Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Certification
Languages
Timeline
Generic

Mahendra Choudhary

Lisle

Summary

Dynamic Product Owner with extensive experience at Freddie Mac, excelling in agile methodologies and stakeholder engagement. Proven track record in backlog prioritization and roadmap development, driving successful product outcomes. Adept at fostering team collaboration and utilizing technical expertise in React and AngularJS to enhance user experiences. Passionate about delivering high-quality solutions.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Owner

Freddie Mac
Mclean
02.2025 - Current
  • Company Overview: Freddie Mac serve America’s homebuyers, homeowners, and renters by providing liquidity, stability, and affordability to the housing market through all economic cycles and in all communities nationwide.
  • Worked as Product owner in Freddie Mac project.
  • Worked with stakeholders to create a clear vision for the product and a roadmap for its development, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Tracked the project with respect to requirement and development progress on sprint basis.
  • Lead the product functional design process and create the product roadmap based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology.
  • Worked in a pure agile environment by continuously reviewing the business needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables, and identifying opportunities and risks.
  • Coordinated with the technology team to break down large user stories.
  • Validated and accepted the work completed by the development team.
  • Created strong feedback by leading the agile events seeking continuous feedback from stakeholders and incorporate in the backlog to achieve the desired outcomes.
  • Participated in scrum events representing the Product, and alignment with the Product Manager vision.
  • Worked on creating, prioritizing, and maintaining a prioritized list of features and requirements for the product.
  • Created and owned the product backlog prioritizing features which enable maximizing the business value.
  • Lead the product functional design process and create the product roadmap based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology.
  • Worked with technical team closely with respect to outcome of product matching the requirement on sprint basis.
  • Inspire the team to deliver the goals on time.
  • Environment: Java (JDK), GraphQL, Shell Script, Junit, SQL, Postman, GitHub, Jira

Manager - Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp.
07.2017 - Current
  • Leveraged 19 years of industry experience in Agile Team Management, Product Management, and Technical Project Management.
  • Gathered requirements from stakeholders as Product Owner to inform project direction.
  • Developed a product vision and roadmap aligned with business objectives through stakeholder engagement.
  • Created and prioritized a comprehensive list of product features and requirements for development.
  • Ensured product backlog items were well-defined and maximized business value for the development team.
  • Facilitated stakeholder communication while making decisions on feature inclusion for each release.
  • Translated customer needs into actionable product requirements, ensuring solutions met expectations.
  • Participated actively in Scrum events, providing valuable feedback and guidance to enhance team performance.

Product Owner

Lineage Logistics
Plano
03.2024 - 02.2025
  • Company Overview: Lineage (formerly Lineage Logistics) is the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse real estate investment trust. Lineage objective is to preserve the food products at required temperature and supply to clients as per the requirement.
  • Worked as Product owner in Lineage project.
  • Enforced scrum principles, facilitated continuous improvement, and removed impediments for agile team.
  • Mentored a cross-functional team of 20 resources to deliver quality product.
  • Tracked the performance of the project using the matrix against the project plans and gave status updates to 15+ member executive team.
  • Worked with stakeholders to create a clear vision for the product and a roadmap for its development, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Worked on creating, prioritizing, and maintaining a prioritized list of features and requirements for the product.
  • Ensured that the product backlog items are clearly defined, understood by the development team, and ordered to maximize business value.
  • Worked as decision maker about what features to include in each iteration or release, balancing factors like scope, budget, and time based on stakeholder needs and objectives.
  • Acted as the primary liaison, facilitating communication and collaboration between stakeholders and the development team.
  • Worked on in understanding customer needs and desires, translates those into product requirements, and ensures the development team builds solutions that meet those needs.
  • Participated in key Scrum events like sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, providing feedback and guidance to the development team.
  • Responsible for evaluating product progress at each iteration and adapting the backlog based on feedback.
  • Provided application support for all the different systems - Warehouse Control System, Warehouse Management System and AAPI.
  • Coordinated offshore team on daily basis with respect to onsite requirement updates from various meetings and deliverables updates.
  • Design, requirements gathering, development activities for the identified stories, work with cross functional teams to resolve the business problems and requirements.
  • Analyzing and implementing client feedback and change requests.
  • Worked on the system testing, regression testing of the redesigned application from UI perspective and data for the change requests with no breakage in existing functionality.
  • Environment: Jira, React JS, React Native, Node JS, GraphQL, JEST, HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, RWD, SQL, Postgre SQL, Postman, WCS, WMS, GitHub

