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Swetha Choula

Austin,Texas

Summary

Dynamic Sr. Product Owner with a proven track record at HCL America, excelling in product management and stakeholder engagement. Spearheaded innovative solutions for T-Mobile, enhancing B2B customer experiences through Agile methodologies. Expert in backlog prioritization and release planning, significantly improving team productivity and project delivery.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Product Owner

HCL America
Bothell, WA
05.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: (T-Mobile Client)
  • Led a team of developers and engineers in the creation of innovative business applications for T-Mobile's e-commerce platform, enhancing B2B customer experience, and service offerings.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, QA) to ensure the smooth execution of features while following Agile/Scrum practices to deliver iterative, high-quality releases.
  • Developed detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for web applications and API integrations.
  • Worked directly with business stakeholders to define new features, analyze market trends, and validate solutions using wireframes and mockups.
  • Defined and prioritized the product backlog, working closely with stakeholders and subject matter experts to ensure alignment with business objectives.
  • Utilized JIRA for creating user stories, tracking issues, progress, and sprint completion metrics, improving the team's productivity.
  • Maintained comprehensive documentation for internal and external stakeholders using Confluence, ensuring clear communication and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Spearheaded the development of key features in Angular, Java, and AEM, ensuring seamless integration with backend systems and APIs.
  • Managed sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release management to ensure timely and efficient delivery of business-critical solutions.
  • Worked closely with the development team to address technical challenges, ensuring solutions were scalable, performant, and aligned with telecom industry standards.
  • Played an active role in user acceptance testing (UAT) and quality assurance, using Postman and Swagger for API testing and documentation.
  • Conducted stakeholder presentations and demos to showcase product enhancements and gather feedback.

Environment: Jira, GIT, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Figma, Splunk, and Postman.

Development Lead

HCL America
Bothell, WA
05.2018 - 04.2022
  • Company Overview: (T-Mobile Client)
  • Involved in the complete Software Development Life Cycle, including Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance.
  • Led the development team in full-stack projects, including web applications and microservices using Angular, Node.js, Java, AWS, and MongoDB.
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Docker for automated deployments.
  • Worked closely with product owners, and stakeholders, to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Ensured application performance, scalability, and security, integrating IAM, OKTA, and AZURE for authentication.
  • Experience in building dashboards and alert configurations using Splunk
  • Participated in all SCRUM meetings to monitor project progress, address issues, and facilitate onshore/offshore coordination.

Environment: Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, HTML5, JavaScript, AWS, Jenkins, Jasmine/JUnit, Karma, MongoDB, JIRA, GIT, and Splunk.

Sr. UI Developer

SA Technologies
Everett, WA
11.2015 - 04.2018
  • Company Overview: Frontier Communications Client.
  • Transformed traditional applications into streamlined SPAs using advanced Angular frameworks.
  • Executed responsive design projects and managed API integrations through the application of RxJS for handling asynchronous tasks.
  • Created test cases using Karma and Jasmine for front-end testing and validation.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams following Agile Scrum methodology.

Environment: Visual Studio Code, Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Karma, Jasmine, Git, and SVN.

Software Developer

Mahindra Satyam
Hyderabad, India
12.2006 - 12.2011
  • Developed front-end UI using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and integrated with APIs using AJAX, JSON, and XML.
  • Worked on cross-browser compatibility and fixed UI-related issues.
  • Created PL/SQL stored procedures, triggers, and views for efficient data retrieval.

Environment: HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, and JSON.

Education

B.S - Electronics Engineering

JNTU
India

Skills

  • Product management
  • Scrum Methodologies
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • User story creation
  • Backlog prioritization
  • Release planning

Certification

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Alliance, 02/01/25

Timeline

Sr. Product Owner

HCL America
05.2022 - Current

Development Lead

HCL America
05.2018 - 04.2022

Sr. UI Developer

SA Technologies
11.2015 - 04.2018

Software Developer

Mahindra Satyam
12.2006 - 12.2011

B.S - Electronics Engineering

JNTU
Swetha Choula