Kiran Thatipally

Kiran Thatipally is a certified Scrum Master with 10+ years of experience in managing large enterprise software development projects. With expertise in agile methodologies, he has worked across various domains including Utilities, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Taxation, Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, and Banking. Kiran excels in strategic release planning, iteration planning, and conducting stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and planning sessions. He focuses on training teams in user story writing, risk management, and work prioritization based on business value.

Kiran has successfully implemented Agile best practices, resulting in a velocity improvement of over 100%. He is skilled in Quality Assurance (QA) manual, automation, database, and mainframes testing, using tools like Selenium, WorkSoft Certify, HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), HP Quality Center, and more. His testing experience spans web applications, UNIX, and Mainframe Systems.

Additionally, Kiran is proficient in bug tracking tools like HP ALM, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, and Agile Project Management tools. He has managed projects, users, workflow, and groups within JIRA Software, building templates and dashboards for customized data views. Kiran's flexibility, proactive attitude, and strong teamwork skills make him an excellent coach, facilitator, and problem solver, achieving objectives efficiently in complex project environments.

Kiran's educational background includes a Bachelor's in Electronics & Communication, Computer Applications, and a Higher Diploma in Computer Programming and Software Applications. He has held positions at various renowned organizations including SMUD, T-Mobile, AT&T, Charter Communications, Truist, USAA, Capricorn Systems, M&T Bank, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, and AFLAC.