Ramnath Kashikar Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I'm an Enterprise Agile Coach at Harman International, a pioneer in connected car technology and lifestyle audio innovations, deployed by ValueLeaf. ValueLeaf, a renowned IT solutions provider, has trusted me with the opportunity to contribute to Harman's Agile transformation.My key focus areas will include promoting Agile principles across teams, facilitating effective communication, driving innovation, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. By leveraging my expertise in… Show more I'm an Enterprise Agile Coach at Harman International, a pioneer in connected car technology and lifestyle audio innovations, deployed by ValueLeaf. ValueLeaf, a renowned IT solutions provider, has trusted me with the opportunity to contribute to Harman's Agile transformation.My key focus areas will include promoting Agile principles across teams, facilitating effective communication, driving innovation, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. By leveraging my expertise in Agile, I aim to enhance the speed, efficiency, and quality of project deliverables.• Leading Agile coaching for the ReadyUpgrade project, a suite of fully upgradeable hardware and software products that allow OEMs to perform upgrades throughout the life of the vehicle and accelerate time to market.• Assisting teams in adopting Agile methodologies to enhance the in-cabin consumer experience through continuous hardware and software upgrades.• Facilitating Agile ceremonies and mentoring Scrum Masters to improve team performance and productivity.• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify and implement process improvements, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products.• Coaching teams on integrating ReadyUpgrade with other HARMAN products to provide seamless and enhanced consumer experiences.• Managing both co-located and distributed teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across different time zones and cultures. Show less

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As an Agile Coach and Practitioner, I have driven the successful Agile transformation of global FinTech organizations by coaching, mentoring, and training Agile teams and leadership on Agile values, principles, and practices. Through my expertise as a Change Agent, I have cultivated a collective Agile growth mindset that has fostered learning, innovation, teamwork, transparency, appreciation, recognition, self-awareness, and celebrations.Key achievements:• Developed and executed an… Show more As an Agile Coach and Practitioner, I have driven the successful Agile transformation of global FinTech organizations by coaching, mentoring, and training Agile teams and leadership on Agile values, principles, and practices. Through my expertise as a Change Agent, I have cultivated a collective Agile growth mindset that has fostered learning, innovation, teamwork, transparency, appreciation, recognition, self-awareness, and celebrations.Key achievements:• Developed and executed an Agile transformation roadmap, including training content and coaching leadership and portfolio teams, resulting in improved team performance and client satisfaction.• Collaborated closely with leadership to define a clear vision for the transformation and designed a journey map to scale.• Conducted assessments to identify the organization's current Agile maturity level and implemented strategies to enhance it.• Empowered senior and middle management to lead change and deliver value through coaching sessions.• Coached and mentored teams through the implementation process, encouraging them to embrace change and own their improvement actions.• Conducted workshops to address pain points in planning, estimation, delivery, and operations, resulting in increased team efficiency.• Established an Agile Community of Practice within the organization to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.• Coached product and engineering teams to set up governance, metrics, and tools (e.g., Jira Align, Retrium).• Trained teams on the Scrum framework and mentored Scrum Masters and Product Managers.I have received positive feedback from previous clients/employers and can provide testimonials upon request. Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

✓ Delivery Management• Executed programs from inception to delivery for Retail customers such as Alshaya, 4R Systems• Delivered maintenance projects for Red Prairie/JDA, NCR, Micros and First Advantage• Responsible for deriving the program charters and product roadmap• Defined and implemented the KPIs to track the performance of theprogram. Able to showcase the improvement actions and the overall progress.• Improved Gross Margin by 15% by implementing employee… Show more ✓ Delivery Management• Executed programs from inception to delivery for Retail customers such as Alshaya, 4R Systems• Delivered maintenance projects for Red Prairie/JDA, NCR, Micros and First Advantage• Responsible for deriving the program charters and product roadmap• Defined and implemented the KPIs to track the performance of theprogram. Able to showcase the improvement actions and the overall progress.• Improved Gross Margin by 15% by implementing employee productivity measurement and pyramid optimization.• Improved the GM by 30% at program level• Managed various projects comprising 150+ engineers and support• functions• Responsible for reducing the release cycle time by 30%✓ Stakeholder Management• Defined and maintained the communications with the identified stakeholders• Responsible for evaluating and mitigating the risks to manage stakeholders• Responsible for setting clear expectations and acceptance measures✓ Program Governance• Established a mechanism to provide program performance to the Executive team• Responsible for revenue (ACV) of $6M• Responsible for getting the Programs reviewed and monitored for Cost, Schedule and Quality• Set up JIRA to provide visibility and transparency of programs Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

Responsible for Delivery management in the Retail domain for software products. In the past worked on retail products - PoS, Multi-Channel Commerce, Inventory optimization, etc. Managed delivery for different software products in retail, responsible for product quality, reduction of customer defects, reduce time to market for products.

Bangaon Area, India

Responsible for multiple product lines in delivery Quality to the customersSuccessfully setup new teamsManaged multiple teams and guided them to achieve the goals.Successfully transitioned teams from other vendors.

Bangaon Area, India

Responsible for Test Planning and Execution for Retail productInitiated Automation in the overall QC processDeveloped Key word driven automation framework.Reduced the regression cycle by nearly 60%

I was working with Sonata Software working for Lehman Brothers.

Hyderabad Area, India

Responsible for system testing and API testing for ODBC DriverDeveloped tests using CResponsible for overall quality of the ODBC Driver for the database.

Bangaon Area, India

Worked as Design and Draft engineer for LCA project