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Raghavendra Pise

Raghavendra Pise

Product and Project Manager
Bangalore

Summary

Raghavendra has overall 17+ years of IT experience in Product Management, Project Management, Release Management, DevOps (CI/CD), Automation (Unix Shell Scripting and Python) and Azure Cloud. He is currently working as Product Manager Operational Excellence in Lubricant Supply Chain and handling product and project Manager role. During his previous role in Shell India Private limited he has demonstrated as Technical Release Manager (IT) and DevOps Lead, Product Manager and Project Manager role in distributed Agile work environment in Shell India Private Limited. He has a proven track record in steering project teams to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions, one of the which notably resulted in a significant reduction of Software development cycle time and early market penetration. As a Technology Product and Project Manager at Shell India Limited, his leadership directly contributed to a 30% acceleration in product delivery scheduled by implementing an efficient Agile workflow. This not only expedited releases but also enhanced customer satisfaction by allowing for more immediate response to their feedback. Furthermore, the collaborative sprint he nurtured within his team surmounted not just deadline but also set a standard for project excellence. He has received an award Continuous Improvement from Cloud DevOps CC for high-test maturity level in DevOps Automation.

Overview

1825
1825
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Project Manager

Shell India Private Limited
01.202 - Current
  • Responsible for translating vision of the product into backlog stories and acceptance criteria for development, also involved the value delivery of the product by prioritizing the stories and ensure business values are created from user stories
  • Involved in creating a vision, roadmap, and Business Value Model (BVM) for the product Track and Trace Mobile App
  • Have involved in Business Process model with product owner and created a success matrix of the application
  • Ensure the best use of agreed agile and DevOps approaches, methods and frameworks
  • Worked closely with product owner to ensure successful pilot launched for North and South RDC(Regional Division Centre)
  • Vendor stakeholder management: To ensure application is properly developed, tested, and launched to market within speculated time
  • Involved in 2024 budget estimation, strategic dependencies, execution, maintenance of the product and resource management
  • Worked closely with Product Owner to ensure backlogs for the product are prioritized and implemented
  • Enhanced user experience by conducting usability testing and incorporating feedback into product design improvements.
  • Implemented performance metrics to evaluate project success, enabling continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Facilitated seamless communication between various departments, enhancing collaboration for timely deliverables.
  • Delivered high-quality products by ensuring adherence to strict quality assurance standards and guidelines.
  • Devised test plans to validate accuracy of IT projects.
  • Identified and implemented cost-saving measures in IT projects.

Product & Project Manager

Shell India Private Limited
07.2023 - 12.2023
  • Involved in planning, initiating and execution of the project and manage team, maintain friendly relation with business customers
  • Identified areas for process improvement, implementing lean principles for optimized workflows and reduced waste.
  • Involved in creating Project Plan, deliver and project execution
  • Involved in progress and performance of the project, along with performance and efficiency of the team members
  • Main point for contact for any issues/blockers and finance for the project and involved in mitigating issue
  • Responsible to conduct PIRA(Project Impact Risk assessment) and ensure IRM(Information Risk Management) and controls are implemented before project getting implemented
  • Developing project Scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility
  • Ensure resource allocation and availability and allocation
  • Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tool and techniques
  • Report and escalate to management as needed
  • Perform risk management to minimize project risks
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors, securing favorable terms that supported budgetary goals while maintaining quality standards.
  • Coached team members on best practices, fostering a positive work environment that led to increased productivity.
  • Facilitated seamless communication between various departments, enhancing collaboration for timely deliverables.
  • Mentored junior team members, sharing knowledge and expertise to foster professional growth in the organization.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Maintained positive vendor relations to build strong partnerships.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Managed various IT projects to meet deadlines and customer requirements.
  • Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
  • Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.

IT Operational Lead - Platform Stability

Shell India Private Limited
11.2022 - 06.2023
  • Maintain a Data Platform Applications using Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Databricks (ADB), Azure Analytic service (AAS), Azure Data Lake
  • Identify gaps in Software development life cycle for Data Platforms and propose improvement which includes proactive work to maintain platform stability
  • Understanding Data Platforms Architecture and business logics for Azure Data Factory pipelines and come up with solution which help to maintain Platform stability
  • Identify a recurring and bottleneck issues in Data Platforms
  • Liaise with Data Platform Architect to resolve design level issues
  • Involved in Azure Data Lakes migration (Gen1 to Gen2) for Data platforms and ensure smooth migration of the Azure Data Lake (ADL) folders with less potential risk and impact
  • Host Release Management meeting with all Data Platforms stakeholders (Development, testing and Product team) and ensure changes are minimal in software development life cycle and tested properly to ensure platform stability is maintained in Data platforms
  • Worked within Senior Operation manager to maintain Reliable, Affordable and Secure data platforms

