Priyanka Gontla
Senior Manager
Hyderabad
Summary
Global business leader with extensive experience in Delivery Management, Pre-sales, and People Management. Talented at planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. Adept at handling large-scale delivery planning and execution. Collaborative leader and analytical problem-solver with talents for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Manager
TIBCO Software Inc
Hyderabad
08.2011 - Current
- Managed over 50 large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
- Coordinated delivery of contracted solutions at program level and in full accordance with outlined cost, scheduling and quality terms.
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
- Monitored customer quality metrics and took proactive steps to implement resolutions and restore acceptable levels.
- Led strategies and improvement initiatives to advance operational efficiencies by 30% and increase revenue by 20%
- Examined quarterly financials to determine business operating capacity.
- Executed appropriate staffing and budgetary plans to align with business forecasts.
- Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
Startup Founder
EveningHour
Hyderabad
01.2009 - 08.2011
- Evening Hour is a click and mortar book library of one of its kind providing edutainment services to community including author meets, mobile library and library services to schools.
- Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
- Studied market to determine optimal pricing of goods and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
- Created and monitored promotional approaches to increase sales and profit levels.
- Developed strong partnerships with other businesses to allow for collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.
- In first year, Evening Hour grew up to 1000 members and 3 branches.
Technology Product Owner
UBS
Stamford
05.2004 - 12.2008
- Product management and technical ownership of Messaging technologies including CORBA, IBM MQ Series, Web Methods, and TIBCO products in UBS.
- Provide architectural review and guidance to 20+ teams on their application frameworks.
- Perform tactical role in helping Business teams choose right middleware products and design for their requirements.
- Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
Sr. Project Lead
Object Computing Inc
St. Louis
09.2000 - 04.2004
- Responsible for coordinating offshore and onshore development teams in implementing every part of system including business logic, application framework, build scripts, failover scripts, support tools.
- Designed and implemented 5+ specifications and CRM applications for telecommunications, Security, and software fields.
- Produced quality standards, checklists, report templates, and processes.
Education
Advanced Strategic Management Program -
09.2020 - 05.2021
Master of Science - Computer Networks And Distributed Computing
01.1999 - 08.2000
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering
06.1994 - 06.1998
Skills
Program leadership
Team leadership and direction
Operations management
Partnership development
Strategic planning
Budgeting and Resource Management
Risk mitigation planning
Organization and Time Management
Interpersonal Communication
Timeline
Indian Institute of Management - Advanced Strategic Management Program,
09.2020 - 05.2021
Senior Manager - TIBCO Software Inc
08.2011 - Current
Startup Founder - EveningHour
01.2009 - 08.2011
Technology Product Owner - UBS
05.2004 - 12.2008
Sr. Project Lead - Object Computing Inc
09.2000 - 04.2004
University of California - Irvine - Master of Science, Computer Networks And Distributed Computing
01.1999 - 08.2000
Andhra University - Bachelor of Engineering , Electronics And Communication Engineering
06.1994 - 06.1998