Ranga Narayanam
VP, Engineering
Hamel,MN
Summary
Results oriented and versatile technology leader delivering highest business impact. Led global engineering teams of up to 80 people building technology solutions to drive growth and operational excellence. Proven track record in product innovation, DevOps, test automation, SaaS operations of world class enterprise scale software products with domain expertise in Commerce PXM, PIM/MDM/Syndication, API lifecycle management, PCI-DSS, security, financial, enterprise, retail, higher education, physical access control and manufacturing domains.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
VP, Engineering
Syndigo
Hamel, MN
07.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
- Established SDLC process collaborating with all the stakeholders.
- Led technology improvement initiatives to increase operational excellence by saving 0.5M annual savings
- Led migration initiative as part of M&A to unify multiple platforms
Director, Software Development
Protective Insurance
Hamel, Minnesota
06.2021 - 07.2021
- Responsible for new digital transformation initiative to save operational cost by 50%
Director, Software Engineering
Perforce Software
Minneapolis, MN
01.2020 - 06.2021
- Led Akana API Management SaaS platform to PCI-DSS 3.2 certification
- Transformed engineering teams to deliver new capabilities with cadence
- Institutionalized SDLC across teams along with CI/CD pipelines
Director of Engineering/Sr. Development Manager
Entrust
Shakopee, Minnesota
11.2011 - 01.2020
- Launched multiple enterprise-scale and highly configurable software products deployed on-premise and on AWS
- Doubled revenue by partnering with sales, marketing, and professional services teams
- Saved 0.5M annually and reduced test cycles from 8 weeks to 2 weeks with automation initiatives
- Reduced 2M+ annual cost by driving common API and UI strategy across the organization
- Created CI/CD pipeline along with test automation strategy
- Transitioned teams from waterfall development to Agile development for shortened time to market
- Continued to be hands-on driving product architecture with a strategic focus to drive further growth
Software Development Manager/Technical Lead
PTC
Blaine, MN
01.2001 - 11.2011
- Streamlined enterprise software upgrade processes for best customer experience and reduced downtime by 50%
- Oversaw many customer upgrades to bring additional value for customers and reduce organizational support cost by 100K per month
- Managed enterprise product lifecycle management(PLM) team driving additional revenue stream
- Engineering lead building core features for configuration management part of enterprise PLM product
- Lead technical consultant for HP and Lockheed-Martin
Education
Master of Science - Software Engineering
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 09.2006 - 05.2008
Bachelor of Technology -
JNTU College of Engineering
Hyderabad, India 08.1992 - 05.1996
Skills
- Collaborative Leadership
- Distributed Team Management
- Decision Making
- Vendor Management
- Budget Management
- Agile/Scrum
- J2EE/Java/Net/C#
- HTML5/CSS/Angular/React
- SOAP/REST
- Kafka/MQTT/Service Bus
Oracle/Mongo/SQL Server
- Apache Tomcat
- Azure and AWS Cloud Services
- Microservices
- Elasticsearch
- OAuth/SAML
- HSM/Cryptography
- Git/Jenkins
Atlassian Suite of Products
Certification
Leadership Academy Program, Carlson School of Management
Executive Profile - Summary
Results oriented and hands-on technology leader delivering highest business impact. Led global engineering teams of up to 50 people building technology solutions to drive growth. Oversaw strategy, product innovation, CI/CD, test automation, deployment, SaaS operations of world class enterprise scale software products. Expertise in API lifecycle management, PCI-DSS, security, financial, enterprise, retail, higher education, physical access control and manufacturing domains.
Timeline
VP, Engineering
Syndigo
07.2021 - Current
Director, Software Development
Protective Insurance
06.2021 - 07.2021
Director, Software Engineering
Perforce Software
01.2020 - 06.2021
Director of Engineering/Sr. Development Manager
Entrust
11.2011 - 01.2020
Master of Science - Software Engineering
University of Minnesota
09.2006 - 05.2008
Software Development Manager/Technical Lead
PTC
01.2001 - 11.2011
Bachelor of Technology -
JNTU College of Engineering
08.1992 - 05.1996
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