Lakshmi Kummamuru

Scrum Master professional with 6+ years of experience in Agile Leadership and Stakeholder Management, expert in Agile Coaching and Continuous Improvement. My key achievements include facilitating Scrum events for cross-functional teams, improving sprint predictability and delivery consistency by approximately 20% and enhancing team productivity by 25% through continuous improvement initiatives. Seeking a Scrum Master position at your company, where I bring my Agile Leadership and Stakeholder Management skills to support your mission of building and delivering scalable, high-performance web applications in a collaborative Agile environment.

Scrum Master / QA Lead - Advarra India Pvt. Ltd - Bangalore (Remote)

(2021-01 - 2025-01)

• Facilitated Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement for a cross-functional team of 10.
• Improved sprint predictability by 20% and sprint velocity by 15-20% by optimizing backlog practices and stakeholder collaboration.
• Partnered with Product Owners to prioritize backlog, define goals, and enhance sprint planning effectiveness, enabling a 20% productivity boost.
• Removed team impediments and managed dependencies, enabling uninterrupted sprint execution and improved delivery outcomes.
• Tracked Agile metrics including velocity, burndown, cycle time, and sprint completion trends, improving sprint velocity by 15-20%.
• Led continuous improvement initiatives, reducing recurring issues by 30% through effective retrospective action items and team facilitation.
• Coordinated QA efforts across multiple releases, reducing critical defects and regression testing time by 25%.

Software Test Engineer - Primesoft ESI Pvt. Ltd - Kakinada

(2019-01 - 2021-01)

• Performed manual testing including regression (executed 100+ test cases per sprint, ensuring 95% defect detection before release), exploratory, API, and database testing
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, reducing requirement gaps and rework by ~15–20%
• Managed defects using JIRA, improving defect tracking and resolution efficiency
• Supported Agile processes and contributed to effective team collaboration

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada