Anand R L
Trivandrum
Summary
Instrumental Technical Product Manager bringing 17 years of experience achieving ambitious goals in challenging IT environment. Diligent, forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic company, customer and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager
Tata Elxsi Limited
10.2020 - Current
- Product Manager/Product owner for Holistic ADAS-Motion Controller
- Technical Manager of 14 member team by leading the architecture design, demonstrated as a POC and developed the system as an Intellectual Property.
- Managed product backlog by prioritization techniques and supported Scrum framework for efficient product increment releases to a European and an Indian OEM
- Work closely with the engineering, quality, customer and the Product development team to resolve technical and logistic issues
- Support daily and sprint team meetings to clarify stories and epics so as to align with their sprint goals
- Be the voice of the team for the organization by presenting their ideas and strategies to the management and thereby aligning with the features and stories in the backlog
Project Manager
Tata Elxsi Limited
07.2018 - 09.2020
- Managed an offshore team of 9 members as a technical scrum master for Japanese OEM for design and development of Vehicle Motion Manager feature
- Actively managed all technical reviews for design and implementation, estimating resources and milestone deliveries.
- Observed progress of each project activities, examined risks and coordinated contingency plans
- Collaborated with team members to make them self-organizing and to develop, identify and accomplish assigned goals and objectives
- Facilitated communication of the team with customers and senior leaders and other stakeholders on progress and roadblocks
Team Lead
Tata Elxsi Limited
10.2015 - 05.2018
- Technical lead for ADAS and Chassis modules for European OEM for 10 member offshore team.
- Coordinating customer vehicle program delivery by interaction with stakeholders for all ECU components under Chassis and ADAS.
- Taking ownership of the Part delivery until vehicle build
- Built strong relationships with customers through positive attitude and attentive response
- Participated in cross-functional team-building activities
Component Engineer
Tata Elxsi Limited
05.2012 - 09.2015
- Component and systems engineer for Brakes module for European OEM
- Prepared design requirements, validation plan and test criteria for product release
- Coordinated with Customer, supplier and all stakeholders for sign-off and releasing the end product into the vehicle
- Actively participated in MIL, HIL and VIL validation
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
Model Developer
Tata Elxsi Limited
06.2011 - 04.2012
- MATLAB model developer for 3 Chassis modules for US OEM
- Created Behavior and integrated model for DUT and interfacing modules
- Participated in design and planning exercises for future software rollouts
- Developed clear specifications for project plans using customer requirements
Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies Limited
01.2008 - 05.2011
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations
- Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
MACE, Kerala University
Trivandrum, Kerala04.2007
Skills
- JIRA
- Confluence
- MATLAB
- C/C
- GitHub
- Microsoft Project
- Office 365
- DSPACE HILS
- IPG Carmaker
- Automation Desk
- IBM DOORS
- Product Management
- Quality assurance
- Documentation Management
- Risk mitigation planning
- Automotive System Engineering
- Project Management
- Requirement Management and Elicitation
Certification
- 08/01/21, Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum-Institute
- 03/01/18, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance
- 01/04/23, SAFe 6.0 POPM, ScaledAgile, 2025
Timeline
Product Manager
Tata Elxsi Limited
10.2020 - Current
Project Manager
Tata Elxsi Limited
07.2018 - 09.2020
Team Lead
Tata Elxsi Limited
10.2015 - 05.2018
Component Engineer
Tata Elxsi Limited
05.2012 - 09.2015
Model Developer
Tata Elxsi Limited
06.2011 - 04.2012
Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies Limited
01.2008 - 05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
MACE, Kerala University
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