Arunachalam Ramanathan

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY : Agile Leadership & Scrum Mastery Experience in IT project delivery, Agile transformation, and cross-functional leadership in top-tier MNCs. Proficient in conducting Agile ceremonies—Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, and Retrospectives—ensuring strict adherence to Scrum, SAFe, and Kanban frameworks. Experienced in backlog refinement, prioritization of user stories, and maintaining sprint cadence by close collaboration with Product Owners and stakeholders. DevOps & CI/CD Integration Hands-on collaboration with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, achieving a 25% reduction in deployment rework. Deep understanding of DevOps practices, release automation, and integration of delivery pipelines to enhance productivity and reduce cycle time. Cloud Engineering & Cost Optimization Designed and deployed highly available cloud architecture on Azure for enterprise-scale applications. Spearheaded cloud migration projects, reducing on-premise infrastructure costs by 35% through intelligent workload migration and reserved instance strategies. Agile Tools & Metrics Management Expert in Agile toolchains: JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, used to manage workflows, sprints, and reporting. Defined and tracked Agile metrics like velocity, burn-down charts, and cycle time, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement. Team Coaching & Stakeholder Management Enhancing team performance by 20% through improved estimation and backlog grooming. Work with PMO, delivery/project managers on project governance, management reporting, planning & scheduling etc. Database & Infrastructure Management Led infrastructure planning and ITIL-compliant change management processes, supporting international clients and mission-critical systems. Work with the team on basic data analytics and create dashboards

Executive MBA with specialization in Strategic Management and Human Resources