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Pavan - Technical Program Manager | Project Manager | Change Management | Retail/Warehouse Automation

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PAVAN PASUMARTHI Kansas City, MO (864)-633-9309 [email protected] Linkedin SUMMARY Senior Operations & Deployment Leader with 9+ years of experience driving large-scale automation and fulfillment initiatives across manufacturing and retail tech. Proven ability to lead complex change deployments across distributed systems aligning software, hardware, and operations across 19+ sites. Self-taught in AI architecture and product workflows, with hands-on experience designing LLM-integrated tools for structured data logging, scheduling, and automation. Known for creating high-impact roles, building cross-functional coordination models, and translating technical complexity into scalable, real-world execution. Actively exploring next-gen robotics and AI-integrated operations roles in high-growth environments. CURRENT EXPERTISE Deployment Manager, Walmart Advanced Systems & Robotics (Alert Innovation) (Oct 2024 Current) Created and championed this role to address systemic deployment inefficiencies across 19+ fulfillment sites now a central function enabling scalable, cross-functional execution across software, hardware, and operations teams. Reduced the rollout duration for major system upgrades from 11 weeks to just 3 weeks, accelerating enterprise-wide adoption and improving time-to-value. Built a Slack-based automation system integrated with D365 and USPS to track shipment delivery and confirm site readiness in real time eliminating re-shipment issues entirely. Developed and implemented structured issue logging protocols for deployment blockers and system frictions designed as a clean training dataset for future LLM-based operational intelligence tooling. Unified quarterly and monthly planning across 8 software teams, 3 ops teams, 2 product teams, and 19 fulfillment sites using tools like Airtable, Jira, and MS Project. Manage and coach a team of 2 direct reports; built internal rhythms for execution reviews, prioritization, and coordination that improved deployment velocity and reduced escalations. Staff Tech Operations Manager, Walmart Advanced Systems & Robotics (Alert Innovation) (Apr 2022 Oct 2024) Led multiple Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) projects from site survey through automation acceptance, coordinating across construction, city inspectors, mechanical/electrical vendors, embedded systems, and IT teams. Reduced installation duration by 4 weeks per site, achieving $1M in savings by iterating and refining deployment playbooks after each launch. Negotiated contractor change orders cutting one from $600K to $300K using structured project data and analytical tracking throughout project lifecycle. Oversaw cross-discipline alignment during the commissioning phase, maintaining precise documentation and facilitating weekly coordination between technical and non-technical teams. Maintained a 50 75% travel cadence, operating as the on-site lead and mentoring junior engineers to successfully execute project goals across multiple geographies. Program Manager Lead, WiTricity Corporation (Oct 2021 Apr 2022) Created a phase-gate program management process for products at WiTricity (EV charging start up). Negotiated with all the department managers to buy-in to implement the new process. Program Manager, Grupo Antolin (Tier 1 Automotive supplier) (July 2017 Sep 2021) Successfully completed industrialization of BMW X series headliner production lines in a brand new plant. Responsible for the overall technical and financial health of the program successfully managed multiple programs with different customers at the same time (BMW, Ford and Volvo). Completed PPAP with all 3 automotive customers successfully. Deeply knowledgeable with Line acceptance methodologies & industry standards. Project profitability targets were achieved successfully with the final projects launched capable of delivering margins more than 40-50 % of what was planned. EDUCATION MS (Thesis) in Mechanical Engineering- Clemson University, Clemson, SC B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering- VIT University, India (May 2016) Keywords: artificial intelligence information technology microsoft Missouri South Carolina