Product Owner / Scrum Master

Ace Hardware
Oakbrook
03.2023 - 02.2024
  • Company Overview: Ace Hardware is retail ecommerce end to end platform where retail hardware related items are sold over the ecommerce application for customers.
  • Worked as Product Owner at onsite.
  • Managed 100% of the scrum process from initiation to management to delivery.
  • Participated in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospective meetings for efficient project execution and continuous improvement.
  • Managed 100% of the scrum process from initiation to management to delivery.
  • Managed and supported all efforts of development team to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
  • Worked with stakeholders to create a clear vision for the product and a roadmap for its development, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Worked on creating, prioritizing, and maintaining a prioritized list of features and requirements for the product.
  • Ensured that the product backlog items are clearly defined, understood by the development team, and ordered to maximize business value.
  • Ensured that the product backlog items are clearly defined, understood by the development team, and ordered to maximize business value.
  • Supported multiple stakeholders to ensure the highest quality products to customers.
  • Coordinated offshore team on daily basis with respect to onsite requirement updates from various meetings.
  • Worked with Release Manager on production release with respect to various user stories and facilitated with the required resources for the defect’s resolution.
  • Design, requirements gathering, development activities for the identified stories, work with cross functional teams to resolve the business problems and requirements.
  • Software tuning, code restructuring, and other efforts to improve the efficiency and reliability of programs and to minimize ongoing maintenance requirements on a need basis.
  • Environment: Backbone JS, Node, React JS, HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, RWD, Git, Agile Methodology, KIBO Ecommerce

Product Owner / Scrum Master

Alchemee LLC
Santa Monica
11.2021 - 02.2023
  • Company Overview: Proactiv application is retail ecommerce end to end platform where skin-care products are developed and sold with one shot and subscription options over the application for customers.
  • Worked as Scrum Master / Product Owner in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospective meetings for efficient project execution and continuous improvement.
  • Managed 100% of the scrum process from initiation to management to delivery.
  • Managed and supported all efforts of development team to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
  • Supported multiple stakeholders to ensure the highest quality products to customers.
  • Increased team velocity, throughput, burndown, and cumulative flow of 4 cross functional teams.
  • Created self-managing teams capable of achieving release goals and delivery objectives following scrum principles.
  • Worked with different vendors on project third party integrations like Klaviyo, Yotpo, Boomi and PFS.
  • Coordinated offshore team on daily basis with respect to onsite requirement updates from various meetings.
  • Worked with Release Manager on production release with respect to various user stories and provided quick fixes for all the production issues.
  • Design, requirements gathering, development activities for the identified stories, work with cross functional teams to resolve the business problems and requirements.
  • Worked on the functional testing of the redesigned application and data for the change requests with confirmation on no breakage in existing functionality.
  • Environment: React JS, HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, Rest API, KIBO Ecommerce, Backbone JS, Node, Bootstrap, RWD, Git, Source Tree, Agile Methodology

Technical Project Manager

Dude Solutions
Atlanta
01.2021 - 09.2021
  • Company Overview: Asset Essentials is a Work Order Tool application where components in Work Order List are updated from Dude Vue components story book.
  • Involved in the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of stakeholders.
  • Involved in identifying potential risks, developing mitigation strategies, and communicating potential issues to stakeholders.
  • Facilitated communication between technical teams, stakeholders, and other relevant parties.
  • Providing guidance, support, and leadership to project teams, fostering collaboration and motivation.
  • Software tuning, code restructuring, and other efforts to improve the efficiency and reliability of programs and to minimize ongoing maintenance requirements on a need basis.
  • Design, requirements gathering, development activities for the identified stories, work with cross functional teams to resolve the business problems and requirements.
  • Analyzing and implementing client feedback and Change Requests.
  • Cross browser compatibility with respect to all Web Browsers (IE10, IE11, Edge, Firefox, and Google Chrome)
  • Functional Testing of both applications from UI perspective and data for the change requests.
  • Environment: Vue JS, Node, HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, Typescript, Bootstrap, RWD, Bitbucket, Source Tree, Agile Methodology

Technical Project Manager

BNY Mellon
Brooklyn
06.2019 - 12.2020
  • Company Overview: Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, is a government-owned corporation of the United States Federal Government within the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Worked on identifying potential risks, developing mitigation strategies, and communicating potential issues to stakeholders.
  • Facilitating communication between technical teams, stakeholders, and other relevant third parties.
  • Ensured that the project meets quality standards and adheres to relevant regulations and specifications.
  • Possesses a strong understanding of the technical aspects of the project to effectively guide and support the team.
  • Worked on identifying areas for improvement in project management processes and implementing solutions.
  • Provided clear direction, delegate tasks, set priorities, and ensure team members have the necessary resources.
  • Monitored project progress, track key metrics, and provide regular updates to stakeholders.
  • Assessed the impact of change requests on the project timeline and budget, and ensure changes are properly documented and communicated.
  • Environment: HTML5, CSS3, LESS, SASS, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular 9, Bootstrap, Source Tree, Bit Bucket, SVN, Agile Methodology

