UMA ADIRA
PMO/Program Manager
Cupertino,CA
Summary
Seasoned PMO Manager renowned for exemplary leadership in steering PMs, functional leads and orchestrating diverse Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) product modules across multiple tracks. Proficient in driving seamless coordination, aligning strategies with Product Managers, Engineering managers and the Business with overarching business goals, and cultivating a collaborative culture that empowers teams to excel, delivering outstanding project outcomes.
Oversaw large and complex Data analytics, IWMS (Integrated Work Flow System) and AI-ML driven projects with multiple cross-functional teams, platform upgrade, and other Engineering initiatives. Proven success building and motivating program teams to meet project goals. Demonstrated leadership in systems implementation, program execution and process improvement engagements.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
IWMS Senior PMO Manager
APPLE COMPUTERS, INC. (Contracting through Wipro)
San Jose, CA
3 2020 - Current
- Spearheading and managing five critical tracks of product related to Enterprise Business Solutions, ensuring seamless project execution and adherence to timelines
- Championed the fiscal year planning process, by curating the overall backlog, aligning closely with the business objectives, Engineering objectives, and meticulously identifying priorities and resource requirements
- Created complex fiscal year product roadmap with multiple tracks by aligning with various Business units, Engineering, and product teams
- Implemented robust controls and risk management strategies, resulting in cost savings and process improvements
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and senior management to align projects with organizational goals
- Presented program updates and progress reports to leadership, fostering transparency and effective decision-making
- Directly oversee an implementation of O&M Invoice Processing system by reducing manual touch points and automating of end-to-end processing of 80% of the invoices created
- Additionally, achieved significant ROI by reducing the overall process from 14 days to 4 days among other achievements
- Directly overseeing a pioneering project leveraging machine learning technologies and methodologies for automated email scanning, categorization and streamlined Lease invoice generation
- Technologies: TRIRIGA, SAP BO Universe, Integrations, Project Management Tools (Wrike, Radar, Central Station, Excel, Numbers, Keynote)
- Developed comprehensive project plans for successful execution of multiple concurrent projects, resulting in timely completion within budget constraints.
- Created reports, presentations and other materials for executive staff.
- Cultivated strong relationships with vendors and partners supporting administrative operations.
- Implemented performance measurement techniques and metrics to objectively assess the effectiveness of PMO processes.
- Built strong partnerships with stakeholders through timely communication, setting realistic expectations, and delivering on commitments consistently.
BI Senior Technical Program Manager
APPLE COMPUTERS, INC. (Contracting through Wipro)
Sunnyvale, California
05.2017 - 03.2020
- Converge, create, and execute cohesive roadmaps involving multiple cross-functional teams
- Aligning resources optimally to implement scalable architecture for all Data Induction projects
- Coordinated with technical leadership teams to converge heterogeneous architectures for evolving comprehensive and optimal solutions in order to address challenging business requirements
- Implementing various Global Business Intelligence programs to align with the overall strategy to provide a scalable reporting architecture to meet requirements for various Apple's Supply Chain customers
- Managing various stakeholders, risk analysis and mitigation plans for each of the projects, escalate issues with mitigation strategies and be the escalation point for various projects
- Developed multiple executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation that resulted in process improvements
- Technologies: Oracle 12C, Teradata, SAP BO Universe, Custom Dashboards including Niagara and Dash builder, Project Management Tools (Radar, Central Station, Espresso, Omniplan, Excel, Numbers, Keynote)
- Delivered efficient project management by overseeing cross-functional teams and ensuring timely completion of milestones.
Senior Program Manager
Non-Profit organizations
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Create vision(s) and roadmaps for NetPositive programs and implement a set of comprehensive program management processes for monitoring performance using agile methodology
- Establishing strategies for managing programs under time and resource constraints by introducing tools such as Atlassian Jira
- Managed Web application development teams for migration of website and implementation of EcoCloud Innovation platform that enables online community partners to interact on Sustainability solutions
- Developed multiple executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement
- Technologies: Struts framework, Java, HTML/CSS, MySQL,PyroCMS.
Co-Founder
VAYUTECH, INC
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Developed a web-based Service Oriented Solution product for individuals to celebrate occasions stress free
- Analyzed industry trends and compiled market research data for planning and strategy
- Responsible for product design and implementation of end-to-end architecture leveraging open-source technologies.
Senior Technical Program Manager
YAHOO!.INC
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Managed multiple projects to reach organization's strategic goal of developing a scalable, cost effective and reliable cloud infrastructure
- Directed all phases of the projects, from prototyping to production
- Managed end-to-end software and data migration of complex legacy ETL and data transportation pipelines (FETL and DH), Segments Manager (Create User Segments and Reporting Application) to cloud (Hadoop, Yarn, OOZIE, Pig)
- Managed, planned and executed BCP (Business Continuity Planning) for cloud audience pipelines
- Acted as Scrum Master and used burn-down/burn-up charts and velocity to evaluate the progress with changing scope
- Acted as escalation point of contact for cross-functional teams and executives
- Presented at various executive levels for project evaluations and facilitate negotiations between different organizations
- Coordinated with 45+ company-wide stakeholders for the massive migration effort of petabytes of data
- Ensured continuity of the business during migration
- Planned and scheduled project deliverables, goals and milestones
- Created strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning for integrating with evolving Hadoop platform
- Managed global teams with each adopting divergent project methodologies such as Agile-Scrum and hybrid
- Global teams included Yahoo! Japan, China team for Segments Manager, and Data Analytics team in India
- Technologies: Apache Hadoop, Java, Jira, MS Project and Visio
Software Development Manager
SCIVANTAGE, INC
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Managed a team in end-to-end implementation of Enterprise Notification System (ENS), a workflow product for a large financial customer
- Hired and managed highly talented team and delivered cutting-edge technology product
- Managed West Coast operations for the company
- Directed all phases of projects including budgeting, project planning, hiring, handling terminations and managing operations
- Used Agile-Scrum methodology for implementing the product
- Interacted with external client on regular basis and implemented product on timely fashion by integrating with client systems
- Managed and directed the team in porting the product to Blackberry for a large customer
- Technologies: J2EE WebServices, Oracle 10g, EJB's, HTML, JavaScript, CDML (Ajax like), Hibernate, Blackberry, BES, XML, Weblogic 9.2/9.1, Solaris 10, Linux, Maven 1.0/2.0 and Perforce.
