Saikalyan Akunuri

Engineering programmes run. Teams aligned. Delivery visible.

Fractional Programme Manager and Agile Coach. 25 years in software engineering. Available for remote engagements.

25 yrs

Software engineering

15+ teams

Hach / Danaher

4 countries

US, DE, CH, India

Saikalyan Akunuri

Three ways to work together

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Ongoing retainer

Fractional Programme Manager / RTE

You have multiple Scrum teams but nobody owns what happens between them. I set up and run the coordination layer: Scrum of Scrums, PI Planning, dependency tracking, dashboards that reflect reality.

3-5 day Kaizen + 3 months

Agile Team Onboarding (Kaizen)

A 3-5 day Kaizen to get a team sprint-ready by Day 5, followed by 3 months of sustenance coaching. Used at Hach. I stay until it sticks.

2-3 day diagnosticStart here

Programme Health Check

Something is wrong but you are not sure where to look. Two to three days of review, ending with a prioritised action plan you can act on immediately.

Hach / Danaher

15+

Scrum teams coordinated

4

Countries, one programme

5→30+

Engineering group growth

What this looks like in practice

15+ Scrum teams. US, Germany, Switzerland, India. No shared timezone. No natural alignment. Leadership needed to know what was at risk at any given point.

I developed the programme operating infrastructure: Scrum of Scrums, PI Planning, Jira dashboards, dependency registers, and risk tracking. Not as a one-off setup, but as a running system the programme operated on for years.

Alongside delivery coordination, I helped scale a multidisciplinary engineering group from 5 to 30+ through hiring across full-stack, mobile, and DevOps teams.

That level of visibility does not happen by itself. It requires someone whose job it is to own the space between the teams. That is what I do.

Background

Delivery experience and certifications that shaped how I work.

DBS Agile CoachEarned at Hach (Danaher). Hands-on, results-verified. Not a classroom exam.
Engineering organisation growthHelped scale from 5 to 30+ through hiring across full-stack, mobile, and DevOps teams.
Architecture & automationAzure Service Fabric microservices, identity, IoT APIs, and CI/CD improvement.
SAFe Foundational (SA)Renewal available on request.
Microsoft Certified Azure ArchitectHistorical certification — no longer current.
TOGAF 8Historical certification — no longer current. Enterprise architecture background.
8 years at Hach (Danaher)15+ Scrum teams across US, Germany, Switzerland, India
5 years at FinastraFinancial services architecture
7 years at WiproCross-functional programmes

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Available for remote engagements in US and European time zones.

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