Lead UI Developer

BJs
Westborough
06.2018 - 05.2019
  • Company Overview: BJ’s offers Members a huge selection of the very best products for home and business — from groceries, cleaning supplies and health & beauty to home goods, computers, electronics and more at incredibly low prices.
  • Involved in designing and developing the web pages using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap.
  • Extensively involved design discussions and user experience sessions to provide inputs on the layout.
  • Provided graphic and artistic support for web enhancement and new creative initiatives.
  • Extensively used jQuery in implementing various GUI components in application portal.
  • Worked on Angular 6 with respect to different features data binding, components, components communication, modules, directives, pipes, routing, services, forms etc.
  • Worked on Angular 6 with implementation of material design components for angular.
  • Managing daily communication with an offshore development team.
  • Involved in gathering of requirements from the UI designers’ team and the users.
  • Used SASS, LESS Preprocessor for CSS
  • Maintained Cross Browser compatibility & implement Responsive Web Design using Twitter Bootstrap, custom media queries, etc.
  • Analysis & requirement understanding with technical lead for feature and user stories.
  • Development of the UI web pages using web development technologies.
  • Analyzing and implementing client feedbacks and Change Requests.
  • Creation of e-spots for different business requirement.
  • Coordination with client for sharing the best practices, ideas, latest technology and standards.
  • Cross browser compatibility with respect to all Web Browsers (IE10, IE11, Edge and Google Chrome)
  • Implementation of RWD with respect to different resolutions and devices.
  • Postproduction testing and bug fix development support.
  • Environment: HTML5, CSS3, LESS, SASS, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular 9, Bootstrap, Source Tree, Bit Bucket, SVN, Agile Methodology

Lead UI Developer

Travelers
Hartford
07.2017 - 06.2018
  • Company Overview: For Agents is travelers’ application for the agents use for business insurance, personal insurance, bonds, agency tools etc.
  • Analysis & requirement understanding with business analyst for feature and user stories.
  • Development of the UI web pages, coordinating and leading other UI members.
  • Involved in designing and developing the web pages using HTML 5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap.
  • Experience building structured MVC web applications using JavaScript, AngularJS, Node.js, jQuery.
  • Used jQuery to make the HTML5, CSS interact with JavaScript functions and to add dynamism to the web page.
  • Developed table less HTML (DIV and SPAN) in a DOM based architecture. Responsible for the overall layout design, color scheme of the web site using HTML, XHTML, and CSS3.
  • Developed and administered usability testing and user research initiatives.
  • Created various Modules/Controllers/Components/directives for the application using Angular 2 and typescript.
  • Enhanced legacy application by building new components in Angular 2 and typescript.
  • Used Angular 2 routing, navigation, components and services.
  • Created forms to collect and validate data from the user in HTML and JavaScript
  • Implemented Angular4 concepts: Components, Modules, Directives, Pipes, Services, Interpolation, Input variables, Bootstrapping, NgFor, NgIf, RouterOutlet, binding the click event, Component decorator, binding to the hidden property.
  • Extensively used jQuery in implementing various GUI components in application portal.
  • Analyzing and implementing client feedbacks and Change Requests.
  • Coordination with client for sharing the best practices, ideas, latest technology and standards.
  • Implementation of RWD with respect to different resolutions and devices.
  • Implementation of unit test with respect to angular components and modules.
  • Postproduction testing and bug fix development support.
  • Managed and implemented all code changes via SVN and GIT. Deploying builds across development, staging and production instances and maintaining code integrity.
  • Environment: HTML5, Agile Methodology, CSS3, LESS, ES6, JavaScript, JQuery, Angular JS, Angular 4, Angular 2, Bootstrap, RWD, Angular CLI, Jasmine, Karma, Source Tree, SVN, GIT

