Harsha Kashyap

• Adept at coaching teams and individuals at all levels, from executives to development teams, on Agile principles, practices, and mindset.
• Experienced Release Manager adept at coordinating and executing seamless software releases, ensuring efficient delivery while maintaining high-quality standards and minimizing risks.
• Results-driven Project Manager with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects on time, within budget, and exceeding client expectations.
• Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills.

Release Manager | o9 Solutions India Pvt Ltd | Nov 2021 - Current | Bangalore, Karnataka

• Setup the Quality Assurance and Release process for the PMM team from scratch.
• Planned the release of product deliverables and release life cycle
• Communicated the product-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc. between different teams
• Coordinated the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates
• Identified the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected
• Tracked the progress and find issues,if any. Alwayswork to improvethe process of release
• Scheduled the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviewsafter each release.
• Created plansfor the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.
• Planned and provided weeklyupdates on the release activities
• Stakeholder managed – QA, Development Team, BA, ProductManagers, Scrum Master,DevOps team

• SAFe Practice Consultant 6.0, 2023
• ICP – Certified Agile Coaching ICP-ACC 2023
• Professional Scrum Master II, 2022
• SAFe Advanced Scrum Master 6.0, 2023
• Project Management Professional PMP, 2018
• PMI - Agile Certified Professional, 2019
• Bachelor of Engineering in ECE from Visveswaraya Technological University, 2007