Surendra Reddy Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked as Technical Program Manager in building and launch of new Jio Cinema OTT platform end to end. I was primarily responsible in end to end delivery of all the user engagement related features such as Hype Chat.
• Achieved a 90% on-time project delivery rate by implementing a data-driven approach, including robust reporting and proactive risk mitigation.
• Ensured tight alignment of program objectives with overall business goals, contributing to a 20% improvement in the organization's key performance indicators (KPIs) DAU and DVV.
• Spearheaded process improvement initiatives that streamlined project workflows, reducing friction, and improved collaboration among various cross-functional teams that resulted in reduction of project cycle time by 20%

Bangalore

• Team Size: 12Project: Developing solutions for monitoring the playability and quality of Video on Demand (VOD) content in a OTT delivery system that is deployed in a Hybrid Cloud environment by integrating Telestream.
• Worked with System Architects to review & agree on E2E design in a rapidly changing environment and achieved 30% reduction in design cycle time
• Mentored & led engineering team in development, deployment & integration of VOD content monitoring microservices by demonstrating high degree of ownership & autonomy and improved operational efficiency of VOD content.
• Smoothly resolved dependencies on other teams by demonstrating cross-functional leadership, resulting in optimization of overall resource allocation by 20%Project: Development of ABR client, which is one of the.
• Implemented multi-period functionality and enabled Server-Side Dynamic Ad Insertions (Preroll, Midroll, Postroll) for MPEG DASH streaming content, resulting in 70% increase in ad revenue
• Implemented i-Frame based trick mode functionality, resulting in exceptionally smooth experience to the end-users during trick mode operations on MPEG DASH content and achieved 40% increase in user retention rate

Bangalore, India

• Team Size: 30Project: Development of new generation STB software for Sky Newzealand My Sky boxes (DTH) with features such as 4 Simultaneous Recordings, Recording of HD content, Bookable Promos, Progressive Download of.
• Led the STB functional requirements review sessions at customer premises in Auckland andensured sign-off by all the relevant stakeholders, resulting in better traceability of therequirements and clear accountability
• Effectively collaborated with all the stakeholders, including the customer and STB vendor, inmanaging the risks and driving the alignment and synergies, resulting in delivery of amplifiedimpact and stable software
• Managed 4 scrum teams with focus on leading and nurturing team members growth
• Led the enhancements in existing product by implementing and demonstrating POC ofinnovative features, resulting in increased customer engagement and business growth
• Built sustainable processes, resulting in better management of the team with competingpriorities and delivering against aggressive roadmapProject: Managing OpenTV Program comprising 4 STB projects Sky-Newzealand.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Led 2 teams working across different projects “Bookable Promos” and Progressive Download of VOD content for Foxtel
• Performed the role of EPG Architect and responsible for preparing detailed functional requirements documents

Bengaluru Area, India

• Led a team of 8 people to develop new EPG software for Foxtel’s new STB platform iQ2 which supports 4 simultaneous recordings, and HD channels
• Represented Cisco in all the CDR (Critical Design Review) meetings held at customer premises in Sydney, Australia
• Onsite integration for Foxtel projects in Sydney, Australia

Bengaluru Area, India

• Technically led the EPG development team for the PVR (Personal-Video-Recorder) STB project for Sky Newzealand
• Represented Cisco in CDR (Critical Design Review) meetings held at customer premises in Auckland, Newzealand
• Technically led the “P2 Changeover” project for Sky Newzealand’s digibox platforms Pace TP3 & Pace 5517 and performed integration activities at Jerusalem, Israel

Bengaluru Area, India

Bengaluru Area, India

Master Of Computer Applications, Mca

Bachelor'S Degree, Bsc In Electronics

Intermediate, Maths, Physics, Chemistry