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Ravi Kumar Soni

Ravi Kumar Soni

Product Leader | Data Security| IAM | Cloud & Network Security | AI/ML
Bengaluru

Summary

22 plus years of experience in Enterprise Software Product Development, result driven leadership experience in managing large engineering & product management teams and multi-million revenue software development projects for multi-billion market for fortune 500 companies in multiple domains. Extensive product leadership experience in defining, launching, driving product vision, strategy, and roadmaps.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Sr. Product Manager

Trellix
Bengaluru
11.2020 - 04.2023

Data Protection [DLP, Drive Encryption and Database Security]

  • Driving growth in latest release product adoption rate among existing customers through strategic and predictive release cycles.
  • Introducing new pricing tiers and upsell features to existing customers, resulting cost optimization and competitive product replacement.
  • Meeting customer commitments and continues engagement resulted portfolio outperformed in multiple quarters by cross-sell and upsell.
  • Expanding into untapped verticals and net new customer through survey and partnering with pre-sales and sales team, gained 8% market share.
  • Enabling sales opportunity in US public sector vertical by 12% through targeted NIST certification and tailored product offerings.
  • Driving Ideation through customer community, (CAB) Customer Advisory Board resulted increase 10% in customer retention and improved engagement.
  • Enabling customers to reduce (TCO) Total Cost of Ownership though providing seamless cloud migration features roadmaps.
  • Delivering seamless enrich integration capabilities resulted increase product foot print in customer environments.
  • Acquiring new customers and replace competitive product through optimizing and launching new SKU's.
  • Driving innovation and get Idea patented by partnering with architects and engineering team.
  • Improving (CSAT) customer satisfaction through regular feedback and feed forward strategies.
  • Building strategical and competitive product capabilities, improved user experience.

Director Product Management

Broadcom - CA technologies | Symantec
Hyderabad
07.2016 - 06.2020

IAM – Identity and Access Management [PAM, SSO, IM, IGA, MFA, Directory]

  • Developed and executed comprehensive product strategy that resulted in 30% increase in annual revenue and expanded market share by 15% within two years.
  • Driving successful launch of three major product releases, resulting in 30% increase in user acquisition and 15% boost in customer engagement.
    Built and mentored high-performing product management team of 7 product managers, fostering collaborative environment and achieving 35% increase in team productivity.
  • Conducting extensive market research and competitive analysis, identifying emerging trends and customer needs, leading to development of two highly successful products that generated $50 million in new revenue.
  • Effectively managing cross-functional teams, collaborating with engineering, design, and marketing departments to deliver products on time and within budget, resulting in 20% reduction in time-to-market.
  • Implemented robust product performance tracking system, analyzing key metrics and user data to drive data-driven decision-making, resulting in 15% increase in customer satisfaction and 10% decrease in customer churn.
  • Successfully navigated complex stakeholder relationships, aligning executive teams, engineering departments, and sales teams to deliver products that met business objectives and customer expectations.
  • Introduced culture of innovation and continuous improvement, leading to implementation of customer-centric features and enhancements that increased user retention by 25%.
  • Established strong customer feedback loops, gathering insights through user research, surveys, and customer interviews, resulting in implementation of product improvements that increased overall customer satisfaction by 20%.
  • Empowered team to be get more in person exposure with customers through multiple channels.
  • Driving strategies to increase IAM portfolio through integration, partner, merger, and acquisition.

Director, Software Engineering

CA technologies
Hyderabad
07.2013 - 06.2016
  • Leading software engineering team of 40+ members, achieving 20% increase in productivity through effective mentorship, skill development, and performance management.
  • Successfully delivered critical software project on time and within budget, resulting in 30% increase in customer satisfaction and 15% boost in revenue for organization.
  • Developed and executed technology roadmap that led to adoption of Agile methodologies, resulting in 25% reduction in project delivery time and improved overall team efficiency.
  • Implemented robust quality assurance program, reducing software defects by 40% and improving product stability and reliability.
  • Established strategic partnerships with external technology vendors, leading to 20% cost reduction in software development tools and services without compromising quality.
  • Spearheaded implementation of DevOps practices, resulting in 50% decrease in deployment time and 30% increase in deployment frequency.
  • Introduced Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, enabling seamless and automated software releases, reducing time to market by 40%.
  • Led successful migration of legacy systems to modern technology stack, resulting in improved scalability, performance, and cost savings of 30% in infrastructure maintenance.
  • Implemented data-driven decision-making processes, leveraging analytics and metrics to improve software development performance and guide strategic resource allocation.
  • Recognized "High Potential Leader" globally at CEO level for exceptional leadership.

