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VENKATAKRISHNA VUPPERLA

VENKATAKRISHNA VUPPERLA

Marseille,France

Summary

SAFe 6 POPM certified, top-performing technically and functionally solid Product Owner with 5 years of experience in specializing end-to-end product lifecycles, strategic roadmaps, and aligning business goals with customer needs. Expert in backlog management, Agile methodologies, and SAFe frameworks, driving accelerated product delivery and maximizing ROI. Skilled in data-driven decision-making, AI-driven validation, and automation to boost system performance and customer satisfaction. Passionate about driving innovation, optimizing user experience, and scaling high-impact products in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Owner & Associate Technical Architect

Logixal Cloud Solutions LLP
04.2021 - 07.2023
  • Spearheaded the strategic vision for the Data Engineering Suite (DES), leveraging agile methodologies to drive iterative releases every 4 weeks, resulting in a 30% faster feature delivery cycle and a boost in customer satisfaction
  • Managed a prioritized backlog of over 100 user stories and collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance data processing efficiency by 15%
  • Utilized KPIs and data analytics to refine DES features, reducing manual processing time and improving overall ROI by 20%
  • Facilitated agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, which improved team productivity and reduced time-to-market
  • Optimized budget and resource allocation for DES, achieving on-time delivery with 10% cost savings and increasing system throughput
  • Developed data-driven dashboards using Apache Superset, improving decision-making and increasing stakeholder engagement
  • Streamlined CI/CD pipelines by integrating Git with Jenkins, accelerating deployment cycles and reducing incidents by 20%
  • Conducted in-depth user research and developed personas to refine product features, resulting in a 25% increase in user adoption
  • Led competitive analysis and defined go-to-market strategies for new product features, ensuring a 15% faster time-to-market and increased market share

Associate Product Manager & Senior Tech Lead

Logixal Solutions Pvt Ltd
04.2016 - 03.2021
  • Led the product lifecycle for eCommerce Invoice Settlement Engine and eCommerce Returns processing Application for AAFES (Army & Air Force Exchange Service U.S Army), defining the vision, roadmap, and backlog to automate workflows and improve settlement and Returns accuracy while ensuring 100% regulatory compliance
  • Transformed eCommerce Returns into a standalone web application, decoupling it from the Order Management System (OMS), reducing operational costs by 20%
  • Managed the NSDL Instant Demat Account Opening initiative, streamlining KYC verification and reducing onboarding time from 48 hours to 10 minutes, resulting in 50,000+ new users in 3 months
  • Defined the prioritized backlog, and created user stories, ensuring alignment with business goals and increasing feature adoption by 95% across all projects
  • Established Voice of Customer (VoC) programs, integrating feedback loops that increased user satisfaction scores by 15%
  • Led cross-functional teams in delivering MVPs, ensuring business alignment and accelerating market validation by 20% through customer feedback
  • Created and maintained critical documentation, including design specifications, handover guides, and run books, ensuring transitions and operational continuity
  • Implemented Single Sign-On (SSO) using SAML and ADFS, strengthening authentication security and improving user experience
  • Utilized value stream mapping to identify process inefficiencies, reducing feature delivery cycle time by 20%

Tech Lead

Logixal Solutions Pvt Ltd
04.2015 - 03.2016
  • Led a high-performing team to successfully deliver Aadhar Validation and CENTRAL KYC Application, meeting deadlines and exceeding quality benchmarks
  • Designed project workflow, structure, and development environment, enhancing developer efficiency by 20%
  • Streamlined communication between development and testing teams, ensuring seamless execution and reducing defects by 15%
  • Translated complex business requirements into actionable development insights, accelerating project timelines by 20%
  • Strengthened security by implementing SHA-256 hashing, AES encryption with JKS files, and token-based digital signing, ensuring data integrity
  • Developed dynamic profile-based configurations in ReactJS, enabling seamless updates without code modifications, reducing deployment time

Senior Software Engineer

Logixal Solutions PVT Ltd
12.2011 - 03.2015
  • Developed and maintained secure Spring REST services, implementing authentication mechanisms that improved service communication efficiency by 30%
  • Built dynamic UIs for Spring MVC applications using JSP, jQuery, and JavaScript, enhancing user experience and boosting adoption by 25%
  • Implemented batch processing for automated debit and credit transactions in PMC Bank Locker Application, reducing workload and improving accuracy
  • Configured Spring profiles and externalized log files, enabling dynamic logger level adjustments, reducing debugging time by 25%
  • Optimized bill payment workflows in FCDB (Bill Payment), increasing transaction success rates by 20% and reducing processing errors
  • Enhanced real-time decision-making in RTD Adapter (Real-Time Decisions) by integrating predictive analytics, improving fraud detection accuracy by 25%

Senior Software Engineer

InfoTrack Systems (P) Ltd
03.2007 - 12.2011
  • Implemented user stories by developing and integrating new features in the Spring MVC and Hibernate application, ensuring alignment with business requirements
  • Developed a dynamic UI for the Sales and Inventory Management System using JSP, jQuery, and JavaScript, enhancing user experience and increasing adoption
  • Implemented audit log functionality for request and response data, ensuring 100% traceability, improving compliance, and reducing security incidents
  • Optimized reporting by integrating iReports, automating report generation, cutting manual effort by 30%, and enhancing data-driven decisions
  • Improved inventory tracking in the Sales and Inventory Management System, reducing stock discrepancies by 10% via data validation and automation

Education

Master's Degree - computer science

Osmania University

Bachelor of Science -

Kakatiya University

Skills

  • Product Strategy & Roadmap
  • Backlog Prioritization
  • Agile & SAFe Frameworks
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • User Story Mapping
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • AI & Automation Integration
  • API Integrations & Microservices
  • Agile Ceremonies Facilitation
  • Sprint Planning & Execution
  • KPI Tracking & Performance Optimization
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Risk Management
  • A/B Testing & User Analytics
  • Cloud & APIs: AWS, JSON, API, XML, Cloud Migration
  • Tools & Platforms: ADO, Jira, Trello, Aha!, CoPilot, MS Project, Miro, Power BI, Confluence, Apache Superset, Git, Maven, Jenkins
  • Databases: DynamoDB, Oracle 11g, SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
  • Programming: Java, J2EE, Spark, ReactJS, Kafka, NodeJS, JavaScript, Hadoop, jQuery, AJAX
  • Frameworks & DevOps: Spring Boot, Microservices, Spring MVC, Docker, Hibernate, Tomcat, Apache Server

Certification

  • SAFe 6 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Scaled Agile, Inc
  • Generative AI Overview for Project Managers, PMI
  • Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 6 Programmer, Oracle
  • Google's Foundations of Project Management course completion
  • French Language FLE FLI training, ADEF Marseille

Personal Information

Title: PRODUCT OWNER DELIVERING CUSTOMER-CENTRIC SOLUTIONS

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Elementary

Timeline

Product Owner & Associate Technical Architect

Logixal Cloud Solutions LLP
04.2021 - 07.2023

Associate Product Manager & Senior Tech Lead

Logixal Solutions Pvt Ltd
04.2016 - 03.2021

Tech Lead

Logixal Solutions Pvt Ltd
04.2015 - 03.2016

Senior Software Engineer

Logixal Solutions PVT Ltd
12.2011 - 03.2015

Senior Software Engineer

InfoTrack Systems (P) Ltd
03.2007 - 12.2011

Master's Degree - computer science

Osmania University

Bachelor of Science -

Kakatiya University
VENKATAKRISHNA VUPPERLA