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Kishore Kumar

Bangalore

Summary

Product Owner with over 11 years of experience delivering scalable, cloud-native data solutions in the US healthcare domain. Proven expertise in Agile product management, backlog ownership, data delivery platforms, support technologies, and cross-functional team leadership. Known for enabling API-ready data platforms and improving operational efficiency through automation and real-time insights.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Product Management

Carelon Global solutions
10.2018 - Current


Product: EDP - Membership Data Platform.

Domain: US-Healthcare

Tech Stack: ETL, Apache NiFi, Kafka, Document DB, RDS, DaaS.

  • Created roadmap for delivering real-time DaaS through a cloud-native data platform serving 7+ consumers.
  • Led product vision and backlog management for the Membership Data Platform (EDP), delivering real-time DaaS for consumers.
  • Facilitated the seamless transfer of data from on-premises to cloud architecture.
  • Improved API payload performance through optimized data models.
  • Enabled self-serve access to real-time membership data, raising SLA adherence.
  • Delivered dynamic DaaS solutions for API team to share real-time membership data.


Product: Smart Help.

Domain: US-Healthcare

Tech Stack: Informatica, Apache NiFi, MongoDB.

  • Implemented comprehensive tool for L1Ops, reducing issue resolution time by offering member 360 view.
  • Added auto-refresh and validation layers to maintain near real-time accuracy.
  • Introduced marketing dashboards (enrollment, terminations, demographics) trends.


Responsibilities

  • Worked with stakeholders to examine business and functional needs.
  • Coordinated technology decisions with architects and development teams to meet requirements.
  • Facilitated cross-team collaboration for unified product goals.
  • Mentored agile teams, supported JIRA automation, and resolved key production issues alongside engineering.
  • Developed detailed user stories, ensuring all team members understood project objectives.
  • Led sprint reviews and demos to maintain project timelines.
  • Proactively addressed and overcame challenges throughout the SDLC lifecycle.
  • Partnered with QA teams to resolve data anomalies and maintain consistency across the product lifecycle.
  • Developed expertise in technical product ownership by taking on additional developer roles.

Technical Lead

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
12.2014 - 10.2018


Project: Service oriented Architecture/Enterprise HUB

Client: Anthem, Inc.

Tech Stack: Splunk, Postman, SNOW, Informatica, Unix, Mainframe


Responsibilities

  • Conducted live database data corrections and analyses via user communication.
  • Conducted comprehensive analysis of user API issues to their resolution.
  • Monitored API performance through Splunk dashboard to detect anomalies.
  • Evaluated accuracy of workflow procedures in Unix environments.
  • Conducted analysis to ensure data quality.
  • Compiled comprehensive reports detailing user incident trends and occurrences.
  • Compiled error documentation to enhance incident management efficiency.
  • Facilitated resolution of high priority tickets through SWAT calls.
  • Provided expertise to handle inquiries from both internal and external sources.
  • Coordinate change deployment and maintenance tasks with multiple teams.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

RVS School of Engineering & Technology
04-2014

Skills

  • Product management
  • Agile methodologies
  • Product Roadmap
  • Business requirements analysis
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-team collaboration
  • Kanban
  • Jira Confluence Jira Align
  • Project management
  • Jira Automation
  • ETL Data Platforms
  • Data Analyst
  • Informatica SQL Apache Nifi

Certification

  • SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (6.0)
  • Issuing Organizations : Scaled Agile, Inc.
  • Credential ID : 30519142-0812

Timeline

Lead Product Management

Carelon Global solutions
10.2018 - Current

Technical Lead

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
12.2014 - 10.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

RVS School of Engineering & Technology