Karthik Balasubramanian

Served as Scrum Master for a 4-engineer QA team delivering a fleet management platform, facilitating sprint ceremonies and aligning sprint goals to product vision. Automated DSR/WSR stakeholder reporting to improve release visibility by 30% and maintained 100% traceability between requirements and acceptance criteria.

Led Agile delivery for an 8-engineer team building a health-tech product suite, facilitating full Scrum ceremonies and removing sprint impediments. Introduced risk-based sprint prioritization to increase test coverage by 25% and embedded HIPAA compliance into the Definition of Done.

Led a 16-member Quality Engineering team, running sprint ceremonies, driving backlog prioritization, and coordinating cross-team dependencies across releases. Reduced post-release defects by 15% through RCA retrospectives and served as People Lead for 14 ASEs, earning Best People and Client Value Creation awards in 2022.

Managed effort estimation, sprint resource allocation, and delivery planning for medium-scale Agile projects while meeting 100% of release deadlines. Bridged stakeholder communication during sprint reviews to support timely delivery decisions.

Contributed to Agile delivery by integrating QA activities into sprint workflows. Maintained comprehensive sprint documentation, including test plans, defect reports, and knowledge transfer artefacts.

Progressed through promotions over 6.5 years and spearheaded a Waterfall-to-Agile/Scrum transformation, mentoring 10+ engineers on sprint-based delivery and Scrum values. Developed deep life & health insurance SME expertise, built regression suites, and created automatable test cases.

Grade: CGPA: 7.7 / 10

Earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Sri Krishna College of Technology, graduating in 2013 (CGPA 7.7/10).