VINODH PERURI(VIN)

SPC | A-CSM | PSM II | ICP-ACC | PSPO | PRINCE 2 | SAFe Agilist |LSS Green Belt
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/vinodh-kumar-peruri

P R OF IL E S U MMA RY

 A passionate Scrum Master/Agile Transformation Coach with work experience of 10+ years in Agile, Scrum
and Kanban Frameworks and worked with leading organizations like Tesco, Cerner Healthcare, PlusES
(Ausgrid), Ausgrid NSW, Telstra, Ericsson USA, Wipro, Infosys Ltd and Tata Group.
 Successfully drove 5 Agile Transformation Projects (300+ associates) across the globe and skilled in
transforming the projects from waterfall model to Agile scrum framework and achieve efficient & quicker
deliverables.
 Successfully achieved Scaled Agile transformation from waterfall at PLUS ES Ltd & Dunnhumby Ltd where I
significantly contributed to develop the framework for sprint cadence, program increment cadence, JIRA
workflow setup & administration, release planning (Program Increment) and Agile good to great
transformation.
 Successfully drove strategy workshops for generating OKRs to align them with the feature teams across
Telstra, Plus ES and Cerner Healthcare projects.
 Performed various roles such as Iteration Manager, Agile Transformation Coach, Lead Agile CoE, Senior
Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Team Manager, Scrum of Scrum Master, Agile Project Manager and Product
Owner
 Worked on projects spread across industry verticals such as Retail, Healthcare, Data Science, Salesforce,
Finance, Secure Data Management systems space, Application Development in Telecommunications, Digital
solutions, AWS Migration/Cloud virtualization, Federal Government Projects, Firmware and Mobile
Applications.
 Conceptualized and created the 30-point Agile Maturity Radar & 20-point Remote Work Maturity Radar to be
used across the Program for capturing the Agile Maturity level and make short- and long-term action items
 Expertized in bringing DevOps, Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment practices into teams in a
short span by lean practices
 Strong skills in preparing required Agile dashboards & reports and presentations to the senior leadership team
 Improved the sustenance process of handling Incidents as part of Lean Green Belt CI Project and achieved
40% reduction in Incidents answering Turnaround Time which is regarded by management as the biggest
achievement for the project in this year.
 Achieved significant reduction in the gap between Lead time and Cycle team (25% reduction in Mhrs) by
automating the collection of Fault data which was regarded as a Best Practice of the Year and is followed
across the value stream teams.

C E RT IF IC AT ION S A N D A CH IEV E MEN T S

 SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certified by Scaled Agile Institute to drive Agile Transformation operations
across Org @ Scale and qualified to train Teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Leadership
 Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) certified by Scrum.org for exhibiting advanced knowledge and
abilities pertaining to Scrum
 Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Advanced CSM (A-CSM) and actively involved in define/redefining
Metrics and challenging existing behavior
 Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC) by ICAgile and coached Scrum Masters and team members in the program
to be certified in Scrum (CSM) and Development (CSD)
 Certified in SAFe Agilist and introduced ART process in I&V team for Continuous Deployment
 Certified Prince2 Practitioner and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified by Exemplar Global
 Certified in ITIL process for supporting the Maintenance projects
 Submitted white papers in IEEE PEDES and NIT, Calicut Journals as part of R&D project.

C AR EE R S U MMA RY

Scrum Master & Agile Coach,

Client – Dunnhumby Ltd, Melbourne | 06/2021 – Till Date
Agile Transformation Coach/Agile Coach
Client – Carrier Global Ltd | 02/2020 – 05/2021
Senior Scrum Master/Agile Transformation Lead,
 Client – Cerner Ltd | 02/2020 – 02/2021
Scrum Master/Agile Transformation coach, PlusES/Ausgrid Ltd, Australia
Client – PlusES Ltd, Sydney | 06/2018 – 12/2019
Senior Scrum Master, Infosys Ltd, Australia
Client – Telstra Ltd, Sydney | 07/2017 – 06/2018
Scrum Master/Coach, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Client – Ericsson Italy | 10/2010 - 06/2017
Scrum Master and Product Owner, Wipro Technologies Ltd
Client – Ericsson, USA | 07/2006 - 10/2010

E D U CA TI ON

 Master’s Degree in Technology (M.Tech), in Power Electronics with Honors from Amrita University
 Bachelor’s Degree in Technology (B.Tech) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, with Honors from
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

K E Y S KI L LS

 Agile Coaching  Critical Thinking  ServiceNow

 Agile Transformation  JIRA and Confluence  JIRA Agile workflow
 Scrum Master  Conflict resolution design
 SAFe transformation  User Story Writing  Scrumban
 Kanban framework  Relative Estimation  Requirement Analysis
 Team Leadership  Emotional Maturity  Salesforce

P RO F ES S I ON A L W O RK H I ST O RY

Project: Agile Transformation in Retail Domain June 2021 – Till Date

| Scrum Master & Agile Coach|

Client : Dunnhumby Ltd.

