Piyush Malve

• Own end-to-end release governance for ROCm releases supporting AMD platforms and interdependent program components.
• Drive cross-functional planning and execution across engineering, QA, DevOps, and product stakeholders to meet defined program milestones.
• Serve as the central point of accountability for release readiness, dependency management, risk mitigation, and go/no-go facilitation.
• Establish release governance cadence including readiness checkpoints, status reporting, and leadership visibility into program health and risks.
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies, proactively mitigating systemic risks to ensure predictable and high-quality delivery.
• Standardize release processes, documentation, and communication frameworks to improve delivery predictability and reduce last-minute escalations.
• Led transition from legacy ROCm Waterfall releases to the Agile-based ROCK framework, strengthening collaboration, ownership transparency, and release velocity.
• Developed an AI agent using AMD’s Nabu AI platform to streamline ROCm component ownership identification, accelerating triage and improving escalation accuracy.
• Coordinated delivery across 20+ engineering teams and supporting QA/DevOps functions to ensure alignment with quarterly enterprise release milestones.
• Reduced release cycle duration from 12-week Waterfall cycles to 4-week Agile iterations through implementation of the ROCK framework.
• Governed recurring quarterly release cycles, driving predictable execution across large-scale ROCm platform initiatives.
• Coordinated CI/CD build validation and Palamida open-source compliance scans during release cycles to ensure quality and regulatory readiness prior to deployment.

Deal Registration Automation: As part of the Commerce optimization program, We Simplified and streamlined deal execution while implementing verification of certain promo eligibility criteria at the time of deal creation. Assign approvers for specific scenarios and promos.• Led cross-functional delivery for Cisco Commerce Optimization initiatives, aligning engineering, product, and business stakeholders to defined program milestones.

• Coordinated multiple workstreams supporting Deal Registration Automation, ensuring integration readiness, validation checkpoints, and stakeholder alignment.
• Managed cross-team dependencies and risk mitigation strategies to prevent timeline slippage across enterprise platform initiatives.
• Established structured reporting cadence and program health visibility for leadership stakeholders.
• Partnered with business and technical teams to streamline deal execution workflows and improve operational efficiency.

EAWS: Enterprise agreement workspace simplifies license management by consolidating multiple subscriptions & Renewal dates normally required to manage enterprise-wide software licenses down to a single agreement with unified terms & conditions

OneX: Agency Project was part of ENHANCE, the objective of this program is to establish a new business model called 'Agency' to compete effectively with competitors, by partnering with a massive network of master agents like Intelisys, successfully launched ACH reconciliation integration with Bank of America

TRON: Worked on Country Enablement project delivery while working with Commerce Lifecycle teams.

Managed enterprise application initiatives including EAWS, OneX (Agency Model), and Country Enablement programs within Cisco’s Commerce Lifecycle ecosystem.

• Coordinated delivery across global cross-functional teams to align engineering execution with business transformation milestones.
• Oversaw interdependent program components, ensuring integration readiness across quoting, order, subscription, and billing systems.
• Drove governance structure, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication across multi-year enterprise initiatives.
• Supported ACH reconciliation integration with Bank of America as part of Agency transformation program.

• Led QA strategy and release validation efforts for global supply chain and order management platforms supporting enterprise commerce systems.
• Managed cross-functional testing coordination across engineering, business, and platform teams during legacy system modernization initiatives.
• Oversaw PEGA upgrade and Oracle R12 data migration programs, ensuring integration readiness and production stability.

OrderHub project represents the creation of an order entry application (order hub) that integrates tightly with Salesforce (CRM and fulfillment systems) in support of digital sales within the USCP. The order hub will give sales the ability to enter enough of the order for all products to get a price as well as initiate the order fulfillment for all products.

Gannett Media Education project was developed to provide dynamic, engaging content, relevant to readers of all ages.

Credit card Tokenization- By outsourcing credit card information through tokenization, the PCI requirements on our environments are lessened substantially.

GICS Project Genesys interface for consumer sales is an application for customer representatives while on the call with Consumers

• Led end-to-end delivery for digital sales platform enhancements within Gannett’s Salesforce-integrated ecosystem, managing scope, timelines, and stakeholder alignment.
• Coordinated engineering, QA, and business users to execute short-cycle project releases and ensure UAT readiness.
• Managed project schedules, tracked risks and dependencies, and drove issue resolution to maintain on-time delivery.

MarketVine was a social ecommerce initiative by Dell that aims to create a social ecosystem of influencers to drive new customer acquisition. It aims to enable commerce on social networks, blogs & content sites to drive incremental revenue. It is a cloud-based platform at the intersection of social media & ecommerce with a focus on how we can leverage and maximize the voice of your influencers.

• Led QA operations for cloud-based eCommerce platform initiatives, managing automation strategy and release validation.

Led testing efforts for large-scale legacy system replacement within government tax systems modernization program.

• Supported data integration, automation scripting, and backend validation initiatives across academic and research environments.