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Prachi Ogale

Leander,TX

Summary

Technical Project Lead with over 11 years of experience in managing cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. Expertise includes project management, software development, and user-centric design, track record of successful project completions that meet user demands. Driven by a commitment to innovation and continuous improvement.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Project Lead

TCSL at Best Buy
Austin, TX
06.2020 - Current
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, and develop engineering solutions and a project roadmap based on business needs.
  • Work closely with product managers, architects, UX designers, and business users to drive product and strategic vision, feature prioritization, designing solution approaches, creating user stories, implementation, end-to-end feature delivery, and dependency management.
  • Coordinate with cross-department teams, like DevOps and Support, to ensure a seamless end-to-end software delivery process.
  • Developed automation strategies using Selenium and Karate framework, to enhance engineering processes.
  • Work on application lift and shift from on-premises to the cloud (AWS), and database and service upgrade from Oracle DB to Amazon Aurora. Designed a Kafka integration messaging solution to handle real-time data.
  • Develop robust solution design, technical architecture, and functional documentation for effective knowledge transfer and streamlined maintenance procedures.
  • Present new products and feature enhancements in quarterly review meetings (TPOTs - Team Purpose and Outcome Tracker) with the business and product teams.
  • Manage all aspects of application development, release planning, risk assessment, and production deployment activities.
  • Achieved customer satisfaction by diligently addressing concerns, promptly resolving issues, and consistently delivering top-notch service.
  • Lead the offshore frontend and backend team of developers and testers in the delivery of projects.
  • Drive scrum sessions, and execute sprint planning, sprint refinement, sprint retrospective, and sprint demos.
  • Work closely with technical and non-technical leaders to strategize the delivery approach.
  • Mentor and support other members of the team (both on-site and off-shore) to assist in completing tasks and meeting objectives.
  • Manage and contribute to all aspects of application development, including RMS functional and technical specifications, design, development, release management, and production support.

Team Lead

TCSL at Best Buy
Richfield, MN
08.2017 - 05.2020
  • Work with developers, technical and solution architects, business users, and managers to deliver projects, requirement walkthroughs, business clarification, and requirements feasibility analysis.
  • Smooth coordination with engineering and client teams onsite for defect resolution and testing feasibility analysis.
  • Lead and manage different projects at a time, and ensure timely, successful deliveries.
  • Functional and technical test planning, and managing execution.
  • User Acceptance Test coordination with business SMEs and development teams.
  • Client interaction for business requirements gathering, and status reporting for retail application development and testing.
  • Anchoring, coordination, and consulting around application development, testing effort involving coordination with offshore.
  • End-to-end functional testing strategy and planning, automation test feasibility analysis.
  • I received recognition from the client for delivering critical projects on time, without any issues, which provided benefits to Best Buy.

Quality Assurance Team Lead

Tata consultancy services ltd.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
03.2016 - 07.2017
  • Develop testing procedures by defining quality metrics and test strategies, setting milestones, and criteria to track timely progress.
  • Guide and mentor the testing team on quality metrics and testing strategies for each project, provide answers to the team, and find solutions to any type of concerns or obstacles.
  • Provide regular status updates to the management and stakeholders about the progress of the project.
  • Collaborate with management, and take appropriate actions on any feedback provided by stakeholders, management, or any other teams involved in the project.
  • Lead and manage all the testing activities by overseeing all aspects, from planning to execution. This includes conducting training sessions, creating new processes, or modifying existing processes.
  • Report defects, track the defect life cycle, and provide inputs to developers for fixes or suggestions on expected behavior.
  • Review the test documentation and scripts to ensure that they are consistent with the user story and requirements document, and that all necessary steps are completed.

Software Engineer in Test- Oracle Retail

Tata consultancy services ltd.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
04.2014 - 02.2016
  • Coordinate with the development team through all the phases of the SDLC to get a detailed and high-level overview of the application.
  • Worked as an Android developer, and developed an Android application for retailers, a system's designs, components, and interactions, and developed test cases.
  • Develop comprehensive testing structures that test the overall functionality of the product, along with each component's functionality and behavior.
  • Create test strategies in collaboration with business analysts, project managers, and developers that align with the company's standards.
  • Set up and configure test environments, and prepare test data that reflects real-world scenarios.
  • Collect and analyze relevant testing metrics, such as test coverage, execution progress, and defect density.
  • Create regression test suites for different Oracle retail functionalities to ensure comprehensive test coverage for RMS enhancement projects.
  • Worked with different programs and integration teams to perform IPT testing.
  • Work with project managers to support continuous improvement in the development and test processes.

Software Engineer- Oracle Retail

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
01.2013 - 03.2014
  • Android application development and testing using Java, SQL, and Oracle retail concepts.
  • Testing the Oracle Retail (Retek) application enhancements and new features.
  • Test planning, system testing, and end-to-end testing of the Retek Merchandising System (RMS), Retek Allocation, Retek Sales Audit (ReSA), and integration with the Point of Sale (POS) system.
  • Closely work with team leads and project managers for project deliveries. Acted as an integral part of the team.

Skills

  • Oracle Retail Merchandising System, Supply chain, Inventory, Allocation, Item
  • SDLC, Product Road mapping, Product Backlog Management, User story, End to end feature delivery
  • Waterfall and Agile methodologies
  • Cross Functional Team Leadership
  • Attention to details and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals
  • Quick learner, easily adaptable to new circumstances and procedures
  • Ability to communicate clearly, listen effectively and encourage others to express their ideas
  • Ability to work both in a team and independently with minimal supervision
  • Analytical and Problem-solving skills

Tools and Technologies

Project Management and Tracking Tools- JIRA, Miro, Atlassian, MS Power point, MS Excel, Word

Databases- Oracle SQL Developer, Amazon Aurora DB

Web Technologies- Web services, REST API, JSON

Messaging Interfaces- Kafka, IBM MQ

Programming Languages- Pro*C, PL/SQL, Java, Unix, Linux

Platform Tools- Postman, WinSCP, PuTTY, Service-now

Development IDEs- Eclipse, IntelliJ

Interface Design Tool- Figma

CI/CD and Build Tools- Jenkins

Version Control System- Bitbucket, Git

Test Automation- Karate Framework

Certification

  • Technical Product Management
  • Prompt Engineering with Generative AI
  • Design Thinking
  • Product Management Basics
  • Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate
  • Core Java concepts
  • Kafka basics and develop with Kafka Java clients
  • Jenkins
  • Agile way of working
  • Software Testing and Assurance
  • Integrated Quality Management system

Accomplishments

  • Best buy True blue Recognition: Best Buy Sr. Management
  • On the Spot Award
  • Star Team Award
  • Applause for Team Award
  • Best Team Award

Timeline

Technical Project Lead

TCSL at Best Buy
06.2020 - Current

Team Lead

TCSL at Best Buy
08.2017 - 05.2020

Quality Assurance Team Lead

Tata consultancy services ltd.
03.2016 - 07.2017

Software Engineer in Test- Oracle Retail

Tata consultancy services ltd.
04.2014 - 02.2016

Software Engineer- Oracle Retail

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
01.2013 - 03.2014
Prachi Ogale