ANSHITA BAKHSHI
Denmark,Middle Jutland
Summary
Creative, self-driven and outcome-oriented agile leader with 20 years of Software/IT experience. Strong believer in constant learning and experimentation, taking small steps towards bigger and better results. Attentive towards building the right things and building the things right.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
7
7
Certification
Profile Summary
- Over 8 years of expertise in Agile and DevOps Transformation in the Financial and Banking sector.
- Proficient in leading end-to-end product deliveries using Agile frameworks, SPOTIFY, and DevOps. Successfully led a department of 25+ employees
- Established robust structures and processes to scale captive business units in India.,
- Provided coaching and guidance to individuals, cross-functional co-located, and distributed teams across India and Denmark.,
- Enabled teams to optimize efficiency using Systems thinking and Continuous Improvement.,
- Advocate of Software Craftsmanship and Technical Excellence, including BDD, FDD, TDD, and CI/CD practices, deep routed in programming for more than 7 years.,
- Increased Employee Satisfaction level by 18% through employee development and participative decision-making.,
- Regularly met with CEO and CTO to discuss initiatives and operational status within the captive business unit in India.,
- Formulated and executed strategies for transitioning teams from distributed to co-located setups.,
- Initiated and led guilds focused on different domains and technologies to promote knowledge sharing across borders., First employee in the current organization, contributing to its growth and innovation.
Skills
- Agile and DevOps Transformation
- Agile Frameworks
- Agile Coaching
- Team Leadership
- Systems Thinking
- Process Scaling
- Continuous Improvement
- Software Craftsmanship
- Technical Excellence
- BDD
- FDD
- TDD
- CI/CD
- Employee Development
- Team Transition Strategies
- Stakeholder Management
- Change Management
Certification
- Agile Coaching Certified (ICP-ACC), ICAgile
- Certified SAFe 5.1 Agilist
- Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum.org
- Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II), Scrum.org
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance
- Cloud Certification, Rackspace Managed Hosting
- PI Practitioner, The Predictive Index
Work History
Team Leader
Siemens Gamesa Private Ltd.
01.2022 - Current
- Led and motivate the team to achieve project objectives through clear direction and effective resource allocation.
- Monitor and improve team performance, track KPIs, and provide regular feedback (1:1) for growth.
- Plan, execute, and complete projects while efficiently allocating resources and managing budgets.
- Foster collaboration among team members, departments, and stakeholders to achieve common goals.
- Encourage innovation, quality assurance, and a culture of learning and development within the team to drive ongoing improvement.
- Managed the team's budget, ensuring that resources are used effectively and efficiently.
- Supported the professional growth of team members through coaching, training, and mentorship. Identify skill gaps and create development plans.
Tribe Leader
7N Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Head of department/Coach with 5 Scrum Teams, Member of steering group of Captive Business Unit in India.
- Managed Stakeholder's across three organizations in Denmark and India;
- Coached and Mentored team of Scrum Masters and crossfunctional teams for Continuous improvements.
- Encouraged and guided career development of tribe members through active coaching (1:1 connects), targeted goal settings, study groups, guilds and conferences;
- Collaborated with banks, stakeholders, department managers in Denmark for better process adaption;
- Helped teams to deliver high quality product by focusing on clean code, automation testing, exploratory testing and performance measurement using data driven approach during Software Development;
- Enabled teams in adaptation of newer technologies like Angular, DevOps, collaborating with Architects and Infrastructure teams across boarders;
- Operational and development responsibilities of captive business unit.
Scrum Master
7N Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Certified Scrum Master, building complex banking products.
- Created environment of psychological safety for better team collaboration.
- Facilitated Scrum events to help Scrum teams collaborate and solve complex business problems.
- Established process enhancement mechanisms for teams using TOYOTA KATA and Agile Maturity Assessments.
- Focused on quality and craftsmanship, Implemented of TDD, FDD and Automation in development flow.
- Facilitated various workshops between different departments co-owing same product.
Sr Software Engineer
7N Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Worked as a backend developer on Java technologies.
- Analysed of potential system solution based on evolving client requirements.
- Engagged in designing architecture of high visibility solution.
- Assured that all technical and design risks were identified and solved in timely manner.
- Provided end to end support of team's owned products.
Engineer (Software)
Mentor Infotech Solutions
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Worked as a backend developer on Java and WPS Portal technologies.
- Java developer involved in all phases of SDLC.
Timeline
Team Leader
Siemens Gamesa Private Ltd.
01.2022 - Current
Tribe Leader
7N Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2022
Scrum Master
7N Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2014 - 01.2017
Sr Software Engineer
7N Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2008 - 01.2014
Engineer (Software)
Mentor Infotech Solutions
01.2006 - 01.2008
Bachelor's - Computer Science
in Computer Application
Master's - Computer Science
in Computer Application
Education
Master's - Computer Science
in Computer Application
01.2006
Bachelor's - Computer Science
in Computer Application
01.2003
Languages
English
Hindi