Avinash Puvvala

Bringing people together to create valuable, problem-solving solutions for end users, by removing impediments and providing a transparent, positive environment, has driven me to pursue a role as a Project Manager/Scrum Master. Looking at a product growing from start to finish while moving through all the stages and helping to get it delivered to the customer ensuring it meets time, budget, and scope constraints, provides great satisfaction and serves as a constant motivator for me to deliver my best in every situation. 

With a Bachelor's degree, along with my Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification, Google Project Manager certification, and 2+ years of hands-on experience in guiding Software teams to success, I am excited about the opportunity to contribute my skills and expertise to your dynamic organization.

In my role at People Tech Group, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to lead and support Agile teams by fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. I have a proven track record of facilitating Scrum ceremonies, coaching teams in backlog refinement, and removing impediments to ensure project success. My commitment to promoting a positive work environment and staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends aligns perfectly with my commitment to excellence.

Work Experience:

Warehouse Operative/Process Guide:

Amazon Facility Center (Oct 2023 – Present)

Responsibilities

• Dynamic professional with a proven track record in prioritizing tasks for associates and overseeing shipments, ensuring efficient workflow.
• Recognized for problem-solving skills to address challenges and maintain operational smoothness.
• Proficient in monitoring and achieving productive hourly targets while extracting and analyzing key metrics for performance evaluation.
• Adept at enhancing operational efficiency through strategic planning and effective communication.

People Tech Group 

Role: Scrum Master (Jan 2022 – Aug 2023)

Project: Smartlinx

Responsibilities

• Acting as a point of contact facilitated Agile Scrum processes for multiple software development projects, ensuring cross-functional team collaboration, transparency, and adherence to Agile principles.
• Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and delivery of high-quality products.
• Acted as a servant leader, providing guidance and support to the development team and Product Owner, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of self-organization.
• Managed and prioritized the product backlog, ensuring user stories and tasks were well-defined, estimated, and ready for implementation.
• Coordinated with stakeholders and product management to ensure alignment between project goals and customer needs, ensuring project success.
• Implemented Agile and Scrum best practices, resulting in improved team productivity and faster delivery of products.
• Fostered a collaborative and transparent environment, enabling effective communication and knowledge sharing among team members.
• Used various Agile tools and software (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana) to track and report on project progress and metrics.
• Created 2 testing teams from scratch and made them understand the agile methodology and scrum principles to work them on their own, and also performed the UAT testing to ensure the quality.
• Generated reports using Microsoft Power BI for clear data visualization for all the stakeholders.
• Perusing the latest artificial intelligence tools to make the work eraser, save money, save efforts make the things automated with a high quality.

Internship:

Google Project Management Specialization

Role: Project manager (Jun 2021 – Nov 2021)

Projects: Plant Pals, Sauce & Spoon

Key skills pursued

• Foundations of Project Management
• Project Initiation: Starting a successful project
• Project planning: Putting it all together
• Project Execution: Running the project
• Agile Project management

Capstone: Applying Project management in the real world (Financial Service Organization).

Education:

Bachelor of Technology from JNTUH University   (Jul 2018 – Sep 2021)

• Topped the project “Power Quality Improvement by UPQC based on voltage source converters”
• Awarded 1st in a collage fest on building a Working Model of 11KV substation.