Vasu Sharma
Assoc Director - Software Development
Hyderabad,TG
Summary
Dynamic technology leader with a proven track record at Verizon India, excelling in strategic planning and AI product development. Spearheaded initiatives that achieved significant cost savings and enhanced system design, while fostering team collaboration and driving innovation. Expert in scalable microservices architecture, delivering impactful solutions that elevate operational efficiency.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
ASSOC DIRECTOR
VERIZON INDIA PVT LTD
Hyderabad
04.2018 - Current
- Directed a multi-disciplinary engineering organization of 35+, establishing AI-augmented productivity playbooks that standardized prompt engineering and automated workflows, increasing overall team throughput by 30%.
- Orchestrated production LLM and RAG-based assistants using PEFT (LoRA, QLoRA), optimizing performance for telecom personas and delivering a 15% AYS ticket reduction through high-efficiency, AI-driven self-service automation.
- Conceived and built an autonomous Agentic AI system (leveraging Claude Code) that analyzes logs and code to diagnose and self-heal stuck telecom orders, shrinking resolution times from hours to minutes and establishing automated routing for complex edge cases.
- Directed governance for mission-critical apps, enforcing GenAI rigor and 100% CI/CD adoption. Led teams to meet 13 security KPIs and optimize infrastructure, delivering high-impact value with ~15% overhead.
- Spearheaded the design and deployment of an NTV system utilizing MFE and GraphQL aggregation to synthesize data from heterogeneous DB and API sources; replaced legacy static reporting with real-time, multi-layer topology views that scaled to handle more complex views at a faster pace.
- Orchestrated North Star and drove system design, securing 5 patents, winning a company-wide hackathon, and earning CIO 100 Award for NTV.
- Championed a build once, used many UI strategies for a reusable Network Topology visualizer, integrating it in Assurance systems, eliminating development redundancy and accelerating troubleshooting by 50% during network outages.
- Scaled impact as a technical multiplier, leading 3+ concurrent workstreams. Achieved ~90% employee satisfaction and retention by guiding senior managers and architects through structured growth plans and accountability frameworks.
SENIOR MANAGER
VERIZON INDIA PVT LTD
Hyderabad
04.2018 - 11.2022
- Directed critical tech overhaul that eliminated security vulnerabilities, enhanced quality coverage, and reduced production issues by 40%, successfully meeting network upgrade targets ahead of schedule.
- Drove SAFe Agile excellence across Verizon modernization efforts, delivering 90+ microservices with 100%+ PPM and 10% PI throughput, earning back-to-back MD recognition for 2 years for fast & Quality delivery, yielding significant business value.
- Managed and directed 16-person team across large-scale tech initiatives, achieving over $2M in cost savings through outsourcing 80% of work, reducing dependency, and accelerating 5G rollout targets.
- Accelerated feature delivery by orchestrating SAFe Agile transformation; improved delivery commitment (Say-Do ~90%) and fostered a quality culture by achieving Unit Test regression coverage above 85%.
- Spearheaded high-impact Hackathon for AVP Org (800+ participants), resulting in 11 prototypes and transitioning 2 solutions to production within three months.
STAFF TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER
GENERAL ELECTRIC
Bangalore
07.2007 - 02.2018
- Pioneered the launch of Chief Engineering Office products, overseeing 600K+ large files; delivered $5M+ in savings by optimizing search and user interfaces, reducing clicks.
- Architected global AWS/Java Microservices for Trade Compliance tool, scaling it for 10+ countries and 3 GE Businesses, saving $2M+ in cost (License/Maintenance).
- Spearheaded technology leadership to extend product scale to 10+ countries and 3 GE Businesses, earning GE Aviation Prestigious ERD recognition for deploying a critical innovation app.
- Established accountability across 30+ vendor development teams, managing detailed SOWs to ensure scope adherence and quality assurance for successful project delivery.
- Revamped monolithic product to scalable microservices architecture (Java REST/Spring), reducing delivery time from 3 months to 2 weeks and expanding global reach.
Education
M.Tech - Systems Analysis And Computer Applications
National Institute of Technology Surathkal
Surathkal, Karnataka07-2007
B.Tech - Information Technology
U. P Technical University
Ghaziabad, UP07-2004
Skills
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Product strategy
- Financial oversight
- Systems development
- Microservices architecture
- Scalable design
- Design expertise
- Strategic leadership
- Team collaboration
- Work prioritization
Certification
Agentic AI - DeepLearning.AI 05/2026
Google AI Professional - Coursera 03/2026
Senior Management Program in Business Analytics - IIM Calcutta 10/2024 to 06/2025
Lead Safe and Team Program - ISB Hyderabad 11/2022 to 12/2022
General Management for IT Executives IIM Bangalore - 01/2014 to 12/2014
Timeline
ASSOC DIRECTOR
VERIZON INDIA PVT LTD
04.2018 - Current
SENIOR MANAGER
VERIZON INDIA PVT LTD
04.2018 - 11.2022
STAFF TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER
GENERAL ELECTRIC
07.2007 - 02.2018
M.Tech - Systems Analysis And Computer Applications
National Institute of Technology Surathkal
B.Tech - Information Technology
U. P Technical University