Nawab Singh Dhaliwal Email & Phone Number

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Etobicoke

Project: Served as a Scrum Master for multiple teams made up of developers, quality analyst and product owner and DBA. Project scope was to develop in-house shipping application in which I facilitated team estimating user stories using agile games such as planning poker and supported the product backlog grooming process to ensure that it was always groomed and ready for team consumption during sprint planning. Also managed other teams involved in migrating all the existing shipping data for… Show more Project: Served as a Scrum Master for multiple teams made up of developers, quality analyst and product owner and DBA. Project scope was to develop in-house shipping application in which I facilitated team estimating user stories using agile games such as planning poker and supported the product backlog grooming process to ensure that it was always groomed and ready for team consumption during sprint planning. Also managed other teams involved in migrating all the existing shipping data for clients from various old systems to newly developed system during my five years service at TForce.• Removed impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment and unblock team member.• Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint release progress to all stakeholders.• Effectively managed sprint review feedback and ensure the prioritization of same in backlog grooming sessions.• Managed all different shipping software’s based on FoxPro and ASP.NET• Performed release management and upgradation for the existing shipping software’s• Create and run SQL reports for operations and finance department• Create and run Unix shell scripting to transfer data from shipping applications to the server• Defined and introduced Agile Scrum process to team.• Suggested useful backlog prioritization techniques to the product owner and guided through implementation of them. • Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, leading by example.• Prevented distractions by identifying and removing impediments.• Introduced and Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies – Product Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning meetings, Sprint review/demo, Retrospective meetings. • Shared ‘Definition of Ready’ for items to commit in sprint and ‘DOD- Definition of Done’ for committed items. Show less

Ontario, Canada

• Worked closely with Project Managers, Development teams and Management teams on all stages of system development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.• Tracked and communicated effectively burnup and burndown charts using Rally.• Conducted Daily Scrum meetings and facilitated team to work on their deliverables.• Developed dynamic and informative messages using interactive communications tools such as blogs, forums, wikis, video/audio casts, and other… Show more • Worked closely with Project Managers, Development teams and Management teams on all stages of system development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.• Tracked and communicated effectively burnup and burndown charts using Rally.• Conducted Daily Scrum meetings and facilitated team to work on their deliverables.• Developed dynamic and informative messages using interactive communications tools such as blogs, forums, wikis, video/audio casts, and other electronic communication channel• Worked on internal team websites and department intranet site, including updating, planning and developing effective content and design• Update the coding for team’s milestone dashboard and slide automation project• Conducted triage meetings, retrospective meetings and Program meeting for different teams.• Generated reports for key stakeholders to keep them informed on project progress status.• Introduced key process changes to motivate team and make them participate more proactively in project planning and requirement brainstorming sessions. Show less

Project: Responsible for student data migration and providing support for new CRM system and maintaining inventory control system for hardware/software. • Gathered data from old sources and format it for migration to new CRM system.• Provided efficient customer service to college community (students, faculty and staff)• Supervised and administered all departmental server environments (physical and virtual), including installation, configurations, maintenance, troubleshooting and… Show more Project: Responsible for student data migration and providing support for new CRM system and maintaining inventory control system for hardware/software. • Gathered data from old sources and format it for migration to new CRM system.• Provided efficient customer service to college community (students, faculty and staff)• Supervised and administered all departmental server environments (physical and virtual), including installation, configurations, maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs in migration process;• Performed detailed research analysis, recommended and implemented appropriate hardware and software configurations for the School’s information technology infrastructure. Show less

Project: Worked on implementation of CIBC’s new Creditor insurance application and data migration from old system to new tool. • Conducted requirement elicitation meetings using different techniques like interviewing SME’s, brainstorm sessions etc. with key stakeholders in collaboration with Product Owner.• Performed analysis and developed use cases, process flow charts including activity and… Show more Project: Worked on implementation of CIBC’s new Creditor insurance application and data migration from old system to new tool. • Conducted requirement elicitation meetings using different techniques like interviewing SME’s, brainstorm sessions etc. with key stakeholders in collaboration with Product Owner.• Performed analysis and developed use cases, process flow charts including activity and sequence diagrams.• Facilitated review meetings with core team to ensure project was implemented within business need and generated reports using Rally to share the progress with management.• Prepared UAT documentation including test plans, test cases and prepared defect reports and conducted defect review meetings.• Created workflow diagrams on Visio and PowerPoint, and documented actual flow narratives in Word• Member of the Co-op Social Committee Show less

Computer System Technology (Software Development And Network Eng.), Computer Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: peer mentor, library page, president of the Dance club, Residence Service Advisor PROG 39402 Adv. Mobile App.

High School, Physics, Maths, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: School Captain