Technical Project Manager (consultant)
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
1 2006
- Directed all phases of Internet facing Sales and Revenue based Business Intelligence Solution project for iTunes Vendors, from business requirements, architecture to production
- Managed end-to-end implementation of a three-tier architecture with Oracle database in the backend and web application in WebObjects framework
- Implemented a reliable and scalable architecture and design
- Created project plans, managed and provided guidance to offshore development team on daily basis, collaborated with business on changing requirements and executed the project as per schedule adhering to pre-defined metrics
- Technologies: WebObjects Framework, Java Servlets and Oracle 10g
Project Manager/Technical Lead/Software Engineer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
01.1997 - 01.2005
- Managed and led teams for end-to-end implementation of several Supply Chain Management Tools; interactive Java-based web tools used by SUN's suppliers and supply chain planners, and reporting monthly, quarterly and annual planning data
- Responsibilities also included project planning and coordinating with cross-functional teams
- Successfully implemented two major data warehouse projects - SFEDW (Sun's manufacturing) and ODW( cross-functional data analysis of SUN's Supply Chain)
- Extensively analyzed the reporting requirements and designed logical model for building Data Warehouse
- Data warehouse Performance improvement project involving ETL and design modifications including indexing and table structure changes to meet SLA requirements
- Served as Technical lead for design and development of interfaces for downloading and uploading Work Order Completion, Work Order Plus, and Bill-of-Material (BOM) events between Shop Floor Data Management System (SFDM) and Information Highway (IH)
- Technologies: Java, SQL, JWS, Java Beans, JDBC, Oracle, Servlets, EJBs, SOAP, XML, JSP, JavaBean, JavaScripts, XML and Ksh and Redbrick Data Warehouse, Informatica PowerMart, Oracle and Redbrick Data Warehouse
Education
Master of Science - Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 08.1993 - 05.1995
Bachelor of Science - Engineering
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India 08.1988 - 05.1992
Skills
Program Management Technical Skills : Fiscal Year Roadmap & Resource Planning, Reporting & Documentation, Project Planning, Creating Process
PM Tools: Wrike, Omniplan, Miro, Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Apple tools including Radar, Keynote, Numbers
Leadership Skills: Team Building, Mentoring, Strategic Thinking, Resource Management
Certification
CSM Certified, Scrum Alliance
Accomplishments
- Spearheaded Technical Program/Project Management and Software Leadership roles at renowned Silicon Valley giants, including Yahoo!, Sun Microsystems, and Apple.
- Orchestrated multiple end-to-end implementations across five+ tracks of TRIRIGA, a real estate portfolio for Apple as a proactive TRIRIGA PMO.
- Successfully executed comprehensive Business Intelligence solutions for intricate Apple's Supply Chain, overseeing the implementation process. Managed and implemented complex software and data migration programs onto Cloud platform at Yahoo! resulting in creating a cost-effective and reliable Cloud Infrastructure for Yahoo!'s backbone data. Managed BCP and DR implementation onto Cloud.
- Managed, built, and implemented a complex Workflow Enterprise Product in a short period of time (less than two quarters) at Scivantage for the client, Ameriprise, resulting in $3MM additional revenue.
- Software development experience in Java/J2EE technologies, Servlets/JSPs, WebServices, Sql, Pl/Sql, JavaScript, Unix Shell Scripts and Oracle. Familiarity with Apache Hadoop (Hadoop, Map Reduce, Pig, Hive, OOZIE) and TRIRIGA.
Timeline
BI Senior Technical Program Manager
APPLE COMPUTERS, INC. (Contracting through Wipro)
05.2017 - 03.2020
Senior Program Manager
Non-Profit organizations
01.2014 - 01.2016
Co-Founder
VAYUTECH, INC
01.2012 - 01.2014
Senior Technical Program Manager
YAHOO!.INC
01.2008 - 01.2012
Software Development Manager
SCIVANTAGE, INC
01.2006 - 01.2008
Project Manager/Technical Lead/Software Engineer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
01.1997 - 01.2005
Master of Science - Engineering
Bucknell University
08.1993 - 05.1995
Bachelor of Science - Engineering
Osmania University
08.1988 - 05.1992
IWMS Senior PMO Manager
APPLE COMPUTERS, INC. (Contracting through Wipro)
3 2020 - Current
Technical Project Manager (consultant)
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
1 2006
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