Raghavendra has overall 17+ yearsof 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.
Project-1: Logistic Control Tower (LCT) 2.0 & Additive Track and Trace: The main objective is to maintain end to end visibility of the Sales order (SO) & Purchase Order(PO) in Lubricant Supply Chain(LSC). The scope involves electronic proof of delivery(epod), GPS, Mobile App and Auto scheduling features to the project.
Contributions:
Role: Product & Project Manager Operational Excellence
Project Duration: July 1, 2023, to December 30, 2023.
Role: Product & Project Manager
Company-2: Wipro Technology (Dec 2012 till May 2018)
Project-1 /Title: DevOps lead (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery)
Role: DevOps Lead
Project Duration: March 2016 to May 2018
§ IBM UrbanCode Tool Product Management
ü Integrate with CI Tools (e.g. Jenkins), SCM Tools (e.g. GIT, IBM Rational Clear Case), Test Automation Tools(Selenium), Repository management Tools (Nexus)
ü 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.
ü Building Custom Service offerings through automation (e.g.: Integrate UrbanCode with Change management tool for automated approvals of Production deployment)
§ Governance
ü Managing Security Model: Defining a different role in UrbanCode and maintenance
ü Performing QA Review of Applications: This involves a writing automation script to generate a report to ensure that applications are hosted in UrbanCode
§ Standardizing UrbanCode Usage
ü Training and Hand holding for CIO aligned specialist
ü Defining of Best Practices.
ü Managing User Guides
Project-2/Title: Configuration Release & Deployment Process Improvement for European Company
Role: Software Configuration and Release Manager
Project Duration: Jan 2015 to Feb 2016
§ 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.
§ Manage relationships and coordinate work between teams at different locations.
§ Conduct Release reediness review, milestone reviews and business Go/No-GO Views
§ Produce deployment run books and implementation plans
§ Conduct weekly release reporting.
§ Communicate release details and schedules to business as required
Title: Release and Configuration Management for a Major Clients in Europe
Role: Senior Software Engineer
Project Duration: Dec 2011 Dec 2012
Implementing CM process and refining continuously
Responsibilities include:
Title: Configuration Management for a Major Clients in Europe and America
Role: Software Engineer
Project Duration: Sep 2008 to Sep 2010
Environment and tools: Subversion, Start Team, Application Studio, Smart Term, GTM
Title: Release and Configuration Management for a Major Clients in Europe and America
Role: Software Engineer
Project Duration: May 2006 Aug 2008
Leadership Qualities: Inspire and Coach, Maximize the performance
Agile ProductionProduct Lifecycle Management
Product StrategyProduct 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
· ITIL Foundation
· Advanced Agile
· Agile Productization