✅ SNAPSHOT: I joined this U.S.-based, managed IT-services group to support clients as a Sr. Scrum Master and SAFe Coach helping them with sensemaking and to be agile✅ LEADERSHIP SCOPE: Servant leader supporting global, multi-vendor Agile development teams iteratively and predictably deliver software productsCoach Management and Associates, navigate conflicts, transitions and transformationsDirect, support, teach and mentor Agile custom framework installs as needed ✅ PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:🔹 Train and mentor teams, executives, managers on SAFe and Agile values, principles, transforming into having an agile mindset, conflict resolution, 🔹 Establishing transparency, safety, accountablity and cultivating an environment of innovation and high performance🔹 Mentor and coach Product Owners to create product delivery roadmaps and establish procedures to track and report progression to the enterprise🔹 Standup non-co-located development teams, delivery of complicated sofware product platforms✅ SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:👉 Improved transparency on the iteration progress, systemic impediments, and blocks enabling the team to retrospect – achieved over 90% PI predictability 👉 Coached Product Owners and stakeholders on vertical slicing to support early demonstration of working products – expediting the releases any where from bi annual to bi monthly intervals✅ WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME:👉 “Pratap impressed me with his willingness to push the envelope and come out of his comfort zone.”👉 “He led the team well with the usual complexities of onsite and offshore components and built a good rapport with the client.”👉 “Pratap inspires and motivates his team.”👉 “He keeps himself cool when the world is exploding around him.”

✅ SNAPSHOT: I was recruited by the Director of Vehicle Information Network to join the Vehicle Database Program team to deliver scalable, commercial SaaS Vehicle Data product to the automobile insurance industry and automobile repair facilities ✅ LEADERSHIP SCOPE: Led an 8-member software engineering team and 10-member operations team to deliver features to drive value, understand architecture requirements, secure cross-functional resources, develop contingency plans, and communicate delivery against project management timelines using Agile Scrum and iterative methodologies ✅ PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:🔹 Coached senior team members in adopting an Agile mindset and resolved conflict between multi-teams to build a single cohesive team working towards a common goal🔹 Streamlined the CI/CD process and release management 🔹 Triggered and facilitated discussions around upgrading the Vehicle Build Sheet Data product which expanded product usage to include manufacturers and realize expanded revenue streams✅ SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:👉 Expedited product upgradation strategies by learning Java and PL/SQL and reverse engineering legacy code 👉 Served as the teams adopt Scrum for development and Kanban for operations resulting in improved predictability in deliveries and improved team image✅ LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT: Ready, willing, and able to help others become more effective and successful. Does not carry hidden agendas and believes that individual success is tied to the results of the team. Able to appropriately handle both the human side and the task side of projects. Shows a sincere interest in others. Tends to be very inclusive of others on the team and makes certain that each team member feels valued and accepted. Empathic with a high degree of sincerity and with the ability to gets along with a wide variety of people. Avoids showing hostility towards others. Excellent listening skills. Frequently a sounding board for others.

✅ SNAPSHOT: I joined this leading provider of innovative cloud, mobile, telematics, hyperscale technologies and apps for the automotive, insurance, and collision repair industries as a Product Manager and Scrum Master to lead the build out of a new suite of products✅ LEADERSHIP SCOPE: Hand-selected to create and build out a new line of products that touched over 70% of automobile repair industry including 23000 repair shops, 1200 suppliers, and 300 aftermarket dealers. Generated over $5M in revenue within 3 years. Empowered a 25-member engineering team and 6-member implementation team✅ PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:🔹 Represented the voice of the customer with the product engineering team and defined feature prioritization 🔹 Collaborated cross-functionally to negotiate and publish internal and external roadmaps and lead sprint planning meetings to help sequence product releases based on end customer value🔹 Facilitated the team to define data exchange standards and mentored the team to define technical strategy and solutions architecture for the CCC Parts Network✅ SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:👉 Eliminated over $6M in aggregator license fees annually 👉 Identified key suppliers and influenced them to develop adapters to the CCC Parts Network, eliminating any development investment – generated over $2M in new revenue within 24 months👉 Conceptualized and implemented a robust self-service portal vis-à-vis regional pricing, part specifications, and delivery charges – slashed data quality issues 95%, reduced part returns 30%, and realized a 35% increase in non-OE parts usage

✅ SNAPSHOT: I joined this Bangalore-based, IT services company as a Project Manager support for Amgen Inc., one of the world’s largest independent biotechnology companies. In September 2011, I transitioned into a short-term contract position in the EDS corporate office with an eye on pivoting into a presales role to develop an expanded skill set. In this role I provided project management support for a German-based, migrating legacy software tool project.✅ LEADERSHIP SCOPE: Provided ITIL-based 24/7 managed all ADM support services on Ariba Suite and over 100 applications catering to corporate function applications. Led a 34-member team spanning 5 streams✅ PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:🔹 Spearheaded the ongoing professional development of the team by identifying training needs to resolve performance gaps and improve overall team operations🔹 Collaborated with the Application Development team to ensure issues and bugs were logged, prioritized, and released as per the release control and validation processes🔹 Managed end-to-end all corporate function applications including Ariba 9r1 Suite, Concur, Taxport, and Zycus ✅ SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:👉 Earned an additional $700.000 recurring annual contract for the creation of a Legal Discovery stream and led a new team of 7 offshore resources including hiring, coaching, bridging cross-cultural barriers, and performance management👉 Ensured all applications were available and delivering expected performance to meet SLAs – recognized for 99.95% uptime 👉 Led a cross-functional team of 34 stakeholders including training, coaching, mentoring, work assignments, performance reviews, and career planning👉 Supported a major migration from Ariba 8.x to 9r1 including upstream and downstream integration and global rollouts

✅ EARLY CAREER PATH: Project Manager – Wipro Limited, 2007 – 2009Agile Project Leader, Business Systems Analyst – Tata Consultancy Services, 2007Consultant Supply Management Applications – Satyam Computer Services, 2003– 2006 Consultant – Solaris and Application Servers, Ma Foi, 2002 – 2003 Network Engineer – Future Focus Infotech, 2001 – 2002 Systems Administrator – Gatestech Info, 2000 – 2001 Network Engineer Trainee – Delta Innovative Enterprises, 1999 – 2000 ✅ TECHNICAL SKILLS👉 Frameworks:PMBOK,BABOK, ITIL V3, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, DevOps👉 Tools and Toolkits:Version One, Rally ALM, Jira, MS Project, Primavera, CA Clarity PPM, SharePoint, Confluence, ADKAR, 7Ps of facilitating meetings, Coaching, Counselling, Providing feedback, CYNAFIN prioritization, WSJF prioritization, Incident triaging, Business to Technology Language Translation, Personas, Value Stream Analysis, Estimating with Poker Cards, Feature Decomposition, Vertical slicing, Gherkin Language, Agile Games, Fishbone Analysis, Delegation Games👉 Technologies:Java, .Net C#, VB, Springboot, PL/SQL, Transact-SQL, IIS, Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, AQ, Tibco, JMS, Data replications, WarehousingMavern, Jenkins, SONAR, SVN, GitHub, AWS migrations, Server Virtualizations, Data Center Migrations, Firewalls, Load Balancers, DNS (internal & External), VPNs, Secure Communications, Network Zoning👉 Processes:Idea intake and opportunity analysis, Go-to Market Readiness, Product Lifecycle Management, Systems Lifecycle ManagementCI/CD Release on Demand, XP development processes, Business Systems Analysis, Requirement Decomposition, Service Management, Event Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Configuration Management (CMDB, Code Repositories), Release Management