Prabhu Ramakrishnan

Prabhu Ramakrishnan

Principal Agilist
India
Tamil, English
Full-time On-site

About Me

Accomplished Principal Agilist and Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach with 20+ years of experience leading large-scale Agile transformations, program governance, and organizational change initiatives. Delivered 55% im…

Experience

Principal Agilist / Associate Director

Cognizant · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Apr 2021 - Present · 5 years 6 months

<p>Orchestrated ART operations by implementing standardized intake, refined estimation, and scope change management, boosting planning success to 95% and predictability to 92%.</p><p> Transformed program governance by implementing a dependency mapping board and cross-regional Scrum of Scrums, improving on-time release performance by 20% (to 85%) and reducing milestone delays by 50%.</p><p> Orchestrated VSM workshops and implemented Flow Metrics dashboards to identify bottlenecks, improving flow efficiency by 81% (32% to 58%), reducing lead time by 50% (21 to 10.5 days).</p><p> Facilitated ART PI Planning and Scrum of Scrums, resolving 12+ cross-team dependencies to improve PI objective completion from 62% to 94% and reduce delivery defects by 45%.</p><p> Boosted program delivery excellence by embedding Gen AI tools, enhancing collaboration and overcoming trust gaps, resulting in a 30% productivity increase and 30 AI use cases adopted.</p><p> Streamlined Lean Portfolio Management by redesigning funding flow, cutting budget reassignments by 70% and boosting roadmap predictability by 55%, accelerating time-to-market by 35%.</p><p> Spearheaded Agile Transformation by designing SAFe certifications and Agile Coaching programs, improving PI objective completion from 58% to 91% and increasing stakeholder satisfaction by 50%.</p><p> Spearheaded enterprise-level transformation by designing SAFe certifications and Agile Coaching programs, improving PI objective completion from 58% to 91% across 6 ARTs.</p><p> Streamlined Lean Portfolio Management by redesigning funding flow from project to value stream to advance business agility, reducing budget reassignments by 70% and improving roadmap predictability by 55%.</p>

Sr. Program Manager

Sr. Program Manager · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Apr 2020 - May 2021 · 1 year

<p>Reducing scope creep by 50% and improving on-time delivery from 60% to 88% through strategic Change Leadership and Delivery Management.</p><p> Led process optimization initiatives for 12 Agile teams through proactive impediment resolution, KPI-driven coaching, and continuous improvement cadences, increasing on-time delivery from 60% to 88%.</p><p> Improving compliance audit pass rate to 98% (from 75%) and reducing velocity variance by 45% through standardized delivery governance and tailored processes.</p>

Agile Coach

Agile Coach · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Jan 2017 - Mar 2020 · 3 years 1 month

<p>Boosted Agile adoption from 40% to 85% by designing & delivering Agile workshops and simulations for 3,000+ professionals across 10+ locations, improving role clarity and sprint commitment reliability by 35%.</p><p> Standardized Agile ceremonies, backlog practices, and coaching across 5 locations, improving ceremony effectiveness by 60% and increasing sprint goal completion from 52% to 94%.</p><p> Standardized Agile ceremonies and backlog practices across 5 locations, improving ceremony effectiveness by 60% and sprint goal completion from 52% to 87% through Agile Facilitation and Servant Leadership.</p><p> Designed scalable training curriculum and delivered blended learning programs with simulations to drive organisational change, boosting Agile adoption from 40% to 85% for 3,000+ professionals across 10+ locations.</p>

Senior Scrum Master

Senior Scrum Master · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Sep 2013 - Sep 2017 · 4 years

<p>Coached 15+ teams on Agile & DevOps Principles, improving sprint predictability by 30% (56% to 86%) and increasing velocity by 40% through CI/CD implementation and tailored Change Coaching.</p><p> Transformed 18+ teams from varying maturity levels by implementing quarterly ART assessments and tailored coaching, improving collaboration 50% and engagement scores to 4.5/5.</p><p> Enhanced project visibility and collaboration by configuring JIRA dashboards and integrating JIRA+Confluence, improving process efficiency by 40% and centralizing 95% of documentation.</p>

Scrum Master

Scrum Master · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Dec 2009 - Aug 2013 · 3 years 8 months

<p>Implemented a strategic risk management framework and systems thinking analysis, boosting proactive risk identification by 70% and reducing cost overruns by 40%, improving timeline accuracy to within 5% and stakeholder satisfaction to 4.5/5.</p><p> Improved Agile ceremonies & team dynamics by reducing standups to 15 minutes & achieving 90% commitment clarity; resolved conflicts & behavioral issues, increasing team engagement by 40%.</p>

Project Lead

Wipro Technologies · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Jan 2006 - Dec 2009 · 3 years 10 months

<p>Initiated and led mentorship sessions for 10+ leaders, accelerating agile adoption by 90% within 9 months through enhanced collaboration and decision-making, resulting in a 33% increase in project delivery efficiency.</p><p> Spearheaded the creation and implementation of agile health metrics and value-stream KPIs, resolving challenges in demonstrating transformation impact and increasing executive sponsorship by 15% and on-time delivery by 10%.</p><p> Facilitated cascading company OKRs to team-level objectives, driving 90% alignment and contributing to 85% achievement of top-priority goals by establishing clear linkage and regular progress reviews.</p><p> Initiated targeted mentorship sessions with senior leaders and product owners to provide leadership coaching, fostering collaboration and improving decision-making by enabling effective partnerships with development teams.</p>

Senior Test Engineer

iSOFT · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Jan 2004 - Jan 2006 · 2 years

<p>Led QA transformation, reducing escaped defects by 70% and release cycle time by 60% through strategic test planning, automation (70% coverage), and rigorous defect management within Scrum.</p>

PROJECTS

Corporate Connect

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Duration : 28-Feb-2021 - 02-Jun-2026

<p>Corporate Connect is an enterprise banking platform designed to provide corporate banking customers with a Single Sign-On (SSO) experience, enabling secure access to all corporate banking services through a unified portal. The platform serves as a centralized gateway where corporate users can seamlessly access multiple banking applications and services without requiring separate logins.</p><p>The solution integrates various corporate banking capabilities, including account management, payments, cash management, trade finance, liquidity management, loan services, reporting, user administration, and approval workflows. It simplifies the user experience by providing a single point of access while ensuring secure authentication, role-based authorization, and compliance with enterprise security standards.</p><p>The platform supports multiple user roles such as Corporate Administrators, Approvers, Makers, Checkers, Relationship Managers, and Bank Administrators, ensuring users have access only to the features and functions relevant to their roles. Corporate Connect enhances operational efficiency, improves security through centralized identity management, and delivers a consistent user experience across all integrated banking services.</p><p>Key Features:</p><ul><li>Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication</li><li>Unified corporate banking dashboard</li><li>Role-based access control (RBAC)</li><li>Integration with multiple banking applications</li><li>Secure approval workflows</li><li>Account and transaction management</li><li>Payments and fund transfers</li><li>Cash and liquidity management</li><li>Trade finance services</li><li>Reporting and analytics</li><li>Audit logging and compliance</li><li>High availability and enterprise-grade security</li></ul><p></p>

Certifications

SAFe ASPC

SAFe Agile Inc · Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India · 2026

Skills

Agile Transformation Enterprise Agility Lean Portfolio Management Program Governance Agile Coaching SAFe Framework Agile Ways of Working Release Train ART Leadership Program Increment PI Planning Value Stream Management Flow Metrics Agile Metrics Program Management Delivery Management Portfolio Delivery Stakeholder Management KPI Governance JIRA Confluence GenAI Enablement DevOps CI/CD Scrum Kanban
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