Anchit Sood Email & Phone Number

Delhi, India

 Accountable for setting up processes for vendor governance, managing deliverables (new enhancements requests, production defect fixes, etc.) and ensuring timely completion of development and testing activities across different environments/instances within stipulated timelines.  Lead the Agile maturity initiative across entire department within organization encompassing all development teams. Reviewed final cost & effort estimates based on efforts required for development/programming, testing & deployment to implement business requirements per shared technical design documents, flow charts, data mapping sheets and other process and requirement documentation.  Created governance models & processes for vendor, maintained vendor contract(s), license renewals, contract renewals (Data Protection and Non-disclosure agreements) & cost/effort negotiations related to application development and support with vendor and SAP. Accountable for the development of new features, change and service requests, defect fixes and production support, with end users from the entire organization, for the SuccessFactors application, an SAP-based HRMS (Human Resource Management System) product.  Involved in analyzing project, planning identified deliverables, providing consultations, capturing accurate details from business stakeholders and refining them with the development team(s) as discussed in requirement-gathering sessions.  Maintenance & Management of processes, creating SOPs, BRDs , and technical design documents like process diagrams, AS-IS and To-Be processes, flowcharts, interface design diagrams, solution documents and database architecture-based design & data mapping sheets.  Reviewed and interpreted business requirement documents, solution approaches and technical design documents like process flows and flowcharts with team(s) and stakeholders. Use tools like SupportHub & TFS for software development lifecycle management, code management & tracking deliverables.

Domain: US Claims Processing and HealthcareTechnologies: .NET Full Stack Development; Azure ; RPA automation using UiPathTechnical Project Manager/ Scrum Lead Experience: Lead more than 12 projects and multiple Agile Scrum teams for applications across multiple Lines of Business (LOBs) and various Technical stacks including .net based full stack development, Azure & RPA for bot automations. As delivery manager/lead, I worked closely with teams to ensure deliverables are implemented within stipulated timelines & code/product quality is maintained. Managed projects with top-down oversight throughout entire execution to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline. Developed comprehensive project plans that merged customer requirements with company goals and coordinated with various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation. Understood and shared Project vision and objectives from user point of view. Responsible for implementation of Scrum principles and relentless refinement to improve the performance of the team. Lead various required meetings like Team calls, Scrum Demos/Calls, Release Management, GO/NO-GO Meetings, etc. to ensure smooth delivery of Capabilities and Features. Collaborated with Product Owner and business stakeholders to manage backlog and establish Roadmap and Release Planning. Ensure the teams have enough work by collaborating with Product Owner (at least 2 sprints worth) Coach, Guide, Train & mentor team members educate on Agile values and principles Shared and learnt best practices from other Scrum Masters, participate in community of Practices Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career Change Agent and helped teams in transitioning through the change effectively Coach teams towards the importance of DevOps, CI/CD, Automation and other practices to facilitate faster and quality delivery.

Domain: Infrastructure* Business Idea : Proposed and Implemented Bright/Business Idea on Windows 10 Schedule Failure Error handling that helped all users/employees across UHG & helped yield cost savings of $7.2 million (USD). {BrightIdea Id: 156018} . These savings were officially logged in the organization's finance books & closed as Implemented with aforementioned cost savings of 7.2 MIllion Dollars (USD).Work Domain/ Vertical : Healthcare & Government Programs (USA)* Lead problem ticket management process & incident ticket management process for critical LOBs under the CIO of Optum/UnitedHealth Group (Paul Weymouth). LOBs: Medicare & Retirement (M&R) , Community & State (C&S), Individual Family Plan (IFP) and Optum Global Advantage (OGA)* Developed Tableau reports for leadership per various Operational Excellence Reports and Dashboards.* Served as App Champion & Lead various applications on implementation & adherence to 5-9s program (Called 5-9s as aim was to achieve 99.999% Availability applications)* Managed more than 200 applications on healthcare domain for M&R (Medicare & Retirement), C&S (Community & State) & other government programs, all of which are critical to UHG & other business functions/segments.Roles & Responsibilities AS Technical Project Lead/Manager:• Servant-leader for Team.• Educate Values & Practices of Scrum to Product Owner & Dev Team• Ensuring goals, scope, and product domain are understood by all on Scrum Team.• Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management, helping Scrum Team understand the need for clear & concise Product Backlog items.• Working with Product Owner on Product Backlog management to maximize value.• Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.• Helping Team to create high-value products.• Removing impediments to Development Team’s progress.• Also taking responsibility for estimating, planning, and managing tasks and reporting on progress.

