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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas

•I support multiple teams through software development life cycle using Agile and Lean practices (SAFe and Scrum methodologies), and facilitate software product roadmap, feature grooming, prioritization, release planning and sprint execution by collaborating with product management and development team. •I am a liaison between cross-functional teams including infrastructure, security and operations for successful product releases. I optimized the release management process to reduce time taken to deploy and deliver value to clients• Additionally, I develop, track and report on key business and operational metrics to C-suite by effectively and accurately communicating relevant project information( status, risk and dependencies) •I work cross-functionally to ensure product quality and timely delivery of projects. Function as Scrum Master for agile teams.•I identified opportunities for process improvements, drove implementation, and automation of testcases and CICD.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

•Assessed functionality and technology infrastructure of financially significant applications for clients in the finance & technology industry. Identified the critical path and proposed controls to ensure accurate delivery of financial data•Identified vulnerabilities in the IT security controls of multiple fortune 500 companies and remediated controls to mitigate the risk of security breach and ensure compliance with security standards

Love Field, Dallas,Texas

• Strategized an integrated Beacon and mobile application technology solution to redefine customer’s digital experience for millions of travelers at Dallas Love Field airport- Created RFP for beacon vendors and analyzed proposals to determine the most cost effective vendor.- Created road maps , designed the technology architecture and identified gaps for the proposed solution.- Identified 15+ partner teams and assessed resource availability to estimate costs for implementation.- Performed cost benefit analysis to determine the feasibility of the solution.- Presented the final business case with a projected 5-year ROI of $25 million to the CIO and VPs. • Gathered and managed requirements for phase 2 of an aircraft maintenance project by collaborating with 30 key stake holders from 4 cross functional teams. Estimated cost and timelines to ensure on time and on budget delivery.• Governed project scope by estimating schedule and cost impact of Program Change Requests (PCR) on “Mosaic” parts maintenance program. Negotiated budget and timelines resulting in cost saving of $27000.• Designed a program schedule framework to ensure consistent reporting in various phases of “Mosaic” and created automated dashboards to showcase progress to senior leadership.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

• Redesigned and re-framed the open access labs website for click optimization• Developed the curriculum and trained over 200 student workers employed at the Texas A&M Open access labs in Microsoft Excel, Access and PowerPoint . Updated the curriculum constantly to incorporate latest features and tools. • Trained student workers using captivate and eLearning techniques and monitored their progress• Designed innovate learning techniques to help students understand concepts quickly and efficiently

Bengaluru Area, India

•Devised a smartwatch technology solution to improve ATM access and provide instant alerts for a global competition by an eminent bank to improve customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. Dell won 3rd place among 650 global participants.•Brainstormed with product managers on delivery management of applications which helped identify areas for optimizing business process and enhanced team productivity by 18%.•Liaison between client and development teams to translate business requirement into technical requirements and deliver a patient engagement application for a healthcare client. Client reported a 27% decrease in processing time and 14% increase in accuracy of data received.• Formulated Proof Of Concepts (POC) by understanding the client’s business processes and gathering requirements. 4 out of 5 POCs converted into full featured applications worth 2.5 million dollars.

• Developed and debugged an android application suite to implement the cutting edge concept of BYOD(Bring Your Own Device) using security, service, provider etc APIs, which increased employee efficiency by 27%- Implemented an enterprise calendar with the functionality to manage meeting requests. Developed UI for multiple views using Open GL, fragments, view pager and grid layout which improved usability by 23%- Executed multiple browser and file manager features using async tasks to manage multi-thread processes. Resulting in optimized system usage and reduced system failures• Delivered an end to end supply chain management app for a construction giant by integrating with webservices using JSON payload. Client reported a 25% reduction in processing time• Developed an android app using the material design concept and features to showcase the growth and development of the team to senior management• Developed a website for a car dealership using java script, apache tomcat application server, Java jdbc and MySQL

Product Management And Strategy

Masters Of Management Information System, Management Information Systems, General

Activities and Societies: Business Information Technology Students, Women In IT, India Association, Buddy Connect

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology

Placement Coordinator for the Information technology batch of 2008-2012 Member of Student Council for the batch of 2008-2012.