About

Shankar Dabbiru is a highly experienced Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Product Management professional with over 10 years of experience in managing complex, high-quality software deliveries using different implementation methodologies. He has a deep understanding of coaching agile practices to development teams and handling project delivery for Mobile (iOS and Android) and Web (Java, Angular) applications. With over 4 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Shankar has expertise in coaching teams on agile and scrum best practices, identifying new techniques to maximize team velocity and productivity. He is proficient in Agile project management (Scrum, Kanban & SAFe) which includes scrum activities like Backlog Refinement, Daily stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and preparing the sprint charts like Sprint Burn-down, Sprint Velocity, and Time Tracking reports. Shankar also has strong knowledge of project management tools like Atlassian (JIRA/Confluence/BitBucket), Azure DevOps, etc. Shankar has collaborated with various business units, technology teams, and UX design teams to ensure products are designed and developed as per customer business needs. He engages with the Product Owner on a daily basis to ensure work prioritizations consider the business values to deliver the product at an agreed time. Shankar has a good understanding of the development and quality assurance best practices and challenges. With over 6 years of experience in developing native mobile applications for iOS, Android with end-to-end deployment process to App Store/ Google Play Store, Shankar has a deep understanding of mobile development concepts and architecture design patterns. He is actively learning React Native and Flutter to deliver hybrid applications. Currently, Shankar is working as a Senior Scrum Master at Factset, where he formulates techniques for effective Product Backlog Management, removes project impediments that stand in the way of team productivity and performance, and leads and guides the organization in successful Scrum adoption. He has also worked as a Technical Project Manager/Scrum Master at ACS and as a Mobile Architect at GGK Tech. Shankar holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Viswanadha Institute Of Technology & Management. His tech stack includes product management, Mobile, iOS, Android, Web, QA, designer, DevOps, Azure, Senior Software Engineer, and Flutter. Shankar has 12.10 years of relevant experience in the industry.