Sigitas (Sig) Ramanauskas, Cspo, Sasm, Sdp, Sp Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Coached the following teams (timeline):- API Management Team (Agile-Kanban); 06/2020 - present . Transitioned the APIM team in a 2-step approach from a Kanban Framework to Scrum - Analytics Platform Engineering (DevOps) (Agile-Kanban); ~12/2018 - 06/2020- Enterprise Application Support (EAS) (Agile-Kanban); ~03/2018 - present . This was the 1st Support Team that adopted the Agile framework. Provided Coaching & Guidance during transition. Continued to support the team as Scrum Master & "Quasi - Product Owner" - Data Engineering (Agile-Scrum); 07/2017 - 12/2018

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As Scrum Master; Responsibilities spanned a Wide-Range of Disciplines: - Mentored Project Managers, Product Owners & Team(s) in processes and behaviors in adopting SAFe 4 best practices & the Agile-Lean Framework - Coached & Guided PO's in PI Milestone Planning & Identifying Dependencies for increased Transparency - Removed Impediments & sheltered team from External Distractions - Coached team on Story Creation, WIP limits, & understanding"Definition of Ready" & "Definition of Done" - Reviewed & Interpreted CFD's, Burn-up/Burn-down Charts & Metrics for Areas of Improvement - Created the necessary Agile-Lean Framework to allow better Transparency into the EAS team As "Acting Owner" for the EAS Level 2 Team; Responsibilities incl.: - Coordinated & Prioritized Feature content with multiple domains/organizations - Defined product delivery/deployment schedules and release plans - Addressed & Mitigated team Dependencies & Risks - Acted as liaison between Domain Leads & EAS in clarifying scope & feature content - Prioritized Sprint content & deliverablesAs Agile Coach/Trainer: - Agile Coach to several "Technology Infrastructure and Support" Teams - Led an "Agile 101" training class introducing the team to Agile concepts, Scrum & Kanban

Certified Product Owner (CSPO)Focus: Ingesting & Extracting Probe MetadataResponsibilities include working with stakeholders in defining & scoping their requirements in order to meet organizational objectives. Maintained & prioritized product backlog based on stakeholder needs & organizational priorities. Worked with Probe team to manage AWS infrastructure costs & address any performance issues.• Identified quarterly milestone/objectives, delivery dates, & prioritized work based on stakeholder needs.• Continually reviewed ways in reducing costs related to “big data” management in AWS• Did "double-duty" as both Product Owner & Scrum Master which included: backlog grooming, JIRA management & Agile Scrum Ceremonies.• Documented use cases with associated JIRA stories under Confluence for stakeholder review & tracking.

Certified Product Owner (CSPO)Focus: Micro-Services/APIs & Video Metadata ManagementResponsibilities include managing the workstream milestone roadmap, key contact in working with stakeholders in defining & scoping milestone acceptance criteria as well as meeting target deadlines. Maintained & prioritized product backlog through stakeholder & Agile Team input.Managed milestone dependencies by working with other Product Owners & aligning & prioritizing work tasks through discussions with stakeholders & understanding team velocities. This allowed planning realistic & attainable milestone target dates.• Negotiate stop-gap solutions that could be delivered during the interim until the final deliverable product was completed. This allowed our stakeholders to continue their work unabated.• Responsible for all stakeholder communication, negotiations & mitigating all issues.

Certified Product Owner (CSPO)Focus: Video Drive File Management & ExtractionResponsible for defining product direction & Enhancements for the Asset Viewer Product. Work with stakeholders in prioritizing & scheduling product deliveries to deliver the best Business Value.• Reached out to stakeholders to discuss their organizational milestones/objectives & worked with them to identify what functionality the team needed to deliver in order for stakeholders to complete their commitments on time.

QA Sr. Engineer and Agile Scrum Master for the End-to-End 3D Commerce & Imaging Team.Focus: Support of Customer Infrastructure IntegrationResponsible for the planning, design & execution of manual & automated QA testing as seen from both a Vertical Stream & End-to-End Integration (across vertical silos) perspective. Testing includes functional/feature/white & black box testing of web based applications/services/tools, 3D Mapping & Routing ecosystems, as well as back-end DB (oracle based) testing & validation of data.Responsible for Agile Sprint planning based on velocity metrics, removing & resolving Agile team impediments, coordinating stories/tasks & maintaining schedules & commitments related to Release Train objectives.• Wrote the Enterprise Integration workflow for ISO compliancy.• Successfully passed the ISO 9000 audit for the processes related to End-to-End responsibilities• Designed the PDLC (Product Development Life Cycle) process for End-to-End test teams

Project: Destination Maps (area: Mapping of Internal Building Layout)Performed Agile, Requirements & Fault Insertion testing on mapping tools (Destination Maps). Verified POI and metadata through the back-end using Oracle SQL as well as the front-end GUI application.

Technical lead for test suite execution, relational database and UNIX/IT configuration test bed upgrades. Executed tests and analyzed data to debug regression and integration tests for fix-package lab submissions and new feature deliveries. Reduced coding logic and run-time errors entering customer sites by 20+% through regularly scheduled Coverity “Prevent” builds on LINUX servers . Generated build analysis packages for developer review & re-coding.Trained 3 new staff members on testing processes and package installs during project restructuring.Achieved a 100% “on schedule” success rate for Network Sanity testing through IT test environment ownership.

Orchestrated the gathering of critical content from US, India and China and tracked outstanding load issues. Achieved 100% on-time delivery of time critical field loads to external customers. Identified and resolved multi-location code dependency issues for critical customer field loads.Maintained 90% on-time delivery of daily builds to internal customers through systematic review of code content, 24/7 load build support and management of daily team activities.

Directed strategic planning for Inlab test execution and error analysis. Executed feature, fault/failover, API and user tests. Monitored all lab data/UNIX log output and debugged system anomalies and message queue errors.Provided technical support and troubleshooting expertise to outside groups and organizations in evaluating and resolving switch service and feature issues, performance problems and database/translation integrity.Reduced end customer product delivery from 4 to 3 days through procedural/process enhancements. Designed and implemented a “Software Construction Index” which measured the quality vs.effort in software construction and delivery. Designed and authored a real-time error analysis tool for improved load analysis, quality and delivery. Consultant and Interface for China-US post-analysis initiatives.

Master’S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Electronics Engineering

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