Lakshmi Suresh
Tracy,CA
Summary
CSM certified Program Manager and Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience in leading high impact technology projects. Expertise in cross-functional team governance and strategic planning. Seeking to further my knowledge and experience as a Program Manager.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Program Manager
Dell Technologies
, CA
08.2020 - Current
- Successfully led the project management activities within the Data Domain enterprise storage team by collaborating with developers, test engineers and product managers.
- Spearheaded communication across teams by reporting program status and development issues contributing to a 20% reduction in project delays through proactive risk management.
- Optimized workflows and introduced new tools as needed to streamline the software development and testing cycles of storage devices achieving 15% reduction in delivery times.
- Coordinated with stakeholders to define project scope, reducing scope creep by 29%.
- Developed and maintained project documentation methods, reducing rework and increasing knowledge transfer efficiency.
- Communicated project progress to stakeholders, negotiated and managed expectations to ensure a realistic approach to project delivery is maintained 100% of the time.
Software Project Management Intern
Cynosure, Inc.
Westford, MA
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Led the transformation of traditional waterfall projects to an Agile methodology within the test automation team reducing the project timelines by 30%.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to gather, define and analyze requirements to enhance the test automation process for the front-end user interface of a medical device equipment.
- Coached 3 teams of developers and software test engineers to perform sprint planning, build backlogs, conduct stand ups and sprint retrospectives.
- Boosted the velocity of teams by 20% through the implementation of effective Scrum practices while strategically balancing scope, time and resources.
- Created interactive dashboards with Tableau and project documentation providing stakeholders with real-time insights on project performance and progress.
Associate Software Program Manager
SAP Labs
Bangalore, India
08.2015 - 11.2018
- Participated in the full SDLC of the Enterprise Asset Management Predictive Maintenance tool in an Agile framework using Scrum and Kanban for sprint planning and bug reporting.
- Developed comprehensive monitoring of risks, issues, dependencies, KPIs, contingency plans and resources resulting in a 25% improvement in productivity.
- Organized project tasks in Jira to gauge progress and changes to the scope, schedule and timelines while ensuring proper visibility and reporting to the leadership.
- Facilitated collaborative problem analysis and solution design by working with a team of 15 members including engineers, architects and product managers to remove roadblocks.
- Ensured on-time delivery of 100% of the projects by collaborating with a cross-functional team to complete testing on multiple product releases using TDD methodology.
Education
Master of Science - IT & Project Management
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA08.2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology
Bangalore, India06.2015
Skills
- Requirement analysis
- Project management
- Agile methodologies
- Problem solving
- Communication skills
- Risk mitigation
- Organizational skills
- Negotiation techniques
- Stakeholder management
- Project management tools: Jira, Confluence, Excel
- Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, TDD
- Programming languages: Python
- Databases: SQLite, MySQL, Redis
- Software tools: Selenium, pytest, Jenkins, GitHub, Docker, VM, Microsoft Office, Postman API, Tableau
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Project Management Foundations
- Scrum: The Basics - PMI
- Beta Gamma Sigma - Member
Timeline
Software Program Manager
Dell Technologies
08.2020 - Current
Software Project Management Intern
Cynosure, Inc.
01.2020 - 04.2020
Associate Software Program Manager
SAP Labs
08.2015 - 11.2018
Master of Science - IT & Project Management
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology
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