Mr. Mahesh Varadharajan

Over 15 years of IT experience including leading and coaching Agile teams, serving large agile release trains as offshore RTE, SAFe/Agile Coach. Cross-domain IT expertise across projects in BFSI, Telecom, Aerospace, Logistics & Automotive businesses to optimize solution delivery.

 Has been part of enterprise-wide Agile adoption initiatives, focusing on organizational change management, process definition, scaling agility, and evangelizing mindset and cultural change.

Agile Scrum, XP, Kanban, Nexus, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Spotify, Unified Processes, and Lean specialist

▪ Wide experience in coaching across large-scale programs and projects across levels including leadership in terms of turning around crisis projects, setting up new portfolios & projects, and working with geographically dispersed stakeholders in a global organization

▪ Supported over 100 teams in implementing Agile practices from legacy to latest technologies and COTS applications such as SAP, Peoplesoft, etc.

▪ Specialized as a change agent in Agile Acceleration Programs including implementing Agile Lifecycle Management tools such as Mingle, AgileCentral, JIRA, Information Radiators and driving Community of Practices (CoPs).

Training Experience

SAFe Courses: 1922 students trained from August 2016 to March 2022.
Agile Foundation: Scrum, Kanban – Over 1000 students trained.

Onsite International Experience:

Mexico, Hongkong, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Industry Domains:

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI), Telecom, Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Beverages, and Logistics