Kharabela Mohanty

14+ Years of experience as Scrum master in Agile Project Management, Software Testing, Scrum, PI Planning, ART Coordination, Metrics & Reporting, SAFe, Scrum of Scrums, Agile Transformation, Automotive Infotainment, Automotive Telematics, EV Navigation, IVI Testing, MAP, Mobile Device testing, Mobile Application testing. Expertise in Agile project delivery, leading cross functional teams to deliver complex, high-quality software solutions. Deep technical testing expertise combined with servant leadership enabling predictable delivery, improved velocity, and continuous improvement.

Known for driving delivery excellence and Agile coaching.

Associate Test Manager at KPIT Technologies Ltd (2023-08 – Present)

Agile Project Management in Automotive infotainment

Agile Scrum Master at KPIT Technologies Ltd (2024-10 – Present)

Project: CCC_CGW_I2I3. Cloudgateway client system helps to transfer small to large size data from vehicle ECU to cloud and from cloud server to ECU. It transfer data using MQTT and HTTP protocol. It is a very secure communication. Any application from ECU can send data to cloud using CGW. It acts as a medium and supports functionalities like CV2X, file upload, download, message communication etc.

• Led and delivered multiple cross-functional Agile teams (10-12 members each) across onshore and offshore models
• Facilitated PI Planning and ART-level coordination for enterprise automotive platforms
• Improved sprint predictability and delivery throughput through KPI metrics-driven coaching
• Strong background in QA transformation, shifting teams from manual-heavy to automation-first approaches
• Acted as primary escalation point for delivery risks, dependencies, and production issues
• Coached teams and junior Scrum Masters on Agile maturity and best practices

Agile Scrum Master at KPIT Technologies Ltd (2024-10 – Present)

Project: CS_Qualification. Cloudgateway client system helps to transfer small to large size data from vehicle ECU to cloud and from cloud server to ECU. It transfer data using MQTT and HTTP protocol. It is a very secure communication. Any application from ECU can send data to cloud using CGW. It acts as a medium and supports functionalities like CV2X, file upload, download, message communication etc.

• Led and delivered multiple cross-functional Agile teams (10-12 members each) across onshore and offshore models
• Facilitated PI Planning and ART-level coordination for enterprise automotive platforms
• Improved sprint predictability and delivery throughput through KPI metrics-driven coaching
• Strong background in QA transformation, shifting teams from manual-heavy to automation-first approaches
• Acted as primary escalation point for delivery risks, dependencies, and production issues
• Coached teams and junior Scrum Masters on Agile maturity and best practices

Scrum Master and Senior Test Lead at KPIT Technologies Ltd (2023-08 – 2024-10)

Project: DAF_Truck_Navigation System. DAF Truck Navigation system (QT hmi) provides complete navigation solution to DAF trucks for Europe. It can dynamically detect EV (Electric Vehicle) truck and provides EV specific navigation. It supports android mobile, tablet and iPhone. It projects navigation from mobile and tablet to IVI through weblink. It works in two modes; one is standalone mode and other is weblink connected. It supports only landscape orientation.

• Leading testing team, adapting to new technology and resolving team challenges, New ideas and innovation
• Collaborated with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment in Netherlands
• Expertise in vendor management, reducing vendor related risk, ensuring timely delivery
• Review test cases and making the sprint wise test specification document, Preparing Test Plan and Test strategy
• Understanding business requirement and interaction with product manager and architect for testing requirement gathering and analysis
• Thorough knowledge in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Agile methodology(Scrum, Kanban, Scrum-ban)

Scrum Master and Test Lead at Wipro (2021-11 – 2023-08)

Project: Sync4_Navigation System. Navigation system (QT hmi, Menlo) for Ford motors for North America, Europe, ROW, Turkey, Australia regions. QT Navigation system supports only landscape orientation and Menlo supports both landscape and portrait mode.

It supports wireless and wired Apple car play and Android auto. It comes with different screen sizes for different vehicle programs. It provides complete solution for Navigation to end user. It supports Navigation through voice commands.

It interacts between TCU, ECG, Cluster and GPS to get the required information.

• Leading testing team, adapting to new technology and resolving team challenges, New ideas and innovation
• Collaborated with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment in Netherlands
• Expertise in vendor management, reducing vendor related risk, ensuring timely delivery
• Review test cases and making the sprint wise test specification document, Preparing Test Plan and Test strategy
• Understanding business requirement and interaction with product manager and architect for testing requirement gathering and analysis
• Thorough knowledge in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Agile methodology(Scrum, Kanban, Scrum-ban)

Test Lead at Wipro (2021-11 – 2023-08)

Automotive Infotainment

Senior Software Engineer Testing at Sasken Technologies Ltd (2015-11 – 2021-11)

Project: Automotive telematics snapdragon chipset.

Qualcomm Automotive

Telematics MDM devices CV2X solutions, are designed to connect vehicles to nearly everything—including to each other (V2V), to pedestrians (V2P), to roadway infrastructure (V2I), to the network (V2N) and more. It provides superior mobile communications technologies and application processing capabilities for telematics, navigation and entertainment systems to tens of millions of connected vehicles. Releasing builds for above chipsets. Without GUI validation of functionalities like, Bluetooth connectivity, Data Throughput, Long run CAN uplink down link, WLAN, Cellular network telephony(Call & SMS) and Data transfer, Ethernet, Tethering, KPI testing (RNDIS & WLAN).

• Leading testing team, adapting to new technology and resolving team challenges, New ideas and innovation
• Collaborated with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment in Netherlands
• Expertise in vendor management, reducing vendor related risk, ensuring timely delivery
• Review test cases and making the sprint wise test specification document, Preparing Test Plan and Test strategy
• Understanding business requirement and interaction with product manager and architect for testing requirement gathering and analysis
• Thorough knowledge in Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Agile methodology(Scrum, Kanban, Scrum-ban)

Senior Engineer at Datamatics Vista info Systems Ltd (2014-12 – 2015-11)

Mobile Device and Application testing

Senior Testing Engineer at Bloom Consulting Services (2014-02 – 2014-08)

Mobile Device and Application testing

B Tech – Bachelor of Technology – B.P.U.T