Mahendra Daphale

Experienced Agile Project Delivery Manager / DevOps Manager with top-notch implementation and project management abilities. Highly organized, methodical and skilled at overseeing daily milestones across high-performance teams. Overall 19+ years in IT industry. 9+ years in strong Project / Program Management role (Agile Delivery Manager / Product Owner/ Scrum of Scrum /Scrum Master) with more than 5+ projects in Waterfall as well as in Agile. Expert in Agile Software Development (Scrum / Kanban), Waterfall Methodology, SDLC. Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets. Brought in agile best practices such as time-boxing, continuous integration, Design thinking, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, tracking, and technical debt reduction.

• Kotak Neo, Kotak Securities, Project Release Manager & Security (VAPT) SME, Worked closely with the SMs/Project managers to co-ordinate release of Kotak Neo Software., Streamline release planning and reduce issues due to release deployment issues., Integrated SAST tools like CheckMarx and Fortify and Lead resolution of security issues., Work with teams and close Vulnerability assessment related security issues
• CENX, Ericsson- TCS, 25+, Agile Delivery Manager/ Product Owner, Worked closely with the product Owner to define the product approach and backlog prioritization to meet the specified need, managing sprints and flesh out requirements for each sprint., Requirement owner for 5 key requirements of release., Created extensive release plans with Client Head Product Owner while continuous grooming of the user story and splitting from the level of features to Epics and later to stories and tasks., Agile manager for 3 Scrum Teams – CENX Core, DevOps and Network Evolution., Played key part of PI Planning and PI execution, work closely with other Scrum masters to ensure cross team coordination, Coaching team on best Agile Practices in order to be self-organized, Formalize efficient way of working by bringing in new processes and getting them documented for future releases.
• UCC OAM, Ericsson- TCS, 14, Project Manager / Scrum of Scrum, Drive Scrum of Scrum activities and release planning., Went to China (Multiple Business visits) for release planning with Onsite Manager, POs and Release managers., Agile Manager for GSM and CDMA network management application – WNMS/ CNM and CDMA OAM and Release Tech Lead for CDMA network management application., Drive porting of ERS8600 PM, SOS PM/FM and eBSC PM from standalone Unix server to Ubuntu platform in order to create microservice based containerized application.
• OSS Navigator, Ericsson - TCS, 12, Scrum Master, Drive Scrum activities and release planning., Prime for development of small cost Enterprise LTE solution (Fault management, Performance management, Manage Key performance indicators, Subscriber provisioning) which will provide services to small building / area

• China, 4 Business Visits, 2013-08-01, 2019-10-31
• Germany, 2 months, 2006-01-01, 2006-02-28