Maruthy Racherla

Experience Summary

 16 years of diversified IT experience across Retail, Financial, HR, Banking, and Insurance domains.
 8+ years of experience as Scrum Master
 Persistent and driven; acquired master’s degree in information systems and bachelor’s degree in Computer
Applications
 Successfully delivered mobile and web application projects for several clients
 Managed and led a large cross-functional team to implement workday financials
 Team Building and Team Ramping, Managing the project with an onsite offshore model.
 Development and management of product backlog, collaborate with the scrum teams and product owner to
create sprint backlog, identify dependencies, migrating risks to meet sprint commitments
 Experience in all phases of the implementation lifecycle namely– Requirement gathering, Design,
Development and Testing.
 Good working knowledge on Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
 Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills
 Served as the sole liaison between end-users and the development team for all projects
 Well versed with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
 Experience working on Data Centre Migration programs.
 Experience in using project tracking and Test management tools like JIRA, QMetry, QC, Rally for defect
tracking, test planning, test execution and RTM.
 Prepare and Present Weekly Status reports to review the overall progress, status of milestones, major action
items and risks.
 Prepare Test Completion and Sprint / Test Summary reports at the end of the project

Project: FINANCE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP(FTR) Jul 2018 to till Date

Sysco
Scrum Master Location: Houston, TX, USA

The project FTR establishes a common, scalable platform for Finance and HR that is integrated with current
operational systems. Drive efficiencies for intercompany transactions and increased visibility across the
enterprise. Enable more efficient and effective “engagement” with customers, suppliers and employees through
automation, self -service, and portal capabilities. Refine task placement criteria for all finance activities.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Lead Workday Financials Implementation for Retail, including requirement gathering, integration readiness,
tenant validations.
 Development and management of product backlog
 Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, review, retrospectives, daily stand-ups etc.,)
 Collaborate with the scrum teams and product owner to create sprint backlog, identify dependencies
 Support full life-cycle Financials of Workday, Salesforce, and other technology professionals
 Served as Project Manager for Workday Financial Implementation
 Work with BA team to assign functional test priorities and focus.
 Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project
 Provided Agile Coaching and transition of teams to Kanban for Database and Business Intelligence Teams.
 Facilitate UAT and obtain sign-off by working closely with the business stakeholders.
 Develop Infrastructure Kanban board that meets the foundational and business roadmap.  Setup Kanban
boards that align to the infrastructure portfolio of work for diverse teams, including creating queries, setting
 up filters, creating new Jira projects, creating Jira workflows, and team dashboards to support the work of
the Kanban teams.
 Co-ordinate with multi vendors for the integrations Follow-up on Infra readiness, Third party readiness, test
readiness and Cutover Tasks readiness.
 Worked on SAFe framework with other scrum teams, Attended Scrum of Scrums to coordinate
dependencies across various other scrum teams.
 Communicate with other management, product managers and support on production issues
 Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
 Involved in End-to-End project planning and execution, Defect reporting & triage. Prepare the status report
for project activities and report test results to the concerned stakeholders.

Project: Scan, Bag, Go Nov 2017 to Jun 2018

Kroger
Scrum Master Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA

The project Scan, Bag, Go allows shoppers using a handheld scanner or a mobile app on a customer’s phone to
scan and bag items as they shop. When finished, customers simply download the data to the store’s self-
checkout scanner, pay for the groceries by credit card, cash, or check.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, review, retrospectives, daily stand-ups etc.,)
 Work with Product Owner to assign functional test priorities and focus.
 Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project.
 Communicate with other management, product managers and support on production issues
 Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
 Review and analyze the project requirements.
 Work with infrastructure Service Delivery Managers in designing and executing daily Kanban standups and
weekly Kanban Huddles.
 Perform as the TFS, Rally, VersionOne, and Visual Studio Online Manager including ongoing modification of
issue types and templates to customize for our Development Team’s Scrum approach, and to structure our
tools to fit team processes and scaling Agile into the business standards. Function as Jira Project
Administrator to create and maintain team projects in Jira in support of scrum and Kanban team issue
tracking, metrics tracking and adhering to Compliance. Setup Jira projects for the Scrum teams, create
Scrum boards, issue filter queries, and dashboards to support multiple scrum teams scrumming and
sprinting.
 Get information on the latest releases/ builds from the different teams
 Consolidate and report status to the concerned stakeholders

Project: EPRN May 2016 to Nov 2017

Kroger
Scrum Master Location: Hyderabad, TS, USA

The project involves providing Application development and maintenance services to Kroger.  The said services
include activities required to support, maintain, enhance, and develop/implement new production transactional
and analytical Application Systems. The support for Application Systems includes the application and logical
layers of intra-Application interfaces and databases associated with such Applications in Kroger’s environment.
Kroger Applications include centrally hosted applications and locally installed store applications.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Organizing Sprint Planning/Retrospective meetings/Review/Stand-ups.

