Babu Asokan
Babu Asokan
Scrum Master
Special Sauce
SAFe, DevOps & Scrum Manager expertise
Agile Coach & Change Management skills
Strong coaching skills
Education
2018 Swedish Language & Literature, Folkuniversitetet
2016 Masters in Entrepreneurship and Business Design, Calmers School of Entrepreneurship
2011 M.Sc in Biotechnology, Lund University
2007 B.Technology in Biotechnology, SASTRA University, India
Certifications
SAFe Certified
PMP Prince2 Certified
PSM1 Certified Scrum Master
ECBA Professional certified Business Analyst
Availability
Immediately
Languages
English
Swedish
Tamil
Hindi
Preferred Locations
Gothenburg
I am a certified Scrum Master with hands-on experience in coaching agile framework, DevOps and SAFe. I have a solution-oriented mindset. I take the pleasure in acting as a servant leader for the team. And a creative, driven and eager to learn person. I am currently studying Swedish at the SFI-D level.
SCRUM MASTER & CHANGE COORDINATOR | SKF [Connected Technologies]
October 2020 – current
Working solely within a DevOps organisation to develop and further mature the competency
Performed various roles inclusive of Scrum Master
Developed competitive analysis, brought outside-in perspective, created a common goal through vision and mission statement for Fiber Optic Sensing (FOS) Bearing team
Organized and facilitated many workshops
Analyzed, developed and verified prioritization method for complete product management portfolio.
Coordinated activities for Agile Transformation for Connected Technologies Supporting in setting up for re-organization
PARENTAL LEAVE
July 2020 – September 2020
SCRUM MASTER | 2M NORDIC IT
March 2019 – June 2020
2MNordic – AXIOM-P
Facilitated internal communication and effective collaboration within the team. Removed impediments for the team, and further worked with Product Owner to handle backlogs and new development requests of 2MNordic’s product, Axiom a system developed for nuclear reactor management. Requirement gathering and updating reports for the management. Helped team with timeline for defining and structuring the backlog in terms of prioritization and user story creation. Used Agile methodology and Scrum.
Fields: Power Plant, Web Application. Tools: Azure DevOps, Excel.
CEVT – ComponentDB
Coordinated sprints, retrospective and daily-stand-ups for the team. Ensured committed stories are delivered by the team, and quality standards are followed. Coached the team for agile methodology through different agile meetings and by conducting workshops. Helped in removing impediments for the development team of 2MNordic’s product, ComponentDB a system developed for our customer CEVT. Performed requirement elicitation and analyzation. Defined design options and worked as a product owner and scrum master for the development team. Defined and structured the backlog in terms of prioritization, epic, feature and user story creation. Used Agile methodology and Scrum.
Fields: Automotive Industry, Web Application. Tools: Azure DevOps, Excel
ANNUAL LEAVE
February 2019 – March 2019
BUSINESS ANALYST | Freelance Consultant
October 2017 – January 2019
As a business analyst, I translated requirements into user stories, analyzed user flows and identified the market development. Worked with the development team, prioritizing functionality with regard to stakeholders need and analyzed design options. Setting up of internal & external stakeholders of innovation projects through identifying technologies and market trends.
Fields: VRT, Building Automation. Tools: Business model canvas. SWOT. Porter 5 forces. PESTEL
BUSINESS ANALYST | Chalmers Industriteknik
February 2017 – September 2017
Digitalization mapping
Responsibility: Analyzing trends, finding gaps between industries, SMEs and researches in Chalmers. Defined and structured the backlog in terms of prioritization, epic, feature and user story creation. Event Management on Innovation Workshops for digitalization.
Fields: SME industries. Digitalization. Tools: Mind mapping, Excel. Analysis of Graphene technology
Responsibility: Developing & managing for different projects from clients to develop the research into the business case. Validating concepts/Patent/Market analysis of different projects within Graphene Technology. Managing & documenting big data analysis for graphene technology.
Fields: Research Institutes – Graphene Technology. Tools: IAM analysis. Excel. Product Breakdown Structure.
ANNUAL LEAVE
November 2016 – January 2017
August 2014 – October 2016
MASTERS IN ENTERPRENEURSHIP & BUSINESS DESIGN, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship
MASTERS ENTREPRENEURSHIP & BUSINESS DESIGN | Chalmers
The following two roles were undertaken as part of intern programmes:
BUSINESS ANALYST | CommSig AB
June 2016 – October 2016
Analysis of Market research for weighing sensors
Responsibility: Identifying the requirements for load measurements with weighing sensors and its competitors. Finding the gaps in the sensor development towards this market and prioritizing the development demand from the listed user stories. Risk board analysis is performed to recognize the competitor trends and market growth, through feature development.
Fields: SME Industries, Market Research. Tools: SWOT. Market analysis.
BUSINESS ANALYST | Ocho Medicals and Medibiome
June 2015 – July 2015
Market analysis of Biomedical devices
Responsibility: Identified partners and competitors for the company
& Updated their Business model. Analysis of Intellectual property for Trademark and design rights. Analyzed Freedom to operate for future development products of the company. Analysis of current market portfolio for the company. Updated website and building application for sponsorship.
Fields: Biomedical devices. Tools: Business model, IP Analysis, Internal Analysis.
BUSINESS CONSULTANT | MABS Galax, India
DecEMBER 2013 – July 2014
Partnership analysis of Mining operations
Responsibility: Established partnership between SME mining operations company and Larsen & Turbo constructions for continuous collaboration. SWOT is performed to identify the opportunities & threats of partnerships. Project management with prioritization of user stories, time & resource planning was executed to establish a successful partnership.
Fields: Mining operations. Tools: SWOT. MS Project. Gant chart.
ANNUAL LEAVE
November 2013 – December 2013
PROJECT ENGINEER | Alpha Engineering, Singapore
October 2011 – October 2013
Alpha Engineering, Singapore
Project Management
Responsibility: Worked in Process consultation with Communication, Operational Structuring and Learning. Manpower Maintenance & Structural Organization in piping projects for board vessels using Agile ways of working. Project planning & management for leading the team of 15, executing the activities and following the deadlines for deliveries.
Fields: Marine Construction. Tools: Agile method, Gantt chart, Excel.