Agile Methodology : Scaled Agile, Scrum, Extreme Programming & Kanban

Functional Details:
As part of this engagement, there are two Agile Programs are started with 100+ associates each in Retail
Data science space. The scope of the role is to start Agile practices from waterfall approach and drive to make 20+
teams matured and deliver outcome in quick turnaround time and best in quality using Lean, Agile and DevOps
practices.

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Facilitate scrum teams in sprint and program increment activities which involve: Sprint backlog grooming,
sprint planning, Review and Retrospectives, Release plan grooming at feature level, Scrum of Scrum meeting
at program level and Mid sprint reviews
 Ensure transparency at the team and program level using the velocity, burndown/up reports, Commulative
flow report, defect density, backlog health metrics and value focused metrics
 Enable the teams to adopt DevOps and CI/CD tools to align with the organization DevOps goals and increase
the team’s velocity by 35% and reduce time to market by 50%
 Drove strategy workshops for generating OKRs to align them with feature teams
 Facilitate Scrum Practices through COPs across scrum teams.
 Facilitate in resolving inter team dependencies/external dependencies
 Train and coach the Product Owners & Scrum Masters and develop the training materials for the teams.
 Develop the roadmap for all teams to evolve toward predictive velocities and on improving team dynamics &
performance
 Develop 30-point Agile Maturity radar and measured Agile maturity quarterly and come up with an action plan
with immediate focus areas and long-term focus areas.
 Empower scrum teams by guiding and educating them on how to sort through cross-team dependencies,
inter-team coordination, and program level roadmap discussions with business and internal IT stakeholders
 Brought Dual Track Agile development practices by having Discovery Track and Development track going in
parallel and facilitating PI planning for both tracks.
Key Achievements:
 Trained 20+ associates with PSM1 training and 100+ with Scrum and Agile trainings
  Drove workshops/Brainstorming sessions for Pre and Post Program Increment Planning.
 Acted as Transformation Lead to improving team’s velocity by avoiding practices of the waterfall and
facilitated in improving Showcases & Retrospective ceremonies.
 Drove Agile Good to Great Strategy workshops, Community of Practices for championing Agile practices.
 Champion cultural change in program and collaborate with other Coaches for accelerating and advancing
organization's transformation.

Project: Enterprise Agile Transformation for Carrier Global Feb 2021 – Jun 2021
| Agile Transformation Lead| Agile Coach|

Client : Carrier Global Ltd.

Domain : Agile Transformation across Organization
Agile Methodology : Scaled Agile, Scrum, Extreme Programming & Kanban

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Train and coach the Product Owners & Scrum Masters and developed the training materials for the
teams.
 Coach Product Owner/Business stakeholders on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and on how to align
features/stories with vision.
 Facilitate SAFe transformation program of 10 teams across four Business Units.
 Facilitate strategies & coach scrum teams in sprint and program increment activities which involve:
o Facilitate Scrum Practices through COPs across scrum teams.
o Empower scrum teams by guiding and educating them on how to sort through cross-team
dependencies, inter-team coordination, and program level roadmap discussions with business
and internal IT stakeholders
Key Achievements:
 Started Mid Sprint Review Practice and new format for showcases after workshops with Business/stake
holders.
 Facilitated ATDD practices in teams and ensured to have Definition of Done.
 Facilitate scrum of scrum for program of 8 teams working in SAFe Agile framework and facilitate in
resolving inter team dependencies/external dependencies.
 Drove workshops/Brainstorming sessions for Pre and Post Program Increment Planning.

Project: Enterprise Security for Healthcare Feb 2020 – Feb 2021

| Senior Scrum Master | Agile Coach|

Client : Cerner Ltd.

Domain : Agile Transformation in Security domain
Agile Methodology : Scrum, Extreme Programming & Kanban

Functional Details:
Enterprise Security is focused on implementing cyber security and automation for all development activities
related to Cerner Healthcare projects. Enterprise Security is committed to deliver data analytics tools for Security
Awareness Phishing tool, High Risk/Priority Issues Identification analytic applications in Power BI.

