Azure Cloud, IoT Hub and Data Analytics
Rakesh Edamula
Director, Engineering
Bangalore,Karnataka
Summary
Strategic-thinking individual with extensive cross-cultural experience skilled in navigation of modern technology. Accustomed to driving efficiency and effectiveness by developing, delivering and supporting strategic plans. Excels at building and leading high performing engineering teams that deliver quality products on time. Passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where employees feel empowered to do their best work.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director, Engineering
Accruent
Bangalore
08.2019 - Current
- Mobilized and directed high performing global multi-disciplinary engineering team with substantial presence in India. Scaled Accruent's India Org from 0 to 73.
- Cultivated customer experience-focused culture across all teams through data-analysis and measurement, leading to increasing products supported to 5 and 2 horizontal service. IDC owns one of products related to Telecom and has retained ARR of $10.2M.
- Increased employee engagement to 78% and retention through proactive leadership, problem resolution, and effective communication.
- Established opportunities for improving operational efficiencies through management processes and increasing team productivity by 40%.
- Collaborated with senior cross-functional leadership to create strong digital roadmap boosting organizational growth potential by 30%.
Engineering Manager
Tektronix India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
05.2011 - 08.2019
- Established leadership to lead and grow Sources (Part of Wide band Solutions Business Unit) Software business. Led to launch of new products in RF space.
- Succeeded in planning, directing, executing definition, development and launch of new products and first to market compliance solutions like Thunderbolt, SAS3 which drove improvement in business results & customer loyalty.
- Execute competitive assessments and Voice of Customer/market research to gain market insights. First to market compliance solutions for Thunderbolt, SAS3 solutions which led to increased sales.
- Accelerated collaborations across organizational boundaries to ensure smooth execution of cross-functional plans within Tektronix.
Senior Project Manager
AOL Online India Private Limited
Bangalore
04.2006 - 04.2011
- Directed AOL Mail product line road map and initiatives for AOL's Desktop Mail and AOL's Affinity Mail with user base of 150 Million users (mailboxes).
- Launching of AOL Mail's gadget for Google's, Facebook, Net Vibes, affinity mail products to external partner.
- Established agile practices and coordinated efforts of 20+ software development scrum teams.
- Fostered agile procedures for transparent project management technique across 4+ teams through various stages of product release.
Project Manager
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2002 - 04.2006
Senior Software Engineer
Planet Asia Ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka
12.1999 - 01.2002
Software Engineering Intern
Byzan Systems Pvt Ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.1998 - 12.1999
Education
MBA - Business Administration
NMIMS
Pune 06.2017 - 06.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Kuvempu University
Karnataka 07.1993 - 07.1997
Skills
Strategic Planning & Organizational Leadership
Change leader & Agile Coach
Business Process & System Integration
Budget Containment & Policy Deployment
Process & Productivity Improvement
Team Development & Leadership
Recruitment & Selection
Software
Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes
DevOps, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Jenkins
Microservices, REST API
Security & Compliance, Vault
Python, Core Java, C#
Robo Framework, Cucumber, K6
Data Science & Visualization
Timeline
Director, Engineering
Accruent
08.2019 - Current
MBA -
NMIMS
06.2017 - 06.2019
Engineering Manager
Tektronix India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2011 - 08.2019
Senior Project Manager
AOL Online India Private Limited
04.2006 - 04.2011
Project Manager
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
01.2002 - 04.2006
Senior Software Engineer
Planet Asia Ltd.
12.1999 - 01.2002
Software Engineering Intern
Byzan Systems Pvt Ltd.
01.1998 - 12.1999
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Kuvempu University
07.1993 - 07.1997