Work Domain/Vertical: Infrastructure* Served as the Lead Developer for the team and also as a Team Lead for my offshore team of Developers and Analyst(s) and closely worked (on a daily basis) with various onshore and offshore leaders ,stakeholders and team members on various implementations.* Lead team of Developers and Analyst to create a self-service application (AppStore) to cater to all UHG users for all software installation requests (along with blue chip initiatives like Windows 10 OS upgrade) across the organization & new acquired entities.* Business Idea: Proposed and implemented an idea where I Identified a gap in installation process for 121 Apps in Appstore, came up with a solution and implemented a fix for the problem statement, which resulted into a manual efforts saving for 121 App Owners, IT Teams, BSLs and AppStore team who have been part of Appstore request life cycle process. It also avoided incidents influx for the same and resulted into a huge savings $847992.00 (USD) for the year 2020. This Bright Idea was officially logged in the organization portal and finance books and closed as Implemented with aforementioned cost savings.* Part of the Technical Panel of UHG and conducted several technical interviews for the organization in recruiting the right technical talent.* Completed various internal technical certifications in .NET & Agile based certifications in line with the various Agile Models like Scrum, Kanban, XP etc.

Work Domain/Vertical: Infrastructure* Created and Managed end-to-end applications (Full Stack - Frontend , Backend, Database and Business Intelligence- SSIS/SSRS) built on various Microsoft Technologies (including frameworks like MVC, ASP, Web APIs, etc.)*Created end-to-end products and RSOs (Requestable Service Offerings) from scratch on ServiceCatalog Tool (a tool built using Microsoft Technologies) with front-end created on iRequest and backend workflow created via iDeliver platforms.

Company Profile : Infosys. a service-based organization, is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. It is India's Second largest (2nd) IT organization that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services all across the globe. The company is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Contribution/ Job Responsibilities:Client 1- NordStrom (USA)Domain/Vertical : E-Commerce (USA)• Developed and maintained e-commerce web solutions and services for a US e-commerce client (Fortune 500) - Nordstrom Inc. using C#.Net, SQL Server and web development tools• Administered project tasks and coordinated with distributed development teams in US and IndiaClient 2 - Nationwide Building Society/Bank (United Kingdom)Domain/Vertical: Banking / Banking Society (UK- United Kingdom)• Worked on application development and creating ETL feed for a bank client that was the largest building society of United Kingdom (UK) - Nationwide Building SocietyOther Contributions-• Completed Infosys Training with specialization in dot net track (with an overall score of 4.4/5 or 88% for the entire training) . The training also included various modules/concepts like Object Oriented Programming , RDBMS and Software Engineering.• Completed Harvard Certifications as part of a Tie-Up of Infosys with Harvard for Various Courses

* Completed the Infosys training on various programming modules/tracks. The training was divided into two tracks: Generic Track and Stream Specific Track. * Some of the modules covered in the Generic track were: Programming Basics, Database Management Systems and Software Engineering.* The Stream Specific training was completed on the .NET Track (Microsoft Technologies).* Overall CGPA Score (at the end of the 6 months training) : 4.6/5

New Delhi Area, India

- Worked as a Freelancer (while pursuing full-time engineering education) to gain real-time industry experience in various gigs and worked with various agencies and organizations (like CII - Confederation of Indian Industry , ManPro, Fountain Head, DNA Networks,etc.) and gained experience of Recruiting team members and managing different teams for various roles & departments (Organizing/Marketing/Execution/Sponsorship), Event planning and Management, Idea executions , Event promotions and marketing activities for various types of events.-Different types of Events organized/conducted - * Organizing Business Planning Competitions (Eureka by IIM Indore and IIT Bombay) and workshops, Recruiting my team members for different departments(Organizing / Marketing / Execution/ Sponsorship), Conducting Marketing Campaign across various colleges and successfully executing and liaising with the team. * MTV Roadies CREW Member ( a very popular Youth Show) * Auto Expo 2012, 2014 and 2016 - Worked in various roles from Hall Director to Logistics In-charge with responsibilities like Event Planning, execution of planned activities and creation of media management * Worked as a free-lancer with Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII) in the Auto-Expo 2012 and looked into matters regarding the hall management and allocation of spaces on the basis of various parameters to brands like Audi, Honda, Yamaha. Another aspect to look after was the logistics and the media management venues along with the media personnel. Finally , the allocation of carts or vehicles for the media services and travel within the campus and people to be deployed at the gates for the gate management was also on my shoulders for the event Auto-Expo 2012.

New Delhi Area, India

Worked as a free-lancer with Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII) in the Auto-Expo 2012 and looked into matters regarding the hall management and allocation of spaces on the basis of various parameters to brands like Audi, Honda, Yamaha. Another aspect to look after was the logistics and the media management venues along with the media personnel. Finally , the allocation of carts or vehicles for the media services and travel within the campus and people to be deployed at the gates for the gate management was also on my shoulders for the event Auto-Expo 2012.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), First Division

1. Secured FIRST Division/Grade, across all four years of education, in Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), 2012 2. Published 'OCR based.

Emerging Leaders Program, Organizational Leadership

Activities and Societies: Emerging Leaders is a selective program from UHG that supports high-potential, high-performing individuals.

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

School, 90.4%

- All India Rank 6 in UN Olympiad; - 90%+ and 85% (approx.) in All INDIA CBSE Boards Exams in class 10th and 12th respectively ( conducted.