Sudhanshu Shekhar
Pune
Summary
Performance-driven techno-functional leader with 18+ years of expertise in leading extensive teams and adapting to multifaceted responsibilities.
- 5 years as Engineering Manager, managing 2 different fintech products with team on tech stack of Angular, .Net, MF & Cache (Mumps).
- 3+ years as Release Train Engineer for ART of 6 teams of 58 peoples.
- 3+ years as Scrum Master | Project Manager.
- 11+ years as Developer, Tech Lead (both onshore & offshore) for multiple technologies & domains.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Manager | Release Train Engineer
FIS Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Pune, India
10.2021 - Current
- As Engineering Manager of 2 Fintech products, I manage end to end delivery of multiple development initiatives, promote usage of Generative AI & agentic AI.
- Engaged in Stakeholder management, risk management, change/release management, people management & handling client escalations.
- Managed multiple audits, budgeting, forecasting, Workday activities.
- Played a parallel role of Release Train Engineer for 3+ years for an Agile Release Train of six teams (four Scrum Teams, and two Kanban Teams).
- Enageged in PI planning and facilitation of PI Inspect and Adapt, S.O.S, and PO sync meetings.
Scrum Master | Tech Lead
Wipro Technologies
Pune
07.2020 - 10.2021
- Played the role of Tech Lead and shared responsibility of Scrum Master. Role required facilitation of scrum ceremonies, agile coaching, conflict resolution & resolve blockers.
- Learnt Python, Django and created/supported development of new/used vehicle sale website.
- Lead MF team working on demand management project for cost and performance optimization.
Project Manager | SME
ATOS-Syntel | HCA
Pune
05.2018 - 04.2020
- Lead the delivery of "SMART" application in UK Market.
- Handled forecasting, budgeting, delivery timelines & risk management for successful delivery of product. Worked on multiple audits.
- People Management - Managed leaves & appraisal.
- As MF SME helped team on technical, functional queries.
Consultant | Scrum Master
Syntel Inc
Nashville
09.2016 - 05.2018
- Development of backend programs for AIX screen using MF-COBOL, VSAM. Deployment to servers using Unix scripts, SVN - GIT.
- Scrum Management - Jira board setup, Sprint execution & Client co-ordination
Development Manager
Syntel Inc | American Express
Phoenix
05.2014 - 09.2016
- From scratch development of product “AXEX CONNECT”. A check-out button to be placed on merchant website to ease check-out journey.
- Worked as MF lead to design DB2 table schemas, stored procedure design, development. Involved in end to end product design, development & launch.
- Lead RDBMS to NoSQL (Couchbase) database migration.
Sr. Software Engineer | Onsite Co-rordinator
Hexaware Technology | The Northern Trust
Chicago, USA
04.2010 - 05.2014
- Worked on development & maintenance of multiple reports requiring from work on Cobol-DB2, Cobol source code, stored procedures, VSAM file, Custom Statement formatter (CSF), Crystal reports.
- Support maintenance requirement of Java webpage due to change in stored-procedure.
- Support EOD process for multiple products.
- Hadled client query, worked as onsite lead for COBOL to Datastage migration.
Analyst Programmer
Syntel Ltd
Mumbai
09.2007 - 04.2010
- Involved in full SDLC including requirement analysis phase to post implementation in production
- Key skills - Mainframe, JCL, VSAM, DB2, Core Java
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research
Amravati, MH2007
Skills
- Agile Project Management, Program Management, People Management, Stakeholder Management & Risk Management
- SDLC - Valuestream, SAFE Agile & Waterfall
- Project Management tools - Jira, MS Project
- Domain - BNFS (Cards & Payments), Healthcare, Trust & Custodian Banking
- Experience of working and managing global diversified teams
- AI - Generative AI, Prompt Engineering
- Technologies - Mainframes (COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM), Core Java, Python, Django, No-SQL, UNIX
Accomplishments
- Brought down the defect leakage percentage from 30+ to less than 10, maintained feature development predictability above 90%.
- Successfully lead from scratch development & delivery of "AMEX Connect" product. Also lead the migration to No-SQL. Product received annual champion award.
- Project migration from Mainframes to DataStage.
- Safe 6.0 certified Scrum Master.
Additional Information
- Team Award for Quality - Q2'2018.
- Syntel Value Award ‘Entrepreneurial' for individual as well as with full team - Q2' 2016.
- Syntel Value Award ‘ADAPTIVE' - Q3'2014.
- STAR Award (one of the best performer North America Region) in Aug'13.
- Multiple kudos and appreciations.
Timeline
Engineering Manager | Release Train Engineer
FIS Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - Current
Scrum Master | Tech Lead
Wipro Technologies
07.2020 - 10.2021
Project Manager | SME
ATOS-Syntel | HCA
05.2018 - 04.2020
Consultant | Scrum Master
Syntel Inc
09.2016 - 05.2018
Development Manager
Syntel Inc | American Express
05.2014 - 09.2016
Sr. Software Engineer | Onsite Co-rordinator
Hexaware Technology | The Northern Trust
04.2010 - 05.2014
Analyst Programmer
Syntel Ltd
09.2007 - 04.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research