healthy Food Shopping card for practicing Healthier life style which could use for their purchases.

 

Duration	:	April 2012 – Aug 2012
Client	:	Wal-Mart Inc.
Location	:	Bentonville, AR.
Role	:	Scrum Master and Technical Lead
Environment	:	ZOS/MVS, Cobol, Cics, Db2, Jcl, Db2 stored procedures, Cics web services, IMS db,  batch and Online Xpeditor, CA-7, Librarian, Spufi, QMF for windows, HPQC for Defect tracking, Citrix.

 

Responsibilities as Scrum Master and Technical Lead:

ü  Facilitate daily scrum calls, sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos. 

ü  Manage Product and Sprint Backlog as well as assist Product Owners with keeping their backlog groomed.

ü  Providing weekly project status reports of completed, pending tasks, issues, risks. Prepare burn down charts for daily tracking to make sure planned sprints tasks are completed on time and within budget

ü  Implemented Project Sprints including capacity planning, velocity planning, burn downs and Kanban lead time (cycle time)

ü  Lead the project as a Technical lead, System analyst, Programmer and Tester.

ü  Other tasks involved requirement gathering, Design, Setting up Test environments, Debugging and Fixing Issues.

ü  Preparing business, functional and technical documents.

ü  Set up the Teradata Test system, Created Ad Hoc Teradata tables, Loaded Data into the

Teradata test set tables.

ü  Set up Test Mainframe Jobs to load data from the Point of Sale Lab system to the

Teradata Test system tables.

ü  Escalated issues as needed and maintained communication with customer and Technical teams.

ü  Wrote Unit Test cases Capturing Unit Test Results through Unit Testing.

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