Results-driven Product Owner with 14 years of experience in digital product management. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, translate business needs into product features, and drive successful product roadmaps. Passionate about delivering value to clients and achieving business goals.
Hi, I’m
Nitheesh Katakam
Product Manager
Hyderabad
Summary
Overview
14
years of professional experience
Work History
EPAM Systems
Product Manager
01.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Swiss Re Product Configurator (Swiss Re Internal project)
EPAM Systems
Product Owner
01.2022 - 12.2023
Job overview
- DBS Bank
PRIME Technology Group
Lead Business Analyst/Proxy Product Owner
10.2020 - 01.2022
Job overview
- 340B Drug discount program for Provider Pay client
OPTUM Global Solutions- UHG
Senior Quality Engineer
11.2016 - 09.2020
Job overview
- RxClaim’s
Dell, Inc.
Sr. Business Analyst
07.2015 - 11.2016
Job overview
- Delta-Seibel CRM application
UST Global
Business Analyst
07.2013 - 07.2015
Job overview
- IOLS - HIX and AS400
Wipro Technologies
Business Analyst
05.2010 - 07.2013
Job overview
- RxCliam Adjustments
Education
Alagappa University Tamilnadu
Bachelor Of Computer Science from Computer Science
05.2018
University Overview
State Board of Technical Education And Training Karimnagar
Diploma from Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
05.2009
University Overview
Skills
Software Packages: Microsoft - Office Suite, SharePoint, TFS, Visual Studio, Lucid Chart, Jira and Rally
Roles And Responsibilities
Roles And Responsibilities
Responsible for facilitating meetings with key stakeholders to gather and document functional, performance, infrastructure, network, and security requirements. Created User stories based on the business requirements and proposed the Acceptance criteria. Defined the project scope and objectives, identified and aligned resources and timelines, and tracked and reported on the project schedule and status. Conducted backlog grooming sessions to prioritize the requirements. Attended daily scrum calls. Reviewed the tasks done by both Development and QA scenarios. Resolved queries raised by the Development team and QA. Attended the Test results walkthrough and provided approval. Analyzed the Burn-down chart. Managed and performed user acceptance testing as well as trained internal on-shore and off-shore support staff. Implemented a structured communications plan and meeting schedule where change requests would be vetted and committed, and risks and issues would be tracked. Created and managed a project schedule for system enhancements, break-fix implementation, and system downtime as well as resource assignment and tracking.Projects
Projects
7, EPAM Systems, Swiss Re Product Configurator (Swiss Re Internal project), DevOps Azure for all the project management activities, DevOps Azure Wiki pages for requirement details, LUCID Charts for UML diagrams and Architecture diagrams, Agile, Product Owner, Jan 2024 to present, Swiss Re wants to build a new internal tool to be used across business verticals. All insurance product configurations will be centralized and accessed via this tool.
6, EPAM Systems, DBS Bank, Jira for creating User Stories, Figma for wireframes, Confluence for Narrative, Gliffy Diagrams for Charts, UML diagrams and Architecture diagrams, Agile, Product Owner, Jan 2022 to Dec 2023, Working on Project 1 and Project 2 parallel. Building Crypto trading platform to the DBS Singapore customers and Taiwan Online Equity Trading platform.
5, PRIME Technology Group, 340B Drug discount program for Provider Pay client, Jira for creating User Stories, Confluence for BRDs and Technical requirements, and Lucid Chart for Flow charts, UML diagrams, and Architecture diagrams, Agile, Lead Business Analyst/Proxy Product Owner, Oct 2020 to Jan 2022, Building an application which allows the CIBD client to help its Covered entity to get the benefit of the 340B drug discount program.
4, OPTUM Global Solutions- UHG, RxClaim's, AS400, DB2, and Core Java for automation, Rally, QC, LeanFT- ATDD framework, Waterfall and Agile, Senior Quality Engineer, Nov 2016 to Sep 2020, Claim adjudication engine dealing with Commercial, Medicare, and LICS claim.
3, Dell, Inc., Delta, Seibel CRM and SQL, TFS, Word document for creating FRDs, Sr. Business Analyst, July 2015 to Nov 2016, Critical application in Integrated Service Portal and is the first Centralized CRM tool that supports all segments across Dell Globally.
2, UST Global, WELL POINT - Obama Health-care Act, iOLS - HIX and AS400, Java based Web application, SQL, RCQ, RQM, Word document for creating FRDs, Business Analyst, July 2013 to July 2015, Shopping portal where customers can browse different plans, understand the benefits, and enroll into them.
1, Wipro Technologies, CVS CAREMARK, RxCliam Adjustments, Iterative, Business Analyst, May 2010 to July 2013, Re-adjudicate of previously processed Medicare-D and LICS claim.
Timeline
Product Manager
EPAM Systems
01.2024 - Current
Product Owner
EPAM Systems
01.2022 - 12.2023
Lead Business Analyst/Proxy Product Owner
PRIME Technology Group
10.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Quality Engineer
OPTUM Global Solutions- UHG
11.2016 - 09.2020
Sr. Business Analyst
Dell, Inc.
07.2015 - 11.2016
Business Analyst
UST Global
07.2013 - 07.2015
Business Analyst
Wipro Technologies
05.2010 - 07.2013
Alagappa University
Bachelor Of Computer Science from Computer Science
State Board of Technical Education And Training
Diploma from Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
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