Feb 2024 – Apr 2024 · 2 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Remote

• I am an Atlassian consultant supporting an entire department formulating and implementing Agile Transformation strategies across multiple PODs.
• I am working on Agile playbook with standards to serve as a guidance for Scrum Masters.
• I also help the team implement Kanban framework in their projects, assisting them with improving the ways of working by bringing small changes at a time
• I developed & established best practices and standards for utilizing Jira & Confluence department-wide.
• I introduced standards for workflow, issue types, statuses, and boards for delivery teams.

Dec 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• ✳️ I worked as an Agile consultant & later as a coach, aiding the ITS Agile Factory in standardizing Agile practices and JIRA implementation across 90+ pods.
• ✳️ I personally coached 12+ Scrum Masters across multiple POD’s, helped them get onboarded with the Agile practices & tool usage.
• ✳️ I designed numerous Agile Dashboards for various agile framework, rolling up to portfolio level.
• ✳️ Implementing JIRA Roadmap and other tooling alignment throughout the entire ITS department.
• ✳️ Establishing standards for JIRA/Confluence usage across the entire ITS, including the development of standardized workflow processes and agile delivery boards.
• ✳️ Creating the Agile Playbook for the ITS Agile Factory.
• ✳️ I have developed automation tools using Power Apps/JIRA/Confluence to streamline business processes resulting in numerous reduction of manual efforts including reporting.

Mar 2021 – Nov 2021 · 8 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• To be competent in the market, we should have upgraded tools, technologies & systems which can support the advanced requirements of the customers. As an Agile consultant, I was helping out teams on streamlining the Agile Ceremonies, processes, Agile dashboards & reports.
• ✳️ Angular 11 Migration - The product was using an older version of Angular & we were upgrading it to the latest version.
• ✳️ Cloud Migration - As the market is moving towards Cloud & moving out of on-prem data centers. my team was setting up the Cloud services.
• ✳️ Kanban - Extensive use of Kanban development for delivering the customer requests for the product enhancement.

Jul 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

• ✳️ Business Process Management
• Design Business Process Management/Automation solutions to for the Business Unit (BU)
• Implemented best Change Management methods to roll out the new tools/process & Solutions in the Business Unit
• Standardize the Agile Best practices & help the teams in the BU to deliver successfully
• Evaluate the tools to be used to improve the Agile Way of working & implementing those in the BU
• Provided training to Product Owners & Project Managers on developing user stories, refining & prioritizing work based on Business value
• Trained the testing teams on the concepts of Agile way of testing by introducing Exploratory Testing,
• ✳️ JIRA / Confluence usage
• Developed/Designed new workflow, schema s & screens for the projects to standardize the use of JIRA across all segments.
• Evaluated JIRA add-on to improve the product quality & improved ways of working
• Provided regular training to the users on advanced features of JIRA/Confluence including automation
• Developed automated project dashboards to display project status by integrating JIRA & Confluence
• ✳️ Tableau
• Developed Executive dashboards in Tableau for TD Securities Leadership
• Developed almost 20 dashboards which rolls up the data from individual team to a Portfolio Level view

Jun 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Remote

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• I started this initiative inspired by my own challenges during my job search journey in Canada.
• Determined to ease the path for others, Sudheer has become a driving force in supporting IT professionals and job seekers across the country. He has hosted over 400 podcasts and training sessions on LinkedIn, offering valuable insights and strategies to help individuals boost their careers.
• Under his leadership, Canada IT Club has grown into a trusted community, fostering professional growth and empowering IT talent in Canada.

Oct 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 7 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Oct 2018 – Jul 2019 · 9 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• With my vast experience in Agile methodology & testing, I am assisting the Enterprise Testing Transformation team on building the tools & process for improving the productivity of testing team and develop guidelines & framework for Agile way of Testing across TD Bank. This transformation program focuses on building Modernized ways of practices which aligns with the Agile best practices and coaches the team on how to incorporate the testing principles in Scrum Framework.

Oct 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr

• Assist a team in developing a framework for Test Management in JIRA.
• Facilitate the daily stand up call to discuss the progress of each team member & the impediments.
• Manage Scrum Board for the project. Create Sprints, Track Issues, publish burndown reports, sprint report, project health status report, velocity of the team.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and Quality Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlog.
• Ensure Sprint goals are set and monitor the daily progress to achieve the goal.
• Monitor team velocity consistently & introduce tools, processes to improve the velocity of the team.
• Work with Business Partners and Stakeholders in understanding the road-map, milestones & deadlines to plan the work accordingly.

Jan 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Apr 2011 – Jan 2015 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Jun 2007 – Apr 2011 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Aug 2006 – Jun 2007 · 10 mos · Bangalore