Manager, Software Engineering

CA technologies
Hyderabad
04.2006 - 06.2013
  • Leading team of 20+ software engineers in delivering mission-critical projects on time and within budget, resulting in 30% increase in customer satisfaction and 20% improvement in product stability.
  • Implemented Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, resulting in 40% improvement in team productivity and 25% reduction in time-to-market for new features.
  • Developed and executed comprehensive talent development program, resulting in 80% reduction in employee turnover and 60% increase in internal promotions and mobility within engineering department.
  • Introduced automated testing and continuous integration practices, leading to 35% reduction in software defects and 50% improvement in overall product quality.
  • Collaborated with product management to define product roadmap aligned with business goals, resulting in 15% increase in annual revenue and successful entry into new markets.
  • Proactively identified and addressed technical risks and bottlenecks, resulting in 40% improvement in system performance and 20% reduction in downtime.
  • Fostered culture of innovation by facilitating regular hackathons and idea-sharing sessions, leading to development of innovative features and patents that garnered industry recognition.
  • Cultivated strategic partnerships with pre-sales in ASPAC region in cost savings of $500K annually for customers.

Technical Lead

GE
Hyderabad
12.2003 - 04.2006
  • Implemented robust fault-tolerant design for business-critical application, ensuring continuous availability and achieving 99.99% uptime over past year, with zero instances of data loss or transaction failures.
  • Developed and deployed real-time monitoring and alerting system for critical transactions, enabling proactive identification and resolution of issues, resulting in 30% reduction in incident response time and minimizing business impact.
  • Achieved Zero tolerance failure in reporting business workflow through automating frequent and timely reporting.
  • Delivered multiple LEAN Projects.
  • Drove technical initiatives for large enterprise systems to align with long-term business strategies

Sr. Software Engineer & Software Engineer

Netinda
Hyderabad
09.2000 - 09.2003
  • Extensive Research, Design and Development (Diskless operating system, Remote booting). Linux Kernel Optimization / IP Network optimization. Developed JAVA server with 50K concurrency.
  • Responsible for Server Cluster Configuration, Load Balancer Implementation.
  • Development of Web Based Application, Project & Individual Performance Management, VOIP Soft phone, Mail Client & Server.
  • Implementation of IP Chain fire wall in Linux, Apache Proxy Server, Apache web server.

Education

Post BSc - Computer Science

Nagpur University
Nagpur
07.1997 - 1998.06

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Nagpur University
Nagpur
07.1993 - 1996.06

Skills

    Product lifecycle management

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Additional Information

Strengths : Design Thinking , Customer Empathy, Visionary & Data Driven, Strategic Thinker , Innovation Mindset , Agile Mindset , Collaborator and Enabler, Coaching and Mentoring, Build Leader, Balance EQ vs IQ

Certification

Scrum Master Certified (SMC)

Product Domains

Data Security (DLP, Disk Encryption, Database ) ,  XDR / EDR / NTA ,  Cloud Security,  Network Security (SASE), Payment Card Security , Identity Access Management (SSO, PAM, IM, MFA, Directory) , SOAR / SIEM, Endpoint Security, Data Analytics, AI / ML.


Managed File Transfer, Operation Intelligence, Meta Data Management, Business Rules, Cloud Managed on Z system, Messaging Solutions.

Timeline

Sr. Product Manager

Trellix
11.2020 - 04.2023

APPL - Applied Program in Product Leadership

07-2018

Director Product Management

Broadcom - CA technologies | Symantec
07.2016 - 06.2020

Director, Software Engineering

CA technologies
07.2013 - 06.2016

Manager, Software Engineering

CA technologies
04.2006 - 06.2013

Technical Lead

GE
12.2003 - 04.2006

Sr. Software Engineer & Software Engineer

Netinda
09.2000 - 09.2003

Post BSc - Computer Science

Nagpur University
07.1997 - 1998.06

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Nagpur University
07.1993 - 1996.06
Ravi Kumar SoniProduct Leader | Data Security| IAM | Cloud & Network Security | AI/ML