Gaurav Kalra

About Gaurav Kalra

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:Experienced technology professional with over 12 years in the industry. Proven expertise in implementing and managing broad spectrum of data centric projects and portfolios. Skilled in ETL (Extract, Transform, Load), process automation, data analytics, data wrangling, and data visualization using variety of industry-standard tools. Comprehensive experience in all phases of the project lifecycle (SDLC) and product management using agile and scaled agile methodology. TECHNICAL SKILLS:Languages & Databases - SQL, XML, Oracle PL/SQL, UNIX, C, C++, HP Vertica 6.1, Oracle 11g, MySQL 5.0Tax Engines: Avalara, OneSource, VertexBusiness Intelligence Tools - SAS Enterprise Miner, Rapid Miner, SSAS, SSRS, Alteryx and Tableau.ERP Skills - SAP BW, Bex Analyzer, Bex Query Designer, PeopleSoft 9.0,Project Management: Agile/Scrum methodologies, Azure DevOps, JIRA, MS ProjectReporting Tools - Excel Reports, Crystal Reports, Dashboards, Kuali Ready (Continuity Planning Tool) Packages - MS Office, MS Excel (Macros, Pivot Tables, Data Analysis plus, Spreadsheet Modeling).CERTIFICATIONS:• SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) • Alteryx Designer Advanced Certification • Alteryx Designer Core Certification • Avalara Certified Implementation Expert • UiPath Process Mining (2021)

Experience

1. Manager, Product Management Tax Transformation (Tto)

   Deloitte

   Mar 2025 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Partnering with tax service areas such as investment management, private wealth, multistate tax etc. to evaluate opportunities to transform tax processes via automations and deliver cutting edge technology solutions by building tax service products, maximizing strategic investments, reducing manual effort and minimizing errors.• Managing automations in UiPath, Alteryx, Power Automate.NET and responsible for annual rollovers and releasing new features for new/existing engagements.• Leading cross-functional collaboration with clients, external vendors, solution architects and IT teams to gather requirements, perform feasibility analyses, ensure compliance and execute implementation strategies. • Defining clear and actionable user stories with detailed acceptance criteria; ensured timely readiness of team backlogs for upcoming iterations. • Leading continuous backlog refinement sessions with cross-functional teams, aligning priorities with organizational goals and adjacent team backlogs. • Capturing, prioritizing, and tracking required features and non-functional requirements across iterations to maintain product quality and system resilience. • Maintaining feature integrity by identifying risks, dependencies, and cross-team impacts, escalating appropriately to Product Portfolio leadership.

Education

• Amity University

  Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech), Computer Science and Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master of Science (MS), Information Technology and Management

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Oracle Pl/Sql Development
• Spreadsheet Modelling
• Database Testing
• Requirements Gathering
• Dashboard
• Microsoft Excel
• Ms Excel Pivot Tables
• Sas E-Miner
• Crystal Reports
• Data Mining
• Business Analysis
• Data Warehousing
• Cluster Analysis
• Sql
• Predictive Analytics
• Functional Testing
• Business Intelligence
• Pl/Sql
• Erp
• Market Basket Analysis
• Ssrs Reports
• Project Management
• Peoplesoft
• Ssas
• Testing
• Test Planning
• Test Case Generation