Krishna Akella

About Krishna Akella

I have extensive record of success in the management of technology programs, projects, and global teams. My background encompasses the management of large-scale, complex software development, hardware integration, systems deployment, and process improvement initiatives. My expertise is assessing a project and performing risk assessment and do the necessary adjustments for immediate delivery and develop roadmaps all while monitoring competition and master necessary breadth as I work. I have overseen software release activities, Worked on assessing new technologies, and administered multi-million dollar budgets. I am able to bridge the gap between business and technology groups, and I can work in defined/undefined environment and introduce effective policies, procedures, and processes to meet changing corporate and industry needs. Skill Highlights Lead software product release from conception through release and support. When the product was released was given special appreciation as the key person that brought multiple teams of diverse requirements to come together. Manages Usability/UI areas to ensure they provide challenging front end and ensuring the required backend work is done. Most interesting and difficult part of the journey as it requires more coordination and attention to details. Lead customer crisis team to address Enterprise customer key issues. Resulted in customer satisfaction and new product acceptance among major customers Devised strategy, led, and worked in Many Open Source efforts to leverage popular deployments in the market and also position competitively in the market.Intricately familiar with Open Source teams culture and legal issues and how to develop partners to achieve desired goals. Built Emerging Technologies Development team. Over 8 years built a team of 50+ people and the group is recognized as one of the key contributors and led many new Software internet technology initiatives in IBM.

Experience

1. Technical Program Manager

   Visa

   Apr 2017 — Present · Austin, US

   Responsibilities • Technical product management functions including functional specs, roadmap, project management, issue/risk management, and cross-division coordination. • Extensive cross-organization collaboration playing a crucial role in interfacing with various technology teams and business stakeholders to identify requirements, converting them to functional specs, prioritizing, and driving execution using agile methodologies.

Education

• The University of Texas at Arlington

  MS

• Andhra University

  Bachelor's degree