Prerna Thakur Email & Phone Number

United States

Plano, Texas, United States

Responsible for the vision and delivery of the Managed Container Services platform at USAA. Own and drive the delivery of a Kubernetes based ecosystem including features to enable observability, reliability and scalability. - Create the vision and develop product/technology roadmap for Managed Container services. Evangelize the product vision and get support from leadership and stakeholders on a multi year roadmap.- Lead agile teams across platform infrastructure delivery, architecture and operations to deliver effective solutions to enable CaaS (Container as a Service) resulting in a improved developer experience.- Drive modernization, transformation and cloud adoption efforts by managing stakeholders across multiple business teams. Advise on and influence their technology roadmaps on CaaS adoption.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Product Manager, Roles Based Access Control (RBAC)Lead a team of product owners to own and deliver features to drive implementation of centralized RBAC, reduce access risk and enable Day 1 employee productivity for over 250 K employees across the globe. - Create the vision and develop product/technology roadmap for Central Policy Administration tool to consolidate disparate processes across the firm into one centralized process with standardized controls; Evangelize the product vision and get support from leadership and stakeholders on a multi year roadmap. - Lead agile teams across delivery, controls and operations to design / deliver effective solutions to enable RBAC resulting in a significant reduction in requests for access and certification. - Manage RBAC PO team and responsible for their training, career development, and performance. Coach and mentor POs in the RBAC and broader IAM organizationProduct Manager, Third Party Access (TPA)Own the Vision and Strategy of products that drove adoption of JPMC’s Identity and Access Management controls across 1300+ applications at the firm, resulting in a successful reduction in the firm’s Cyber risk associated with unauthorized access and the multi-billion dollar release of capital held by the firm. - Created the vision and developed product/technology roadmap using Agile methodology and tools. Drove the delivery of the gateway (includes 3 sub-products); providing the ability to control access to 3rd party applications that cannot support Single Sign On. - Partnered with JPMC Legal and Communications teams to update JPMC’s MSA and supplier assessments to influence adoption of IAM controls by 3rd party applications. - Built KRIs to assess adoption of IAM controls across the program and identify key risks associated with the adoption.- Identified staffing needs and drove recruiting efforts to stand up Product team for TPA and broader IAM organization.

Plano, Tx

Product Manager, CML Credit Process &TechnologyManage end-to-end customer experience and strategy of Capital One’s Commercial Risk Rating Platform supporting $95 billion portfolio with over 1000 users. Lead discussions with Business, Design, Model Development, Model Review Office, Guidance and Technology teams to achieve build, testing and on time release of enhancements.• Created vision and developed product/technology road map for Commercial Risk Rating Platform using Agile methodology and tools. • Drove adoption of strategy and Agile methodology across Agile train for other products. • Led business and technology teams to adopt data sharing API architecture that improved accuracy of Asset Management and OCC reporting needs.Product Manager, Commercial Credit Technology Built product backlog and pipeline for three Commercial Credit applications. Led story refinement efforts with focus on user experience and usability. Managed negotiations of business and technical priorities. Defined scope of Agile release schedules and Program Increment planning within a SAFe framework and Agile Release Train. • Led three Agile teams to capture LOB requirements and create end-to-end solutions for features in multiple releases across three applications.• Managed priorities for vendor and Agile teams on a day-to-day basis • Developed and introduced new documentation process to capture current state of models in Credit Risk application. Process was sustainable as part of Agile process and met business needs. • Led team from ideation to implementation of innovation features that reduced QS testing process from 40 days to two days. • Spearheaded innovation that took implementation of application configuration from two-month release cycle to on-demand configuration.

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Team lead for BSA team in Commercial Credit IT area. Worked closely with LOB during design process to document changes in clear and concise manner. Coordinated QA/UAT activities for proper implementation of changes. As team lead, ensured that all projects run by team adhered to long-term product roadmap for Commercial Credit IT. • Led project teams to capture LOB requirements and create end-to-end solutions for projects in five consecutive quarterly releases at Fifth Third Bank. Developed business requirements document and functional specifications document for these projects. • Managed and coordinated activities of internal as well as vendor resources to design/build features and to ensure accuracy and timely delivery of changes.• Collaborated with LOB partners to create roadmap for features/enhancements of products in Commercial Credit area of Bank. • Created and executed strategy to redesign the implementation of exposure logic within underwriting application. Awards: - Awarded the Horizon Award

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Managed day-to-day and year-on-year planning and activities of Incentive compensation application for Bank. I-comp process supported all LOBs across Bancorp with 170+ plans, 15000+ participants and $240+ million in payouts. Managed project to transition employee 401K accounts and QA process for implementation of myTime system. • Managed and coordinated efforts of internal and vendor (EIS) resources to implement incentive compensation program updates on time and to ensure accuracy of I-comp payouts.• Provided project management leadership and ensured Fifth Third implementation guidelines were followed. • Managed and coordinated activities of large project team (which included about 30 Fifth Third/FTPS resources and about 20 vendor (Ceridian) resources to meet requirements and milestones during implementation of HR and Finance applications for FTPS divestiture.

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Partnered with LOB, vendor and IT resources to design and implement solutions across multiple applications. Functioned successfully as both IT and LOB Business Analyst and was instrumental in driving decisions and resolving issues.• Led project teams to capture LOB requirements and created end-to-end solutions for Accounts Payable Invoice Imaging platform; reduced invoice processing times from 6 months to 30 days. The successful implementation of AP imaging platform was an important first step in Bancorp wide Procure-to-Pay program, which resulted in 5-year ROI of 80.7%. • Provided project management leadership and managed vendor relationships for implementation of Oracle’s Hyperion System 9 platform.• Developed roll-out strategy for System 9 solution and successfully communicated and gained buy-in from upper management and LOB. Led team in creation and implementation of formal testing strategy.

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Industrial Engineering