Kameswari (Kam) Pattisapu
South Holland,IL
Summary
I bring over 30 years of experience in IT, and I currently serve as the MFT Technical Lead. I have deep expertise in managing Axway’s MFT SecureTransport software, including installation, maintenance, upgrades, disaster recovery planning, security, and project coordination—all within a Linux environment. I currently support SecureTransport version 5.5 and have hands-on experience with versions 4.5 through 5.4. Additionally, I am an active contributor to Axway’s MFT Community portal and virtual user groups, sharing insights and best practices with peers across the industry.
Methodical product owner with a meticulous and disciplined approach to gathering and understanding requirements, breaking down specifications and working alongside different departments to develop high-quality products. Tactical planner and complex problem-solver with experience in products. Prepared to bring my experience in the field to a challenging new role.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
Invesco Ltd
01.2025 - Current
- Define and prioritize product backlog
- Scope and priority decisions during sprint planning and reviews
- Collaborate with stakeholders and translate their requirements into Epics and user stories in tools like Jira.
Senior Engineer / Principal – Enterprise Scheduling
Invesco Ltd
01.2012 - Current
- Administer multiple SecureTransport environments involving stand-alone and LEC Cluster configurations on Red Hat
- Support Internet Applications and Transport Protocols (SMTP, FTP, HTTP, and SSH)
- Install, patch, upgrade and document SecureTransport internal and edge environments with local (MySQL / Mariadb) or external (Oracle / MS SQL Enterprise) databases.
- Install, patch and upgrade SecureTransport vendor appliances as proxies in DMZ
- Secure software to meet federal regulated requirements for audits in Financial, Investments and Banking industries
- Initiate, maintain, and document backup policy for test, production, and business recovery environments
- Create, initiate, and oversee oral and written communications with internal application developers, business analysts and upper management as well as vendors and external companies
- Design and maintain custom ad-hoc shell scripts for monitoring and alerting environmental statuses resulting in over 1,000 days of uptime.
- Point of contact for software evaluation and purchases, vendor selection, and license agreements
- Point of contact for internal application developers, business analysts, upper management, and vendors
- Coordinate efforts between internal application developers and network resources and external customers to create, update, remove firewall rules
- Participate in meetings and projects with upper management to represent data transfer team to provide input on project architecture and process planning
- Plan, create and implement change control process to maintain application integrity and version control
- Create automation between SecureTransport and ServiceNow through ServiceNow catalogs and API calls.
- Provided troubleshooting support for Service / Help Desk staff
- Mentor and train L1 support staff with one-on-one interaction and detailed documentation
Engineer – UNIX Administrator
Invesco Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Secure servers to meet federal regulated requirements for audits in Financial, Investments and Banking industries
- Design and maintain documentation for production, disaster recovery, and test environments
Senior Engineer – Enterprise Scheduling
Invesco Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Install, patch, upgrade and document Computer Associates’s Autosys (v3.0, 3.5, 4.0) batch processing multi-node application
- Formerly Aim Management Group, Inc
Senior Associate – Problem Management
Aim Management Group, Inc.
01.2000 - 01.2007
- Install, patch, upgrade and document Expert Advisor and Tivoli Problem Management software
- Create training videos for L1 and L2 support staff
Associate – Help Desk
Aim Management Group, Inc.
01.1997 - 01.2000
- Provided first level technical support using Tivoli Problem Management software
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Computer Information Systems
University of Houston – Downtown
Houston, TX, USA01.1998
Skills
- Think on your Feet International, Inc: Think on your Feet
- VitalSmarts: Critical Accountability
- Leveraging Diversity of Thought for Better Decisions
- 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity
- User story mapping
- Defining product backlog
- Sprint planning
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Jira management
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Adaptability in projects
- Cross-functional teamwork
- User story creation
- Roadmap development
Volunteer Experience
- Forest Preserves of Cook County, Trail Patrol, Herbicide applicator, workday volunteer, 01/16, Present
- Invesco Black Professionals Network, Communications Committee, 01/20, Present
- Towle Theater, Backstage Crew / Stage Manager, Present
- Invesco Green Team, Committee Chair, 01/19, 01/22
- The Morton Arboretum, Trail Watch, 01/18, 01/19
Certification
AWS Associate Solutions Architect
Timeline
Product Owner
Invesco Ltd
01.2025 - Current
Senior Engineer / Principal – Enterprise Scheduling
Invesco Ltd
01.2012 - Current
Engineer – UNIX Administrator
Invesco Ltd
01.2012 - 01.2016
Senior Engineer – Enterprise Scheduling
Invesco Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2012
Senior Associate – Problem Management
Aim Management Group, Inc.
01.2000 - 01.2007
Associate – Help Desk
Aim Management Group, Inc.
01.1997 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Business Administration - Computer Information Systems
University of Houston – Downtown