Yogesh is serving a large Energy Company client as a Technical Program Manager, responsible for development and delivery of an omnichannel consumer experience, and integration with a brand new Loyalty platform which provides a differentiated value proposition for the North America market.- Leading the strategic quarterly planning process using OKRs to align team objectives with business goals.- Facilitating PI Planning sessions to synchronize team efforts, manage dependencies, and optimize team allocation.- Implementing Agile frameworks to enhance team collaboration, efficiency, and delivery of high-quality mobile app features.- Partnering with senior stakeholders to identify, articulate, and prioritize business problems, ensuring clear communication and alignment across the program.- Driving continuous improvement initiatives to refine processes, enhance stakeholder satisfaction, and achieve project milestones.With a strong focus on stakeholder communication and cross-functional team leadership, Yogesh ensures the successful delivery of innovative mobile solutions that meet and exceed consumer expectations.

Yogesh serves as a Project Manager for a team responsible for developing a microservice to address the differences between the client API serving the native mobile apps (BFF) and the underlying platform services. This service allowed the client to safely transition from the existing payments platform to a newly developed in-house payments platform.

PROJECT MANAGER / TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADKey facilitator in guiding client leadership teams in the process transformation journey. Analyzing inefficient processes, time lags, and refocusing on high-value high priority tasks with the SAFe Agile teamsUsing technical know-how to identify and improve areas, create a POA, receive approval on budget plans, and close the loop with metrics reportingAutomated CI/CD pipeline, reduced defects, and reduced AWS costsKey Achievements Reduction in manual tasks/hand-offs by automating the CI/CD pipeline85% reduction in defects in Certification/UAT cycle and 87% reduction in manual testing22% reduction in an overall cycle time of the releasesReduced monthly resources cost by $142K ($1.7m annually)Reduced AWS cost by downscaling the environments during non-working hours

QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD / PROJECT MANAGEMENT Created and executed quality strategies for both medium and large scale programsLed a complex project on high-quality deliverables with onshore and offshore cross-functional teams for a dynamic crew management systemDeveloped a test automation strategy to test applications with a core focus on business results and ROI

QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD / TEAM MANAGEMENTPrioritize QA Team initiatives and projects to optimize efficiency and qualityManage a team of QA analysts who are responsible for participating in testing activities and processes.Collaborate with multiple development teams to identify needs for building and deploying their applications into test environmentsFacilitate, manage, and communicate information related to server environments - their current state, deployed versions and availability to developers, QA engineers and team managersWork closely with the DevOps Lead to identify and deploy infrastructure for testing environments.Software code security complianceMeasure and monitor release progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed quality expectationsConduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviewsLead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the test and deployment plans and checklists.Develop scripted manual tests to deterministically assure that the software system is performing as specified by the requirementsDevelop and execute test cases, scripts, plans, and procedures (manual and automated)Formulate and create test results reporting and testing metrics.Collaborate cross functionally with software engineers, business analysts, product managers, implementation specialists, and project managers to provide testing assistance.Utilize proven software quality assurance methodologies and techniques to ensure the highest quality softwareImprove software quality by appropriately challenging the status quoProvide test harnesses and participate in FAT (Factory Acceptance testing) where appropriate

• Worked as a Test Lead for a telecommunication website application testing team. • Managed offshore testing team, with strong focus on first-time-right delivery.

• Worked as a Senior Test Engineer for a Lab Management System (LMS application), for a large corrective lens French multinational.

• Worked for more than 3 years as a QA in BFSI - Securities domain.• Consistently rated as a Top Performer while playing a role of SME and Onsite coordinator.