Valli Boddu

Certified Scrum Master with 9+ years of experience leading Agile teams and driving delivery across Scrum and SAFe environments. Skilled in facilitating Scrum ceremonies, PI Planning, ART coordination, dependency management, impediment removal, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver high-quality business solutions in complex enterprise environments.

Extensive experience working across diverse industry domains including Banking Domain, Financial Services, Logistics and Product based companies. Proven ability to facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement sessions to ensure successful product delivery. Strong understanding of Agile principles, Scrum Framework, Kanban practices, servant leadership, and continuous improvement methodologies.

Experienced in coaching and mentoring Scrum Teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile best practices to improve team performance and delivery predictability. Skilled in identifying and removing impediments, managing risks and dependencies, and fostering collaboration among development teams, business stakeholders, and leadership. Extensive experience working throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile methodologies, ensuring alignment between business objectives and product delivery.

Proficient in Agile project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Agile reporting dashboards for tracking Sprint progress, team velocity, burn-down charts, and delivery metrics. Strong technical background in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and Web Technologies, enabling effective collaboration with development teams and technical stakeholders. Experienced in facilitating requirements discussions, user story creation, backlog prioritization, estimation sessions, and acceptance criteria definition with Product Owners and business teams.

Knowledgeable in Agile metrics, release planning, capacity planning, forecasting, and continuous process improvement initiatives. Strong experience supporting distributed and geographically diverse teams while promoting transparency, accountability, collaboration, and self-organization. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and team facilitation skills with a commitment to delivering customer value.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive successful Agile transformations.

Scrum Master - Artech - Charlotte, NC

(2025-08 - 2026-06)

Served as Scrum Master for the File Upload Service (FUS) initiative supporting the Payments and Liquidity line of business, leading Agile delivery of a secure and scalable file processing platform.

Facilitated

Scrum ceremonies, partnered with Product Owners to prioritize the backlog, removed impediments, managed cross-functional dependencies, and tracked Agile metrics using Jira to improve delivery predictability. Coordinated release planning and stakeholder communication across Development, QA, DevOps, Security, and Compliance teams, ensuring timely delivery of file upload, validation, virus scanning, transformation, audit logging, reporting, and scheduled database processing capabilities while adhering to banking security and regulatory standards.

• Facilitated high impact Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement sessions.
• Collaborated with business stakeholders, payment SMEs, and technology teams to deliver banking solutions aligned with payment processing, liquidity management, risk controls, audit requirements, and customer transaction needs.
• Worked closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders to define, prioritize, and refine user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Managed sprint execution and tracked team progress using Agile metrics such as Velocity, Burndown Charts, and Sprint Goal completion.
• Coordinated activities across Development, QA, DevOps, and Business teams within a SAFe Agile environment, aligning sprint commitments with PI objectives, managing cross-team dependencies, and supporting seamless delivery across the Agile Release Train (ART).
• Identified and removed impediments affecting team productivity and delivery timelines.
• Generated SQL-based reports to identify bottlenecks, aging backlog items, blocked stories, and dependency trends across cross-functional teams.
• Facilitated communication between stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment on project objectives and requirements.
• Supported release planning activities and coordinated deployment schedules across multiple environments.
• Maintained Agile artifacts including Product Backlogs, Sprint Backlogs, risk logs, and action items.
• Assisted the team in dependency management and risk mitigation to improve sprint predictability.
• Monitored project health, delivery milestones, and quality metrics to provide transparency to leadership and stakeholders.
• Promoted Agile best practices and continuous improvement initiatives through retrospective action planning.
• Supported adoption of DevOps and CI/CD practices to improve release efficiency and delivery quality.
• Facilitated discussions related to application security, quality assurance, test automation, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborated with teams utilizing AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot to improve productivity and accelerate delivery.
• Prepared and presented sprint status reports, release updates, and project dashboards for management review.
• Fostered a collaborative, self-organizing team environment focused on continuous improvement and customer value delivery.
• Combined Jira metrics with database reports using SQL to provide accurate program-level reporting and executive dashboards.
• Empowered teams to improve delivery confidence and sprint predictability through Agile coaching, proactive impediment, risk, and dependency management.
• Strengthened collaboration across Development, QA, DevOps, Product Owners, and Business stakeholders while improving transparency through Scrum metrics and regular reporting.
• Supported successful, high-quality releases by leveraging data-driven Agile improvements while maintaining compliance and delivery standards.

Scrum Master - HII - Merrifield, VA

(2018-07 - 2025-06)

Served as Scrum Master for the Data Table Editor (DTE) initiative, a web-based application used by multiple USPS business groups to manage and maintain critical postal data tables. These tables provide ZIP Code and label information to the Sort Program System (SPS), which supports the configuration and maintenance of Mail Processing Equipment (MPE). The DTE platform enabled authorized USPS representatives to update and manage data through a centralized, user-friendly interface, improving data accuracy, consistency, and operational efficiency.

• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives for a cross-functional Agile team.
• Collaborated with Product Owners, business stakeholders, and business representatives to refine and prioritize Product Backlog items.
• Coached team members on Agile principles, Scrum values, and self-management practices to improve team effectiveness.
• Removed impediments and coordinated with dependent teams to ensure uninterrupted progress toward Sprint Goals.
• Monitored sprint health using Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown charts, and team capacity planning.
• Fostered collaboration between development, QA, business analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of product increments.
• Facilitated backlog refinement sessions to ensure requirements were well-defined, estimated, and ready