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Lavanya Pagolu

Lavanya Pagolu

Summary

Goal focused and detail oriented Product Manager. Extensive experience working with various personas in the client’s organization for drafting requirements. Exceptional ability to build and maintain the client relationships. Skilled in working with the architects and documenting the data flows. Passionate about cyber-security. Adept in handling the changing requirements and working with multi-functional teams. Proficient in understanding the technical nuances of a solution/architecture. Well-equipped with work ethic and handle multiple priorities.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr Product Manager

Workday
10.2021 - Current
  • Led the development and launch of multiple product features from concept to delivery.
  • Migrated legacy authentication services currently utilized by 10,000 + customers into a modern, service-oriented architecture, enhancing scalability and performance.
  • Tied the joint customer experience for customers of Workday and its acquisition services enabling in upselling and cross-selling.
  • Partnered with customers to design and deploy risk-based authentication strategies, strengthening fraud detection and preventing suspicious behavior.
  • Stakeholder management in building relationships across the organization as an SME for the customer Authentication.
  • Building an active vision and roadmap based on the customer critical features.


Product Manager - Security Services

Salesforce
11.2019 - 10.2021
  • Responsible for strategy & roadmap for Salesforce SSO solution, Secrets and Active Directory
  • Modernization of the authentication stack for enterprise IAM.
  • Enabled privileged access management for 70+ critical SOX applications and infrastructure accounts in a time-boxed implementation.

Product Manager

Cisco Systems
08.2014 - 11.2019
  • Cisco One-Identity: Cisco's home grown cloud based IAM system to centralize the Identities for users.
  • Cisco Intercloud Services: Cisco's marketplace to enable Saas and IaaS for its white glove partners and customers.
  • Access Management: Project dealt with enhancing the existing access management with the new home grown Access Request Tool.
  • Supported the single IAM system across Cisco with OneIdentity and One Platform.
  • Worked closely on the solution design for the business features with architects and engineering teams.
  • Worked on building a strategy for Adoption and Support the Identity Management system.
  • Collaborated with the Infosec/Privacy and Incident management teams in building requirements based on the best security practices.
  • Developing relationships with the stakeholder and engineering by understanding the fine line between innovation and business continuity.
  • Worked on the access management solution for the governance around the roles with in the infrastructure.
  • Enabling API rate limiting and additional security controls for protecting the applications.
  • Drove the efforts for enabling PKI and certificate management using Hashicorp Vault.
  • Lead the team to achieve CATO (Cloud Approval To Operate) for the product a process internal to Cisco proving that the product follows safe and secure standards.
  • Worked on the privacy policies and data protection standards to ensure that the applications are complaint by industry standards.
  • Lead the Penetration testing and other vulnerability scans for existing applications and containers and ensured closure of the identified issues based on their severity.

Business Analyst

VMWare Inc.
07.2011 - 04.2012

Business Analyst

Prescription Solutions
03.2011 - 07.2011

Software Associate

Fidelity Investments
05.2006 - 03.2008

Education

Bachelors in Technology - Computer Sciences

Holy Mary - Affiliated To JNTU, India
Hyderabad India
01.2005

Skills

  • Security & Compliance
  • IAM
  • PAM
  • Authentication Fraud
  • Product Security
  • Product Management & customer experience

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master
  • ITIL V 3.0

Timeline

Sr Product Manager

Workday
10.2021 - Current

Product Manager - Security Services

Salesforce
11.2019 - 10.2021

Product Manager

Cisco Systems
08.2014 - 11.2019

Business Analyst

VMWare Inc.
07.2011 - 04.2012

Business Analyst

Prescription Solutions
03.2011 - 07.2011

Software Associate

Fidelity Investments
05.2006 - 03.2008

Bachelors in Technology - Computer Sciences

Holy Mary - Affiliated To JNTU, India