Vijay Hiregoudar

Based out of Maryland, USA, looking to serve your organization in a role that deserves best in the areas of Global engagement, Enterprise management, Operations, Delivery, Agile/Scaled Agile mentorship, Software testing and Project Management.

Hands-on experience and technical background in a diverse and time critical implementation with Federal, State and Private partners in all vital phases of a project makes me well suited to deliver the best in the industry. IT professional with more than Fifteen (15) years of applications and systems development Leadership and testing experience, with ten (10) years as delivery lead for the Federal Healthcare industry.

I am proficient in SDLC/ STLC including as Analyst for Data, business requirements, functional requirements, and defect tracking for both manual and automated testing.

I am proficient in principles and methodologies of Agile, Scaled Agile (SAFe) and Cloud (AWS) implementation and have expertise in managing delivery of a diverse and co-located projects.

My major accomplishments include playing a vital role in the annual open enrollment and received appreciation from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and within organization for the efforts. I have represented in several GAO Audit meetings with CMS and supported their requests. I was instrumental in authoring several documents related to Organizational process that are continued to be referenced till now.

I also mastered the complex functionalities related to Medicare, Tax Credits, Household Composition, and State Configuration to mentor and lead the team. Strong experience in leading SAFe collaboration using Mural, Miro tools and other collaboration tools.

Professional with comprehensive experience in agile methodologies and team facilitation. Skilled in guiding teams through agile practices, fostering collaboration, and driving successful project outcomes. Adept at adapting to changing requirements, resolving conflicts, and ensuring continuous improvement. Recognized for strong leadership, effective communication, and problem-solving abilities.

• Regularly collaborate with team of over 100 people across dozens of federal/State agencies, Vendors, stakeholders and client resources in the delivery and daily operations in the Federal Insurance Marketplace.
• Plan, host and deliver successful Program Increment (PI) planning sessions for a large enterprise project utilizing SaFE collaboration tools of Mural/Miro to organize successful sessions.

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management
• Trained in Scaled Agile (SAFe) 4.5
• Trained in AWS Business Essentials, AWS Technical Essentials and Developing in AWS
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft
• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certified