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Ramesh Pendyala

Ramesh Pendyala

VA

Summary

Dynamic and technology-savvy leader with over 26 years of experience in building and leading product organizations. Successfully delivered enterprise technology products with budgets exceeding $50 million. Skilled in managing cross-functional, global teams and transforming engineering organizations through the implementation of best practices and agile methodologies. Possess strong domain knowledge in financial services, retail, and e-commerce, with expertise in building 0-1 products and scaling/re-architecting legacy systems using cloud-based architectures such as AWS and Azure. Proven track record of driving organizational growth, cost efficiency, and delivering innovative solutions at scale.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief Technology Officer

Vision Group
06.2021 - 05.2024
  • Company Overview: Vision Group is on a mission to disrupt Retail Execution using cutting edge AI technologies and advanced image recognition and Internet of Things (IoT) products
  • Led the development of AI-driven retail solutions at Vision Group, resulting in a 4x increase in revenue within three years
  • Spearheaded the new feature development at 6thStreet, achieving $3M reduction in annual operational costs
  • Built and scaled a 100+ member engineering team across India, Romania, Latvia, and Poland to support rapid product development and market expansion
  • Successfully transitioned monolithic systems to cloud-based microservices architecture, enhancing scalability and enabling the onboarding of 10 brands with the capacity to scale to 50+ at 6thStreet
  • Vision Group is on a mission to disrupt Retail Execution using cutting edge AI technologies and advanced image recognition and Internet of Things (IoT) products

Head of Engineering

6thstreet
10.2019 - 05.2021
  • Company Overview: 6thStreet vision is to become the number one omni channel ecommerce platform for apparel and fashion industry in GCC region.The aim is to bring 50 plus brands on boarded on to the platform in 3 years
  • Scaled a 100+ member technology team from the ground up, spanning across India, Romania, Latvia, and Poland
  • Transformed a monolithic Magento application into a microservice-based architecture on AWS, enabling the onboarding of 10 brands with the capacity to scale to 50+
  • Drove engineering team transformation, implementing agile methodologies that accelerated feature releases by 25%
  • Delivered omni channel and key features to grow the revenue by 3 times i.e from $25M to $75M within a year
  • Implemented shipment consolidation feature across stores and warehouses to achieve $3M cost savings to organization

Director of Engineering

Saltside
11.2015 - 10.2019
  • Company Overview: Saltside is a company on a mission to build leading online marketplaces in underserved markets, creating sustainable value for the community
  • Increased company revenue from $2M to $12M by delivering new product capabilities and leading the team to achieve the fastest time-to-market in company's history
  • Built a Data Science and Data Engineering team, implementing open-source solutions that saved 40% in organizational costs
  • Revamped search features with microservices architecture and PWA technologies, improving conversion rates by 30%
  • Platform scalability is increased from 400M Page views to 1.4B Pageviews per month apart from conversion rates
  • Saltside is a company on a mission to build leading online marketplaces in underserved markets, creating sustainable value for the community

VP Product Engineering

Scalend
06.2014 - 10.2015

• Responsible for the architecture, design and implementation of Scalend advanced analytics platform, a cloud based SaaS product for big data discovery and AI enabled insights for enterprises.

VP (Sr Development Manager)

Goldman Sachs
11.2012 - 05.2014

• Responsible for the road-map definition and providing technical direction to team in defining/reviewing architecture, design and delivery of 15 plus products for Enterprise Systems Monitoring Team.

Development Manager

Fannie Mae
03.2005 - 05.2012

• Responsible for the architecture, design and implementation of the security payments and disclosure component of Fannie Mae’s strategic multi-year large/complex initiative to revamp existing Servicing Infrastructure (18 legacy systems and applications) to manage the $2.5 Trillion Single Family portfolio's (18M+ Loans) servicing and investor transactions.

Education

M Tech - Engineering

IIT Bombay
01.1997

Skills

    Strategic Planning & Roadmap Development

    Cross-Functional Leadership
    Large-Scale System Architecture (Microservices, Big Data, Cloud)

    Machine Learning & AI Solutions

    Agile Methodologies & Process Improvement

    Financial Services, e-commerce & Retail Technology Expertise
    Budgeting, Estimating, & Cost Control

    SOX Controls, Compliance and ITIL Framework

Otherpositionsheld

  • Consultant, IBM, 09/01/00, 03/31/05
  • Senior Developer, Dua Computers Resources Inc, 05/01/99, 08/31/00
  • Associate Software Engineer, 02/01/97, 04/30/99

Personal Information

Citizenship: US Citizen

Timeline

Chief Technology Officer

Vision Group
06.2021 - 05.2024

Head of Engineering

6thstreet
10.2019 - 05.2021

Director of Engineering

Saltside
11.2015 - 10.2019

VP Product Engineering

Scalend
06.2014 - 10.2015

VP (Sr Development Manager)

Goldman Sachs
11.2012 - 05.2014

Development Manager

Fannie Mae
03.2005 - 05.2012

M Tech - Engineering

IIT Bombay
Ramesh Pendyala