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Kranthi K - Senior Technical Program Manager/Product Owner

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Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Relocation: Texas/Bay Area CA/Remote

Visa: GC

Kranthi K Senior Technical Program Manager/Product Owner ________________________________________ Proven technology architect and Senior Technical Program Manager with over 10 years of experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs. Expertise in driving strategic initiatives, managing multi-year programs, and delivering impactful business outcomes in fast-paced environments. Skilled at collaborating across engineering, product, security, legal, and compliance teams to ensure alignment, mitigate risks, and achieve program goals. ________________________________________ Skills Program Management: Expertise in leading complex, multi-year technical programs, employing Agile and Waterfall methodologies to deliver impactful results. Cross-Functional Leadership: Skilled in building commitment across engineering, product, compliance, legal, and finance teams to ensure seamless collaboration and execution. Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of Enterprise SaaS, cloud-native solutions, backend systems, and infrastructure. Tools and Technologies: Proficient in Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Tableau, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Docker. Communication and Mentorship: Strong written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to mentor and coach team members, including Technical Program Managers (TPMs) ________________________________________ Core Competencies Strategic Program Leadership: Led planning, execution, and delivery of strategic, cross-functional programs by decomposing business problems into actionable work streams and managing risks and constraints proactively. Risk Mitigation and Resource Allocation: Adept at identifying risks and gaps early, negotiating competing require ments, and ensuring resources are allocated effectively to meet objectives. Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to influence and partner with stakeholders across multiple organizations, ensuring alignment and seamless program progress. Process Optimization: Drove the design and implementation of new processes and tools to improve efficiency and align with organizational goals. Technical Problem Solving: Leveraged technical expertise to prioritize and manage challenges, bridging the gap between technical and business requirements. ________________________________________ Senior Technical Program Manager El Dorado Trucking Software Nov 2017 Present Led strategic, cross-functional programs with significant organizational impact, collaborating with engineering, product, legal, compliance, and finance teams to align goals and drive program success. Designed and executed scalable program roadmaps, decomposing complex business challenges into actionable work streams and mitigating risks early in the process. Coached and mentored junior Technical Program Managers to improve team performance and alignment with organizational goals. Introduced and optimized tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet to enhance program tracking, reporting, and collaboration. Managed multi-year technical programs focusing on cloud-native architectures, enterprise SaaS, and backend systems to achieve seamless product delivery. Effectively communicated program plans, risks, and progress to stakeholders, ensuring alignment across competing priorities and diverse operating cadences. Standardized release management processes to ensure consistent and reliable deployments across multiple environments, including cloud-based and on-premise systems. Developed performance metrics to assess program success and implemented strategies to improve efficiency and alignment with business objectives. Facilitated cross-team dependencies and conflict resolution, enabling smooth coordination and delivery within tight deadlines. ________________________________________ Java Developer/Data Engineer Cisco Systems, San Jose CA Mar 2015 Nov 2017 Collaborated with cross-functional teams to automate DBA operations and design cloud-native solutions, improving infrastructure efficiency. Actively contributed to Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and backlog refinement, ensuring timely delivery of engineering objectives. Designed and developed backend systems for enterprise applications, integrating tools like Jenkins and Docker for CI/CD workflows. Implemented robust database migration strategies to minimize downtime and enhance system reliability. Conducted performance tuning and optimization for backend systems, ensuring high availability and scalability. Partnered with product management teams to gather and implement functional and non-functional requirements for enterprise software solutions. Developed monitoring tools and dashboards using Kibana and Tableau to provide real-time insights into database and application performance. Strengthened system security by implementing access controls and encryption for sensitive data, aligning with compliance standards. ________________________________________ Crystal Report Developer Fidelis Care, Buffalo, New York Oct 2014 - Mar 2015 Responsibilities: Developed the application in Agile methodologies Sprint & scrums. Actively participated in planning sessions for the Sprints, effort estimations, Backlog refinements and dividing features into USs and Tasks. Involved in development of Technical Specification documents. Designed and developed user interfaces using Spring Framework, JSP, HTML, CSS Implemented various DDL modifications and developed Script libraries for generating Tables, Views, and Functions for Reports. Performed client-side user validations using JavaScript. jQuery Database designing and tables creation in the database. Prepared backend procedures, functions, views using native SQL. Extensively used triggers, stored procedures with complex joins and Sub-Queries to simplify complex queries involving multiple tables. Developed reports using SSRS 2012. Used table control, matrix control for cross tab reports. Writing queries to generate reports for analysis of data using SQL Server Reporting Services, Report Builder. Created packages in SSIS with error handling as well as created complex SSIS packages using proper control flow and data flow elements. Written and executed complex T-SQL queries using SQL Management Studio for back-end data validation testing. Designed, Developed and Deployed reports in MS SQL Server environment using SSRS 2012. Designed reports to provide technical specifications. ________________________________________ Education Master s in Software Engineering University of Houston Clear Lake (2012-2014) Certifications: SAFe 4 Certified Practitioner Scrum Master Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Keywords: continuous integration continuous deployment microsoft California