Manasa Kodipalli
Driving High-Frequency Agile Releases for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Role
- Release Change Manager at Booz Allen Hamilton
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Manasa Kodipalli
Experienced IT professional, specializing in Release and Change Management within…
Experience
Release Change Manager
Mar 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Manage release and change coordination for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Compensation & Pension Agile team, supporting high-profile application deployments, like the National Work Queue (NWQ) application.Oversee the complete release lifecycle across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs), including frequent dark and live releases, ensuring all code, infrastructure, and configuration components are aligned for production readiness.Collaborate with cross-functional teams—Development, QA, DevOps, TechOps, RTEs, STEs, and business stakeholders—to maintain centralized release schedules, drive quality deployments, and manage Change Advisory Board (CAB) interactions.Took full ownership of NWQ releases during a colleague’s medical leave, independently supporting all dark and live ARTs—up to several deployments per week—without delay or incident, ensuring continuity for one of VA’s most mission-critical platforms.Improved cross-team coordination and deployment consistency by creating structured runbooks and release readiness templates—reducing execution gaps and enabling faster issue resolution.Built trust with VA stakeholders by running efficient release readiness and milestone review meetings, ensuring all teams were aligned and signed off before production pushes—helping avoid costly rollbacks or outages.Delivered clear, effective production change summaries in weekly CAB meetings, leading to faster approvals and improved transparency around release risk and mitigation strategies.
Education
Cleveland State University
Master’s Degree
2012 — 2014
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Bachelor’s Degree
2008 — 2012
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