Taresh Nama
Malmo
Summary
- Having 18 plus years of experience in IT industry with an exemplary career spanning. Over the years worked in all the phases of SDLC(Software development life cycle).
- Practicing Agile scrum methodology last 6 yrs as a Scrum Master for various customers in different domains & geography.
- In a scrum master role, I was responsible for conducting all the agile ceremonies sprint planning, Daily stand-up, Product backlog grooming, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations to agile release train.
- Having good working experience with cross functional teams to deliver the task on time following all the defined processes to maintain quality of product increment.
- Monitored the sprint progress and Identify impediments and mitigate team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues or Critical Defects) on daily basis. Facilitated the team's progress toward team goals – Steadily improved product quality by strengthening continuous testing and improved team velocity sprint by sprint.
- Worked in multi vendor environment with multi cultural background of teams. Coached and mentored new joiners to scrum team to maintain sanctity of agile teams.
- Making sure scrum teams and stakeholders understand the values, practices and mindset of scaled agile. Through my ability to develop and lead skilled teams of IT professionals.
- I have been able to expedite the project delivery timeline while saving my clients considerable amounts of human resources and associated costs using right estimation technics.
- Ultimate goal being a scrum master is to develop self organizing team which can improve the velocity of deliverables.
- Have been involved in initiation and closure of projects.
- Foundational knowledge in Generative AI and tools to enhance product innovation and user experience delivery.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Digital Product Leader
IKEA of Sweden
01.2024 - Current
- Responsible for PIA (Product Information Assistance) application enhancement and management, PIA is a tool for planning and steering product development projects. This application is the core for all the applications in product life cycle. Items are created in PIA based on the business requirements and the basic information related to a product.
Scrum Master
Ikano Bank iPay Mobile App
03.2020 - 12.2023
- Served as a full-time Scrum Master, leading multiple Agile teams across diverse technologies and geographies to successfully deliver a mobile banking application for IKANO Bank in the UK, Sweden, and Finland. Played a key role in coordinating across several teams within the SAFe framework, managing multiple Agile Release Trains to ensure seamless end-to-end delivery.
Scrum master
NDM Mobile app development Post Nord
01.2019 - 02.2020
- Worked on Postnord Mobile App development and enhancement .where my responsibilities included driving Agile implementation, leading process improvement initiatives, and facilitating effective business communication across teams and stakeholders to deliver the feature delivery and daily operations.
Scrum master & Release manager
Pingit Application Barclays
07.2016 - 12.2018
- Responsible for end-to-end deployment of application in different environments to be used by respective customers i.e. Test and Live. Handled team of developers onshore and offshore along with daily customer communication.
Team lead
BMB Application Barclays
11.2013 - 03.2016
- BMB Application Barclays, Manchester UK– Team lead - Was leading a team of associates involved in 24*7 of application operations. Involves monitoring, trouble shooting and health check of the application and fixing of issues faced by the live customers along with enhancement of features in the existing app both iOS and Android platform.
Support executive
Tata telecom Global Calling Cards App
10.2010 - 03.2013
- Worked as the lead developer for a web-based application designed for purchasing international calling cards, deployed across the UK, US, and Canada. The platform enabled international travelers to make hassle-free calls back home using a secure, auto-generated 12-digit access code.
Application developer
Shipping company in Eculine
04.2006 - 07.2010
- Started working as Junior Java developer for a desktop application used by Container Freight Stations to perform all the activities.
- Migrated the same desktop app to a web based application using new struts framework for better performance and scalability.
Education
Master of computer Applications - Computer Information Systems
SGSIPS Indore MP India
Indore06-2005
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Govt PG Collage Jhalawar
Jhalawar Rajasthan India05-2002
Skills
- Implementation of agile processes
- Release management expertise
- Continuous process evaluation
- Project coordination
- Task breakdown
- Stakeholder needs assessment
- Innovative solution development
- Agile software development
- Jira project management
- Kanban process management
Certification
- Certified SAFe 5 Agilist
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Product Owner
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
- PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
- ITIL V3 Foundation and Practitioner
- Adobe Experience Manager Practitioner
Key Customers
- Retails – IKEA of Sweden, ToysRus US
- Banking – Ikano bank SE,Citibank, SBI, Barclays(Mobile Banking) UK.
- Travel Transport & Hospitality – Postnord SE, Allcargo & EcuLine EU
- Telecom – Tata Communications Lts, Nortel
- Pharma – Cardinal health US
Timeline
Digital Product Leader
IKEA of Sweden
01.2024 - Current
Scrum Master
Ikano Bank iPay Mobile App
03.2020 - 12.2023
Scrum master
NDM Mobile app development Post Nord
01.2019 - 02.2020
Scrum master & Release manager
Pingit Application Barclays
07.2016 - 12.2018
Team lead
BMB Application Barclays
11.2013 - 03.2016
Support executive
Tata telecom Global Calling Cards App
10.2010 - 03.2013
Application developer
Shipping company in Eculine
04.2006 - 07.2010
Master of computer Applications - Computer Information Systems
SGSIPS Indore MP India
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
Govt PG Collage Jhalawar