Meganathan Vajjiravelu
@meganathanvajjiravelu
Program Management | SAFe Scrum Master at Verizon
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Dynamic IT project manager with 12 years' experience, adept in Scrum and Agile methodologies. Proven leader in steering complex technical projects to success, mentoring teams in Agile/SAFe practices, and training scrum masters. Proficient in project management tools, SDLC methodologies, and stakeholder engagement.
Experience
Program Management | SAFe Scrum Master
Verizon
Guided and coached SAFe agile teams to achieve 80%-95% PI objectives alignment. Fostered high team performance and autonomy, and agile maturity. Streamlined core SAFe ceremonies, led to increased focus on value delivery and improved team productivity. Ensured teams met org-level SRE and SOE yearly targets, prioritizing tech enablers; utilized Gherkin language for drafting acceptance criteria and implementing TDD/BD practices. Resolved conflicts within teams and across dependencies, maintaining PI momentum; identified and developed future servant leaders through coaching. Managed the program to modernize the legacy platform, that targeted 30% reduction in operational cost expenses and aligning with organizational vision. Implemented risk management strategies, ensuring program success by identifying and mitigating potential issue. Collaborated with Solution Architects, business users, and global application clearance teams to facilitate architectural decisions, approval forums, and enable application accesses; maintained resource capacity inventory and converted program objectives into granular milestones for agile execution.
Project Manager cum Scrum Master
Treselle Systems, Inc
Managed a capital market SaaS product offering business insights and contextual foresight. Conducted Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning and Backlog grooming meetings. Responsible for project estimation and resource plans. Tracked team tasks and maintained project scope, time, planning and implementation. Handled weekly and monthly status calls with clients/vendors. Managed AWS account for different services, overseeing resource use, costs, and performance optimization.
Project Coordinator
SolvEdge Technologies P Ltd
Managed Healthcare, Insurance & Printing domain projects with 60/40 into support and development. Managed project/product development from initiation to closure. Solely responsible for all support tickets and timely delivery. Generated weekly and monthly issue log reports, usage reports, and call log reports.
Project Coordinator
Botcode Web Integration Solutions P Ltd
Managed Sitecore projects for several Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies across multiple verticals like Retail, Healthcare, Fashion and Banking. Translated project objectives into tasks and ensured all commitments were met in accordance with goals and objectives.
Project Coordinator
SR-ITS P Ltd
Managed end to end Web & Mobile application development projects. Worked with freelancers, designers, and agencies. Gathered client requirements and led the project team.
Education
SKR Engineering College / Anna University
MBA
Human Resources & Marketing
DRBCCC Hindu College Madras University
BBA
Business Administration
Licenses & Certifications
Certified in Project Management
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
SAFeĀ® 5 Scrum Master (SSM)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
SAFeĀ® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Professional Scrum Master - PSM1
Scrum.org
Generative AI Overview for Project Managers
PMI
Transactional Analysis (psychology)