SOJI ILLIASKUTTY - Senior Scrum Master

• Led all Scrum-related activities for PODs, resulting in a 30% increase in project completion rate.
• Facilitated Agile ceremonies (Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives) for AI/ML-focused development teams, ensuring adherence to Scrum principles.
• Coordinated and facilitated Agile ceremonies, reducing sprint cycle time by 15%.
• Guided teams through end-to-end delivery of AI models, from experimentation and model training to deployment and MLOps integration.
• Guided and coached teams on Agile principles, increasing team velocity by 25%.
• Removed impediments for the team, improving productivity by 20%.
• Partnered with Product Owners to deliver MVPs, contributing to a 10% increase in NSV.
• Implemented continuous improvement initiatives, achieving a 95% stakeholder satisfaction rate.
• Mentored junior team members to strengthen their understanding of Agile practices.
• Enhanced communication across departments with the implementation of Kanban boards.
• Applied lean principles to reduce waste in processes.
• Coached teams for better collaboration and efficient workflow.
• Implemented pair programming techniques which reduced code errors.
• Led scrum rituals such as daily stand-ups, retrospectives and backlog refinement meetings for effective execution of sprints.
• Drove adoption of Test-Driven Development, enhancing software quality.

• Facilitated Agile ceremonies, improving team communication and productivity by 20%.
• Interfaced with 3 product owners on an active basis to manage product backlog and sprint activities.
• Managed project risks and developed contingency plans, enhancing project success rates by 15%.
• Coached teams on Scrum practices, resulting in a 25% improvement in sprint velocity.
• Championed integration of Agile frameworks in AI projects, promoting adaptability in research-driven environments.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver strategic initiatives, increasing overall efficiency by 10%.
• Activated product commercialization activities, successfully launching multiple MVPs.

• Led Scrum teams in delivering high-quality products, improving delivery time by 20%.
• Facilitated daily stand-ups and retrospectives, enhancing team collaboration and morale.
• Implemented Agile tools like Jira and Confluence, increasing transparency and tracking efficiency.
• Resolved impediments quickly, significantly enhancing team performance and project flow.
• Ensured 100% of Scrum activities were tracked, kept up-to-date, and reported.

• Streamlined workflow processes to improve operational efficiency across teams.
• Coached team members to deepen understanding of agile principles.
• Developed communication channels to maintain transparency among stakeholders.
• Facilitated knowledge-sharing sessions with cross-functional teams.
• Facilitated scrum ceremonies for sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, refinement.
• Partnered with product owners to prioritise and manage the product backlog.
• Led agile delivery for airline booking, check-in, baggage, cargo, crew management features.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams spanning development, QA, DevOps, UI/UX, and business.
• Removed sprint impediments to keep delivery smooth and timely.
• Tracked sprint metrics in Jira, including velocity and burndown charts.
• Supported release planning and coordinated production deployments.
• Managed cross-team dependencies using scrum of scrums and SAFe practices.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Maintained compliance with aviation standards, security, and data privacy requirements.
• Coordinated API integrations with airline and airport operational systems.
• Prepared sprint reports, dashboards, RAID logs, and release status updates.
• Coached teams on scrum principles, agile best practices, and continuous improvement.
• Managed project risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication.
• Supported PI planning, ART sync, and inspect-and-adapt workshops in SAFe.

Volunteered on agile facilitation, Jira support, and AI use-case scoping.

Led a cross-functional volunteer team of 7 to deliver predictive readmission model.

• Managed product backlog and sprint cycles in Jira for transparent progress.
• Facilitated alignment between data engineering and ML teams for preprocessing validation.