Rajesh Kumar Kurla
Chief Product Officer
Hyderabad,TG
Summary
Dynamic, technical, results driven, and customer focused Product Management Executive with overall 16+ years of experience successfully growing packaged software and start-ups at LocoDeals. Successfully led the direction of the overall product strategy and was highly valued member of the Executive Team, directly responsible for developing, validating and driving the roadmaps, building and mentoring teams upto 23 team members. Proved and consistent tracking record of developing winning solutions and products that have resulted in propelling the business forward.
Overview
1
1
Certification
4
4
years of post-secondary education
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Turnpoint Technology
Hyderabad, Telanaga
10.2020 - Current
- Fostered relationships with vendors to promote positive working relationships.
- Updated operational methods, oversaw accounting procedures, tracked information and compiled data to improve efficiency.
- Reduced expenditures by effectively negotiating vendor and service contracts to drive savings.
- Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
- Eliminated discrepancies in progress by reviewing performance, spend and timeline.
- Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders.
- Drove team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
- Built successful project plans covering objectives, resources and staffing to meet schedules.
Chief Product Officer
Venhan Technologies
Hyderabad, Telangana
01.2020 - 09.2020
- Developed creative VC tools, including presentations, trend reports, kitted assets, and product data sheets.
- Developed innovative and targeted collateral to support overall branding objectives.
- Helped incorporate product changes to drive customer engagement and firm profits.
- Directed marketing projects at all stages, including conceptual planning, schedule management and final implementation.
- Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish objectives and boost long-term profitability.
- Considered business demands and customer preferences when developing pricing structures and marketing plans.
- Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data and budget factors.
- Worked closely with all product development departments to create and maintain marketing materials for sales presentations and client meetings.
- Mentored local personnel on best practices and protocols to maximize productivity.
Founder
LocoDeals
Hyderabad, Telangana
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Investigated and addressed business development challenges to proactively mitigate problems.
- Introduced new matrix organizational plan with clear roles and responsibilities to enhance processes while ensuring quality and regulatory compliance.
- Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base, solidify market presence and diversify offerings.
- Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
- Aligned organizational objectives with company mission, increasing revenue, profit and business growth by collaboratively developing integrated strategies.
- Participated in high-level hiring decisions for key leadership positions, conducted senior hire interviews and nominated new board members.
Engineering Manager
Yahoo/Aol
Hyderabad, Telangana
07.2013 - 07.2019
- Participated in development meetings for high-value customers and business operations updates.
- Developed proposals for clients outlining project scope and timeline.
- Implemented quality control standards for consistent approach and results.
- Prepared, checked and coordinated documentation to support both Offshore and Onsite component design and application.
- Provided technical leadership for company to effectively steer strategic plans and future projects.
- Gathered requirements for ongoing projects and organized details for management use.
- Fostered positive and performance-oriented environment by implementing successful reward systems.
- Coordinated engineering team for Video platform product in development.
- Developed and executed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
- Identified areas needing improvement within Adap.TV to review with senior leadership and develop plans for improvement.
Scrum Master
Host Analytics
Hyderabad, Telangana
07.2012 - 02.2013
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques including JIRA and CI/CD deployment techniques.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
Senior Consultant 2
Sierra Atlantic/Hitachi Consulting
Hyderabad, Telangana
11.2009 - 07.2012
- Strong experience in Web Automation. Experience in developing and implementing an automated testing strategy for web applications.
- Exceptional ability to develop maintainable test automation solutions using Java & Selenium.
- Experience building test automation framework or maintaining using Selenium, TestNg or similar frameworks and data driven testing.
- Ability to create good acceptance and integration test automation scripts and integrate with Continuous integration (Jenkins
Senior Software Engineer
Inforica(India) Pvt, Ltd
Hyderabad, Telangana
05.2006 - 11.2009
- Directed off-site teams completing Manual and Automation tests to support successful product development stages and releases.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results and submitted observations to development team.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with resolution techniques in documentation to disseminate to
- Created accurate and efficient test scripts in QTP & Selenium test suite to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
- Identified and tracked defects with QC tool and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
- Effectively interacted with Dev and BA departments regarding software defects and raised issues, working closely to develop innovative solutions.
- Reviewed requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities and reported all findings, including improvement recommendations.
Software Test Engineer
HCL Technologies
Hyderabad, Telangana
01.2004 - 05.2006
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with resolution techniques in documentation.
- Conducted regression testing, analyzed results and submitted observations to development team.
- Identified and tracked defects in excel sheet and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
- Planned and devised cohesive test plans for projects using and technologies.
Education
Bachelor of Technology -
Bundelkhand University
Jhansi 04.1997 - 04.2001
Skills
Process improvement
undefinedCertification
PMP
Timeline
Project Manager
Turnpoint Technology
10.2020 - Current
Chief Product Officer
Venhan Technologies
01.2020 - 09.2020
Founder
LocoDeals
08.2019 - 12.2019
Engineering Manager
Yahoo/Aol
07.2013 - 07.2019
Scrum Master
Host Analytics
07.2012 - 02.2013
PMP
01-2012
Senior Consultant 2
Sierra Atlantic/Hitachi Consulting
11.2009 - 07.2012
Senior Software Engineer
Inforica(India) Pvt, Ltd
05.2006 - 11.2009
Software Test Engineer
HCL Technologies
01.2004 - 05.2006
Bachelor of Technology -
Bundelkhand University
04.1997 - 04.2001
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