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Kripashankar Krishnaswamy

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Summary

Dynamic Technical Program Manager with a proven track record at Vertex Pharma, excelling in Agile development and software engineering. Spearheaded the migration of 80 brand websites, enhancing productivity by 30%. Adept at mentoring cross-functional teams and driving innovative solutions, ensuring compliance and quality in high-stakes environments.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER - DIGITAL MARKETING WEBSITES

Vertex Pharma
Boston
03.2022 - Current
  • Engineered transformation initiative for multiple technology projects by creating effective project plans, adhering to the work schedule, and focusing on customer engagement.
  • As a well-rounded TPM, I enabled the development and migration of 80 brand websites for healthcare professionals and patients under rigid regulatory requirements and regulatory compliance.
  • I utilized my skills to encourage innovation in developing a quality control process and automated unit testing, cutting defect resolution time and effort by 30%.
  • Implemented various techniques, like Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD), to improve software quality and boost productivity.
  • Mentored cross-functional, multi-vendor teams of over 60 professionals globally, fostering collaboration, improving productivity with ongoing learning, efficient delegation, and continuous feedback.

PROGRAM MANAGER - INTRANET NEWS PORTAL

PepsiCo Inc
Plano
01.2020 - 02.2022
  • Demonstrated expertise in the field of architecture through effective gathering of technical requirements, by understanding business processes to perform end-to-end transformation of a news portal with a user base of 200K employees.
  • Established a collaborative team to build a container-based Azure Kubernetes environment for production, using a DevOps CI/CD Azure pipeline and OpenID Connect for application security.
  • Publicized integration patterns, via microservices architecture using RESTful services, improve organizational capabilities, ensuring seamless integration with multiple external web services via an API gateway.
  • Achieved a remarkable 50% increase in speed to market, enhancing overall operational efficiency by maintaining key performance indicators and SLAs.
  • Implemented innovative strategies in the design and development of UI web applications to improve user experience and system performance using the SDLC.
  • Remodeled infrastructure setup to empower business users and marketing teams, improving flexibility to build intuitive design, content, availability, and performance.

PROJECT MANAGER - BRAND MARKETING WEBSITES

Bayer Corp
Whippany
12.2018 - 12.2019
  • Spearheaded an organizational change management process by setting up an enterprise-wide platform to onboard 130 brand marketing websites onto the Cloud.
  • Implemented strategies that emphasized customer intimacy and counseled business sponsors to bring common goals, focusing on user interfaces.
  • Advocated for Agile methodology and drove continuous improvement initiatives by creating detailed user stories and overseeing delivery with a team comprising 30 cross-functional individuals, ensuring collaboration.
  • Implemented efficient process flows for writing specifications across various projects, ensuring clear communication and execution between teams.
  • Outperformed to achieve a 40% increase in productivity with fewer resources by managing demands efficiently from multiple customers.

PROJECT MANAGER - INVESTOR RELATIONS WEBSITES

Nasdaq Inc.
Boston
07.2016 - 12.2018
  • Administered the upgrade and migration of 1,750 websites to a new Drupal-based platform.
  • Successfully implemented gathering requirements skills to ensure a smooth transition from legacy web hosting, while maintaining alignment with clients' corporate website design.
  • Managed multiple scrum teams comprising 40 content management developers, UI developers, and quality control testers, demonstrating excellent time and attendance skills.
  • Served as the primary liaison for web technologies between clients, fostering effective communication throughout the project systems development life cycle.
  • Implemented robust technology controls to ensure the security of complex IT infrastructures.

PROJECT LEAD - WEBSITES & PORTALS

Cognizant
New Jersey
10.2009 - 06.2016
  • Supervised teams working on $2M+ large and complex transformation projects, spanning diverse technologies, that enhanced the company's organizational capabilities.
  • Introduced organizational change to reduce development and testing time by 40% by adding the DevOps process with JIRA, Kanban, and Jenkins, while ensuring flawless functionality migration and retaining best-in-class user experience (UX).

LEAD DEVELOPER - CORPORATE SOLUTIONS

Gulf Business Machines
Dubai
10.2007 - 10.2009
  • Provided guidance and direction to junior developers in areas of coding standards, debugging techniques, software design, and system architecture.

SENIOR DEVELOPER - TELECOMMUNICATION PORTAL

Cybernet Software Solutions
Chennai
09.2005 - 10.2007
  • Engineered and deployed intricate web applications utilizing JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Lotus Notes.

Education

Mini MBA - Digital Marketing

Rutgers Business School
NJ
12.2020

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Anna University
Chennai, India
05.2005

Skills

  • Mentorship
  • Consulting
  • Agile development
  • Software engineering
  • Software development
  • Scrum methodology
  • Software design
  • Computer science
  • Computer engineering
  • Integration testing
  • Product management
  • Release management
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Management information systems

Certification

  • Project Management Professional
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect

Timeline

TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER - DIGITAL MARKETING WEBSITES

Vertex Pharma
03.2022 - Current

PROGRAM MANAGER - INTRANET NEWS PORTAL

PepsiCo Inc
01.2020 - 02.2022

PROJECT MANAGER - BRAND MARKETING WEBSITES

Bayer Corp
12.2018 - 12.2019

PROJECT MANAGER - INVESTOR RELATIONS WEBSITES

Nasdaq Inc.
07.2016 - 12.2018

PROJECT LEAD - WEBSITES & PORTALS

Cognizant
10.2009 - 06.2016

LEAD DEVELOPER - CORPORATE SOLUTIONS

Gulf Business Machines
10.2007 - 10.2009

SENIOR DEVELOPER - TELECOMMUNICATION PORTAL

Cybernet Software Solutions
09.2005 - 10.2007

Mini MBA - Digital Marketing

Rutgers Business School

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Anna University

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