Chandra Venkataraju
Product Engineering Leader, Retail Strategic Initiatives, Omnistore & Optumera @Tata Consultancy Services
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WORK HISTORY
Product Engineering Leader, Retail Strategic Initiatives, Omnistore & Optumera @Tata Consultancy Services
Bangalore Urban, IN
Retail Strategic Initiatives (RSI) is a niche group driving strategic growth for Retail, a team with high impact skill sets across domain consulting and products. Omnistore & Optumera are Niche products of TCS in the Retail POS and Supply Chain space• Oversaw successful Delivery for multiple Product Engineering workstreams; Teams comprised of multiple skill-sets including Product Owners, BAs, Scrum Masters, Technical Developers & QA • Continually mentored a team of Project Managers / Scrum Masters to be high performing team Managers in an environment full of constraints (tight timelines, lack of enough technical leads, ambiguity on deliverables etc.)• Successfully delivered multiple POCs by managing end-to-end Product Engineering teams with tight deadlines, shared resources and fast changing priorities• Drove multiple operational initiatives across the entire Product team successfully, impacting several operational /process areas positively – effective use of Distribution Lists, internal recruitment, resolution of internal IT issues, backups for key roles, proactive management of attrition, internal awards for high performing associates etc. • Drove multiple Knowledge Management initiatives, for the Academy training pillar, along with several other successful knowledge upskilling & cross-skilling initiatives, working with the RSI Academy team• Drove Talent Acquisition for the Product team, working closely with the HR team & SMEs and successfully brought in several senior hires (Architects, Data Scientists, Tech Leads) including one on-site hire
EDUCATION
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
MBA, Marketing & Systems
Loyola College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Management Information Systems, General
SKILLS
ABOUT CHANDRA VENKATARAJU
Built multiple successful Delivery teams from scratch, with end-to-end Product Development skill-sets and grew them to be high performing teams, in my current stint within TCS RSI Product Engineering• International experience in hands-on Analytics, Analytics Delivery, Product Engineering Delivery, Client Engagement, Program Management & Operations and Knowledge Management, primarily in Retail / CPG Analytics & Product Domains• Rigorous vendor side as well as client-side experience, with consistent growth, spanning over 20 years, with some of the ‘best in class’ companies, both in the US & India• Consistent track record of growing & stabilizing Delivery through effective Client / Partner Engagement, in extremely dynamic environments• Local hire on H1B with T-Mobile USA & Marketing Management Analytics, 2 year stint on-site on L1A visa at Office Depot, apart from multiple visits on B1 visa to different customer locations, through Mu Sigma & TCS
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