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Jaffar Baig

Hyderabad

Summary

Seasoned Senior Manager with 17 yrs experience specializing in IVR and contact center solutions. Deep understanding of strategic business planning and development. Experienced in designing and implementing speech-enabled and natural language-based IVR and Bot applications on platforms including Azure, GCP, AWS, Avaya, Cisco, and Genesys.Strategic thinker with strong ability in leveraging technology to drive innovation and achieve organizational objectives.Experienced leader with a proven track record in effectively managing global teams, delivering exceptional quality for large-scale contact center projects ahead of timelines.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr Manager AI/ML Engineering

Optum
Hyderabad
08.2022 - Current

The Core Engineering Team acts as the Centre of Excellence group responsible for developing Conversational AI voice bots for CCAA, supporting UHC, Optum, and RX delivery teams. Implemented innovative practices to drive efficiency across teams.

Managed project delivery, ensuring accelerated development at a pace of 100x. Streamlined the development process by creating bot templates and custom packages for seamless adoption. Build reusable skills, ensuring adherence to industry standards for quality and efficiency.

Contributed as an SME in the IVR/Contact center sector, engaging in architectural evaluations and discussions to achieve the finalization of the architecture design.

Engaged in solution design, impact analysis, call flow development, and review.

Delegated tasks to team members, participated in peer code reviews, tracked quality deliverables, and created critical modules for the project.

Manager Software Engineering

Optum
Hyderabad
04.2019 - 07.2022

Description:

Project Omni is an initiative to create a business-centric strategy for contact center technology, to assist in solving current and future business needs, operational models, and market demands, serving all lines of business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Played a key role in rewriting and enhancing IVR applications as part of the migration from legacy Avaya and Cisco Voice Platforms to the Genesys Platform under Project Omni.
  • Engaged in discussions with BA and business teams to understand their needs and future requirements
  • Worked as a subject matter expert in the IVR/Contact center domain, actively contributing to architectural evaluations and discussions, resulting in finalized architecture design.
  • Handled task delegation, peer code reviews, delivery tracking, POC development, and critical module creation.
  • Resolving critical production issues by using mitigation and problem resolution techniques.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electronics & Communication Engineering -

JNTU
Hyderabad
04-2007

Skills

  • Programming Languages : Java, Python
  • Cloud Technologies: Azure, AWS, Google Cloud platform
  • STT/TTS : Azure Speech services, GCP Speech to Text
  • IVR Platforms : Genesys, Avaya, Cisco & Nuance
  • Tools/Frameworks: Microsoft Bot Composer, Google Dialogflow, Amazon Lex
  • Project Management: Agile, Scrum, Kanban

Certification

  • Certified VoiceXML professional
  • UHC Emerging Leadership Program 2021
  • Google Cloud Digital Leader
  • AWS Certified Cloud practitioner
  • AHIP Trained

Timeline

Sr Manager AI/ML Engineering

Optum
08.2022 - Current

Manager Software Engineering

Optum
04.2019 - 07.2022

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electronics & Communication Engineering -

JNTU
Jaffar Baig