Ajay Kabra

PROFILE SUMMARY:

Ajay is Senior Director – Agile Transformation Coach at Xebia over 27+ years of extensive experience in Agile Scrum, project delivery, project / programme management & quality processes. He has been involved in driving and implementing and transformations of organizations using Agile and Quality and Process Improvement initiatives.

• Acts as an Agile coach for various organization implementing and transforming their current legacy practices new agile approaches, including Scaled Agile Framework
• Providing high end consulting and training for implementation of Agile Practices (SCRUM, XP, SAFe and Lean), Project & Programme management (PMP, PRINCE2, MSP)
• Leads in development of new IP/ Product development, client relationship management and business development
• Proven ability to present solution strategy and service offerings to the clients; participate in technical discussion, bidding activities, responding to RFPs/ RFQs and developing project proposals
• Managed programmes / trainings for various types of industry such as Embedded SW development, BFSI Sector, Support functions like HR, Trainings and others

TRAINING AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:

• Trained 9700+ professionals & clients on Agile Practices (SCRUM, XP and Lean Kanban), Business Analysis, Metrics Management, Project Management (PMP, PRINCE 2, MSP)and CMMI® – In last 12++ years
• Conducted corporate trainings and Open Workshops in Project management (PMP, PRINCE2, and MSP), Programme Management, Risk Management, Structured Testing, Requirements Management, Metrics, Internal Audits, Agile Scrum, XP, Lean Kanban, Statistical Control and CMMI® related High Maturity etc.
• Serviced multiple fortune 500 companies with consulting & implementation support of process improvement, using standard industry benchmark frameworks like CMMI®, Agile Scrum and Kanban

CONFERENCE, PAPERS AND OTHERS:

• The Product Samurai – Discuss Agile 2016
• Fixed Price, Fixed dates – Agile Nepal – August 2016
• Minding the Mind – Offshore Challenges in Agile – Agile Gurgaon, India
• Individual Performance in a Team Game – Regional Scrum Gathering, Bangalore, India
• Agile and CMMI Co-existence – Scrum Regional Gathering, HYD, India
• Agile and CMMI Co-existence – High Maturity Best Practice Conference, Mumbai, India
• Participated as a Track Chair for Global Scrum Gathering, Bangalore, India
• Participated as a Paper reviewer for Global Scrum Gathering, Shanghai, China
• Participated as a committee member in Organizing Agile conferences with ISEC, India
• Recognized speaker from PMI Mumbai Chapter (have delivered talks)
• Delivered talks on Agile @ SAP Labs, Sasken, eInfochips, eClerks, Timken
• Regular Blogger on Agile – http:// agilescrumworld.wordpress.com (27++ Blogs written in last 3.4 years)
• Blogs published on Scrum Alliance websites (4 of them till date)