Pushkar Kumar
Johannesburg
Summary
Results-driven professional with 20 years' experience in banking, financial services, media, entertainment, and manufacturing. Expertise in project management, solution analysis, and software development. Skilled in TFS, Trello, FogBugz, Jira, and Confluence, with a solid foundation in DevOps culture and SAFe framework. Certified Scrum Master since 2013, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Pune University.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Agile Project Manager
Nedbank
Johannesburg
11.2018 - Current
- Facilitated end-to-end PI planning by aligning stakeholders and clarifying roles and outcomes.
- Collaborated with product owner and business leads to enhance productivity and increase forecasting accuracy.
- Conducted squad ceremonies by establishing standards and enabling actionable decisions.
- Coach agile collaboration to raise delivery quality through focused support.
Scrum Master
MultiChoice
Johannesburg
10.2013 - 10.2018
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, and reviews to ensure alignment and effectiveness.
- Cultivated servant-leadership practices that fostered self-organising, accountable teams.
- Collaborated with product owner and business leads to enhance productivity, quality, and predictability.
Solution Analyst / Developer
MultiChoice
Johannesburg
10.2010 - 10.2013
- Minimised delivery risk by creating detailed feature specifications and workflow diagrams.
- Accelerated requirement understanding through delivery of technical artefacts with business analysis.
- Enhanced cross-team alignment by effectively bridging business and technical stakeholders.
Software Engineer
SunGard Technology Services
Pune
04.2009 - 08.2010
- Developed customizable reports for future inquiry and facilitated report selection.
Sr. Software Developer
Information System Resource Center (OTIS)
Pune
11.2006 - 03.2009
- Generated device-specific Otis keys to enable access to global control system.
Sr. Software Developer
Information System Resource Center (OTIS)
Pune
11.2006 - 03.2009
- Developed dashboard application to capture project metrics based on customer requirements.
Software Engineer
AmbiBytes Software
Pune
09.2005 - 09.2006
Education
Bachelor of Computers Science -
Pune University
India01-2005
Skills
- Agile project management
- Scrum
- SAFe Framework
- Jira
- Trello
- Confluence
- Project management
- Backlog management
- Solution analysis
- Process optimisation
- Risk management
- Stakeholder alignment
Custom
http://in.linkedin.com/in/pushkardkumar
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master
- Leading SAFe
Timeline
Agile Project Manager
Nedbank
11.2018 - Current
Scrum Master
MultiChoice
10.2013 - 10.2018
Solution Analyst / Developer
MultiChoice
10.2010 - 10.2013
Software Engineer
SunGard Technology Services
04.2009 - 08.2010
Sr. Software Developer
Information System Resource Center (OTIS)
11.2006 - 03.2009
Sr. Software Developer
Information System Resource Center (OTIS)
11.2006 - 03.2009
Software Engineer
AmbiBytes Software
09.2005 - 09.2006
Bachelor of Computers Science -
Pune University