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Amit Shrivastava

Amit Shrivastava

IT Modernization | Product Management | Stakeholder Management | Agile | I Help in strategizing the product and driving sustainable outcomes by providing value maximization to the end user.
Pune,MH

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The mind is everything. What you think, you become.
Gautama Buddha

Summary

  • Drawing on over 17 years of IT experience, with a strong understanding of Product Management and diverse IT operations, encompassing ServiceNow, ITSM, ITOM & CMDB, Request Fulfillment, Machine Learning and Generative AI, Catalogue Management, SaaS, Customer facing applications (B2B & B2C), Database administration, Data Modeling, Linux, Cloud Computing, UX, and SCRUM.
  • As a Product Manager at John Deere, leading product evolution and driving the discovery, analytics, development, launch and user experience of innovative products.
  • Rich experience in leading end-to-end product delivery using Product Development Methodologies, skilled in managing complete engineering operations involving requirement analysis, finalization of specifications, designing, testing and development in compliance to quality standards.
  • Adept at creating user personas, defining product vision, product roadmap and translating requests into impactful product features, prioritizing product backlogs based on customer feedback and business priorities.
  • Proficient in leading cross-functional teams across Asia Pacific, Europe, North and South America and driving sustainable outcomes ensuring seamless alignment with business objectives and customer needs.

Overview

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17

Years of professional experience

1
1

Degree

4
4

Years of graduation

6
6

Certifications

Work History

Digital Product Manager /Agile Product Owner

John Deere
Pune, Maharashtra
06.2021 - 07.2024

Responsibilities:

  • Empowering product owners, champion Product Management best practices, helping them set baselines and track progress for every product in the portfolio
  • Spearheaded product evolution, leading the development and product launch, while working the improvement in customer satisfaction
  • Partnered with Product Leadership to craft the product vision, strategy, and roadmap – then rallied the inbound team around it
  • Craft sprint goals based on the Objective and Key Results (OKR)
  • Conduct demo with customers and stakeholders for gathering and analyzing user feedback to continuously improve product usability and satisfaction
  • Present quantifiable metrics to stakeholders to measure the effectiveness of the product and services offered, and conducted user research and analysis to identify user needs and pain points
  • Direct feature planning to streamline UX and refocus Change Management in ServiceNow ITSM
  • ITIL process digitalization to streamline IT operations
  • Analyze market on evolving process transformations and best practices for ITIL processes
  • Spearheaded continuous improvement efforts by refining existing processes and introducing innovative solutions for digital products.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Improved product functionality with innovative design solutions, resulting in increased adoption rate.
  • Managed full product lifecycle, from ideation through post-launch support, ensuring consistent quality control measures were in place.
  • Implemented Agile methodologies for more efficient project management and team collaboration.
  • Managed stakeholder expectations effectively throughout the entire product development process.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Launched successful products by conducting thorough market research and identifying customer needs.
  • Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions.
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
  • Continuously monitored customer feedback channels after launch to gather insightful data for future iterations or updates.
  • Optimized product performance with data-driven analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Led cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products on time.
  • Directed planning and budgeting efforts.
  • Spearheaded the creation of detailed user guides for enhanced usability of newly launched products.
  • Streamlined internal communication, implementing agile methodologies to enhance Change Management transparency.
  • Drove innovation within product line, identifying and pursuing opportunities for new features and enhancements.
  • Coordinated beta testing programs to gather early-stage feedback and refine product features before wider release.
  • Implemented robust data analysis practices to guide product development, leveraging user data to inform decision-making.
  • Conducted comprehensive market research to identify emerging trends, ensuring our product line remained competitive and relevant.
  • Negotiated with vendors for cost-effective solutions, improving product margins without compromising quality.
  • Developed comprehensive product roadmaps, setting clear vision and direction for development team.

Achievements:

  • Spearheaded the launch of 2 new products, slashing service desk incidents by 40% and boosting customer satisfaction by 63%
  • Skyrocketed change management adoption from 27% to 65% by automating change creation.
  • By leveraging data discovery, identified and implemented communication improvements that resulted in a 50% increase in communication effectiveness and a 20% reduction in critical incidents following change implementation.
  • Boosted CMDB completeness from 62% to 85% by naming configuration items with impacted application names.

Scrum Master / Tech Lead / CMDB Consultant

John Deere
Pune, Maharashtra
04.2016 - 06.2021

Responsibilities:

  • Protect the team from over-committing and capture feedback and suggest action items for area of improvements.
  • Regular analysis of Burndown charts.
  • Resolve conflicts and escalate blocking impediments as necessary.
  • Administration of BMC Discovery and script custom patterns as per customer need.
  • Planned the execution of ServiceNow implementation for Knowledge Management and CMDB.
  • Configure Mid Servers for ServiceNow ITOM Discovery.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.

Achievements:

  • Directed end to end application migration from Rackspace to AWS.
  • Administer ServiceNow CMDB creation for Servers and Database using BMC Discovery.
  • Presentation and Hackathon on Service mapping for business-critical application.

