Jul 2015 – Jun 2016 · 11 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

May 2006 – Feb 2015 · 8 yrs 9 mos

• Successfully built and institutionalized BI CoE on SAP Business Objects technology from scratch to support adoption of BI technology across enterprise products.
• Established 4 practice lines to support global services business in India – IT Governance, Security, Service Management, Infrastructure Management and Hosted services;
• o Successfully built up an organization from scratch and grew revenue through global delivery to $4 mn
• Built large global product engineering teams with critical mainframe system level expertise in less than 6 months for the DB2 product portfolio. Responsible for global development, QA and sustaining engineering teams.
• o Hired and built engineering teams ranging from 70 to 90 engineering staff across multiple product lines - New platform for supporting modern way (UI based on JBOSS, GWT, GXT) of managing the mainframe (z/OS) using Assembler, C++ and Eclipse.
• o Implemented continuous integration and delivery (CI) infrastructure to drive development efficiencies, faster feedback loop and reducing time to market – Unit Test automation through GoogleTest, regression automation (QTP and REXX) and build automation (Endevor and Jenkins)
• o 40% drop in customer issues on legacy products through proactive RCA leading to legacy code refactoring and improvements.
• Led Agile Transformation initiative
• o Setup required roles (POs, SMs) and structures to support fully co-located agile teams to drive end-to-end ownership of product / component.
• o Executed a number of soft skills programs to drive change in approach and mindset towards team behaviors in collaboration with L&D.
• o Collaborated with HR to enhance performance management system to support agile teams and team based goal setting and performance reviews.
• o Delivered multiple releases across products using Agile with complete ownership of releases as well as customer support.Release cycles reduced from 2 years to a year and currently piloting with quarterly incremental releases.

May 2006 – Feb 2015 · 8 yrs 9 mos

• Successfully built and institutionalized BI CoE on SAP Business Objects technology to support adoption of BI technology across enterprise products.
• Established 3 service lines in India (CA Clarity, SiteMinder, Service Desk, Spectrum/eHealth) including Component development services, Implementation & Upgrade Services across multiple practices – IT Governance, Security, Service Management, Infrastructure Management and Hosted services;
• o Successfully built up an organization from scratch to over 70 within 15 months and grew revenue through global delivery to $4 mn
• Built large product engineering teams with critical mainframe system level (Assembler, z/OS and DB2) expertise in less than 6 months to support global development strategy. Responsible for development, QA and Sustaining engineering teams.
• o Formed engineering teams ranging from 50 to 70 engineering staff across multiple product lines - platform for supporting modern way (UI based on JBOSS, GWT, GXT) of managing the mainframe and mainframe database management tools on DB2 for z/OS using Assembler, C++ and Eclipse technologies.
• Led engineering transformation initiatives in the mainframe product line -
• o Implemented CI infrastructure to reduce time to market – Unit Test automation through GoogleTest, regression automation (QTP and REXX) and build automation (Endevor and Jenkins)
• o 40% drop in customer issues on legacy products through proactive RCA.
• Led Agile Transformation initiative
• o Roles and structures to support fully co-located agile teams to drive end-to-end ownership of product / component from the site including sustaining engineering.
• o Soft skills programs to drive change in approach and mindset
• o Team Rewards and Recognition programs to build a team culture
• Site Vitality Leader - Rolled out a number of initiatives / programs to create culture of innovation.

Jan 2006 – Feb 2015 · 9 yrs 1 mo

• Successfully built and institutionalized BI CoE on SAP Business Objects technology to support adoption of BI technology across enterprise products.
• Established 3 service lines in India (CA Clarity, SiteMinder, Service Desk, Spectrum/eHealth) including Component development services, Implementation & Upgrade Services across multiple practices – IT Governance, Security, Service Management, Infrastructure Management and Hosted services;
• o Successfully built up an organization from scratch to over 70 within 15 months and grew revenue through global delivery to $4 mn
• Built large product engineering teams with critical mainframe system level (Assembler, z/OS and DB2) expertise in less than 6 months to support global development strategy. Responsible for development, QA and Sustaining engineering teams.
• o Formed engineering teams ranging from 50 to 70 engineering staff across multiple product lines - platform for supporting modern way (UI based on JBOSS, GWT, GXT) of managing the mainframe and mainframe database management tools on DB2 for z/OS using Assembler, C++ and Eclipse technologies.
• Led engineering transformation initiatives in the mainframe product line -
• o Implemented CI infrastructure to reduce time to market – Unit Test automation through GoogleTest, regression automation (QTP and REXX) and build automation (Endevor and Jenkins)
• o 40% drop in customer issues on legacy products through proactive RCA.
• Led Agile Transformation initiative
• o Roles and structures to support fully co-located agile teams to drive end-to-end ownership of product / component from the site including sustaining engineering.
• o Soft skills programs to drive change in approach and mindset
• o Team Rewards and Recognition programs to build a team culture
• Site Vitality Leader - Rolled out a number of initiatives / programs to create culture of innovation

Apr 2004 – Apr 2006 · 2 yrs

• Key Deliverables:
• Managed delivery of projects as per Corporate Gross Profit Margins, Quality goals and reported data as per metrics specified ensuring delivery and release within time frames
• Led planning and implementation of project, facilitated definition of project scope, goals and deliverable and defined project tasks and resource requirements along with tracking project deliverable using appropriate tools and providing direction and support to the project team
• Led multiple project management activities based out of GDC assisted by a team of Project Managers & Project Leaders ensuring delivery of projects as per specified parameters
• Fruitful in developing and managing cordial relations with key clients in APAC and Middle East regions
• Functioned as CMMi Assessment Team Member resulting in the organization being assessed at SEI-CMMi Level 5

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs

Oct 1987 – Mar 2004 · 16 yrs 5 mos

Jan 1987 – Jan 2004 · 17 yrs