Samarth Seksaria

Hiren was an agile coach for our company for a few months. This was the first time we were trying out agile and many thanks to Hiren to help us adopt it smoothly. Moving a 30 people strong engineering team accustomed to a ‘waterfall-like’ model for 5+ years was not easy. We are yet to master the practice of agile philosophy, but I feel it is a good start in the right direction. Hiren has a great knack of catching the pain points in the current scheme of things in the company. Many a times the key was to identify, when were we diving into too much unnecessary details and when were we taking things superficially at their face value, and I feel he excels at that.

Samarth Seksaria Solution Architect, Germin8 Solutions 19 May 2017

Hiren was engaged to assist the RSA/Aveksa team in it’s adoption of Agile. He provided expert training and coaching, energizing the teams as they ventured into new territory. His enthusiasm, coupled with out-of-the-box thinking, helped launch these teams and made them realize immediate successes. I highly recommend Hiren as an Agile coach and trainer.

Robert Frohman Client Principal, Emergn 19 May 2017

Hiren is being retained as a Agile consultant/coach for more than 2 and half years for the IT services unit of Tesco, one of the world’s largest grocery retailer. His leadership, coaching and training skills has brought about agile transformation and adoption of agile practices (SCRUM, XP, LEAN, KANBAN) in large distributed teams of 120+ engineers. Hiren has also introduced innovative Change Management & Agile Audit processes during this period of transformation. Hiren’s excellent interpersonal skills (especially his counseling skills) and approachability has made him the “Go To” person for the team members to seek practical and valuable advice on work related matters and sometimes even on personal issues.

Gopinath Ramakrishnan, PH.D Certified Scrum Master 19 May 2017

I’ve worked with Hiren for close to 4 years and it’s been a pleasure. Hiren is a very strong scrum master/project manager. He uses a methodical approach in driving project teams as they strive to achieve the end results. He’s very energetic and passionate about the projects he’s accountable for and uses his strong people skills to help influence the project teams. He’s quick to learn industry practices and has devoted quite a lot of his time providing feedback to the scrum community by way of blogs and conversations with some agile development gurus. At EMC, Hiren successfully led the first scrum as a team of close to 200 engineers transitioned from a waterfall software development lifecycle to a scrum based development approach. He not only quickly understood the principles of agile, but used all his energy to ensure that the team understood the importance of adhering to some key fundamentals. He was a good coach for the team and used his sound background in software development and quality engineering very effectively in his role as a scrum master. Hiren’s biggest asset is his “never give up” attitude. He knows how to get things done! He’s a great asset for any team.

Kunal Ruvala Senior Director, RSA 19 May 2017

Hiren is an extremely strong program/project manager. He understands how to drive and manage software development projects from beginning to end. He actively encourages honest and open discussion creating a climate of trust to get the facts out and the issues on the table. He works selflessly to achieve team success. His technical abilities are strong and they help him whether using the tools of the trade to track/manage projects or to converse confidently with developers. His newest strengths lie in his expertise related to agile development at the enterprise level. As the team transitioned over 200 developers from waterfall to agile, Hiren has jumped in to learn the new techniques, work with the teams to apply them and modify the approach based on what works, and converse with the broader agile community on his learnings and to apply the learnings of others. I think very highly of Hiren’s work ethic, integrity, and focus on results.

Scott Shaffer Senior Director of Engineering, EMC 19 May 2017

Hiren has a thorough understanding of Agile principles and practices and has proved a passionate trainer and coach. He is dedicated and professional, leading to strong long lasting engagements with customers who see the benefits he brings to their team and leadership.

Colin Bird Director, Ripplerock 19 May 2017

I have worked with Hiren for almost an year to learn basics of Agile and Scrum. Hiren is a very knowledgeable coach who knew how to drive meetings to conclusions and action items. His command over concepts of Agile is tremendous and one gets to learn a lot from him. He is also a fun loving guy which made the overall training a nice experience.

Goureya Thankar Scrum Master, Germin8 Solutions 19 May 2017

A BIG THANK YOU for delivering a passionate talk in AgilePro. Participants have learnt a lot from your talk. It focused on the fundamentals of agile delivery. As you could see that Danube was full with around 600 associates and 800 associates joined virtually from other locations. Your passion for agile was reflected in your delivery. We are extremely pleased that you could make to the conference and deliver your talk. You have strong command on the subject and it was reflected in your talk. You provided examples for anything you spoke about during your presentation which made your talk more interesting to the participants.I received very positive feedback about your talk from the participants. Look forward for continued and more interactions with you in future.

Hirdesh Singhal Agile Certified Practitioner, Mahindra Satyam 19 May 2017

Hiren came on to do a two day Agile training workshop for our team and was simply fantastic. Right from the time I hired him, he took time to connect with me and understand my team dynamic and what we wanted as a result of the training. The training totally blew me away. Hiren was very impressive from the get-go and kept the team constantly engaged with activities and personal anecdotes to keep the entire session very very interactive. This is what I liked best about Hiren, that he quickly gauged the feel of the room and adapted the material to suit them! Hiren is very knowledgeable with Agile methodologies and was always able to reconcile questions with real world experiences that he has had. I’ve been part of other Agile training sessions in the US and I can confidently say that the level of Hiren’s training sessions are on par with the best I’ve attended.

Akash Saxena Director of Engineering, OpenTable 19 May 2017