Nilesh Kulkarni Address Flat#205, Uma Bldg.

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Shri Mahalaxmi Nagar,
Contact bestniku@gmail.com
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Personal Details

Upper Indira Nagar, Passport Number

Principal Software Engineer Bibwewadi, Pune – 37
bestniku
J8923812
Scrum Master Maharashtra Date of Birth
Professional 2nd June 1974
IT/Software Industry Nationality
Certifications
Banking Domain Indian
CSM Member APTIS – Overall Marital Status
ID 000333250 CEFR Grade “C” Married

PERSONAL STATEMENT EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE & CAREER GROWTH

Well qualified and dedicated professional with around 18 years of experience working in multinational
and fast paced IT organizations including more than 2 years experience in Agile Scrum as a Scrum
Master in Regulatory Reporting domain and internal tooling projects.
Master Of Computer Management
I have experience working in Product as well as Professional Services Projects (including May 1998 – 75% 14 years & counting
offshore/onshore model) involving extensive Customer interaction with respect to Shivaji University April 2004 –Present
Implementation/UAT/Production Go-Live plans.
Principal Software Engineer
Bachelor of Science
Key competency in mentoring team members while moving from Waterfall model to Agile Scrum
May 1995 – 67%
model for high pressure critical projects and upbringing teams confidence 5 Months
Shivaji University
Worked as a Technical lead and Scrum Master for the projects for LFIN Organizations like DBS,
Westpac, BTMU, JPMC, ANZ for APAC region. H.S.C. Dec-2003 – April 2004
Mar 1991 – 53% Software Engineer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Maharashtra Board Intermedia Interactive Solutions 1 year

Nov 2002 – Dec 2003
• Project Lead/ T echnical Lead/ Individual • Customer Interaction S.S.C. Software Engineer
contributor • Quality Management March1989 –61%
• Scrum Master • Escalation Management Maharashtra Board 2 years & 3 Months
• Change Management July 2000 – Sept 2002
Software Engineer
RECOGNITIONS

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Won ePOWER award twice for the outstanding performance. This is
quarterly given award.
• Experience in managing Development and Maintenance Projects based on Java and Dot Net
platforms Won MOTS Award three times for showing proactive support to the
internal tools like ReportBuilder TNG and also for zero defect KPI.
• Experienced in working as Technical Lead for APAC client projects having max duration up to 18
months. Also worked as individual contributor in tools development Won Cheers Award multiple times for taking ownership of designing and
developing multiple tools which will help the country application development
• Acted as Agile Coach Team member during implementation of Agile/SCRUM in WKFS Product teams and save their precious time during development.
Development organization hence well aware of challenges faced along with corrective and
preventive actions

• KPI Targets – First Time Right

1. Quality – Zero Hotfix and Zero Regressions in last 4 Quarters PROJECT DETAILS
2. Delivery – All releases delivered on time in last 4 Quarters
3. Scope – 95% Scope delivered as planned in last 2 Quarters
Currently handling internal tooling team as a Scrum Master.
• Defect Burndown plan – Projection vs Actual along with Quality improvements resulted in brining Internal Tooling Projects
down the outstanding defects count from 3 digits to single digit within span of 2 Quarters
Tool Name Complexity Team Size

ReportBuilder TNG H 10

ReportBuilder Migration H 5

Product Projects
Accustomed to working in Strong Matrix Organization and
teams comprising of various skill sets Domain Client Region Complexity Team Size

Project ANZ, JPMC CIBC, BNYM Australia H 8

Manager
JPMC BNYM HongKong H 6

Business Regulatory OCBC Malaysia M 3

Developer Analyst Tester SCM DBA Support Reporting
JPMC, BNYM, BARCLAYS Singapore H 8

Resource Multiple Community Financial USA H 12

Manager Internet
Banking Institutions
Solution

CORE SPECIALITIES PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create work breakdown structure along with zero level estimations for the ReportBuilder
migration projects and also for new design implementations
• Sprints
• SCRUM Ceremonies • Assisting junior team members on technical side during root cause analysis, bug fixing and
• Story Points other activities so that it can improve their productivity as well as technical knowledge
Agile • Product/Sprint Backlog .
• Velocity • Monitor & evaluate sprint progress using the sprint dashboards and reports
• Roadmaps
• Driving Scrum ceremonies -> Stand-ups, Refinement, Planning, Revie & Retrospective for
Sprint and Releases

SKILLS & CAPABILITIES HOBBIES & INTERESTS

01. Software 02. Knowledge
Java Core • SDLC
Dot NET • Waterfall Model
Salesforce • Agile Method (SCRUM) Sports Cooking
Learning Reading
SharePoint • Team mentoring Technology
JIRA • Work Breakdown Structure
Team City • Program Review Meetings
Jenkins

Traveling

Plan the Work. Work the Plan. No Surprises. No Excuses.