Arunkumar Wesley Doddi
Hyderabad
Summary
Accomplished digital transformation and Gen AI leader with over 19 years of experience in the IT industry. Experienced Product Owner with a significant background in managing cross-functional teams and overseeing products throughout the entire lifecycle.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Product Owner
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
09.2025 - Current
- Accomplished Product Owner for the Source Code Management domain, specializing in tools like GitHub, Bitbucket, and CoPilot.
- Implemented Bitbucket source code management from inception to release, and migrated from Bitbucket to GitHub.
- Improved performance, scalability, resilience, and mitigated risk for the business.
- Ownership of four services, mainly GitHub (internal and external), Bitbucket, and RTC.
- Ensured alignment of product vision with business goals, fostering innovation, and efficiency with FSA (Future State Architecture).
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure product features are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
- Assessed projects against budgets and timelines, keeping the team and assignments on task.
- Prioritized product backlog based on stakeholder input and market trends.
- Coordinated release planning activities, including feature sets, release dates, and customer awareness programs.
- Identified risks associated with product initiatives, and proposed mitigation strategies.
- Gathered user feedback to enhance product features and usability.
- Provided training and support for users as needed throughout the product lifecycle.
- Driven initiatives to build faster, safer, and more secure software solutions.
- Embraced Gen AI-based products to increase productivity and keep abreast of the emerging technology trends.
Senior Solutions Consultant
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
03.2019 - 08.2025
- Spearheaded digital transformation initiatives to Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Managed the migration of GitHub Enterprise from on-premise to Azure Cloud, ensuring optimal performance for customers.
- Implemented GitHub Enterprise in HSBC on a global scale.
- Implemented GitHub Advanced Security implementation at a global scale.
- Implemented GitHub Actions for in-built, same-platform CI/CD.
- Improved performance of GitHub from 3 seconds to less than 1 second in response times.
- Implemented on-premise to Azure Cloud migration of GitHub Enterprise to improve performance, scalability, and resilience.
- Identified opportunities for process improvement by analyzing current processes, and recommending best practices.
- Monitored performance metrics of deployed applications, and took corrective actions when necessary.
- Performed technical support and root cause analysis on production issues to identify permanent solutions.
- Conducted system analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of applications.
- Configured software components according to customer requirements, while ensuring compliance with security policies.
- Provided guidance on application architecture design decisions based on industry standards.
- Migrated 35,000 customers with no impact.
- Developed and managed project plans while providing status updates to management.
- Released Docker Desktop's new version 4.x, and licenses have been optimized.
- Managed license renewals and cost approvals for TeamSite, GitHub, and Docker.
- Coordinated third-party management, Archer, risk management tasks.
- Managed the team, conducted interviews, and facilitated resource onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions. Work allocation and mentoring of new members.
- Demised legacy infrastructure to migrate to a strategic platform and provided significant cost savings.
Team Lead
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
09.2016 - 02.2019
- Managed the DevOps Tools project at HSBC, overseeing products like GitHub, Rational Team Concert, and Jenkins.
- Set up enterprise content management tools, including OpenText TeamSite and OpenDeploy, to enhance operational efficiency.
- Installed TeamSite, OpenDeploy, and handled migrations, upgrades, and configurations.
- Installed RDH setup, configurations, and global deployments.
- Assisted the manager in setting achievable goals for the team, while monitoring progress towards them.
- Identified opportunities for process improvements, implementing changes when required.
- Developed strategies to increase team productivity and improve customer service levels.
- Collaborated with other departments to develop effective solutions that meet customer needs.
- Motivated and empowered team members to build customer satisfaction and loyalty, to support retention, and growth.
- Managed conflict resolution within the team to maintain a positive work environment.
- Fostered a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation, and efficiency.
- Negotiated with vendors and suppliers to secure favorable terms, and improve bottom-line results. Licenses and contract renewals.
- Reviewed employee performance, and provided ongoing feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
Senior Software Engineer
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
10.2010 - 08.2016
- Implemented Enterprise Content Management: OpenText TeamSite, OpenDeploy Development, Administration, and Maintenance.
- Analyzed system performance to identify areas for optimization and improvement.
- Participated in agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning and retrospective meetings.
- Investigated production issues reported by users, and provided timely resolutions.
- Provided technical support and troubleshooting assistance for software users.
- Deployed software updates and patches to ensure security and functionality.
- Analyzed user needs and software requirements to determine design feasibility.
Software Engineer
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
Pune
10.2006 - 09.2010
- Developed training projects and BDE (In-house) Application Support
- Participated in daily stand-ups to discuss project progress and roadblocks.
- Troubleshot and resolved software defects in production environments efficiently.
Trainee Software Engineer
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
Pune
04.2006 - 09.2006
- Engaged in technical and soft skills training.
- Documented software development phases, and monitored systems for potential improvements.
- Presented knowledge sharing sessions within the team.
Education
B.E - Computer Technology
G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering
Nagpur,MaharashtraPG-DAC - Information Technology
ACTS,C-DAC
PuneSkills
- Product management - roadmap creation, stakeholder engagement, agile methodologies, backlog prioritization, user feedback analysis, client relationship management
- Source code management expert in Microsoft, GitHub, Atlassian, Bitbucket, and IBM Rational Team Concert
- DevOps tooling: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Cloud specializations in GCP, Microsoft Azure
- Enterprise content management - OpenText TeamSite, Open Deploy, WCM, Adobe's AEM
- Digital transformation: legacy apps' demise and onboarding to strategic platforms
- CI/CD implementation - G3 (in-house), BDI, Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, and Open Deploy content deployment
- Gen AI, GitHub Copilot, and in-house agents
- OS - Windows, Linux, Red Hat, Sun Solaris, Ubuntu, VMware
- Languages: Shell scripting, Perl, Java, Python
Accomplishments
Received the Circle of Excellence Team Award.
Received numerous Spot and 'Pat on the Back' awards.
Nominated as a star performer in 2018.
Received numerous Spot and 'Pat on the Back' awards.
Nominated as a star performer in 2018.
Certification
Completed Google Gen AI Leadership certification.
Timeline
Product Owner
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
09.2025 - Current
Senior Solutions Consultant
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
03.2019 - 08.2025
Team Lead
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
09.2016 - 02.2019
Senior Software Engineer
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
10.2010 - 08.2016
Software Engineer
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
10.2006 - 09.2010
Trainee Software Engineer
HSBC Software Development India Pvt Ltd
04.2006 - 09.2006
B.E - Computer Technology
G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering
PG-DAC - Information Technology
ACTS,C-DAC