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Raghavendra Pise

Raghavendra Pise

Bangalore

Summary

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.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product and Project Manager

Shell India Private Limited
Bangalore
05.2018 - Current

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:

  • Involved in planning, initiating, and executing the project, and managing the team. Maintain friendly relations with business customers.
  • Involved in creating Project Plan, deliver the outcomes on time, schedule tasks.
  • 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 issues.
  • 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.

Role: Product & Project Manager Operational Excellence

Project Duration: July 1, 2023, to December 30, 2023.

Role: Product & Project Manager

  • 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.
  • Currently working on onboarding application (Track and Trace) to Shell Mobile Framework (MADF) to adhere IRM framework.
  • 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.

Release Manager and DevOps Lead

Wipro Technology
Bangalore
12.2012 - 04.2018

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

  • 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. Following are contribution towards IBM UrbanCode tool.

§ 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

  • Responsible for setting Continuous Integration (CI) using SVN, Sonarqube, Junit, JIRA and Jenkins Tool. Worked on Continuous Delivery (CD) and DevOps proposal.
  • As part of Software Configuration management, involved in defining, controlling and status accounting Configuration Item (CI). Also responsible for SCM Auditing and Software Configuration Plan (SCM) Preparation
  • Following are the roles and responsibility towards Release Manager

§ 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

Senior Software Engineer

Novell Software Pvt Limited
Bangalore
12.2011 - 12.2012

Title: Release and Configuration Management for a Major Clients in Europe

Role: Senior Software Engineer

Project Duration: Dec 2011 Dec 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. Client components involve Windows, Android and Mac.

Implementing CM process and refining continuously

Team Lead

Polaris Software Limited
Bangalore
10.2010 - 12.2011

Responsibilities include:

  • 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. Base lining the source code and configuring a new branch under PVCS repository.
  • Automation of release build and release activities in PVCS using PVCS command and UNIX scripting.
  • Maintain a SIT, UAT and Production source code and promoting in the respective PVCS repository.
  • Implemented the SCM best practice and automated the process.

Software Engineer

Fidelity Information Science
Bangalore
09.2008 - 09.2010

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

  • 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.
  • Implemented release management process and maintenance of all parallel streams of development that lead to all major releases and minor releases.

Software Engineer

Optiteam AB
Bangalore
05.2006 - 08.2008

Title: Release and Configuration Management for a Major Clients in Europe and America

Role: Software Engineer

Project Duration: May 2006 Aug 2008

  • Managing Release Management process, involved in monitoring, verification of software release
  • Make sure that the release criteria have been meat with stakeholders and communicating with them effectively.
  • Migrated the OptimakerSXT Xtension from DDS 3.5.3 to Quark Xpress server.

Education

Bachler Of Engineering In Information Science - Computer

Rotary English And Kannada Medium School, Mudgod
Mundgod
05-2005

Skills

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

Certification

· ITIL Foundation

· Advanced Agile

· Agile Productization

Timeline

Product and Project Manager

Shell India Private Limited
05.2018 - Current

Release Manager and DevOps Lead

Wipro Technology
12.2012 - 04.2018

Senior Software Engineer

Novell Software Pvt Limited
12.2011 - 12.2012

Team Lead

Polaris Software Limited
10.2010 - 12.2011

Software Engineer

Fidelity Information Science
09.2008 - 09.2010

Software Engineer

Optiteam AB
05.2006 - 08.2008

Bachler Of Engineering In Information Science - Computer

Rotary English And Kannada Medium School, Mudgod
Raghavendra Pise