Nitish

About Nitish

Decisive Program Manager with expertise in project planning & scope management, activity sequencing, resource management & optimization, effort estimation, risk management, quality management, project monitoring & delivery as per quality and time norms− Rich experience in managing the entire product lifecycle involving product conceptualization, strategy formulation, prototyping, development, demoing, positioning, program planning, release coordination, product monetization, product backlog grooming, product backlog prioritization, product launches,licensing and increasing adoption− Client-centric professional with expertise in understanding client’s requirement and designing a roadmap for further product development; managing expectations of the program, conducting various analysis and building features− Proven capabilities in engaging with cross-functional teams, internal & external stakeholders, Vendor, OEM & top management for evolving strategic vision, driving change, addressing & resolving issues to achieve higher levels of efficiency & increase revenue− Impressive success in completing various program / products from Concept to Release, After Release, End of service.− Spearheaded entire gamut of sprint activities inclusive of sprint planning, release planning, backlog grooming, task management, iterations planning, daily standup calls, SoS (Scrum of Scrum) calls, sprint retrospective and sprint demonstration− Key People Leader with repeated success in guiding sizeable, cross-functional, multi-cultural & multi-geographical teams in devising leading-edge solutions and best practices; groomed the team with technical expertise on various facets as per requirement of the project

Experience

1. Software Release Manager (Program Managment Project Management Product Managment)

   IBM

   Jun 2012 — Present

   Driving Program Management: Concept development, Planning & Scoping, Development & Execution, Delivery & Release.− Managed, led and delivered major & minor releases for Product as well as facilitated Product Roadmap, PRD/MRD, Strategically Planning, Export regulation & Country regulations, Go to Market, Milestones (GTM), UX.− Drove stakeholder management including collaborating with different internal team, clients, third party & partners as well as coordinated b/w VP, director, steering committee, portfolio manager, development, QA, L2, Sales and ensured effectively release readiness- Profound with Software Release Management/ Product management/ Program Management, Product Designing, Product Conceptualisations to delivery, Roadmap, End of support & End of Life- Drive the product life cycle of multiple products concurrently from identifying requirements, development, demoing, usability, deployment and increasing adoption.− Optimized program performance along with contributing towards overall Release of plan - End to end, milestones, schedules, tracking, 3rd party, stakeholder management ( internal / External )− Managed the activities for end of support / sun set management, for the product lines and depended products− Controlled the operations for software copyright / licenses and legal / attorney point of contact− Liaised with different global teams such as procurement, legal, third party software, OSS, intellectual property (IP)− Implemented expertise as Certified Scrum Master and product owner for owned products− Managed Scope, Schedule, Resources, Risk, Voice of Customer,− Extensively used JIRA, GitHub, BOX, Trello and different Properties tools for management- Initiate New launch, Acquisition & Legacy product’s feature are requirement and work it through different stages- Achieved successful abstraction multiple Prototypes with latest technologies to Goverment & Non-Govt entity- Security Program Management for IBM Automation portfolio

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Data Science

• Bangalore University

  Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science