Sumalatha Koppula
Austin,TX
Summary
Instrumental Engineering Manager bringing ~16 years of experience achieving ambitious goals in challenging IT environment. Diligent, forward-thinking, Data driven decision making and adaptable to dynamic company, customer and project needs. Driving program success through analytics, communication, and leadership.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Engineering Manager
Expedia Group
Austin, TX
08.2019 - Current
- Collaborated extensively with cross-functional teams to drive platform adoption from 30-75% for highly Performing & resilient Datastores.
- Increased customer satisfaction ratings by 3X by gathering feedback and implementing necessary improvements.
- Identified and implemented cost-saving measures ~ 2M annual savings.
- Defined OKRs, Yearly & Quarterly roadmap plannings and reporting quarterly wins for Platform teams.
- Fostered strong relationships with external partners, resulting in fruitful collaborations on joint projects such as company spin off/exit contracts.
- Delivering highly time-sensitive SOX/PCI compliancy, Security & Vulnerability, Cost Optimization projects working with multiple internal teams - Compliancy, corporate Legal, Accounting, Finance and engineering teams.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement through regular sprint reviews and retrospectives.
Technology Lead
Expedia
02.2015 - 08.2019
- Led cross-functional teams to successfully deliver complex technology projects such as Database deployment automation to reduce 80% of overhead on engineering teams.
- Proposed technical feasibility solutions for new functional designs and suggested options for performance improvement of technical objects related to Databases.
- Identity Access management (IAM) & User Access Review (UAR) for compliancy.
- Data architecture design to enable analysts to perform targeted customer analysis.
- Collaborated with clients from concept through final delivery of product or service.
- mentored junior team members on engineering solutions & project guidelines
Senior Database Administrator
Expedia
06.2010 - 02.2015
- Responsible for analyzing the data needs and setting up highly available & performance optimized databases to meet the high demands of OLTP systems.
- Created and updated database designs and data models.
- Implemented database designs and data models.
- Identified gaps in the database health monitoring and designed & implemented the new monitoring procedures.
Database Administrator
Blue Shield Of CA
04.2009 - 12.2009
- Streamlined backup and recovery processes, enhancing overall system stability and availability.
- Ensured database security with implementation of role-based access control and regular vulnerability assessments.
- Reduced data retrieval times for business users by creating indexed views and optimizing stored procedures.
- Built databases and table structures for web applications.
Database Administrator
Hotels.com
06.2008 - 03.2009
- Built databases and table structures for web applications.
- Set up and controlled user profiles and access levels for each database segment to protect important data.
- Modified databases to meet needs and goals determined during planning process.
- Administered, supported, and monitored databases by proactively resolving database issues and maintaining servers.
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Skills
- Cross functional collaboration
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), OKRs, Initiatives
- Data platform engineering
- Sprint Planning
- Continuous Integration and Deployment
- Program Management
- Team Building
- Process Optimization
- Technical Documentation
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect -Associate
Timeline
Senior Engineering Manager
Expedia Group
08.2019 - Current
Technology Lead
Expedia
02.2015 - 08.2019
Senior Database Administrator
Expedia
06.2010 - 02.2015
Database Administrator
Blue Shield Of CA
04.2009 - 12.2009
Database Administrator
Hotels.com
06.2008 - 03.2009
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University
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