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Venkata Mutharaju - Sr Scrum Master

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Location: Austin, Texas, USA

Relocation: Yes

Visa: H1b

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Certified Scrum Master with over 15+ years of IT experience. 10+ years of experience in Agile project management and leading cross-functional, distributed teams (30 50 members). 5 years of experience in full-stack development using Microsoft and open-source technologies. Industry exposure across healthcare, clinical research, banking, and data center infrastructure. Strong practitioner of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile transformation initiatives. Adept at facilitating Scrum ceremonies, PI Planning, and driving Agile best practices. Proven expertise in stakeholder alignment, product lifecycle management, and business goal mapping. Skilled in end-to-end delivery management across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Passionate servant leader with a people-first mindset, focusing on team empowerment and growth. Effective communicator with the ability to influence, coach, and align stakeholders and teams. Successfully led agile transformations, improving velocity, collaboration, and team maturity. Transitioned from a technical developer to agile leadership, combining both strategic and hands-on capabilities. Served as Scrum Master on multiple agile initiatives. Supervised software teams through release planning and execution, ensuring alignment with deadlines and resource availability. Extensive experience in Azure DevOps, JIRA, and dashboard customization for tracking key agile metrics. Facilitated gap analysis, business process modeling, and redesign, contributing to continuous product and process improvement. Demonstrated ability to train Product Owners in backlog management and coach agile teams on story estimation and velocity tracking. Proficient in breaking Epics into INVEST user stories and SMART tasks to ensure delivery alignment and story clarity. Collaborated with cross-functional teams (UX, Development, DevOps, IAM, QA, and Documentation) and external vendors to drive delivery and manage technical dependencies. Keywords: quality analyst user experience information technology