Rakesh Reddy — Director of Engineering

I have done my M.Tech from IIIT Bangalore and have 12 years of experience in software development including Research. I have rich experience in developing complex application in Robotics, UX, Graphics Drivers, In-memory Database and Protocol Fuzzer. Technocrat with extensive experience in Technical Leadership and management of complex end-to-end software product solutions in highly competitive and fast paced environment. Strategic planner with skills in identifying client/business process needs, conceptualising business solutions & strategies for achieving corporate goals and establishing practices and delivering innovative solutions to business problems and business operations. Understand current tech trends & leverage them to align with the IT strategy and vision Experience in team mentoring, coaching, recruiting and empowering people to produce high quality deliverables. Successfully managed cross functional team of around 15 resources in APAC and US. Excellent experience of taking a product from concept phase till its release along with handling critical escalations. Cultivated close working relationship with Product Management team, Architects, Continuous Improvement/Continuous Delivery and User experience team to define product roadmap. Certified Scrum Master & Certified Agilist (SAFe 4), Handled projects with Agile Development Methodologies. Specialties:-- C/C++ (1998,11) , C#, STL, COM, Oracle SQL and PL-SQL, Multi-threading, implementing design patterns, continuous delivery.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Technical Leader in Software Development with a focus on Robotics and Database Management.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 17 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Product Development
Leadership
Technical Leadership
Team Management
Software Development
Problem Solving
Research And Development
Innovation

Career Highlights

12 years of experience in software development and research.
Expertise in Robotics, UX, and complex application development.
Certified Scrum Master with strong Agile project management skills.

Work Experience

Oracle

Director (1 yr 9 mos)

Senior Software Development Manager (2 yrs 6 mos)

Software Development Manager (1 yr 1 mo)

Principal Member Of Technical Staff (3 mos)

Project Lead (3 yrs 11 mos)

Intel Corporation

Senior Software Engineer (2 yrs 3 mos)

Graphics Software Engineer (2 yrs 2 mos)

ABB Corporate Research

Associate Scientist (3 yrs 6 mos)

Education

Master's degree at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies- Pune

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at International Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata

High School at Montfort

Rakesh Reddy

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

12 years of experience in software development and research.
Expertise in Robotics, UX, and complex application development.
Certified Scrum Master with strong Agile project management skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Technical Leader in Software Development with a focus on Robotics and Database Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DevelopmentLeadershipTechnical LeadershipTeam ManagementSoftware DevelopmentProblem SolvingResearch And DevelopmentInnovation

Other Skills

Automation toolsRegression testingTest planningTest managementOracle DatabaseTeam LeadershipPerformance OptimizationAgile methodologiesTechnical marketingGraphics software developmentRoot cause analysisRequirement gatheringResearchPatent filingProtocol Fuzzer development

About

Experience

17 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Oracle

5 roles

Director

Promoted

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Senior Software Development Manager

Mar 2022 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Software Development Manager

Feb 2021 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Principal Member Of Technical Staff

Promoted

Nov 2020 – Feb 2021 · 3 mos

Project Lead

Nov 2016 – Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

1. Leading a team of 2 engineers that enables Oracle Database deliver high performance, scalable and highly available architecture for Columnar Database feature.
2. Developed various automation tools that helped minimising manual and regression testing that led to productivity increase of 28% and saved 35% of productivity hours equivalent to 1.5-man hours per day.
3. Created master test plan for major release & review, monitored activities in key releases and drove innovation within teams

Automation toolsRegression testingTest planningTest managementProduct DevelopmentLeadership

Intel corporation

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos

1. Managed a team of 12 engineers, built & motivated team, ensured career development of engineers, created plan and prepared resource planning for development and test efforts which led to 70% improvement in performance.
2. Managing technical marketing team, collaborating with engineering, UX, documentation & support teams for Display, Video, 3D, Power features; transforming to agile methodology; increased from 1 to 4 release/year
3. Interfacing with global customers, coordinating with engineering teams as product owner, and reviewing product demos through agile software development model using JIRA
4. Working with Chief Strategy Officer and aligning product strategy with company strategy

Team managementAgile methodologiesTechnical marketingTechnical LeadershipTeam Management

Graphics Software Engineer

Jan 2012 – Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Roles and Responsibilities:
Primary responsibility is to design, develop and implement features for the newer platforms.
Analyzing root cause of failures and evolved breakdown solutions within minimum turnaround time.
Participating in requirement gathering phases and performing feasibility analysis.
Estimating efforts & preparing plan for developing & execution.

Graphics software developmentRoot cause analysisRequirement gatheringSoftware DevelopmentProblem Solving

Abb corporate research

Associate Scientist

Jul 2008 – Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

1. Researched and filed a patent on Dynamic load sharing in a distributed control system. The idea has been productised and is currently consumed in majority of ABB products.
2. Developed in-house Protocol Fuzzer which found vulnerable issues in the devices. This tool was used internally and saved 1M USD used to procure other tools licenses.

ResearchPatent filingProtocol Fuzzer developmentResearch and DevelopmentInnovation