Dr. Koti Reddy Bhavanam, Ph.D.
Self-driven, passionate and result-oriented professional with 25+ years of rich experience in Agile projects. Managed Software development & testing projects spread geographically in both dispersed and distributed delivery model.
25+
Years in IT & Agile
10K+
Professionals Trained
12+
Years Agile Coaching
Global
US & Philippines Delivery
Practitioner. Coach. Trainer.
Enterprise Agile transformation & leadership enablement
Core Expertise at a Glance
A career defined by enterprise Agile leadership, coaching depth, and measurable credential outcomes across global teams.
750
PSMs
300
PMI-ACPs
400
SAs
100
TKPs
300
KMPs
250
PMPs
- 25+ Years of experience in the field of IT in ERP, Healthcare, Banking, and manufacturing.
- 16 years of experience in agile methodologies.
- 12 years of rich agile coaching experience on enterprise agile transformation.
- 8 years Agile Project Manager experience.
- 3 years of experience in Kanban coaching and trainings.
- 3 years of experience in training executives and leadership teams globally.
- 3 years of experience with Release management as a Release Manager.
- Experienced Scrum and scaling agile Trainer.
- NLP practitioner, coach, and trainer.
- Trained about 10,000 employees at present and previous companies in agile scrum, kanban, and XP practices.
- Produced 750 PSMs, 300 PMI ACPs, 400 SAs, 100 TKPs, 300 KMPs, and 250 PMPs.
- Trained 500 employees on DevOps / TDD / BDD / ATDD / CI / CD.
- International training delivery experience in US and Philippines.
Agile Transformation Working Experience
Hands-on enterprise transformation across healthcare, product engineering, manufacturing, and global delivery organizations.
- 1
Led the agile implementation at United Technologies for Carrier, OTIS and their fire and security products. Traveled to their US counterparts at Salem, Syracuse, and NJ for leadership buy-in and socialization.
- 2
Led the agile transformation at Optum (United Health Group) for various locations in India and US. The complete end-to-end implementation including DevOps for various businesses like Optum Health, United Health Care and Product Engineering & Data Solutions.
- 3
Helped in setting up the offshore agile scrum and kanban teams at Oracle to support Primavera global business unit.
- 4
Worked with various clients with Symphony Services on supporting their agile transformation.
- 5
Worked as a consultant for Emids organization for their scaling agile transformation.
- 6
Worked as a consultant for Galaxy and Exusia for their agile transformation using scrum and kanban.
Key Accomplishments
Awards, speaking engagements, and research contributions spanning a decade of Agile excellence.
- TOP TRAINER of the year for four consecutive years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018) award for agile trainings delivery at United Health Group.
- Received “Sustaining Edge Award-2011” for Operation Excellence in United Health Group.
- Received “LIVE Leadership Award-2012” for Implementing agile at scaling at United Health Group.
- Received “Manager Excellence-2013, 2014 & 2015” Award for outstanding contributions on agile transformation at United Health Group.
- IMPAX award for three consecutive years (2013, 2014 & 2015) at Optum.
- Participated in Agile Olympiad at Bangalore in 2013 and won 5 prizes.
- Speaker at agile India meeting at Hyderabad and Bangalore conducted by UNICOM in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
- Speaker at PMI local chapter on agile topics for the last 5 years.
- Best paper award from Sathya Bhama University, Chennai in 2011.
- Presented technical paper in management at 5 national and international seminars.
- Best Paper award for the managing changing customer needs at Optum and UT, test next symposium.
- Achieved Hall of Fame award twice for agile scrum implementation from Symphony Services, Bangalore.
- Awarded Performance Excellence award twice on project to product mindset and implementing agile using scrum framework from Primavera Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
- Submitted four technical papers on management for ISSN printing.
- Published articles and blogs with various bodies like Scrum Alliance and ISSN.
Academic Journey
- 2000
B. Tech
Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
Step 1
- 2005
MBA
Operations Management
Step 2
- 2011
IIM Bangalore
Project, Program & Portfolio Management
Step 3
- 2019
Ph.D.
Management Science from JNTU, Hyderabad
Step 4
Work Experience
| Duration | Role | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Nov’19 – Present | Chief Consultant | Empiric Management Solutions |
| June’19 – Nov’19 | Chief Consultant | United Technologies |
| May’11 – June’19 | Head - Agile Practice | United Health Group & Oracle |
| Jan’10 – May’11 | Release Train Engineer | Symphony Services |
| Nov’05 – Jan’10 | Senior Scrum Master | — |
| Dec’01 – Nov’05 | Senior Test Lead | ISTQ Solutions |
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