Senior Data Modeler

John Deere
Pune, Maharashtra
08.2011 - 03.2016

Responsibilities:

  • Conceptual, Logical and Physical Data Modeling for multiple application using Sybase Power Designer
  • Provide input to the design of application systems and interfaces to ensure data security
  • Gather, analyze and document the requirements from the development team for the modification of database object and provide the DDL scripts
  • Develop best practices for standard naming conventions and coding practices to ensure consistency of data models
  • Ensured data consistency across applications by enforcing referential integrity constraints within databases.
  • Organized integration of data and migration activities to enhance operations.
  • Identified and described relationships between data fields in enterprise databases.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into logical and physical data models.
  • Adhered to industry best practices for modeling standards such as UML notation, ERD diagrams, or IDEF1X methodology during development phases.
  • Facilitated effective communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders through clear documentation of data model specifications and diagrams.
  • Enhanced database performance through normalization, de-normalization, indexing, partitioning, and other optimization techniques.
  • Optimized data accuracy by designing and implementing efficient data models for various projects.
  • Assisted in the migration of legacy systems to modern platforms, ensuring seamless data transfer and minimal downtime.
  • Analyzed enterprise data holdings to reduce redundancy of data within existing systems or improve conflation of datasets from one system to another.
  • Reduced query response times with the creation of materialized views and indexed views for commonly accessed datasets.
  • Planned and installed upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.

Achievements:

  • Mentored and trained data modelling team at India level
  • Identified the need and reduce the turnaround time for database changes from 12 hours to an hour
  • Experienced on data migration to cloud (On Prim to AWS).

Database Administrator

John Deere
Pune, Maharashtra
12.2009 - 08.2011

Responsibilities:

  • Monitor and troubleshoot jobs and scripts run on database server
  • Planning and performing the RTE Refresh on the UAT databases
  • Technical Support (24x7 On-call Support)
  • Built databases and table structures for web applications.
  • Reduced data retrieval times for business users by creating indexed views and optimizing stored procedures.
  • Trained junior team members on best practices for database administration, promoting a culture of continuous learning within the organization.
  • Optimized database performance by monitoring health and implementing tuning recommendations.

Achievements:

  • Database migration from DB2 LUW to DB2 z/OS while keeping the database online.

Associate Infrastructure Engineer

Mphasis-HP
Pune, Maharashtra
11.2007 - 12.2009

Responsibilities:

  • Managed and maintained DB2 LUW databases, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support database-related requirements and resolve technical issues

Achievements:

  • Implemented robust database management strategies, resulting in enhanced data security and streamlined operations.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

RGPV University
Bhopal M.P
2002.07 - 2006.06

Certification

  • Certified SAFe 6 Product Owner/Product Manager – Aug 2024
  • Certified Scrum Team Member | Jan 2022
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) | 2021
  • Certified Scrum Master | 2018
  • ITIL Foundation | 2010
  • IBM DB2 Fundamentals (730 & 731) | 2011

Skills

  • Agile
  • Influence without Authority
  • Negotiation
  • SAFe 6
  • Product Backlog Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Product Discovery
  • Product Analytics
  • Product Launch
  • Product Designing
  • Design thinking
  • Data-driven decision-making
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Product Launch Execution
  • UX Design
  • Market Research Analysis
  • UI and UX principles
  • API Integrations
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Vendor Relationship Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Strategy Development
  • Wireframing and Prototyping
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Scrum Framework
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • A and B Testing
  • Content Management Systems
  • Product Performance Analysis
  • Customer Behavior Analysis
  • Product Roadmap Planning
  • Attention to Detail
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Excellent Communication
  • Active Listening
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Relationship Building
  • Microsoft Office
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Data Analysis
  • Jira
  • Power BI
  • Figma
  • Confluence
  • Google Analytics
  • Generative AI/ML
  • IT Operation Management
  • ITSM Tools
  • ITIL
  • Data Modeling
  • Mural

Courses

  • Generative AI for Business Operations
  • ServiceNow IT Operations Management

Accomplishments

  • Spearheaded the launch of 2 new products, slashing service desk incidents by 40% and boosting customer satisfaction by 63%
  • Skyrocketed change management adoption from 27% to 65% by automating change creation.
  • By leveraging data discovery, identified and implemented communication improvements that resulted in a 50% increase in communication effectiveness and a 20% reduction in critical incidents following change implementation.
  • Boosted CMDB completeness from 62% to 85% by naming configuration items with impacted application names.
  • Directed end to end application migration from Rackspace to AWS.
  • Administer ServiceNow CMDB creation for Servers and Database using BMC Discovery.
  • Presentation and Hackathon on Service mapping for business-critical application.
  • Mentored and trained data modelling team at India level.
  • Identified the need and reduce the turnaround time for database changes from 12 hours to an hour.
  • Experienced on data migration to cloud (On Prim to AWS).

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Punjabi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Marathi
Intermediate (B1)
German
Beginner (A1)

Interests

User Research

Finance Education

Beverage Concocting and Food Exploration

Puzzle Enthusiast

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

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Amit ShrivastavaIT Modernization | Product Management | Stakeholder Management | Agile | I Help in strategizing the product and driving sustainable outcomes by providing value maximization to the end user.