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Facilitate SAFe transformation program in Scrum and Kanban Agile framework across Security Business Unit
at Cerner.
 Facilitate Release plan grooming feature level, Scrum of Scrum meeting at program level.
 Facilitate Scrum Practices through COPs across scrum teams.
 Develop roadmaps for all teams to evolve toward predictive velocities and on improving team dynamics &
performance.
 Empower scrum teams by guiding and educating them on how to sort through cross-team dependencies,
inter-team coordination, and program level roadmap discussions with business and internal IT stakeholders.
 Train and coach the Product Owners & Scrum Masters and developed the training materials for teams.
 Coach Product Owner/Business stakeholders on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and on how to align
features/stories with vision.

Project: PlusES Agile Transformation June 2018 – Dec 2019

Senior Scrum Master| Agile Transformation Lead

Functional Details:
 PlusES Agile Transformation is focused on implementing SAFe Agile framework for the development activities
related to Implementation of Job Management System on Salesforce, Digitalization of the PlusES Financial operations
& payments.

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Coach and Facilitate strategies to scrum teams in sprint and program increment activities.
 Leverage scrum events and metrics to increase visibility and transparency at the program level.
 Coordinate inter-team collaboration activities and take complete accountability of dependency management,
risk and issues management.
 Facilitated Scrum Practices through COPs across the feature teams in Metering and Infrastructure space.
 Discovery Track and Development track going in parallel and facilitating PI planning for both the tracks.
 Trained and coached the Product Owners & Scrum Masters and developed the training materials for the
teams.

Project: NBN One Touch Digital Transformation @ Telstra Jul 2017 – May 2018
| Senior Scrum Master | Scrum Coach|

Functional Details:
NBN One Step Transformation is a digitalization project for seamless migration of existing customer to advanced NBN
platform without any manual intervention and provides full interface for customer interface, payments via web and
mobile payments and perform Salesforce integration. For the second team, we are focused on AWS migration of our
Front-end APIs and Micro-services from the existing online Cloud Platform

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Facilitate two teams of size 9 each as Scrum Master.
 Interacting with Business Team (Technical and Domain) for requirements and business needs.
 Driving the Program Increment workshops/meeting with business to ensure we have right prioritized backlog.
 Track iteration progress (day-to-day work), report obstacles, and to make sure iterations commitment will be
fulfilled by point out bottlenecks in the delivery process.
 Supporting the Release Train Engineer in conducting Scrum of scrum Meeting for a Program of size 110
members and generating reports required for capacity planning and reports for Program Increment planning.
 Facilitate scrum ceremonies (Grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups).
 Educate and reinforce scrum framework to team members and key stakeholders.
 Empower teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.
 Coached new Scrum Masters and trained global teams which resulted in having common understanding and
practices when required and resulted in early delivery of project.
Key Achievements:
 Facilitated and successfully employed Continuous Deployment after being successful in achieving Continuous
Integration for a program of more than 100 associates with 7 Feature Teams.
 Apart from being Scrum Master for two SAFe Agile Teams, acted as Agile Coach in improving the team’s
velocity by avoiding practices of waterfall and facilitated in improving the Retrospective ceremonies.
 Started Pair programming and Test-Driven Development practices in the team in order to make new team
members competent at the earliest and improve the velocity.

Project: ACS Secure Data Management Design @ Ericsson April 2014 – May 2017
| Lead Scrum Master |

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Lead the scrum teams as Scrum of Scrum Master for this Upgradation of Legacy Product (Monolithic
architecture) to achieve High availability and modularity in design.
 Facilitate two teams as Scrum Master and coach/mentor the team when needed
 Lead the Discovery/Evolve Backlog meetings along with the SMEs/Architects in preparing the Release
Backlog.
 Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality
 Interacting with Business Team for requirements and business needs
 Facilitate scrum of scrum for the different teams working on this System area twice a week
 Led team with no dedicated QA resource to incorporate Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD),
leading to increased quality and reduction in production defects
Key Achievements:
 Improved the Sustenance process of handling Incidents and achieved 40% reduction in Incidents answering
Turnaround Time which is regarded by management as the biggest achievement for the project in this year.
  Significantly improved the response time of support team by 40% using automation in the Data Collection
Guideline required for gathering the required information for analysis
 Significantly contributed in automation of the System Integration and Volume testing process to reduce the
manual build procedure and achieve Continuous Integration of the sprint deliverables.
 Played a vital role in introduction of Release Train for the program and acted as Release Train Engineer to
drive the scrum of scrum meetings and the Program Increment planning.

 P R EV I OU S E X PER IEN C E

Project: APZ Market Customization & AXE-IO Program Nov 2010 to Mar 2014
|Scrum Master|Team Manager|

Development of IP Firmware module Jan 2008 to Oct 2010

|Scrum Master| Product Owner|