Sudhanva Ramesh

CEO

Washington, DC, United States18 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led multi-million dollar transformations for large organizations.
  • Expert in enterprise change transformation and Agile practices.
  • Coached teams to enhance business agility and compliance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert specializing in enterprise transformation and Agile methodologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Agile LeadershipBusiness Transformation

Other Skills

People ManagementExecutive CoachingCreative Problem SolvingChange ManagementValue Stream MappingAgile MethodologiesSAFe FrameworkAgile HRAgilityMentoringCOBOLSDLCJCLMainframeRequirements Analysis

About

I help executive leaders and boards build strategically aligned, regulation-ready operating models that scale effectively in complex environments, driving multi-million dollar transformations across organizations with over 100,000 employees. As a specialist in enterprise change transformation, Advanced SAFe (SPC) practices, and Agile tools, I align strategy, execution, and governance while optimizing value streams worth $100 million and strengthening oversight. I have led large-scale transformation programs, overseeing teams of 100+ individuals, with a focus on driving compliance, resilience, and lasting business agility. My approach combines strategic vision with hands-on delivery, treating agility as an essential business capability to navigate regulatory complexity, operating model evolution, and tools implementation to support seamless collaboration. I actively engage with organizations facing challenges in enterprise transformation, regulatory alignment, or scaling operations in dynamic markets.

Experience

18 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Synchrony

2 roles

Vice President - Office of Agile

Promoted

Jul 2022Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Led enterprise-wide Strategy and Workforce Transformation, aligning operational models with organizational goals to drive sustainable growth.
  • Directed Change Management initiatives in Governance and Cloud Technology transformation, navigating regulatory complexities and fostering innovation.
  • Spearheaded Business Agility efforts, successfully launching 40+ Agile Release Trains (ARTs) using the SAFe framework.
  • Conducted Value Stream Mapping and established the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) to scale agility and optimize processes across teams.
  • Enhanced data reporting and analytics capabilities, enabling data-driven business decisions and strategic guidance.
  • Coached and mentored Technology and Operations teams, fostering collaboration and building cross-functional capabilities.
  • Partnered closely with executives to align enterprise strategy with organizational objectives, ensuring cohesive execution.
  • Recalibrated and established Portfolio Performance Metrics, driving accountability and visibility at multiple levels of scale.
People ManagementExecutive CoachingBusiness TransformationAgile LeadershipCreative Problem Solving

Enterprise Agile Transformation Lead and Release Train Engineer

Jul 2013Jun 2022 · 8 yrs 11 mos

  • Set and governed value alignment of the Technology Office of Agile portfolio of programs to stated business goals and benefits.
  • Optimized portfolio management processes, controls, and performance measures
  • Created pool of Agile subject matter expertise to coach, mentor, and guide technology teams through transition to Agile
  • Influenced leadership and teams throughout to drive adoption of Agile methods.
  • Coordinated internal and external regulatory readiness.

Capgemini

4 roles

Senior Manager and Release Train Engineer - Agile Practice and Quality Engineering

Jan 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • o Work with multiple clients to form Quality deliverables to include Agile Test Management, Test Data Management Solutions.
  • o Certified Automation Practitioner, managing a set of Automation teams to leverage automation capabilities across portfolios.
  • o Mentor a group of individuals in the quality control and quality assurance area.
  • o Manage Procedures and Policies related to DevOps, CI/CD pipeline testing.
  • o Create Metrics across the portfolio at scaled agile levels to deliver features, capabilities and initiatives using JIRA/JIRA-Align Strategies.
  • o Create a cross functional agile standard across multiple client initiatives to keep the assurance process in-house vs a silo assurance team.
  • o Responsible for managing the client engagement portfolio with focus on complex engagements.
  • o Responsible, at account level, for delivery quality, financial performance of all delivery engagements, customer satisfaction and effective management of delivery-related risks and issues.
  • o Monitor and deliver programs as per SOW/contract and meet the defined financial and business KPIs of the contract.
  • o Oversees the allocation and availability of resources to progress the project to the conclusion and works closely with Service Line leads to achieve the rightsizing.
  • o Thought leadership to solve the key client’s most critical business needs in relation to operational challenges and issues.
  • o Responsible to plan and conduct quality reviews and internal audits to achieve significant coverage across the portfolio in every year of operation.
  • o Participate in the Account Business Review and executive steering committee.
  • o Ensure profitability of delivery through delivery productivity improvement, delivery excellence, management of change requests and extensions, contracts renewals and optimization of organic growth opportunities.
  • o Drive innovation and continuous service improvements.

PMO Tools - Products and Engagement Manager

Promoted

Feb 2016Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Facilitate process mapping, brainstorming, business impact assessments, gap analysis and approvals
  • Hands-on engagement in scoping, prioritization, planning and execution of Portfolio Project Management functionality implementation
  • Challenge stakeholders, provide recommendations and champion process changes that significantly simplify/streamline business processes while maintaining a required set of governance tenets
  • Identify, design and implement system/process controls
  • Handle multiple, competing requests of time and negotiate with stakeholders to accommodate schedules/timelines
  • Partner with technology experts (internal and external) to align processes and systems
  • Coordinate functional stakeholders, subject matter experts, and technical resources as needed, ensuring functional buy-in and appropriate sign-off/approvals on required deliverables
  • Create, refine, and maintain artifacts such as business requirements, communications, process maps, project plans. training and change management plans
  • Drive and manage testing of solutions (SIT, QA, UAT)
  • Garner support/commitment of stakeholders and establish appropriate communications vehicles to manage status and issues resolution pertaining to initiatives
  • Engage and partner with solution contributors – software vendors, IT infrastructure, and subject matter experts

Senior Credit Risk Consultant

Jul 2013Feb 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Provide onsite consulting services to one of the largest retail banks in the United States.
  • Execution of new strategy implementations through use of Experian PowerCurve software & FD Rules Management
  • Development of functional requirements for new products & processes impacting Authorizations & Customer Requested Credit Line Increase strategies
  • Post-implementation tracking & analytics
  • Account level research for issue isolation and resolution
  • Provide platform expertise to cross-functional teams

Offshore Project Manager

Jan 2012Jun 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Provide off-site consulting services to a fortune 100 fleet client as a Project Manager managing all the phases of SDLC including Requirement Elicitation.

Exeter group

Technology Consultant

Jul 2010Jan 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • As a part of the Mainframe team at Exeter, I was involved in the research and Analysis of various ways of Legacy Modernization techniques. Created the System Appreciation Document from Mainframe version of the Code.
  • Provide off-site consulting services to one of the reputed Universities , to manage and maintain the Student Information System which provides support for admissions, business, financial aid, and records needs within the University.

Infosys technologies limited

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2007Jul 2010 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Joined Infosys as a Fresher and quickly grew into the role of a Senior Software Engineer and an Offshore Coordinator with Roles managing all the phases of SDLC including Requirement Elicitation. Was awarded the best fresher award in the first year of my Tenure
  • Provide off-site consulting services to, one of the world's leading publishing company to develop and maintain the critical financial systems(Online Fulfillment).
  • Also responsible for Defect Prevention and Knowledge Management with numerous awards in this role.

Education

Global Academy of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electronics and Communication

Jan 2003Jan 2007

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