Technology Specialist

Cognizant
Chennai
12.2010 - 07.2017
  • Company Overview: Cognizant is an American multinational information technology services and consulting company. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Cognizant is part of the NASDAQ-100 and trades under CTSH.
  • Analysis & Requirements gathering.
  • Development of the web pages, coordinating and leading other UI members.
  • Implementation of RWD with respect to different resolutions.
  • Convert PSDs into clean and easy to maintain HTML and CSS.
  • Responsible for creating front end using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Angular JS, jQuery.
  • Extensively used media queries and bootstrap for responsive web design for desktop, mobile and tablets.
  • Responsible for design and development of GUI using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Ajax.
  • Integrated with the back-end code using JQUERY, JSON and AJAX to get and post the data to servers.
  • Experience in creating forms with different HTML5 features and validations.
  • Experience with jQuery, Angular.JS. Utilized various JavaScript and jQuery libraries, Ajax for form validation and other interactive features.
  • Involved in gathering of requirements from the UI designers’ team and the users.
  • Used SASS, LESS Preprocessor for CSS.
  • Implemented various JavaScript/jQuery UI effects for the web pages.
  • Maintained Cross Browser compatibility & implement Responsive Design using Twitter Bootstrap, custom media queries, etc.
  • Good experience in implementation of different charts like Fusion, Google and Di charts.
  • Postproduction testing and bug fix development support.
  • Analyzing and implementing client feedbacks and Change Requests.
  • Coordination with client for sharing the best practices, ideas, latest technology and standards.
  • Experience in leading UI team
  • Environment: HTML5, DHTML, CSS2, CSS3, Java Script, jQuery, Angular JS, Bootstrap, RWD, Media queries, Waterfall, Agile, JSON, XML, Ajax

Sr. UI Developer

Nethues Technologies Pvt Ltd.
04.2007 - 11.2010
  • Developed web application front end using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
  • Converted PSDs into maintainable HTML and CSS.
  • Analyzed client requirements and discussed solutions to create impact documentation.
  • Implemented client feedback and change requests for continuous improvement.
  • Ensured cross-browser compatibility across all major web browsers.
  • Executed responsive web design for various screen resolutions.
  • Conducted post-production testing and provided bug fix support.
  • Managed team communication regarding daily challenges and weekly targets with clients.

Sr. Web Developer

Dreamsoft Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Noida
08.2006 - 03.2007
  • Company Overview: Software Consultancy for different open-source products for different UK, US based clients.
  • Analysis and Requirement gathering.
  • Involved in developing the UI pages using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  • Worked on open-source tools Joomla and Mambo.
  • Involved in developing HTML and JavaScript for client-side presentation and, data validation on the client side within the forms.
  • Cross browser compatibility with respect to all Web Browsers
  • Analyzing and implementing client feedback and Change Requests
  • Environment: AJAX, HTML4, CSS, XML, JavaScript, jQuery, Firebug, Joomla, Mambo, OS Commerce, PHP, MySQL

Education

Master of Computer Applications -

Jai Narayan Vyas University
Jodhpur, India

Bachelor of Science -

Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University
Ajmer, India

Skills

  • Agile methodologies: Scrum and Kanban
  • Product management
  • User story development
  • Backlog prioritization
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Requirements gathering
  • Risk management
  • Team collaboration
  • Effective communication
  • Problem solving
  • Time management
  • Conflict resolution
  • Leadership skills
  • Adaptability
  • Product issue resolution
  • Business analysis
  • Release planning
  • Roadmap development
  • Technical expertise in web development
  • Competitive analysis
  • User acceptance testing
  • Information architecture
  • Design thinking
  • Sprint planning and management
  • Version control: Git and SVN
  • Frontend frameworks: React, AngularJS, Vuejs
  • IDE proficiency: Visual Studio Code, Dreamweaver

Certification

  • CSM - Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance
  • CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner from Scrum Alliance
  • Safe Agilist from Scaled Agile

Languages

English
Professional
Hindi
Native/ Bilingual
Rajasthani
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Product Owner

Freddie Mac
02.2025 - Current

Product Owner

Lineage Logistics
03.2024 - 02.2025

Product Owner / Scrum Master

Ace Hardware
03.2023 - 02.2024

Product Owner / Scrum Master

Alchemee LLC
11.2021 - 02.2023

Technical Project Manager

Dude Solutions
01.2021 - 09.2021

Technical Project Manager

BNY Mellon
06.2019 - 12.2020

Lead UI Developer

BJs
06.2018 - 05.2019

Manager - Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp.
07.2017 - Current

Lead UI Developer

Travelers
07.2017 - 06.2018

Technology Specialist

Cognizant
12.2010 - 07.2017

Sr. UI Developer

Nethues Technologies Pvt Ltd.
04.2007 - 11.2010

Sr. Web Developer

Dreamsoft Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
08.2006 - 03.2007

Master of Computer Applications -

Jai Narayan Vyas University

Bachelor of Science -

Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE
Mahendra Choudhary