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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
India

Skills

  • 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

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