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Dell TechnologiesDirector (Sr Consultant) - Agile Transformation
Oct. 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaResponsible for Agile transformation of Dell Infrastructure & Solutions Group (ISG) professionals coaching and training them for the skills necessary to work in the Scrum and Scrum@Scale frameworks. Accountable for launching Scrum, scaled Scrum teams and MetaScrums to ensure that the product development strategy is aligned to the prioritized product backlog. • Accelerated Agile adoption across two groups of scaled teams reviewing team topologies and value stream mapping. • Evangelized management of global program delivery backlog transforming Excel-based checklists into Jira Epic-Story templates giving a 360-degree view of delivery readiness at business review forums • Trained ~300 professionals and senior executives, on Agile, Scrum, and Scrum@Scale frameworks including training sessions for ScrumInc certification courses. All sessions consistently received high feedback scores. Achievements: - Reduced Scaled Teams and MetaScrum launch times from weeks to an average of three days by implementing a new training framework and standardized launch checklists. - Assessed 5 teams on Agile maturity using email and facilitated surveys providing transformation leadership insights into areas that need attention, resulting in critical dollar savings for the organization.
Dell TechnologiesSenior Manager - Engineering Program Management
Jan. 2013 - Sep. 2023Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, IndiaResponsible for delivery of Embedded Guests across multiple releases of PowerMax - EMC's Enterprise Storage solution. Accountable for a team of program managers at Dell-India site assigned to the various PowerMax program components. - Delivered the first release of the Embedded NAS guest under the newly added PowerMax virtual guest infrastructure feature creating team processes and process agreements between two separate business units. - Established a team of engineering program managers, mentored and coached them on being effective in their roles assigned to various components of Dell's PowerMax portfolio. - Enhanced executive decision-making capabilities by implementing standardized reporting, early-stage risk identification, and intuitive quality dashboards. - Cultivated a strong collaborative rapport between hardware engineering and product management to ensure alignment between product strategy and market needs, contributing to better OEM planning and successful product launches. Achievements: * Reduced project escalations by 67% through proactive risk management and improved cross-team collaboration indicating strong leadership skills. Maintained ready feature backlog for the next two releases. * Secured excellent team happiness (Net Promoter) scores year-over-year during Dell’s annual employee satisfaction surveys.
EMCRelease Manager
Mar. 2011 - Aug. 2012Bengaluru Area, IndiaRelease Manager for a large software product release on EMC's NetWorker product line. Responsible for tracking feature delivery, software quality and defect trends with engineering teams across multiple geographical locations.
EMCGlobal Program Manager
Jul. 2009 - Dec. 2012Bengaluru Area, IndiaResponsible for transitioning Global program management for EMC’s NetWorker suite of backup products to the India site. Accountable for end-to-end cross-functional delivery of NetWorker product releases. • Delivered multiple product releases for EMC NetWorker enterprise backup product line following the agreed phase-exit milestones right from program charter through General Availability. • Presented data-driven program updates at business review forums, facilitating timely phase-exit approvals from cross-functional leadership. • Collaborated strongly between Engineering and Product Management teams to improve feature backlog management for upcoming product releases. Achievements: - Successfully implemented the Restricted Availability offering as an option in the product development lifecycle, handholding engineering and program team members on the new process.
Hewlett PackardProgram Manager
Oct. 2007 - Jul. 2009Working with various cross-functional organizations to drive worldwide delivery of the XP Performance Advisor program. Responsible for requirements gathering, scope finalization and commitment to the management teams and stake-holders, tracking program deliverables, risks and dependencies up to shipping the media kits from the manufacturing team. Conduct all the checkpoint meetings at various stages in the program life-cycle including gathering contents from the program team members and getting stake-holders' sign-offs
Hewlett PackardProject Lead
Jul. 2004 - Sep. 2007Command View for Tape Libraries (CVTL) is the Device management application for HP's enterprise tape-backup libraries. I was the project lead for a team of engineers tasked in re-architecting and enhancing the GUI for CVTL. Transitioned the original work from the US project team to Bangalore. Was responsible for development planning of the team members as well as progress update to management and partner teams.
Hewlett PackardGUI Test Automation Engineer
Jan. 2003 - Jul. 2004GUI Test Automation for LTT Library and Tape Tools (LTT) is the diagnostic application for HP's tape-backup devices. Responsibilities Used Rational Robot to write automation scripts for GUI Test cases of LTT software. Automated 90% of the GUI test case for the LTT software, which considerably brought down the test-cycle time for the software qualification. This project was also a good learning experience dealing with the software testing and automation community on the internet mailing lists. Tools used: Rational Robot, Rational Test Administrator
Hewlett PackardLead Engineer
Aug. 2002 - Jan. 2003SNMP Extension Agent for Library & Tape Tools (L&TT) The SNMP agent for LTT was deployed in Enterprise environments where health of the backup device was critical. Responsibilities Implemented the SNMP Extension agent for the L&TT software. This agent was used in data centres to proactively monitor the status of tape drives and alert HP Support staff via SNMP Traps in case device analysis tests indicate errors. Technologies used: C++, SNMP
Hewlett PackardDevelopment Engineer
Aug. 2000 - Aug. 2002Instant TopTools was the Management tool for the erstwhile HP NetServers. Responsibilities Worked on enhancement and CPE for the product. Technologies used: C++
Siemens Communication SoftwareSenior Software Engineer
Aug. 1997 - Aug. 2000Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, IndiaContributed to the management software for Siemens' EWSD switches. • Supported development and maintenance of Task Tree management software for Siemens' EWSD switches, contributing to system reliability. • Led the SNMP Management Team for SNMP-based management of telecommunication nodes, enhancing network management capabilities. Achievements: - Enabled SNMP Trap based Alerts for switch malfunctions.
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