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Prerana Katyarmal

Senior Specialist
Bangalore

Summary

Results-Driven Technical Product Manager with 12+ Years of Experience

Seasoned IT professional with over 12+ years of hands-on experience in the industry, showcasing a diverse skill set across project management, automation testing, and software development. A proven leader with a track record of delivering successful projects, implementing efficient testing processes, and contributing to the development of robust software solutions.

Key Expertise:

  • Product Management: Over 5 years of dedicated Product Manager, successfully leading cross-functional teams through the entire project lifecycle. Proficient in Agile methodologies, Sprint ceremonies, strategic planning, and risk management. Handson experience in Creating Business Requirements docs(BRD), Function Requirement docs (FRD), Creating User Stories.
  • Automation Testing: Demonstrated expertise with 2 years in Automation Testing, implementing effective testing strategies, and leveraging automation tools to enhance testing efficiency. A commitment to ensuring software quality and reliability.
  • Software Development: Extensive background in software development, spanning over 6 years. Adept at Android and Backend Development, coding, debugging, and optimizing applications to meet client specifications.
  • Leadership: Proven ability to lead and inspire teams, fostering a collaborative environment that drives innovation and project success. Strong communication skills to effectively bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Specialist

HCL Technologies Ltd
Bangalore
04.2018 - Current
  • Project Name: TWC, The Weather Channel.
  • Project Overview:

The Weather Channel and weather.com provide a national and local weather forecast for cities, as well as weather radar, report and hurricane coverage.


Responsibilities As Product Manager: -March 2019- Jan 2024

  • Managing the team of Developers and Testers.
  • Used Agile and Lean methodologies to carry out the successful project delivery.
  • Conducted Sprint Ceremonies : 1.Sprint Planning, 2.Daily Standup, 3.Sprint Review , 4.Sprint Retrospective
  • Getting requirements from product owner and Creating FRDs, User Stories, Epics in JIRA.
  • Tracking Project Progress using KanBan board.
  • Produced Daily status report using Burndown chart.
  • Created Sprint report and documents using Burnup chart and Cumulative diagram
  • Established scope scope of the project according along with requirements traceability metrics creation.
  • Scheduled and facilitated the communication between project stakeholders according to stakeholder metrics.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays and conducted the trainings and assessments sessions.
  • Recruited and oversaw personnel according to resource breakdown structure (RBS).
  • Analyze the Project Progress, making changes to Sprint Scope if required.
  • Analyze Automation Test case result using Ghrafana.


Responsibilities as QA Lead: April 2018-Aug 2019

  • Worked As Lead QA, Creating Test Plan,Writing Test cases, Developing the Automation Test Cases- using Java And Selenium , Logging bugs in JIRA
  • Deployment Specialist : Jenkins Deployment, CICT pipeline
  • Got chance to explore my horizon and switch to Product Manager Role.


Senior Associate

Sapient
Bangalore
05.2016 - 11.2017
  • 1) Project Name: McDonald’s
  • Project Overview:

McDonald’s is a app for Android,helps to find nearby McDonald’s restaurants, Mobile ordering. App consumes MCD SDK framework in order to get respective module and SDK communicates with web service and provides the necessary information. ● Modules: Order,Nutrition, Deals, Payment, Baskets, Accounts(Registration and login), User Profile, Location,
Configuration.


Responsibilities As Android Lead:
Requirement gathering, UI development, JSON parsing, Google Location integration, Order operations- Adding, deleting and updating, SQLite Database, Asynchronous data storing CURD operations, Facebook Google Login, In app purchase.

Active Participation in scrum ceremonies.


  • 2) Project Name: Tesco Store Management
  • Project Overview:

App keeps the trach of different product in the Tesco stores.
Track of product inventory sold out, which are expired.
Products categorization, Inventory management.


Responsibilities As Android Developer:
Layouts development,Designed web service and integration
Carried out end to end coding and Unit testing, using Junit and Mockitto, Third party lib integration, OCR, Hardware/ bluetooth integration, JSON parsing

Active Participation in scrum ceremonies.


Senior Software Engineer

Persistent Systems Ltd.
Pune
07.2014 - 05.2016
  • Project Name: Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC)
  • Project Overview:

Android App build to find out the doctors in nearby area, according to specialties and availability. User can book, schedule, reschedule, cancel doctor's appointment. User can ate the doctors, share their stories. Payment can be done using App.

Responsibilities as Android developer:

  • Requirement gathering, UI development, Google Location integration, Location API Integration, OCR integration for doc's prescriptions, Webservice integration, Supporting various mobile screen sizes , Material Design, Vector graphics, Play store APK upload, versioning APKs.

Software Developer (Android)

Sphinx-Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
09.2011 - 07.2014
  • Project Name: DayCatcher, Lol Pics
  • Project overview:

DayCatcher - Andoid app, user can maintain da to day diary, track events and Tasks, tag friends to events, get notifications according to dates

Lol Pics: Funny picture app, where user can upload , delete funny pictures,comments on the picture, expand the friend cercle on facebook


Responsibilities as Android Developer:

  • End to End process from requirement gathering to deployment, Coding, Web Service integration, Calender Integration, Layout Designing, XML parsing, Facebook lib integration, GIT, code versioning tools to manage and implement changes to programs, published around 10 Android apps from inception to deployment, Managed aspects of Android app lifecycle from research and planning through deployment and post-launch support.

Education

Professional Certificate - PMP

Project Management Institute
12.2020 - 09.2021

Advance Marketing Strategies And Analytics - Marketing Management And Research

IIMK
12.2022 - 12.2023

Post Graduation Diploma - Mobile App Development

CDAC, Pune
02.2011 - 08.2011

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Cummins College of Engineering, Pune
08.2006 - 08.2010

Skills

    Agile, Lean and Hybrid Methodology

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Timeline

IIMK - Advance Marketing Strategies And Analytics, Marketing Management And Research
12.2022 - 12.2023
Project Management Institute - Professional Certificate, PMP
12.2020 - 09.2021
Senior Specialist - HCL Technologies Ltd
04.2018 - Current
Senior Associate - Sapient
05.2016 - 11.2017
Senior Software Engineer - Persistent Systems Ltd.
07.2014 - 05.2016
Software Developer (Android) - Sphinx-Solution Pvt. Ltd.
09.2011 - 07.2014
CDAC - Post Graduation Diploma, Mobile App Development
02.2011 - 08.2011
Cummins College of Engineering - Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
08.2006 - 08.2010
Prerana Katyarmal Senior Specialist