Hi, I'm Ankita Kolvankar

QA & SIT Leadership - TCS BaNCS Loan Management System

• Served as QA Lead on the TCS BaNCS LMS project, using TCS iPSafe to drive test planning, execution, and quality governance
• Led System Integration Testing (SIT) as SIT Lead for a team of approximately 20 testers, coordinating test cycles, defect triage, and release readiness

Scrum Mastery & Agile Coaching

• Facilitated all core Scrum ceremonies for two Agile teams, improving ceremony effectiveness by 20%
• Ensured 90%+ sprint goal achievement through effective backlog grooming with the Product Owner
• Removed over 5 recurring impediments per quarter, driving a 10% increase in team velocity over 6 months
• Introduced and tracked Agile metrics (burn-down, velocity, cycle time) using Jira dashboards
• Coached team members in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, contributing to a 30% Agile maturity uplift
• Collaborated with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Release Managers to manage dependencies and uphold Definition of Done

• Worked as Business Analyst on internal Reliance projects, including a Visitor Management System and a Scrum Access Management System, gathering requirements end-to-end
• Managed change requests using SAP Solman, ensuring controlled and auditable rollout of system changes

• Completed as part of MBA summer internship, supporting business analysis activities for client projects

• Completed six months of J2EE training at Infosys Mysore before transitioning into a Quality Assurance role
• Performed regression testing in Java and built log4j-based logging frameworks to support defect diagnosis and test reporting