DORA KUMAR B
San Jose,CA
Summary
Result-driven Product Manager with 7+ years of experience in data platforms and infrastructure organizations. Proven expertise in developing and launching data-related products and services, creating robust product roadmaps, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution. Adept at leveraging data analytics, governance, and security to build scalable solutions that meet customer needs and industry standards.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, USA
07.2022 - Current
- Successfully Implemented project from initiation to implementation on time and schedule using Waterfall and Agile Project Management method
- Partnered with database administrators and infrastructure teams to design and implement data-centric solutions.
- Designed data models leveraging the latest trends and tested products to ensure seamless integration and functionality.
- Led cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment between business units, engineering, and design teams.
- Monitored product usage and captured feedback to improve user experience and identify future features.
- Identified product gaps and generated innovative ideas to expand market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.
- Orchestrated various Business Unit subject matter experts to develop and communicate the business case, current state and future state, business requirements, business process workflows, use cases, and user acceptance criteria
- Worked with cross-functional team with Architects, Web developers, Business Analysts, QA Testers, vendors and engaged centralized IT infrastructure and long term support teams to define goal, plan, review & deliver
- Analyzed different alternatives against product functionalities, usability, OC, architecture, integration capability, scalability, security, maintenance/support model, and costs. Validated recommended solution through the use of demonstration and proof of concepts (POC)
- Prepared Canonical mapping document to integrate external interfaces
- Developed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), estimated, sequenced activities and scheduled
- Successfully completed Project Assurance Review (PAR) to audit the quality of the project
- Established strong stakeholder and business relationships, built and maintain governance model, managed vendors, worked with Risk and IT compliance team to maintain organizational standard
- Successfully completed functional testing and used Traceability matrix to ensure all requirements were met
- Led vendors and business users on system testing, performance testing and user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Used HP PPM for project financials, dashboard reporting, resource utilization & demand forecasting
- Dashboard status reporting to senior management including VP, Supply & Trading and North America Regional Manager on project progress, budget, schedule, scope, risk, issues/conflicts, action items, quality, escalation on obstacles as necessary
Project Manager, PMO
HCL Technologies
Hyderabad, India
02.2015 - 08.2021
- Gathered and prioritized customer and market requirements to build a robust product roadmap for scalable data platforms.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to design architecture artifacts and identify suitable data sources for development.
- Conducted lean experiments to validate product strategies and inform investment decisions.
- Ensured adherence to data quality, governance, and security standards, complying with regulatory requirements.
- Delivered formal and informal product roadmap presentations to stakeholders, driving engagement and alignment.
- Analyzed platform performance and implemented optimizations based on customer feedback and performance metrics.
- Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction.
- Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance, and cost efficiency.
- Performed regular audits on existing processes to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
- Managed cross-functional teams responsible for successful completion of projects and programs according to scope, timeline, budget constraints and quality requirements.
- Submitted budget estimates, progress reports and cost tracking reports.
- Provided training on software tools used in managing projects and programs such as MS Project or Primavera P6.
- Generated periodic reports detailing progress made by teams involved in each initiative under PMO's purview.
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE - PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DATA ANALYTICS)
Northeastern University
Boston, MA04.2023
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - COMPUTER SCIENCE
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering (JNTUH University)
Hyderabad, India05.2014
Skills
- Product lifecycle management
- Agile software development
- Vendor management
- Databases: Snowflake, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL
- DBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, SQL/MP, Adabas C/D, DB2
- GUI: Net, Java SDK, JBoss, Power Builder, Oracle Forms
- Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
- Languages: Oracle PL/SQL, Natural, Python, SQL, UNIX Shell Scripts
- Tools: MS Project, HP PPM, MS Visio, SharePoint, MS PowerPoint, Microsoft BizTalk, SSRS, MS Excel, Jira, Confluence, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx
- Jira, atlassian, rally
- Product development
- Business case development
Timeline
Product Manager
Orange County Public Schools
07.2022 - Current
Project Manager, PMO
HCL Technologies
02.2015 - 08.2021
MASTER OF SCIENCE - PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DATA ANALYTICS)
Northeastern University
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - COMPUTER SCIENCE
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering (JNTUH University)
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