TATA Consultancy Services Ltd
Various roles
08.2004 - Current
- Since Aug 2004 worked on multiple projects in diverse roles for leading technology companies at global locations.
- An executive summary of the experience is provided below.
Pavan Kumar PURAD
Bengaluru
Summary
PMP, SAFe POPM, MIT SCM, PSM, PSPO.| 20+ years in IT. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
An accomplished Program Manager with 15 years of experience leading end-to-end data engineering projects, AWS cloud migrations and Supply Chain Projects . Adept at leading global, cross-functional teams across the USA, India, Europe, and Asia to deliver solutions for clients such as GE, Jaguar Land Rover, Qualcomm, Intel, Cisco, and Applied Materials. Certified in Agile and as Project/ Product Manager, SCM cerifications from MIT; with experience in PnL ownership and strategic planning. Recently, directed a Gen AI project that applied advanced AI solutions to real business challenges, driving faster decision-making, with improvements in business performance.
Skills
- Program/Product Management: Product Ownership, Agile Delivery, Scaled Agile (SAFe), Scrum, PMP, Release Planning
- Supply Chain: End-to-End SCM, CPQ Solutions, RMA, POS, Rebate & Claims, OBS Mgmt,
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Client Engagements, Stakeholder Management, Digital Transformation and Business Consulting
- Budget management, revenue forecasting, and team utilization, exposure to managing profit and loss (P&L) statements
- Successfully led SaaS-based projects, Salesforce, and ModelN Led AWS cloud-based migration project Leading end-to-end data engineering projects
- Experience in the formal scoping and contracting process, statement of work
- People management and leadership, performance reviews, career development, team hiring and onboarding
- Soft Skills: Strategic Thinking, Team Leadership, Problem Solving, Coaching, Mentoring
Certification
- Generative AI for leaders and business professionals
- Microsoft AI Product Manager Professional Certificate (in progress)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (in progress)
- SAFe Product Owner, Product Manager (POPM), Scaled Agile
- MIT MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management, MIT CTL
- Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO-I) and Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I), Scrum.org
- Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI.org
- Certified Value Specialist (CVS), SAVE International
Work History
Program Manager
GE Aerospace
Bangalore
05.2025 - 10.2025
- Leding a team that Built and Maintain Pricing Dashboards – Develop interactive dashboards on Spotfire to track pricing KPIs, margins, and deal performance.
- Led the program that engineered multiple data pipelines to automate data ingestion into AWS and used Spotfire for visualization, where I was responsible for the architectural decisions, resource management, and stakeholder communication to deliver the project.
- Led the end-to-end project to deploy a generative AI application using the Claude 3 LLM to accelerate sales cycles, and enhance marketing intelligence.
- Enable Data-Driven Pricing Decisions: Create predictive and historical pricing models to support deal pricing, product positioning, and market competitiveness.
- Partner with pricing analysts and business intelligence teams to ensure alignment on metrics and decision logic.
Program Manager
Jaguar Land Rover
Bengaluru
01.2024 - 04.2025
- Led multi-functional teams across UK, China, and India for strategic planning and rollout.
- Directed design and development of luxury customer experience application to enhance vehicle connectivity and control.
- Oversaw development of APIs for authentication, customer profiles, order status, service status, feedback, and notifications.
Program Manager Consultant
Applied Materials
Santa Clara, CA
12.2022 - 12.2023
- Directed object storage AWS data lake initiative called Customer data vault, effectively facilitating over 20 business process workflows that uphold data security compliance.
- Streamlined IT productivity metrics across SDLC, ensuring uniformity across projects.
Program Manager
Qualcomm
Bengaluru
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Directed migration from Salesforce Classic to Lightning, addressing custom code and Apex classes.
Implemented Lightning Actions and Flows to replace JavaScript buttons, enhancing functionality.
Ensured seamless data and authentication flows throughout the migration process. - Oversaw complete migration process of SaaS application hosting to AWS, including VPC & EC2 provisioning, RDS configuration, ELB setup, secure data migration through AWS DMS and APIs, SSO/SAML and external systems integration.
Project Manager
Intel Corporation
Santa Clara, CA
01.2015 - 12.2019
- Led ModelN Global Pricing Management, Claims, rebate forecasting and revenue management transformation.
- Directed ModelN CPQ and Salesforce integrations for master data management.
Project Manager / Product Engineer
Cisco Systems
San Jose, CA
01.2011 - 12.2015
- Managed product lifecycle, EOL/EOS, and ROHS conversion across 32 business units.
- Oversaw quality engineering and failure analysis with global EMS partners.
- Led EOS risk assessments and supplier engagements during the Japan and Thailand crises.
- Led large team and collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver EOL/EOS projects on time and within budget.
Design Engineer / Project Lead
Applied Materials
Bengaluru
01.2004 - 12.2011
- Delivered CAD/CAM design projects using UG-NX and Inventor.
- Managed engineering change processes and cross-functional development teams.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Key Highlights
- Leading Data Engineering team to automate data ingestion, processing and analyse in AWS and use on Spotfire for visualization
- Led the end-to-end project to deploy a GenAI chatbot using the Claude 3 LLM
- Oversaw teams developing APIs for images, customer profiles, order & service status, feedback, and notifications
- Worked on facilitating over 20 business workflows to store data in AWS data lake
- Oversaw complete migration process of SaaS application hosting to AWS cloud
Technical Skills
- Enterprise Applications: Salesforce, ModelN, SAP ECC/CHM,
- Project management: Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Rally, HPQC
- Foundational knowledge: AI/ML fundamentals, Data engineering (data ingestion, ETL/ELT, APIs), Cloud computing and Data infra (AWS S3, EC2, Containers/ Docker, Container orchestration/ Kubernetes). APIs and integrations (REST APIs, JSON format), Authentication methods (API Keys, OAuth), and SDKs and Data Analysis & Visualization(Tableau, Spotfire)
Overview
20
20
Years in IT
6
6
Industry Certifications
6
6
Global Clients: GE Aero, JLR, Cisco, Intel, Qualcomm, AMAT
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Gloabl locations, USA & India