Kiran Duggudurty
Cary,NC
Summary
Delivery Lead and Release Manager with a strong track record in project management and release processes. Successfully reduced release cycle time by 25% and improved legacy system scalability by 28%. Proficient in Agile/SAFe methodologies, CI/CD integration, and proactive problem-solving.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Delivery Lead and Release Manager
Freddie Mac
06.2024 - 02.2026
- Responsible for Software release management which involves managing, planning, scheduling, and controlling software builds through different stages and environments. It actively includes testing and deploying software releases, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery for business-critical securitization applications centered to mortgage-backed securities issuances.
- Managed problem resolution by collaborating with product teams, developers, and business stakeholders to identify, analyze, and resolve issues effectively.
- Chaired daily stand-up meetings and defect triage calls with multiple Agile teams, creating and implementing contingency plans that mitigated potential risks by 20%.
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, and Maven streamlining deployments and reducing release cycle time by 25%
- Drive adoption of modern delivery practices (Agile, TDD, ATDD, Microservices, Containerization) to improve scalability and resiliency for legacy systems by 28%
- Led cross-functional teams to complete IT projects on time by monitoring and tracking project progress against deadlines.
- Coordinated with external vendors such as JP Morgan and USFINTECH to manage IT projects and meet release deadlines.
- Mentored junior engineers and contribute towards standardization of best practices through best IT tools and applications.
Manager – Finance BTO
Cognizant – Client: Freddie Mac
07.2014 - 05.2024
- Managed end-to-end QA delivery for Phoenix Reference Data Services, providing centralized reference data for multiple accounting engines.
- Managed end-to-end QA delivery for Loan Amortization (SF LOAM), ensuring accurate processing of 14 fee types related to loan amortization.
- Managed end-to-end QA delivery for Single Family Transaction Accounting (SFTA), overseeing processing of loan-level activities including payments, payoffs, and delinquencies.
- Managed and Led End to End QA delivery for Operations Sub ledger (SF OSL) which creates double book keeping Sub ledger/Journal entries at general ledger account level based on the accounting entries generated by SFTA, LOAM and ACA applications.
- Implemented robotic process automation (RPA) solutions across Finance, HR, Legal, and Enterprise functions.
- Built and optimized automation frameworks using Robot Framework and CI/CD tools, significantly improving regression coverage.
- Chaired triage meetings with vendors, development, and business teams; managed issue resolution and risk communication to leadership.
- Delivered system demos and PI demos within SAFe Agile framework; collaborated on requirement reviews, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
- Maintained SLA metrics, monthly KPI's, resource planning, and capacity utilization for large cross-functional QA teams.
- Supported post-production validation, ensuring smooth business operations after releases.
- Planned, created, tested, and deployed system life cycle methodology, enhancing quality of systems to meet customer expectations.
Team Lead – Trade Communications
Cognizant – Client: BNY Mellon
12.2011 - 07.2014
- Led QA for Trade Flow upgrades and Oasys Direct Trade Flow applications, ensuring quality and reliability in deliverables.
- Coordinated functional delivery with downstream teams (SAP/ESB) while managing automation efforts, streamlining processes.
- Conducted regression and acceptance testing with business teams, presenting quality metrics to leadership.
- Identified and communicated customer needs to supply chain capacity and quality teams, enhancing alignment and responsiveness.
Technical Test Lead
Infosys – Client: Ameriprise Financial
02.2009 - 12.2011
- Directed testing for BlackRock Sub-Advised Fund Accounting & Columbia Integration.
- Validated accounting feeds, fund migrations, and data conversions across Oracle and mainframe systems.
- Coordinated multi-stream QA (functional, integration, migration, performance) with external vendors.
- Collaborated with QA team to test software quality through manual and automated testing.
- Developed efficient technical solutions to resolve a wide range of business problems.
Functional Lead – Collections & Recoveries
Infosys – Client: Royal Bank of Scotland
09.2007 - 01.2009
- Executed Web Services testing (SOAP UI) and validated credit scoring (CRA) integrations to ensure compliance with project requirements.
- Coordinated web application releases, ensuring successful execution of functional and regression testing.
- Analyzed project specification documentation to develop tailored testing methodologies.
Software Engineering Analyst
Infosys – Client: General Motors/ AON Inc
07.2005 - 08.2007
- Executed full-cycle testing (functional, regression, UAT) while managing audit/compliance activities to uphold regulatory standards.
- Led QA activities for legacy AON system migration projects, enhancing system reliability and user experience.
- Designed data models and supported integration testing for automotive applications.
- Developed prototypes and conducted testing for Electro Magnetic Compatibility systems to ensure compliance with industry standards.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
Pondicherry University
India06-2005
Skills
- Release Management
- Project Management
- Cross-functional Team leadership
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Requirement analysis
- CI/CD integration
- AI-empowered Agile
- Automation Strategies
- KPI Metric Reporting
- Dependency Management
- AWS
- Databases : SQL /DB2/Oracle
- PostgreSQL
- RESTful Services
- API Testing
- Test planning
- Defect triage
- JIRA
- HP ALM
- Data-Driven Insights
- HP ALM
Certification
- AI-Empowered SAFe 6.0 Release Train Engineer (CERTIFICATE ID:42853834-5839)
- AI-Empowered SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager (CERTIFICATE ID: 81413308-5060) POPM
- Certified SAFe Agilist 6.0 (CERTIFICATE ID: 60525440-2052)
- Foundation Artificial Intelligence and AI Literacy
- ISTQB Foundation Level Certified
Timeline
Senior Delivery Lead and Release Manager
Freddie Mac
06.2024 - 02.2026
Manager – Finance BTO
Cognizant – Client: Freddie Mac
07.2014 - 05.2024
Team Lead – Trade Communications
Cognizant – Client: BNY Mellon
12.2011 - 07.2014
Technical Test Lead
Infosys – Client: Ameriprise Financial
02.2009 - 12.2011
Functional Lead – Collections & Recoveries
Infosys – Client: Royal Bank of Scotland
09.2007 - 01.2009
Software Engineering Analyst
Infosys – Client: General Motors/ AON Inc
07.2005 - 08.2007
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
Pondicherry University
Domain Expertise
- Mortgage & Securities Banking : Freddie Mac
- Retail & Financial Banking : Ameriprise Financials, Bank of New York Mellon and Royal Bank of Scotland
- Automotive & Aerospace : General Motors
- Healthcare & Insurance : AON Inc.
Work Authorization
Green card EAD/AP - No Sponsorship required
Domain Expertise
- Mortgage & Securities Banking : Freddie Mac
- Retail & Financial Banking : Ameriprise Financials, Bank of New York Mellon and Royal Bank of Scotland
- Automotive & Aerospace : General Motors
- Healthcare & Insurance : AON Inc.