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Anand Prakash

Anand Prakash

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic Senior Engineering Manager with over 13+ years of success in leading engineering teams and driving innovative solution development. Expertise includes software development, project management, and fostering high-performing teams that consistently achieve objectives. Skilled in harnessing Machine Learning and Agentic AI technologies to advance business goals and optimize operational efficiency. Committed to delivering impactful results through strategic leadership and a collaborative approach.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Engineering Manager

Lowes Home Improvment
11.2016 - Current
  • Oversaw 20 -strong team of engineering personnel.
  • Built next gen highly available and enterprise grade Nexus EDI, Web & API platform to securely exchange critical B2B business documents like orders, invoices, payments, inventories, shipping instructions with Vendors and Lowe’s internal application teams.
  • Collaboration with Enterprise Architects, Business and internal tech partners for implementation on various B2B projects and EDI modernization.
  • Cost optimization - Attracts ~ $2M license savings YoY with legacy Gentran and Webforms decommission.
  • Built Trading Partner Management onboarding platform to provide self-serve registration, testing and certification for Lowe's Partners that reduced the onboarding time from 8 weeks to 1 week.
  • Built One-Click Search & Reports platform that modernized the mainframe reports and improved the Business productivity by 40%.
  • Led the development of an AI-powered query and index optimization platform, improving enterprise-wide data access performance by over 40% while reducing infra costs by $1.2M annually.
  • Led the development of Ontology and Knowledge Graph for complete infrastructure components reducing the silos, and transformed fragmented data into connected intelligence for better decision making and smarted business operations.
  • Championed the adoption of agile methodologies within the engineering team, enabling faster and more flexible responses to evolving project demands.
  • Strengthened internal communications within the engineering department by establishing regular meetings, progress updates, and feedback mechanisms.
  • Developed a culture of continuous improvement within the engineering team, encouraging innovation and creative problem solving.
  • Facilitated knowledge sharing across the organization through regular training sessions and workshops on relevant engineering topics or emerging trends in the industry.
  • Strategic in handling customer facing BizLink and Secure Link MFT applications upgrade which was due for 7 years.
  • Conducted performance evaluations, regular 1:1 with the associates to provide timely & constructive feedback to team members.

Education

Master of Technology - Software Engineering

BITS Pilani
01-2025

Bachelor of Technology -

BMS Institute of Technology
01-2012

Skills

  • System design & architecture
  • Strategic planning
  • Customer focus
  • Quality assurance controls
  • Team building
  • Software development lifecycle
  • Stakeholder management
  • Cross-functional team management
  • Training and mentoring
  • Decision-making skills
  • Global Workforce talent management
  • ML & Agentic AI development

Certifications And Awards

  • Presented Whitepaper on Home Wellness - A proactive AI-Driven Home Wellness Assistant
  • Presented Whitepaper on Digital Twin - Enhancing Supply Chain Management
  • Hackathon winner, 2023 - Built Mainframe Jobs and Cobol Program Analyzer
  • Certified Data Scientist
  • PGP in Cloud Computing & DevOps
  • Annual Champion Award, 2024
  • Lowe’s Excellence Award winner


Timeline

Senior Engineering Manager

Lowes Home Improvment
11.2016 - Current

Bachelor of Technology -

BMS Institute of Technology

Master of Technology - Software Engineering

BITS Pilani

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