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Areas of ExpertiseIndustry:PharmaceuticalFinancial ServicesFederal / GovernmentTechnologyMethodologies:Agile  Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, Scrum at ScaleDevOps  Github, Jenkins, Terraform, SplunkWaterfallTest Driven DevelopmentContinuous Build/IntegrationRisk Based TestingFunctional Experience:Agile CoachingFull Project LifecycleProject ManagementProduct OwnerBusiness AnalysisUse Case ScenariosQuality Assurance/TestingVendor ManagementSpecification DevelopmentTechnologies:JiraRallyMicrosoft ProjectConfluenceCertifications:Scrum Master certification from Scrum AllianceCertified SAFe 4 AgilistKanbanAdvanced SASMPMx Project and Program ManagementProduct Owner trainingSAFe, RTE and Scrum TrainingNeeraj ChoudharyCertified SAFe 4.6 Agilist Certified SAFe 5 SASM Certified ScrumMasterEmail: EMAIL AVAILABLE Phone  PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEWork Authorization  US CitizenEducation  Masters in IT from RIT, NYNeeraj has 19 years of Service Delivery manager, Program Delivery, Project management and Client management experience with a proven track record of implementing varied projects in the pharmaceutical and financial services domains. He has experience with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies and has used Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban and SAFe. He has experience as a product owner and Scrum Master in an Agile team of 30-50 people and has experience with Jira and Rally.Relevant Project ExperienceDirector at Radian, PAApril 2022 - PresentAssessed Gen AI solutions from Gitlab and Github, conducting comprehensive testing that identified a 40% reduction in coding errors, leading to enhanced product quality and a significant decrease in time spent on revisions.Stand up two new teams to support new Product line.Implement DevOps practices with CI/CD and quality gates across organization,Making sure everyone on the team understands the projects goals and scope.Helping the product owner maintain the product backlog.Facilitating Scrum events (daily standups, other meetings) as needed.Coaching the development team in self-organization.Helping to remove obstacles to the developers progress.Facilitating Scrum events (daily standups, other meetings) as needed.Coaching the organization on the transition to a scrum working framework.Ensures no changes are made that would endanger the Sprint GoalWork with Product Owner to ensure proper balance between features and high-quality working softwareFacilitate Release (Planning) WorkshopEducate the Scrum Team including the Product Owner on agile requirements, agile planning, backlog creation practices.Monitor transparency of releasePromote commonly accepted better Agile/Scrum practicesPromote transparency by ensuring that all Scrum events take place to facilitate opportunities to inspect and adaptCoordinate among the Scrum Team and monitor adherence to Scrum practices.Agile Coach/RTE at PHEAA, Harrisburg, PAMarch2020  March2022PHEAA manages Student loan for Federal and State Government. PHEAA is transforming Mainframe Systems to Cloud on AWS.Leading Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Security team.Working with technical team on SOA and Webservices.Worked with team to evaluate several API managements tools such as MuleSoftRun daily stand-up callsFollowing SAFe principles to help Enablers for the Development teams.Schedule and manage Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, backlog refinement for the sprint.Assist in PI Planning, Program level goals and timelinesHelp in grooming Feature and StoriesHelp teams with Value Stream and portfolio planningAgile Coach/Senior Scrum master at Merck, Landsdale, PASeptember 2019  Feb 2022.Mercks marketing department is transforming into Agile and new ways of working, to create more efficient way of working to get the medicines to the patients and customers faster.Working as a Transformation Agile lead/ Scrum master for Mercks marketing department.Working with Agile Coe to build metrices around KPIs team performance.Help Merck build new operating model around Agile transformation.Contribute with best practices and continuous improvement.Senior Scrum master, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA.August 2018  September 2019Working at Pfizer with the Global Information Security Team to build two new applications for Access management and Request Manager.Working as a Transformation/ Project manager for converting Waterfall Projects to agile.Coaching Agile and concepts to the project department.Working as Scrum Master/ Product owner.Help the sponsor with the SDLC documentation needed for the PMO group.Lead and coach scrum adoption.Plan scrum implementation.Implement changes and steps to increase the teams productivity.Collaborate with other scrum masters to improve the methodologies efficiency.Help the sponsor with Feature and user Story creation.Run the Scrum calls, grooming and retrospective sessions.Program Delivery and Senior Scrum Master, NTT Data. at SEI Investments Collegeville, PAAugust 2015  June 2018Help develop and lead five Scrum teams with team of 7-10 team members as Senior Scrum Master of a team of approx. 50 people across various teams.Planning the Epic, Feature level requirements working with the Scrum Teams.Introduced Test Driven Development (ATDD) for better quality of the delivery.Additional responsibility as product owner for Private Banking Unit, he helps develop, manage and deliver a financial Product Line with the team of 10.Help client introduce SAFe to Scrum being used on the platform.Program Delivery Manager Executive, NPCI  NACHMumbai, IndiaOctober 2014  July 2015Responsible for Delivery of IT Projects for NACH.Responsible for setting up Operations Support and Delivery Team.Represent NPCI at various forumsInterface with Operations and Business for requirementsEstablished a solid foundation (i.e. people, process, data and technology) to provide future options to improve and expand NACH application capabilities.Vendor managementProgram Delivery and Project Management, Vanguard Gemini DMS ProgramMalvern, PANovember 2012  August 2014Led IMGs key partners in the transition from a decentralized equity group to a best-in-class global equity investment management team.Responsible as a Product owner, SME in the agile team.Helped implement aggregating Transfer agents cash and cash portfolio for the fundsNormalized capabilities across Vanguard regions ensuring consistency.Development Manager, NTT Data at SEI InvestmentsCollegeville, PAFebruary 2007  October 2012Worked as Scrum Master, Project Manager\Business Analyst on the technology platform of the Investment Manager Services platform.Helped develop aggregating data model across multiple accounting systems such as Invest One, Investor and Advent Geneva.Developed portfolio management platform mapping various data sources to the data warehouse, working on designing multiple applications for helping the data governance group, and building a reporting suite for end user consumption.Prioritized and coordinated multiple deliverables and with stake holders with varying agendas and timelines.Built the offshore team and processes.Business Systems Analyst, NTT Data. at Dept. of Youth Services, State of MA Boston, MAJune 2006  December 2006.