Sankaranand Balaradjou

Sankaranand Balaradjou 134 Aravindar street Pondicherry ■ India 605001■ - ■- Project Manager, Scrum Master (PSM1) for Web, Mobile and Cloud technologies professional scrum master 1 certified | scrum master accredited ● ● ● ● Versatile project manager with 8 + years of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects; degree in information technology. Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains. Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams. SCRUM Certified - Agile project methodology - Able to manage project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets. Skills Summary Project / Product Management Skills Agile Scrum Practitioner Scrum Process Implementation Roadmap and Implementation Planning Product Research, Requirement Use case and product backlog creation Tools and Services Expertise Jira Aha Confluence Trello Tech Platforms and frameworks handled Ruby on Rails Zend, CodeIgniter Framework Angular and WordPress, Drupal React, Node JS and Magento CMS and Sails Cost, Risk and Change Control Quality Management Scheduling, Delivery and Task Management Executive and Team reports, Team velocity analysis and feedback Redmine Basecamp Git, SVN Survey Monkey Native Android & iOS React Native and Other Hybrid Apps (Cordova) Hands on Experience Dockers Linux Shell commands and library / service customization of Apache, Nginx & Elastic Search, Aws EC2, S3, Route 53 & RDS, CPanel & Plex MySQL, Maria dB & Mongo dB, PHP Wordpress CSS Customisation Career Progression ● ● ● ● ● ● ● GaggleAMP (Boston, USA), PROJECT MANAGER, Nov 2017 to Present. Manureva Digital Solutions India Pvt. Ltd (Pondicherry), SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, August 2017 to Oct 2017. ADAPPT Limited (UK and Pondicherry), HEAD of PROJECTS, August 2016 to June 2017. IHORSE TECHNOLOGIES (Pondicherry), PROJECT MANAGER, June 2014 to July 2016. IAPPS Pte Ltd (Contract, Singapore), PROJECT MANAGER, January 2014 to March 2014 INNERGY SERVICES (Pondicherry), TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER, July 2011 to January 2014 Hangar 17 ICT (Pondicherry), WEB DEVELOPER, June 2010 to June 2011 Skills and Qualities ● ● ● Grew up though the technical ranks and took place as a project manager though wit, skill, and the ability to communicate clearly to non-technical audiences by combining the conflicting roles of technical manager, communicator, and quality assurance analyst. Assess technical risks, assist with technical problem solving, and cut through the layers of bull-feathers surrounding any given technical project to determine what is really going on Defined processes and tools best suited to each requirement. Estimating project time-lines to within hours of actual work to make accurate guesstimates based on years of technical experience. Projects and Roles GaggleAMP Inc | Organizational Role 1. 2. 3. 4. Remote Project Manager Scrum Process Implementation Planning and Delivery Management (Turning Roadmaps to Deliverables) Facilitate and lead Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Standup & Review) 5. Jira Management and Upkeeping 6. Performing Story Reviews from Product Manager Prespective. 7. Call out development process success and failures. GaggleAMP Inc | Projects and Roles Project Platform Project Role / Link to Project GA 2.0 Ruby on Rails GaggleAMP is a product company, so all the roles performed above are in relation to the products. Adappt Limited | Organizational Role 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Head of Delivery and Projects Preparation of RFP and SOWs Agile Scrum Process Implementation for Projects and Teams Scrum Master End to End delivery of projects including facilitating events for Product Backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Retrospective. 6. Generation of Monthly Reports for Project Metrics like burndown, actual versus planned story points, Project Closures etc 7. Agile Coaching Adappt Limited | Projects and Roles Project Platform Project Role / Link to Project GOARN (World Health Org) Drupal + AngularJS Product Owner & Scrum Master https://extranet.who.int/goarn/ Newsdesk (LexisNexis) IOS & Android Native Project Manager https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lexisnexisnewsdesk/id-?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk .co.adappt.adapptlabs.moreover&hl=en Curation (Curation Corp) IOS & Android Project Manager https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/curation/id-?mt=8 GINA (World Health Org) Drupal Product Owner & Project Manager https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/en/home Hub.ai (Not released yet) IOS & Android Native Project Manager http://thehub.ai/ iHorse Technologies | Organizational Role-. Project Estimation and Planning Costing and Status Report Project Governance Issue / Roadblock Escalation Change Management, Sprint Planning, Supervise end to end activities of Project. Manage Project Stakeholders and accountability of Product Owner. Defining and implementing process for Agile Methodology and Project Management. iHorse Technologies | Projects and Roles Project Platform Project Role / Link to Project Quo Vadis Cal Native IOS Product Owner & Project Manager http://quovadiscal.com/en/ SDV (Bolloré Logistics) IOS & Android Native Project Manager https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/sdv/id- ?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co m.sdv&hl=en POC Care Hybrid (Cordova) Project Manager https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/poccare/id-?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co m.healthenablr.poccare&hl=en POC Clinic Hybrid (Cordova) Project Manager https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocclinic/id-?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co m.healthenablr.pocclinic&hl=en Les Echos Windows Phone Project Manager https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/store/p/lesechos/9wzdncrdmn7m doopaadoo IOS & Android Native Product Owner & Project Manager https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/doopaadoo/id-?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co m.ipaadal.doopaadoo Go to Cab IOS & Android Native Project Manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co m.ipaadal.doopaadoo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=or g.clickdriver.com&hl=fr Pour Bien Vieillir Drupal Project Manager http://www.pourbienvieillir.fr/ iApps Pte Limited | Organizational Role 1. Project Team Leader 2. Design User and Functional Requirement Specs 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Sign-off Requirements with Clients Product Development and Proposal Responsible for Resource Allocation and Client Communication Escalate Client Issues Supervise and Coordinate Team Activities Conduct Regular Status Meeting iApps Pte Limited | Projects and Roles Project Platform Project Role / Link to Project ActiveSG IOS & Android Native Product Owner & Project Manager https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/activesg/id-?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co m.iapps.ssc&hl=en Innergy Services Private Limited | Organizational Role-. Develop Project Plans Manage Project Team Resource Analysis Legitimize Project Goals and Objectives Responsible for Communication including Status Report Risk Management Escalation of Issues Supervise and Coordinate all end to end activities of the project. Innergy Services Private Limited | Projects and Roles Project Platform Project Role / Link to Project Realtransac Zend Framework Product Owner & Project Manager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpvGtNgU58 8 Credentials Education Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology, (CGPA: 7.8), Pondicherry University (Pondicherry), 2006 – 2010 Personal Passport number: G-, Z- Visa: USA B1/B2 valid till 2022 Father Name: Balaradjou A Date of Birth: 3rd December 1987 Gender: Male Nationality: Indian Languages: English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and French Marital Status: Married Honors, Membership and Certifications ● PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER I – Scrum.org ● Scrum Master Accredited – International Scrum Institute (No:-) ● Technical Presentation in Various Colleges, Represented as Chief Guest ● My Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/smartshanz ● Barcamp Logo Design Award at Paypal 2010 ● Strategic Intelligence – United Nations Public Administration Network ● Member no:- (International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology) External Reference Linkedin https://in.linkedin.com/in/sankaranand Facebook https://facebook.com/sankaranand Twitter https://twitter.com/sankaranand Personal Blog https://www.sankaranand.com