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HEMALATHA TAHAPA

HEMALATHA TAHAPA

Senior Technical Lead
New Delhi

Summary

Dynamic Senior Technical Lead with a proven track record, excelling in team mentoring and technical leadership. Spearheaded cloud migration projects, enhancing scalability and security. Adept in continuous integration and agile methodologies, driving operational efficiencies and fostering a culture of innovation within cross-functional teams.

Technology professional prepared for leadership roles, bringing wealth of experience in project management and technical innovation, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while leveraging skills in software development and system architecture.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Technical Lead

Kipi.ai India Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - Current
  • Managed team of [Number] personnel focused on implementing resolutions and updates.
  • Mentored junior developers for improved coding skills and understanding of best practices, leading to increased overall code quality within the team.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative technical solutions, fostering streamlined communication channels and efficient problem resolution.
  • Developed strategic roadmaps for technology initiatives aligned with organizational goals while maintaining focus on resource allocation efficiency.
  • Developed technical solutions to diverse operational problems.
  • Established a positive work culture within the technical team through transparent communication channels and motivational leadership tactics.
  • Boosted operational efficiencies via automation of manual tasks, allowing team members to focus on more strategic projects.
  • Spearheaded migration of legacy systems to cloud-based platforms for increased scalability, cost-efficiency, and security measures.
  • Led the development and execution of end-to-end testing strategies for complex projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables that met client expectations.
  • Ensured data privacy compliance across all technical solutions by implementing industry-standard security measures and adhering to best practices.
  • Reduced system downtime by developing and implementing robust monitoring tools, significantly improving application stability and user satisfaction.
  • Assessed project milestones and team performance to keep staff on-task.
  • Championed continuous integration practices within the team by automating build processes and deploying effective version control systems.
  • Improved systems with addition of new features and infrastructure.
  • Worked with sales team to collaboratively reach targets, consistently meeting or exceeding personal quotas.

SME Team Leader

Caterpillar
07.2019 - 07.2021
  • Mentored new employees, providing comprehensive onboarding support and guidance to ensure smooth integration into the team.
  • Implemented performance metrics to monitor individual and collective progress, driving accountability and results-oriented behavior among team members.
  • Empowered team members by offering opportunities for skill development through workshops, seminars, and online courses tailored to their professional growth needs.
  • Facilitated regular team meetings to review progress, discuss challenges, and devise solutions for continuous improvement.
  • Promoted a culture of innovation within the team by encouraging brainstorming sessions and creative problem-solving approaches.
  • Provided reporting for forecast analysis and ad-hoc reporting in support of decision-making.
  • Maintained database systems to track and analyze operational data.
  • Evaluated customer needs and feedback to drive product and service improvements.

Senior Associate

Caterpillar
08.2016 - 07.2019
  • Managed all the component analysis requests required for transmission data analysis on pilot machines and field machines.
  • Ensuring to advocate for components' position and high-frequency data on issues related to products, viz., large mining trucks, track-type tractors, wheel loaders, and hydraulic excavators.
  • Utilization of analytic tools and other information for modeling and determining.
  • The interconnection, for the timely delivery of the end-to-end project results.
  • Replicates studies performed by transmission product developers for both electric drive and power drive machines.
  • Provides integrated power system analysis, involved with the RCA team and.
  • Reporting summarizes findings with the product development team.
  • Mentored a university student team to design, build, and program the bots.
  • "FIRST ROBOTICS" is a STEM initiative competition that features head-to-head challenges in alliance.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive successful completion of complex projects within deadlines.

Product Performance Engineer

Caterpillar
07.2014 - 07.2016
  • Working for the delivery of Predictive Analytics Service (Advanced Analytical Solution, to predict and prevent potential issues for optimal performance) to Oil & Gas and Mining customers in the world.
  • Advanced conditional monitoring of the electronic data on 300+ engines and compressors to predict premature failure, and providing recommendations to customers to prevent unexpected shutdowns.
  • Building periodic reports to provide recommendations and create visualizations of data for the customers.
  • Attained thorough Caterpillar product knowledge and global OHT assets in mining.
  • Graduated to Senior Associate Engineer after LTDP rotational training.

R&D Project Intern

Caterpillar
04.2014 - 06.2014
  • Learning and exposure to different tools and technologies, like Smart Signal and OSI SOFT PI Process Book.
  • Testing of the analytical model and understanding of mechanical data.
  • Contributed efforts on data analytics, smart rules creation.
  • Contributed to successful project completion by providing timely and accurate research findings to the team.

Project Intern

Ashok Leyland, Hinduja Group, HLF Services
09.2013 - 03.2014
  • Performance evaluation and prediction of particulates by thermodynamic combustion modeling on CRDI diesel engines for low commercial vehicles like DOST.
  • The analysis of fuel injection methodology contributes to the reduction of emission particles.
  • Usage of IASYS technologies and efficient working with MS Excel for data collection.

Project Assistant

Army Institute Of Technology
07.2010 - 08.2011

Working as a university-approved, provided academic assistant to PhD-pursuing candidates and conducting lab sessions for AutoCAD, engineering graphics, AutoLISP, and heat transfer labs.

Education

Certificate - CERTIFICATION IN IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

ISB
Hyderabad, India
04.2001 -

Masters in Engineering - Automotive Engineering

Madras Institute of Technology
Chennai, India
04.2001 -

Skills

    Team mentoring

    APP development

    Requirements analysis

    Machine learning

    Business analysis

    Technical leadership

    Continuous integration

    Project leadership

    Agile methodology

    Documentation and reporting

    Risk assessment

    Solution architecture

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of 16 in the development of snowflake native App.
  • Documented and resolved raid which led to have quicker resolution.
  • Won best Captain award for spearheading the cost optimization project for snowflake partnered clients
  • Won Lime light award for snowflake native app and launching to marketplace.
  • Won Pinnacle award for successful completion of the SAP to snowflake data migration project for LLflooring client.
  • Won 2nd runner up hackathon for ML project representation 12 week project.

Affiliations

  • Project Management Institute member
  • PMP Trained professional
  • Pursuing Certification program in IT project management course from ISB hyderabad.
  • Snowflake certified, squad member
  • Data analytics silver medal holder from IIT Madras
  • DATAIKU core designer and ML practitioner certified.
  • IIM Vishakhapatnam certified in Executive program for marketing analytics

Timeline

Senior Technical Lead

Kipi.ai India Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - Current

SME Team Leader

Caterpillar
07.2019 - 07.2021

Senior Associate

Caterpillar
08.2016 - 07.2019

Product Performance Engineer

Caterpillar
07.2014 - 07.2016

R&D Project Intern

Caterpillar
04.2014 - 06.2014

Project Intern

Ashok Leyland, Hinduja Group, HLF Services
09.2013 - 03.2014

Project Assistant

Army Institute Of Technology
07.2010 - 08.2011

Certificate - CERTIFICATION IN IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

ISB
04.2001 -

Masters in Engineering - Automotive Engineering

Madras Institute of Technology
04.2001 -
HEMALATHA TAHAPASenior Technical Lead