Release Manager and DevOps Lead

Shell India Private Limited
06.201 - 10.2022
  • Manage risks and resolves issues that affects release scope, schedule and maintain quality of the release in testing cycle
  • Implemented release Calendar, Release Control Board for governing bodies to authorize and provide final approval of the release
  • Implemented release process (planning, preparation, verification, acceptance and Deployment) in line with tool and ITIL process
  • Worked closely with Operation team to fix Priority1, Prirortt2 and global issues for application to ensure smooth releases
  • Have worked as DevOps lead to ensure highest maturity level in Release Deployment process
  • Communicate all key project plans, commitments and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
  • Manage relationships and coordinate work between teams at different business stakeholders
  • Conduct Release reediness review, Release retrospective, Go/No-Go meeting

DevOps Lead

Wipro Technology
03.2016 - 05.2018
  • Responsible for design and implementation of Continuous Deployment (CD) using IBM UrbanCode tool
  • Worked closely with Product Owner and Architect to design IBM UrbanCode security model for bank
  • Integrate with CI Tools (e.g
  • Jenkins), SCM Tools (e.g
  • GIT, IBM Rational Clear Case), Test Automation Tools(Selenium), Repository management Tools (Nexus)
  • On-board application in UrbanCode and set-up a Route to Live in UrbanCode by implementing a process across different Business area (CIO) in bank
  • Building Custom Service offerings through automation (e.g.: Integrate UrbanCode with Change management tool for automated approvals of Production deployment)

Software Configuration and Release Manager

Wipro Technology
01.2015 - 02.2016
  • Responsible for setting Continuous Integration (CI) using SVN, Sonarqube, Junit, JIRA and Jenkins Tool
  • Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
  • Measure and monitor progress to ensure application release are delivered on time and with customer expectations
  • Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications or operating system updates
  • Communicate all key project plans, commitments and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule and scope changes

Senior Software Engineer

Novel Software Pvt Limited
12.2011 - 12.2012
  • To define the SCM procedures, activities and tools used to help control and manage the development and modification of work products supporting FILR production
  • Manage all aspect of the Software Configuration Management Process including code compilation, packaging, deployment, release, and application configuration
  • Have been involved in FILR environment setup and each component build for Novell-filr using ant and make files

Team Lead

Polaris Software Limited
10.2010 - 12.2011
  • To define the SCM procedures, activities and tools used to help control and manage the development and modification of work products supporting ACE Finacle deliveries
  • Providing a release verification and archival of source code in PVCS repository
  • Automation of release build and release activities in PVCS using PVCS command and UNIX scripting

Software Engineer

Fidelity Information Services
09.2008 - 09.2010
  • As part of Configuration management activities, preparing SCM plan and reviewing the Resource requirement sheet, creating a software package, and deploying software package in testing and functional environment through application and subversion tool
  • As part of the release management activity, ensure that all items in the release are traceable, ensure that all dependencies are considered and that all dependent items are controlled and distributed

Software Engineer

Optiteam Team AB though Alankritha Private Limited
05.2006 - 08.2008
  • Managing Release Management process, involved in monitoring, verification of software release
  • Make sure that the release criteria have been met with stakeholders and communicating with them effectively

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Visvesvaraya University
Belgaum, Karnataka

Skills

LeaderShip Qualities: Inspire and Coach, Maximize the performance

Agile Production

Product Lifecycle Management

Product Strategy

Product Vision and Strategy

Design thinking

Roadmap development

Product Roadmaps

Jira, Atlassian, Rally

Technical Support

Stakeholder Alignment

Advanced Agile

Project Management

ITIL V3 Certified

Operational Management

DevOps(CI/CD) Implementation using Jenkins and Azure DevOps

Azure Cloud Computing

Unix Shell Scripting and Python

Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Teamwork and Collaboration

Technologycompetencies

Unix Shell Scripting, Perl, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Subversion, PVCS, Jira, Jenkins

Certification

ITIL Foundation

Timeline

Product & Project Manager

Shell India Private Limited
07.2023 - 12.2023

IT Operational Lead - Platform Stability

Shell India Private Limited
11.2022 - 06.2023

DevOps Lead

Wipro Technology
03.2016 - 05.2018

Software Configuration and Release Manager

Wipro Technology
01.2015 - 02.2016

Senior Software Engineer

Novel Software Pvt Limited
12.2011 - 12.2012

Team Lead

Polaris Software Limited
10.2010 - 12.2011

Software Engineer

Fidelity Information Services
09.2008 - 09.2010

Software Engineer

Optiteam Team AB though Alankritha Private Limited
05.2006 - 08.2008

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Visvesvaraya University

Project Manager

Shell India Private Limited
01.202 - Current

Release Manager and DevOps Lead

Shell India Private Limited
06.201 - 10.2022

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