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Kalyan Choudary Doppalapudi
Senior Engineering Manager
Chennai
Summary
To continue to grow in leadership and knowledge, excel in innovative technology application, interact and share with team members and colleagues, and develop world-class solutions to real world challenges.
Strategic Information Technology Manager skilled in guiding navigation of modern technology. Accustomed to driving efficiency and effectiveness by developing, delivering and supporting strategic plans. Demonstrated skill in translating technical requirements to business solutions. Successful 19 year record of building positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Concord Technologies
Chennai
06.2021 - Current
- Directly interacted with executive team to verify customer satisfaction and integrate feedback on in-process development projects.
- Provided regular feedback to both junior engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
- Managing 7 Scrum teams with 50 members each during development process
- Managing Engineering Managers and Group of Development , Security , Automation Architects
- Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
- Mentored junior software engineers, providing careful guidance of development strategies and education on innovative development techniques.
- Cultivated partnerships between engineering, product and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products.
- Evaluated ongoing development efforts, providing feedback on potential methods of expediting completion and improving final results.
- Integrated prescribed processes and conventions during project planning to align products with internal guidelines.
System Software Manager
Ttec
Hyderabad
02.2020 - 06.2021
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Completed general labor tasks such as loading and unloading materials, cleaning up job sites and operating heavy machinery.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Managed 5 Scrum teams with 35 members each during development processes.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Ran errands and provided general office support in professional environment.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
- Worked well in team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
Technical Delivery Manager
Qentelli Solutions
Hyderabad
08.2018 - 02.2020
- Coordinated employee scheduling around delivery timeframes, resolving conflicts and supporting consistent availability of necessary competencies.
- Reviewed solution architecture proposals to provide technical direction to associated personnel.
- Managed 7 Scrum teams with 40 members each during development processes.
- Aggregated delivery status reports from multi-disciplinary teams to unify progress tracking efforts across projects.
- Detected and proactively remediated problems in technical delivery planning and scheduling, avoiding final delivery delays.
- Delivered project proofs of concept compliant with client requests, internal policies and logistical realities.
- Created and monitored compliance with delivery schedule milestones to support consistent progress toward internal goals.
- Drafted status reports for clients to illustrate ongoing accomplishments and reassure customers of compliance with planned milestones.
- Served as primary point of contact for external clients with delivery issues, promoting maximum customer satisfaction metrics for each interaction.
- Identified and implemented cost-saving measures in IT projects.
- Assessed and analyzed customer requirements to develop effective IT project plans.
- Wrote, updated and maintained project documentation.
- Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion.
- Conducted quality assurance to verify accuracy of data used in IT projects.
- Coordinated with external vendors to deliver IT project components.
- Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
- Created and implemented contingency plans to address potential risks.
- Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
- Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Established and enforced project timelines and deadlines.
Technical Manager
HCL Technologies
Hyderabad
05.2014 - 07.2018
- Liaised between business and technology units to manage delivery schedules for applications.
- Developed suggestions for technical process improvements to optimize resources.
- Guided, coached and lead project teams, delegating tasks and evaluating performance and progression of project pace.
- Managed 4 Scrum teams, 2 Operation Teams with 40 members each during development processes.
- Prepared status charts for daily management meetings in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Met with clients to gather and understand requirements and coordinated with system administrators and directors to plan and schedule project activities.
- Analyzed project-related information and made recommendations based on discoveries.
- Created, managed and integrated application interoperability while coordinating updates and developing test cases.
- Worked closely with customers to evaluate various types of risks such as impact, reputation and regulatory.
- Communicated cross-functionally with technology leaders across analysis, architecture, build, quality assurance, deployment and support teams on project execution.
- Designed, implemented and monitored integration between applications while coordinating updates and developing test cases.
- Recruited and trained IT team members.
- Assisted product owners with prioritization of backlogs.
- Communicated project status, delivering audience messages and change management with clients.
- Managed deliverable estimates, negotiated resource conflicts and allocated resources.
- Managed implementation of new technological improvements resulting in increased efficiency.
Lead Software Engineer
Thomson Reuters at Hyderabad
Hyderabad
09.2013 - 05.2014
- Translated customer and system requirements into robust software design with test-driven approach.
- Developed code using .Net and other programming languages to support digital repository frameworks and integrate systems.
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Managed over 20 Developers and Testing Team .
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Designed and created engineering specifications for software applications and programs.
- Provided guidance and direction to less experienced staff in resolution of highly complex technical problems.
- Directed gathering of performance statistics to assist in determining hardware and communication tools needed to support projected transaction volumes, response time and system availability targets.
- Implemented and adopted cloud technologies and best practices for automation, configuration, monitoring and platform scalability.
- Helped manage application's technology platform status, project pipeline and development priorities.
- Created new and improved existing algorithms based on customer requirements or other input.
