Venkata Subramaniam Nandagopalan
Digital Product Owner
Villa No:96, Jones Cassia Phase 3, Karanai Main Road, Ottiyambakam, Chennai - 600130
Summary
Associate has close to total 10.5 years of professional work experience in which 8 years of experience as Business Analyst/Product Owner and 2.5 years of experience as Software Tester, during those projects had 7.5 years of experience as Team Lead. As part of working experience as Business Analyst, worked from United States for 18 months in order to get the requirements from marketing team, groomed the development teams in India and made sure the product is delivered with high quality. As part of the assignments was orchestrating collaboration between product owners, business sponsors, subject matter experts, end users and development teams by removing roadblocks and fostering communication. Has also been involved in Writing Acceptance Criteria, UI Wire-frame Design, End to End System Level Design, Forecasting and Planning, Project Management, Review of Test Documents, Web Services Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Mobile App testing. Has good understanding of Agile, Lean and Continuous Delivery analysis best practices. Has good communication skills, quick learning and Multi-tasking abilities, experience of working with team members from different cultures.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Digital Product Owner
Caterpillar Inc., CAT Digital
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
03.2020 - Current
- Participate in requirements gathering meeting with Customers ,Marketing team and Sales team.
- Incorporate feature requests into product road map and keep track of industry trends.
- Developed "SIS2GO" Hybrid Mobile app across 3 platforms (iOS/Android/Windows) supported for tablet/mobile/laptop devices which is being used by 40K+ Worldwide users which provides technician on field with parts and service information in offline mode. This is the first app to leverage in-app purchase and successfully filed a patent in India & US Patent offices.
- Consistently followed Engineering development best practices and won best team award in 2021.
- Groom and prioritize backlog for "Product Status Report(PSR)" Angular/Java based Web Application development hosted on Azure cloud which is used by technicians to access Caterpillar machine ECM report with all parameters remotely.
- Groom and prioritize backlog for "Operator Management System(OMS UI)" Backbone/.NET based Web Application development hosted on Azure cloud which is used by Machine owners to assign operators/keys remotely
- Translate stakeholder requirements into different deliverable such as acceptance criteria, functional specifications, use cases, Visio diagrams, UX Screens.
- Completely owned the End to End System Design, Business Features delivery.
- Conducting test case reviews, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and Performing integration, user acceptance testing.
- Liaise between business and technical personnel to ensure mutual understanding of business priority, use cases, process to be followed and high quality product.
Junior Product Manager
AppViewX
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Identify and prioritize gaps in the product currently serving those customer needs.
- Set product direction and make decisions by getting constant feedback from our users, design, research, engineering, support, sales and marketing teams to improve our product to ensure it is meeting the needs of our customers.
- Successfully delivered SAAS Product to manage/monitor cloud networking devices on certificate expiry, remote configuration which is used by 100+ Customer Accounts.
- AppViewX product provides end-to-end management, automation, and orchestration of application security and network infrastructure services
- Work with cross functional partners inside and external partners to increase the reach of Application Delivery Automation, Certificate Life cycle automation and Network Security Automation solutions part of AppViewX.
- Demonstrates a deep understanding of customer needs, underlying technology, competition and partner ecosystem.
Business Analyst
Caterpillar Inc., ITDD, Telematics
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
01.2015 - 08.2019
- Participate in requirements gathering meeting with Customers ,Marketing team and Sales team.
- Incorporate feature requests into product road map and keep track of industry trends.
- Delivered modern intuitive UI for dealers to subscribe 1M+ Connected assets.
- Groom and prioritize backlog for "Dealer Service Portal" Angular/Java based Web Application development hosted on Azure cloud which is used by Dealers to purchase subscriptions for various remote monitoring Cat digital applications.
- Groom and prioritize backlog for "Product Link Web" Angular/Java based Web Application development hosted on Azure cloud which is used by energy and transportation customers to monitor and control Caterpillar machines remotely.
- Groom and prioritize backlog for "eRoutes" Angular/.NET based Web Application development hosted on Azure cloud which is used for process monitoring solution that facilitates the smooth, steady delivery of material from the plant to the paver.
- Groom and prioritize backlog for "Work Order Assist" Angular/.NET based Web Application development hosted on Azure cloud which is used for end-to-end solution that improves quarry efficiency and drives down operating costs
- Translate stakeholder requirements into different deliverable such as acceptance criteria, functional specifications, use cases, Visio diagrams, UX Screens.
- Completely owned the End to End System Design, Business Features delivery.
- Conducting test case reviews, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and Performing integration, user acceptance testing.
- Liaise between business and technical personnel to ensure mutual understanding of business priority, use cases, process to be followed and high quality product.
QA Engineer
Caterpillar Inc. ,(Contract)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
02.2014 - 01.2015
- Participate in requirements grooming and writing test cases for "Dealer Service Portal" and "Product Link Web" web UI.
- Managing the Testing activities within the team, reviewing test cases, performing Salesforce testing, Web-services testing and Caterpillar hardware testing.
- Established self managed Agile QA team of 6 members who are cross functional in skillset who can perform both manual and automation testing.
- Conduct 4 levels of testing including functional, regression, user acceptance and integration to verify the client’s needs are met.
- Having hands-on experience on Project Management tools like HP Quality Center, Target Process and MS Visual Studio
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Healthcare Domain, CareFirst and Cardinal accounts
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
05.2012 - 01.2014
- Requirements Analysis, Test Design, Test Execution, Defect Identification.
- Involved in Web Application Testing, Database Validation, Mainframe Testing, Facets Healthcare Claim processing testing.
- Having hands-on experience on Project Management tools like HP Quality Center to write test cases, create test plan, execute test cases and log defects.
- Performed over 50 Manual test cases per day and increased test execution by 50%.
Education
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PSG College of Technology
07.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
Requirements Gathering
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Timeline
Digital Product Owner
Caterpillar Inc., CAT Digital
03.2020 - Current
Junior Product Manager
AppViewX
09.2019 - 03.2020
Business Analyst
Caterpillar Inc., ITDD, Telematics
01.2015 - 08.2019
QA Engineer
Caterpillar Inc. ,(Contract)
02.2014 - 01.2015
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Healthcare Domain, CareFirst and Cardinal accounts
05.2012 - 01.2014
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PSG College of Technology
07.2008 - 05.2012
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