 Review and analyze the project requirements.
 Create training materials and provide initial training to new teams embarking on the use of Scrum and
Kanban. 
 Estimate the test effort and team (size, skills, attitude, and schedule).
 Track the new/ updated requirements in the project and modify artefacts accordingly.
 Get information on the latest releases/ builds from the development team/ the client.
 Consolidate and report project status to the concerned stakeholders.

Project: Estee Lauder Nov 2015 to May 2016

Estee Lauder
PMO / Delivery Lead Location: Hyderabad, TS, India

Estee Lauder is a premium range cosmetics and skin care products manufacturer headquartered in New York,
USA. ELC is in process of transforming its IT and infrastructure landscape. The goal of the Estee Lauder Data
Centre Migration program is to support movement of Applications services and infrastructure from the existing
CSC & Non-CSC Data Centres to HCL data centres.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Support App Team (Remediation and Testing Team) with system information (ADD/AID) documents, KT
Management, Stakeholder Reporting, Project Planning, Test Strategy, etc.
 Updating the Status for respective move groups. Prepare Transition Plans and schedule meetings.
 Ensure Knowledge transactions are documented, shared, and signed off.

Project: Country Financial – Project Drive. Jun 2015 – Nov 2015

Country Financial
Project Manager / Delivery Lead Location: Hyderabad, India

ProjectDrive is a program by COUNTRY Financial that aims to establish a new P&C policy administration system
(PAS) called the ‘Adaptik Ecosystem’ that would replace the existing Legacy systems. It encompasses Adaptik
Policy Writer, STG MajescoMastek, CGI Ratabase, DtC, and in-house & external integrating components.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Engage various teams and stakeholders and Prepare Transition Plans and schedule meetings.
 Engage various teams and stakeholders, Prepare Transition Plans, and schedule meetings.
 Ensure all knowledge transitions are documented, shared, and signed off.
 Handled multiple tracks like Functional, Automation, Performance and Production Support.
 Act as the single point of contact between Offshore and Onsite.
 Team Building and Team Ramping, Managing the project with an onsite offshore model. Prepare Test
Completion and Sprint / Test Summary reports at the end of the project

Project: Westpac – Websites Jan 2015 – Apr 2015

Westpac
Scrum Master / Technical Lead Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

The Westpac/St. George Websites provides customers with the ease of using the website to use their various
products and services offered. Westpac continues to enhance their website features to attract more and more
customers to visit the site and avail the service and products that are being provided by it.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Analyzing user stories.

 Involved in preparation of Test Plan, Test cases, execution, defect reporting & tracking.
 Providing estimates for different testing activities.
 Logging and tracking defects in HP Quality Centre.
 Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project. Attend the stand ups.
 Preparing Test Completion reports and Test Summary Reports towards the end of the projects.

Project: Westpac – Project Gateway Apr 2015 – May 2015

Technical Test Lead (Westpac) Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Project Gateway is a project resulting from an agreement between Westpac Group, BT LMI and a third party
(known as “Arrow”) to provide an integrated LMI offering to the Group’s mortgage Lending Channels.
Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) is a premium charged to customers when their loan value ratio (LVR) for a
loan application exceeds certain thresholds. LMI insures the lender against loss resulting from default of the
borrower where sale of the insured security property does not fully clear the outstanding debt – it does not
cover the borrower.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Involved in preparation of Test Cases and Test Data, execution, defect reporting & tracking.
 Creation of overall test plan for the project and lead delivery of testing from onshore.
 Preparing effort estimation, Test execution, Test review and Defect Management.
 Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project.
 Attend the stand ups and regular client call to discuss the weekly status with the client.
 Preparing Test Strategy, Test plan and giving walkthrough to Business for signoff.
 Preparing Test Completion reports and Test Summary Reports towards the end of the projects.
 Risk assessment, and daily test execution reporting to the Client Manager.

Project: Westpac – Bank WoW Nov 2014 – Feb 2015

Scrum Master / Technical Lead (Westpac) Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

The objective of Bank Wow programme is to provide customers the feasibility to open account online in 3 mins
for Westpac/St. George/BSA/BOM brands with the below features:

• E-Verification
• Internet Banking Registered
• E-Statements opted
• Visa Debit card ordered

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Organizing Sprint Planning/Retrospective meetings/Stand-ups.