- Translated application storyboards, prototypes and requirements documents into functional applications.
- Wrote relational database queries for stored procedures, query optimization and performance tuning.
- Delivered technical guidance and consultation with application teams, clients and developers for technology domain environments.
- Managed project and personal schedule by consistently meeting deadlines.
- Designed, coded, tested, debugged and documented programs using agile development practices.
- Cooperated with other engineers to design performant queries and database schemas to support analytics reporting.
- Communicated project plans, tracking details, status updates and risk mitigation plans to cross-functional team.
- Improved DevOps across deployment and testing strategies and application monitoring.
- Worked collaboratively with stakeholders to resolve technical roadblocks.
- Created data models and developed descriptive metadata schemas to meet functional and technical requirements.
- Integrated third-party tools and components into applications.
- Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes.
- Collaborated with fellow engineers to evaluate software and hardware interfaces.
Associate Project Manager
HCL Technologies
Hyderabad
02.2010 - 09.2013
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
- Supported senior managers and department leaders by completing projects and problem resolution under tight budgets and schedule demands.
- Delivered high level of service to clients to both maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
- Managed over 25 members Team of Developers and Automation
- Monitored and tracked project metrics and collected data to share with project members.
- Documented project progress to fulfill project requirements and establish traceability.
- Devised and implemented attainable schedules, timelines and milestones for on-track projects.
- Generated weekly and monthly status reports for helpful progress tracking.
- Mentored and guided staff to enhance performance and exceed customer expectations.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Planned, monitored and analyzed project costs to meet financial goals.
- Developed and maintained project documentation for reliable records.
- Led team meetings to assess project progress and plan appropriately to meet delivery targets.
- Identified and resolved risks to minimize project disruption.
- Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
- Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
Senior Software Engineer
Tanla Solutions
Hyderabad
11.2007 - 02.2010
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in WCF, MVC and working to improve overall team performance.
- Continuously dedicated in providing high quality deliverables increasing product sales by 20%
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- 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.
- Promoted technical leadership to entry-level and junior engineers in complex enterprise system environment.
- Practiced and encouraged respectful and transparent communication in interactions.
- Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
- Worked with development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios.
- Updated job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools and programming techniques and participating in educational opportunities.
- Participated in architecture, design and implementation of back-end features using C#.
Senior Software Engineer
Prolinc IT Solutions
Hyderabad, Telangana
02.2007 - 10.2007
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in WCF, Crystal Reports and working to improve overall team performance.
Developer
Aster Infotech
Hyderabad, Telangana
07.2005 - 01.2007
- Designed, developed, and implemented software applications for website based on analyzed requirements and understanding of industry technical standards.
- Tested programs and databases to identify issues and make necessary modifications.
Application Developer
Informix Technologies
Chennai, Tamilnadu
07.2004 - 07.2005
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
- Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
Developer
Navo Infotech
Chennai, Tamilnadu
08.2001 - 03.2002
- Designed, developed, and implemented software applications for website based on analyzed requirements and understanding of industry technical standards.
- Tested programs and databases to identify issues and make necessary modifications.
- Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees.
Education
M.E - Power Electronics and Drives
Bharath Institute of Science And Technology, Anna University
Chennai 08.2002 - 05.2004
B.E - Electrical and Electronics
Arunai Engineering College, University of Madras
Tiruvannamalai 06.1997 - 06.2001
Intermediate -
Mahaveer Memorial Junior College
Guntur, AP 01.1995 - 05.1997
S.S.L.C -
S.C.B.H.School
Khammam, TG 01.1994 - 05.1995
Skills
Project lifecycle management
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Interests
Timeline
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Concord Technologies
06.2021 - Current
System Software Manager
Ttec
02.2020 - 06.2021
Technical Delivery Manager
Qentelli Solutions
08.2018 - 02.2020
Technical Manager
HCL Technologies
05.2014 - 07.2018
Lead Software Engineer
Thomson Reuters at Hyderabad
09.2013 - 05.2014
Associate Project Manager
HCL Technologies
02.2010 - 09.2013
Senior Software Engineer
Tanla Solutions
11.2007 - 02.2010
Senior Software Engineer
Prolinc IT Solutions
02.2007 - 10.2007
Developer
Aster Infotech
07.2005 - 01.2007
Application Developer
Informix Technologies
07.2004 - 07.2005
M.E - Power Electronics and Drives
Bharath Institute of Science And Technology, Anna University
08.2002 - 05.2004
Developer
Navo Infotech
08.2001 - 03.2002
B.E - Electrical and Electronics
Arunai Engineering College, University of Madras
06.1997 - 06.2001
Intermediate -
Mahaveer Memorial Junior College
01.1995 - 05.1997
S.S.L.C -
S.C.B.H.School
01.1994 - 05.1995
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