Venkata Rapuri

Enterprise Data Lake Platform for Analytics

• Managing a Data Strategy program with a budget of over $7 million, ensuring timely product delivery and supervising the architectural runway of a scalable and reliable Data Lake platform for the Advanced Analytics team.
• Scoped work, assumptions, risks, and resource efforts, determined costs, negotiated and drafted yearly contracts and Statement Of Work (SOW) with clients.
• Developed and executed program roadmap for the Enterprise Data Lake, enabling product-focused delivery and support teams. Streamlined operations, increased efficiency, and fostered seamless collaboration, enhancing the success of development and support functions to meet the evolving business needs of ten Advance Analytics teams.
• Implemented agile methodologies and led Program Increment (PI) planning.
• Built a high-performance data strategy team by promoting a growth mindset and continuous learning culture. Upskilled existing team members through targeted training and recruited new talent, successfully implemented MLOps.
• Managed a team in successfully migrating data in Azure from Generation 1 to Generation 2.
• Supervised team in implementing a highly confidential data storage for the Advanced Analytics team, ensuring data quality, compliance, and security.
• Led the team in implementing cost-effective performance solutions for complex, large data processing, achieving a 50-60% reduction in costs and significant performance improvements.
• Guided the team in building Power BI dashboards to provide tactical information on support functionalities, eliminating manual monitoring efforts.
• Planned and scheduled recurring working sessions with technology vendors to verify design solutions, learn new features, and understand market offering, aiding the team in assessing the feasibility of new ideas.
• Collaborated with business partners and product managers to integrate data into the Data Lake, ensuring its availability for the advanced analytics team.

Mainframe migration and enhancement for Retail & Wholesale Trade promotion applications

• Led a team in enhancing sales applications for seamless integration across Operating Companies, empowering Trade Marketing to effectively execute and monitor trade objectives.
• Collaborated cross-functional teams to enhance and ensure application data integrity, accuracy, and timely execution of multimillion-dollar trade payments in strict accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls.
• Managed a cross-functional team of sixty members through a successful and seamless migration and transformation of applications from mainframe legacy systems to web applications.
• Played a pivotal role in organizing and managing a team to design a highly scalable, configurable solution for the migration of mainframe applications. Presented it to the leadership team, securing successful approval. This solution laid the foundation for new web applications.

Implement and support Human Resource & Corporate applications

• Successfully led diverse stakeholders in implementing a Third party recruiting Human Resource application.
• Collaborated with multiple stakeholders to successfully implement compliance measures within the company's Microsoft Outlook environment.

Develop and Support Legacy Sales Applications

• Provided guidance to the team, leading the development of trade programs by leveraging key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Led and coordinated teams both at onshore and offshore in enhancing and supporting multiple applications, ensuring the fulfillment of service level agreements and timelines with high quality.

Develop and Support Customer Management system.

• Spearheaded and guided the team through the end-to-end process of designing and developing an innovative customer intake application.

Y2K conversion for Products Management System
• Led the comprehensive conversion of applications for Y2K compliance and conducted rigorous testing to ensure data accuracy and seamless transition.

Develop Claims Management System

• Designed and developed intuitive claims online screens tailored for a trucking movers' system.