Venkata Gudapati

• Delivered functional guidance to outside vendors to complete deliverables within timelines and budgets.
• Kept quality of services in compliance with project and program requirements.
• Guided and supported research, policy formulation and capacity building in support of project activities and deliverables.
• Updated and published standard operating procedures (SOPs) using stakeholder, customer and employee input and feedback resulting in clearer and more useful instruction for users.
• Assessed expected technical challenges and developed proactive solutions.
• Monitored production operations for quality and compliance with standards.

• Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
• Techno-Functional consultation for Finacle Core products – Personal Lending, Deposits and Student Lending tracks.
• Managing the Finacle Product customization projects across NAM and LATAM region customers.
• Client relationship management including project planning, managing program SLAs, and management reporting
• Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
• Working with clients, internal teams, and other alliance partners on new proposals, document preparation, and project planning & solution delivery
• Team and people management activities including team review, managing performance appraisal, growth, and training needs of team members, recommending team members for rewards & recognitions, and resource planning including hiring and onboarding activities.
• Sourced, vetted, and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
• Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress, and technical problems.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules, and conflicts.
• Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
• Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
• Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines, and milestones.
• Outlined work plans, determined resources wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and adjust.
• Led and managed a staff of 20+ team members engaged in administering complex Product maintenance and customization programs.
• Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
• Prepared and submitted project invoices for review and approval.
• Designed, documented, and executed system upgrades and patch management using the update manager.

• Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
• Techno-Functional consultation for Finacle Core products – Lending, CASA, and Payments
• Managing the Finacle Product maintenance & customization projects across Europe region customers.
• Client relationship management including project planning, managing program SLAs, and management reporting
• Team and people management activities including team review, managing performance appraisal, growth, and training needs of team members, recommending team members for rewards & recognitions, and resource planning including hiring and onboarding activities.
• Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress, and technical problems.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules, and conflicts.
• Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
• Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines, and milestones.
• Outlined work plans, determined resources wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
• Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and adjust.
• Led and managed a staff of 20+ team members engaged in administering complex Product maintenance and customization programs.

• Conducting Current System Study and Business Process Definition for clients
• Engaged in Business Analysis Mission on Finacle Core Banking Universal Suite, major Infosys Core Banking product
• Diagnosed Core Banking System and Business Processes for major banks in Europe, Asia and US
• Performed detailed requirement gathering on Retail and Corporate banking module through meetings with various stakeholders including business heads of bank.
• As Loan SME, led effort in analyzing, identifying, and recommending improvements to processes and/or systems to customer needs and business and justifying solutions using both subjective and objective data.
• Responsible of end to end implementation. This includes a review of test plans, use cases, FSD, test scenarios, UAT documents, and design shared to the bank in the implementation program.
• Responsible for designing product enhancement module and customization module through FRS (Functional requirement specification) and HLD (High-level design)
• Led effort to plan, estimate and report on Business Analysis activities and deliverables to higher management.
• Supported POC by providing test cases and analyzing results in tandem with the technology team.
• Coordinating with different business heads of bank in explaining product limitations and providing work-around solutions to handle their existing requirement across Europe, Asia, US, and LATAM
• Gained credibility to work alongside/with client head of functions
• Developed trusted relationships with clients, target clients and internal experts as part of project delivery.
• Support the building of Finacle domain capabilities through people development and mentoring junior team members by providing training
• Participating in Presales activities, Pitch Presentations, Capability and proof of concept presentations to clients
• Involved in creating a knowledge repository in the Loans, Limits, and Collateral Module.

• Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance, and customers to resolve technical issues.
• Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
• Established code quality guidelines across projects.
• Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
• Captured specifications, testing methods, and other information for project into technical manuals.
• Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
• Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
• Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.