Gowrishankar Sukumar

Background

About Gowrishankar Sukumar

14+ years of experience in IT service industry, managing cross functional teams and delivered small to large projects in areas of Retail, Banking, Insurance, Securities and Healthcare domains. Experience in working with various clients like (CVS Caremark, Nike, Capital One, US Bank and TD Bank)- Possess Strong Leadership, Excellent communication skills with service oriented attitude to build productive work engagement relationship and goal oriented customer focus - Organized and detail oriented, managing customer priorities and adopt to changing project requirements quickly to meet business goals - Committed to project success and ability to work effectively with all levels of management - Ability to work under deadlines in a changing environment and perform multiple tasks effectively - Ability to play Agile Coach/Scrum Master role to streamline the process and adoption of agile - Versatile experience in handling and executing projects in Agile environment - Experienced in Agile Frameworks like Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile etc - Skillful in transforming projects from Waterfall to Hybrid/Agile - Proficient in SDLC and release processes - Excellent written & verbal communication skills and effective in stakeholder management - Strong interpersonal skills -Negotiation, Motivation, Mentoring, Leadership, Effective communication etc - Effective in problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution and team buildings Skill Sets - Domains - Retail | Banking | Insurance | Securities | Healthcare Process & Tools - SDLC | Waterfall | Hybrid | Agile | Scrum | Kanban | JIRA | SQL | HP ALM | MS Office - Excel, PowerPoint and Visio Project Management - Project Planning | Delivery | Risk Assessment | Reporting | Resource Management| Testing/QA | Process Improvement | Compliance Interpersonal Skills - Leadership | Effective communication | Team Management | Customer focus | Critical thinking | Coaching | Motivation | Negotiation | Mentoring