Ramesh Nallamothu
Technical Program Management
Summary
Strategic technology leader with 20+ years of experience driving secure software development and digital transformation across global enterprises. Expert in implementing cloud solutions and modern SDLC practices while fostering high-performing agile teams. Demonstrated success in building collaborative partnerships and mentoring development teams to deliver operational excellence and measurable business outcomes.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
Work History
Senior Technical Program Manager
Amazon - AppSec
02.2022 - Current
- Designed and implemented 3 application security awareness campaigns focused on secure coding practices, resulting in reduced vulnerability in test and production code
- Led vulnerability reduction initiatives by developing comprehensive security awareness campaigns and establishing measurable success metrics
- Built program roadmaps to reduce security vulnerabilities across development lifecycle
- Created and maintained KPIs to track vulnerability remediation progress using Kanban boards and Quick Sight dashboards to show monthly/quarterly impact of the campaigns
- Implemented risk-based prioritization framework for vulnerability management programs
- Orchestrated collaboration between development teams, engineers, TPMs, to execute security initiatives
- Established effective communication channels with senior management for risk escalation and resolution
- Built and maintained strong partnerships across Engineering, Operations, Product, and Customer Success teams
- Managed end-to-end delivery of the campaigns, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
- Demonstrated strong program management capabilities from conception to successful delivery
- Created self-service security training materials, security knowledge-based wikis
- Maintained high standards of organization and attention to detail during program execution
- Application security
- Technology Stack: Jira Align, Smartsheets, ASANA, Salesforce, Quip, Spark, WorkDocs, AWS Quick Sight
Principal TPM/Release Train Engineer
AT&T - Chief Security Office
01.2018 - 01.2022
- Facilitated 14 successful Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions both in the big room and virtually with an average of 350 ~ 400 Agile participants comprising 10 scrum teams in Identity Access Management organization (IAM)
- Plan and communicate Program Increment (PI) annual Calendars as part of Agile Release
- Optimize flow of value through ART using various tools, such as Program and Solution Kanban and other information radiators
- Facilitated PI planning readiness to ensure Feature readiness, timely handoffs and acceptance by Teams
- Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency
- Establish cadence and drive ceremonies such as PI Planning, IP Iteration, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect and Adapt, Workshop, System Demos, Program huddles, ART Syncs, Scrum master's Guild
- Coach and instill Lean Agile mindset at program and Portfolio levels
- Work with Product Managers to drive Feature definition of ready and continuous refinement of program backlog
- Ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration
- Report and analyze metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on Team and Program-level plans, progress and quality
- Facilitate dependency alignment between program team, Dependent Arts, Enabler Teams, release management, and Scrum Teams
- Set and define Agile process, principles, and value
- Manage, and Escalate Impediments, Risks and dependencies Establish, Track and Report Metrics
- Perform Agile Maturity assessments and inform the backlog of improvement items
- Communicate with stakeholders, escalate scrum team impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement within ART
- Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
- Assessed agility level of individual Teams and ART, and coached Leaders, Product Owners, Scrum Masters and Teams in Lean-Agile and DevOps practices and mindsets
- Provided Agile and SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) training in focused areas e.g., value-based prioritization, WSFJ, Program Backlog Refinement on cadence, Planning small and frequent releases, etc
- Coached ART to create Program level Definition of Done that supports built-in quality with the goal of zero defects in Production
- Persuaded Executives to create System Team to help other Teams in the ART to automate End-to-End testing of their deliverables and to assist with deployment and Release on cadence
- Improved Portfolio Kanban Board and set up visual Roadmaps in Jira Align so that flow of value through ART is visible to all stakeholders
- Created Jira Align custom reports to provide additional mechanisms to track execution of critical Features and business capabilities
- Chief Security Office - IAM
- Technology Stack: Java, Angular JS, Web Services, Oracle, IBM-ISAM, Jira Align/Agile Craft, Jira
SENIOR STAFF TECHNICAL MANAGER
Verizon
01.2014 - 12.2017
- Led Optix repair development team to transform Technical Support Call Center experience (used by 6000 agents) to reduce operational expense and increased revenue
- Drove adoption of Agile and Lean software development methodologies Scrum, XP, SAFe and Kan- ban practices across teams
- Educated and reinforced Agile and Scrum values to dev teams and organizations
- Coached waterfall practiced customers into Agile adoption
- Expert at driving adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self- management
- Delivered Agile Scrum coaching sessions to Product owner and development team
- Coached on drafting user stories, backlog prioritization and backlog refinements
- Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments
- Led and Facilitated scrum ceremonies like Daily Scrum, sprint planning, sprint retrospective, sprint review, track completed features and sprint retrospective
- Performed bi-weekly Scrum of Scrums with teams in ART
- Tracked ART velocity and coached teams for improvements
- Excellent experience facilitating cloud/Hybrid cloud scrum teams
- Received CIO award for managing program and on- time delivery
SENIOR SCRUM MASTER
Verizon
01.2009 - 01.2014
SENIOR TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
Verizon
01.2005 - 01.2009
SENIOR DEVELOPER
Verizon
03.2000 - 01.2005
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Osmania University
IndiaSkills
- Critical Thinking
- Salesforce
- CPM
- SAP
- IOS
- Windows
- Red Hat Linux
- UNIX
- RESTful API
- CSS
- HTML
- ASPNET
- ASP
- Python
- Shell & Perl Scripting
- Java
- C#
- C
- R
- DB2
- SQL Server
- Sybase
- Informix
- Spark
- MySQL
- Oracle
- JBoss
- Sun One
- WebSphere
- Apache Tomcat
- Iplanet
- WebLogic
- Camunda
- Servlets
- JDBC
- J2EE
- JSP
- Struts
- JQuery
- Spring
- AngularJS
- React
- Azure
- AWS
- Spark
- Hadoop
- MVC
- SRE
- DevOps
- Toad
- Minitab
- Python
- AWS QuickSight
- Tableau
- R
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- Kanban
- Lean
- Scrum
- SAFe
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Research & Creativity
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Organization
- Critical Thinking
Certification
AI – Artificial Intelligence Essentials
Timeline
Senior Technical Program Manager
Amazon - AppSec
02.2022 - Current
Principal TPM/Release Train Engineer
AT&T - Chief Security Office
01.2018 - 01.2022
SENIOR STAFF TECHNICAL MANAGER
Verizon
01.2014 - 12.2017
SENIOR SCRUM MASTER
Verizon
01.2009 - 01.2014
SENIOR TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
Verizon
01.2005 - 01.2009
SENIOR DEVELOPER
Verizon
03.2000 - 01.2005
Master of Science - Computer Science
Osmania University