Mohammed Ashiq

Scrum Master and Agile Coach with 8 years of comprehensive IT experience, combining 4+ years of enterprise Agile leadership with 4+ years of backend engineering.

Recognized Subject Matter

Expert (SME) in Agile Project Management, SAFe 6.0, Scrum, and Kanban frameworks. Proven track record as single point of contact (POC) for strategic decisions across enterprise Agile Release Trains, coaching cross-functional teams, and delivering measurable business value. Improved team delivery predictability by 83%, facilitated 60+ sprints with 85% on-time delivery, and generated over $110,000 in cost savings.

Certified Scrum

Master (CSM) and SAFe 6.0 Practitioner with deep expertise in JIRA, Confluence, Power BI, and Agile metrics analysis.

Scrum Master and Agile Coach (Subject Matter Expert) - RNTBCI — Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India - Chennai, India

(2022-07)

• Serve as SME in Agile Project Management, providing strategic guidance on Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe 6.0 frameworks across multiple product lines, driving organizational Agile transformation that improved delivery predictability by 83%
• Act as single point of contact (POC) for key strategic decisions and escalations across a 12-member crossfunctional team within enterprise ART, managing dependencies and maintaining 85% on-time delivery across 60+ sprints
• Facilitate all core Agile ceremonies — Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives — ensuring adherence to Agile principles and fostering team ownership
• Coach and mentor team members on Agile best practices, servant leadership, and self-organization; increased team capability maturity score from 2.5 to 4.2 out of 5 within 12 months
• Orchestrated PI Planning ceremonies for 100+ stakeholders across multiple teams, managing cross-team dependencies and achieving 90% PI objective completion rate — ranking in top 15% of organizational ARTs
• Proactively identified and removed impediments, reducing average resolution time from 5 days to 1.5 days through effective stakeholder engagement and cross-team problem solving
• Tracked and reported key Agile metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time, lead time, team health) using JIRA and Power BI dashboards, providing actionable insights for continuous improvement
• Delivered 16 production releases with zero critical post-deployment defects through rigorous Definition of Done enforcement and quality gates, generating $110,000+ in cost savings
• Drove continuous improvement through data-driven retrospectives: achieved 40% reduction in sprint planning time, 30% improvement in release cycle efficiency, and sustained team morale above 4.5 out of 5
• Coordinated system and tool access (JIRA, Confluence, CI/CD pipelines) for teams, partnering with IT and security for timely provisioning to avoid delivery impacts

Software Engineer and Agile Team Member - Nivim Consulting Client - Payoda - Chennai, India

(2021-06 - 2022-07)

• Participated actively in Agile ceremonies, contributing technical insights and supporting the Scrum Master in maintaining team focus and removing technical impediments
• Architected and developed scalable microservices-based REST APIs using Spring Boot; collaborated closely with Product Owner on backlog refinement, contributing to 25% improvement in team velocity
• Led implementation of CI/CD pipeline automation using Jenkins; coordinated with cross-functional teams using JIRA, reducing deployment time from 4 hours to 30 minutes

Backend Application Developer - Wizara Infotech - Chennai, India

(2018-06 - 2021-06)

• Developed enterprise healthcare applications in Agile SDLC environment, collaborating with Scrum Master and Product Owner to ensure sprint goals were met with 90% completion rate
• Engineered solutions processing over 1,000,000 patient records daily, ensuring quality through test-driven development and peer reviews

B.E. - Electronics & Communication Engineering - SNS College of Technology (2014)