 Preparing and reviewing Test Conditions and Test Cases, Test Data and Traceability Matrix.
 Providing support to Automation (Selenium) team.
 Work with BA team to assign functional test priorities and focus.
 Logging and tracking defects in HP Quality Center.
 Test execution, Test review and Defect Management.
 Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project.
 Attend the stand ups and Facilitate UAT and obtain sign-off by working closely with the business
stakeholders.
 Preparing Test Completion reports and Test Summary Reports towards the end of the projects.

Project: Westpac – Corporate Online Jan 2012 to May 2015

Scrum Master / Technical Lead (Westpac) Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Westpac Corporate Online is an internet-based electronic platform, providing a single point of entry to a suite of
online transactional services specifically designed for major Australian, New Zealand and international
corporations and government bodies.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Understanding the business requirements and reviewing the Business Requirements.

 Daily stand-up meetings to discuss the updates and work plan.
 Single point of contact between Development, Business and Testers.
 Escalate the issues/blockers to the Iteration Manager on regular basis.
 Test elaboration, Team mentoring, Defect review, Defect triaging with multiple stake holders were done.
Execution of Test Cases and reviews of executed Test Cases.
 Prepare Test Completion and Test Summary reports at the end of the project

Project: Citi Group – DMS May 2008 – Dec 2011

Test Lead (Polaris/Citi) Location: Hyderabad, TS, India

DMS (Document Management System) provides all document management and tracking functionalities which
includes document filing, managing documents, tracking lifecycle of documents, receiving documents via fax,
sending documents via fax/email, and accessing documents. DMS provides secure access to all users via
browser. The easy access to documentation improves overall operational efficiency, as all documentation is
instantly accessible as required. To reduce the amount of paper use and to make searching for files easier,
documents are digitized and sent to the system. Once uploaded, they can be searched by using account
information or by a simple text search. The documents can also be printed, e-mailed, faxed, or simply viewed on
your computer. DMS provides both tracking capabilities and image integration along with extensive reporting
capabilities. With the help of DMS, user can control the document introduction process. Users are also able to
introduce non-standard documents manually through the system

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Analysing requirements.
 Involved in preparation of Test Plan, Test cases, execution, defect reporting & tracking.
 Act as the single point of contact between Development and Testers.
 Ensure the timely delivery of different testing milestones.
 Communicate with the client or on site/ offshore team members, as required.
 Track the new/ updated requirements in the project and modify testing artefacts accordingly.
 Plan, organize and lead team meetings and ensure action is taken based on the team discussions.
 Track and prepare the report of testing activities like test testing results, test case coverage, required
resources, defects discovered and their status, performance baselines etc.
 Worked on different types of testing including Unit, System, Integration, Enterprise, End2End and Web
services (SoapUI and Foundation views) testing, Performance testing, Black box testing, Functional testing,
regression testing etc.,.in STLC.
 Capture and address the issues if any in the Risk Register.
 Ensure Knowledge Transfer, required trainings happen in the team as per the need.
 Determining business scenarios and conditions to be covered as part of testing.

Project: Citi Group – OREAS Feb 2007 - May 2008

Sr Technical Test Analyst (Polaris/Citi) Location: Hyderabad, TS, India
OREAS replaces the manual workflow and approval process. Complete electronic input and approval of all
events in a user-friendly system. Oreas is developed to approve events electronically for any geographic region.
Complete audit trail on all events showing approval and user activity. Risk / Finance will have real time global
overview of both historical and current events. Complete audit trail on all events showing approval, user activity,
and data updates. Automatic e-mail notification to both approvers and pre-designated individuals for events
over pre-defined amounts/thresholds

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Understanding the business requirements and reviewing use cases & wireframes.
 Black Box testing of the application covering smoke test, functional test, and regression test. Preparing,
reviewing, and executing Test Cases and Scenarios.
 Coordinating with the team members and the client/onsite team on status reports, clarifications, MOM etc.
Ensure the timely delivery of different testing milestones.
 Functional and regression test cases creation, review, modification, and execution. Test summary report
preparation
 Offshore QA Lead and interaction with client

Project: GE – Plastics Sep 2006 – Feb 2007

Technical Test Analyst (Polaris/GE) Location: Hyderabad, TS, India

The main aim of this project is to convert the existing MS Access based project to a web-based project using J2EE
architecture. This project will unify different applications inside one portal. All applications will have same look
and feel, and usability interface and access are controlled by SSO validation process.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Analysis of Client requirements and identification of GAPs in the application for Customization.
 Black Box testing of the application covering smoke test, functional test, and regression test.
 Preparing, reviewing, and executing Test Cases and Scenarios.
 Preparation and execution of test cases.
 Review of Test Cases for Functional Testing and output of Execution reports.
 Developed reusable test cases. Performed GUI, Functional, Regression and Integration Testing.