Vasudeva Manepalli

Strategic Relationship Management: Managed and nurtured key relationships with Apple and Google, facilitating smooth and expedited weekly releases. Collaborated closely with Apple and Google representatives to address technical challenges and streamline release process, enhancing overall efficiency and reducing time-to-market.
Strategic Decision-Making: Utilized comprehensive analysis and due diligence to select vendors, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and project requirements. Negotiated contracts and terms to achieve favorable conditions, maximizing value and minimizing risks.
Strategic Focus on Critical Tasks: Maintained a sharp focus on high-priority tasks, leveraging analytical skills to identify and address the most urgent and impactful activities. Implemented prioritization frameworks to allocate resources efficiently and manage workloads effectively.
Strategized and Executed Daily Releases: Collaborated with eCommerce, International, and GTP teams to revolutionize release strategy, increasing market release frequency from weekly to daily, enhancing competitive edge and customer satisfaction. Collaborated closely with peers from other departments to drive organizational success jointly as one cohesive unit
Enhanced Developer Productivity: Spearheaded development of 1-click deployment tools for Web, iOS, and Android platforms, boosting productivity for over 1000 developers and generating $4.5 million in ongoing savings.
Led Strategic Planning Initiatives: Directed strategic planning across multiple projects, optimizing resource utilization and reducing development times, which significantly increased productivity across Web, iOS, and Android developer teams.
Standardized Project Processes: Implemented standard processes and conventions during project planning to ensure alignment with internal guidelines and quality standards.
Fostered Team Collaboration: Partnered with engineering leaders to manage team coordination and achieve critical development milestones, enhancing project execution and outcomes.
Improved Development Processes: Improved team performance by providing comprehensive training and fostering collaborative work environment

Leadership in Technology Projects: Led a dynamic team of 5+ engineers in designing, developing, and deploying advanced technology solutions, consistently meeting or exceeding project specifications and performance targets.
Advanced Microservices Development: Designed and deployed numerous microservices using Java, Terraform, Jenkins, and SpringBoot on AWS, enhancing system scalability and operational reliability.
Strategic System Migrations: Directed the migration of legacy Java services from EC2 to modernized SpringBoot applications on AWS ECS, significantly improving deployment efficiency and system performance.
Stakeholder Engagement: Maintained active engagement with clients throughout project cycles, gathering feedback at various stages, addressing concerns promptly, and ensuring project deliverables aligned closely with customer expectations.

Enhanced Mobile Security: Re-architected security protocols for iOS and Android event content, including advanced logging, secure session management, and encryption using 256-bit key encryption, significantly enhancing data protection.
Build Pipeline Optimization: Overhauled the build pipeline using Ruby and Groovy, integrating with Stash and incorporating security scans via Data Theorem and Checkmarx, which streamlined deployment processes and improved security compliance.
Code Migration and Integration: Led the integration of Swift with legacy Objective-C code for iOS and transitioned Android applications from Java to Kotlin, optimizing application performance and maintainability.
Agile Collaboration: Collaborated effectively with senior backend and mobile developers in a fast-paced agile environment, driving project milestones with minimal supervision.
Communication Excellence: Demonstrated exceptional written and verbal communication skills, effectively promoting best practices, build patterns, and software designs from development teams to executives, ensuring alignment and understanding across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Lead of Automation and Deployment: Directed a team of 4+ engineers in automating the build, signing, and deployment of iOS/Web applications. Developed a web application using Tomcat, RESTful web services, Jenkins Pipeline, Git, and MySQL, resulting in cost savings of $150K annually.
Hybrid Mobile Applications Development: Led a team of 5 in developing and maintaining 8 internal-facing hybrid mobile applications. Enhanced user interface and security, integrated AWS lambda server-less services, and provided secure mobile access to Nike information, improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction.
Full Stack Application Development: Developed and maintained 5 full-stack applications, working collaboratively in a team environment. Utilized NodeJS, Java, and SQL to deliver robust internal solutions that supported business operations and enhanced data management.

Android Development Automation: Automated Android code reviews, builds, and deployments utilizing Jenkins, Shell scripting, and SVN, enhancing development efficiency and reducing time to market.
Leadership in Resource Management: Hired and coached over 40 professionals, effectively managing a peak team size of 9. Focused on developing technical skills and fostering a collaborative team environment.
Mobile Application Development: Led a team of 6 in the development of 2 native Android applications for external users of Sears and Kmart, which improved customer engagement and expanded digital reach.
SDK Integration Expertise: Successfully integrated PayPal, Facebook, and Twitter SDKs into Android applications, significantly enhancing functionality and user interaction.
Innovation in Software Development: Engineered reusable libraries for Android applications used by Sears and Kmart, streamlining development processes and promoting code reusability across projects.

Java Application Development and Testing: Developed a desktop Java application designed to facilitate comprehensive testing. Spearheaded unit testing and performance tuning, ensuring robustness and optimal functionality across various platforms.
Quality Assurance Leadership: Responsible for leading quality assurance efforts, including unit testing and performance tuning of deliverables. Enhanced system performance and reliability through meticulous testing and optimization techniques, significantly reducing error rates and improving user satisfaction.

Cross-Platform Game Development: Collaborated in a team of 5 to develop engaging mobile games for Android and iOS platforms using Unity IDE. Focused on creating immersive user experiences and optimizing game performance across diverse devices.
Backend Services Development: Developed RESTful web services and authored comprehensive JUnit test cases to ensure robust backend functionality and seamless integration with front-end applications.
Analytics Integration: Integrated and customized analytics plugins, including Flurry and OpenFeint, for Android and iOS applications, enabling detailed user engagement and behavior analysis to inform development strategies and enhancements.

Leadership in Software Development: Led a team of 3 offshore developers in the successful development of the Opinionaided mobile app (renamed Thumbs Up Android app), utilizing RESTful web services to enhance app functionality and user connectivity.
UI Development for High-Profile Applications: Engineered advanced UI components for the Wall Street Journal's Android app, including dynamic displays for stocks, image galleries, videos, and interactive widgets, significantly enhancing user engagement and content accessibility.
Cross-Device Compatibility: Innovated and refined reusable UI frameworks and utilities to ensure consistent look and feel across Android devices of varying sizes, improving user experience and satisfaction.
Security and Data Integrity: Developed independent Java processes for the encryption and decryption of application logs, enhancing data security and user privacy by safeguarding sensitive user information.

Systems Development and Automation for University Services: At The University of Alabama, analyzed and evaluated requirements for essential services including computer orders, order tracking, and installation scheduling. Successfully automated the change of status notifications and email communications for all employees and students, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and user satisfaction.
Web Application Development: Designed, coded, tested, and debugged a comprehensive web application utilizing the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), which improved service delivery and user interaction for university administrative services.
Educational Background: Hold a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, which underpins my strong technical abilities and understanding of advanced computing principles.

IT Help Desk Web Application Development:

• Spearheaded the development of 'IT Help Desk', a web application designed to streamline computer order processing and tracking within the organization, enhancing operational efficiency.
• Implemented RESTful web services to facilitate seamless data exchange and integration across the platform.
• Authored comprehensive JUnit test cases to ensure robustness and reliability of the web services.
• Developed user interface elements using HTML/CSS, crafted client-side logic using JavaScript, and managed persistent data with a MySQL database, resulting in improved user engagement and system performance.