GOPINATH SESHADRI
Chennai
Summary
Accomplished Project Manager offering 7+ years of experience in handling SDLC projects. Successful when leading high-performing teams to sustain product vision, roadmap and business goals. Exceptional technical expertise, leadership and talent for driving stellar, on-target results.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Project Manager
Conde Nast Technology
06.2022 - Current
- Led multiple teams of 17 engineers and developers to deliver 8+ successful projects, ranging from software development to Product upgrades.
- Responsible for program management, managing scrum masters who manages data projects and teams across the globe and have successfully delivered many iterations end to end
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and requirements, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Effectively saved $625K/year by replacing onsite consultants with local resources & Effectively saved $24K/year recurring cost by sun-setting the old version of product
- Led and delivered data (Silver and Gold layer data pipelines) projects related to Ad operations (AdOps), AdTech, Google Ad metrics (GAM), Google Analytics (GA), Social DAG's.
- Leading many portfolio management meetings and forecasting the deliverable at program level and get along with multiple teams to work on focusing on delivery
- Implemented Agile methodologies to streamline project development processes, resulting in a 20% increase in project completion efficiency.
- Conducted regular status meetings, reported project progress to senior management, and proactively addressed risks and issues to keep projects on track.
Project Manager
Entropik Technologies
07.2021 - 06.2022
- Worked with Chief Product Owner for the product roadmap and managing engineering and data science teams
- Managed end to end product management including the scrum ceremonies, product design, feature release, client demo, release of new product.
- Managed customer success team and technical POC for the clients.
- Managed project resources, including staffing, equipment, and budgets, to optimize resource utilization and control costs effectively.
- Built and maintained strong relationships with external vendors and partners, ensuring timely delivery of outsourced components and services.
Project Manager
Neumtech Technologies
04.2021 - 07.2021
- Managed the team of frontend/backend developers, designers and testing team for iOS and android application development projects using Agile
- Responsible for managing WBS and sprint using Jira
- Managing all the process in the SDLC projects.
Project Lead
Coengineer
06.2019 - 10.2020
- Worked with top management for sprint planning and sprint retrospective
- Worked on daily scrum by using agile vertical slice methodology with the help of Jira to meet the sprint requirement
- Responsible for Work Break Down structure (WBS) and managing the delegation of work
- Lead and coordinated all the Agile ceremonies and lead the team of 18 engineers in commissioning of tunnel PMCS control system of NorthConnex
- Involved in defining Project scope, parameters, and weekly deliverables by coordinating with clients
- Delegated the user story on daily basis using Jira to the team members and helped them by providing technical advice
- Planned and managed the project roadmap using Microsoft project and ProjectLibre
- Worked on achieving the engineering and project cost targets set by management
Project Engineer
Brakes India Pvt Ltd
11.2014 - 12.2016
- Demonstrated understanding and analysis of customer specifications and proposed optimum engineering solutions with a specific focus on quality, cost, and delivery performance indicators
- Ensured quality of the test rigs that were designed, worked hand in hand with Quality team to maintain TQM.
Education
Masters of Engineering Management - Business Management
UOW(University of Wollongong)
Sydney, Australia12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Anna University
Chennai, India06.2014
Skills
- Agile expert
- Jira
- Azure Dev-Ops
- Confluence
- Microsoft Project
- ProjectLibre
- Micorosoft Toolkit
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP ), PMI Credential ID: 3152349 (Valid till Oct 2024)
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe Agilist), Credential ID: 47643887-9952 (Valid till May 2024)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO ), Credential ID: 1678822 (Valid till Oct 2024)
Timeline
Technical Project Manager
Conde Nast Technology
06.2022 - Current
Project Manager
Entropik Technologies
07.2021 - 06.2022
Project Manager
Neumtech Technologies
04.2021 - 07.2021
Project Lead
Coengineer
06.2019 - 10.2020
Project Engineer
Brakes India Pvt Ltd
11.2014 - 12.2016
Masters of Engineering Management - Business Management
UOW(University of Wollongong)
Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Anna University
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