Raghava Balaji Paranji Seshadri
Test Architect | CSM, SAFe 5 Agilist, PMP
- Role
- Principal Engineer at Marriott International
- Location
- Fairfax, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Raghava Balaji Paranji Seshadri
Thank you for visiting my LinkedIn profile.My demonstrable track record over two decades includes working on projects which demand knowledge of all aspects of the software life cycle, straddling different domains including Travel and Hospitality, Healthcare, Supply chain and Accounting. I have had the good fortune of working in different organizations including Products, Services, Captive Units, and MNC\'s catering to stakeholders in different geographies including Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and Down Under. Pursuing new client opportunities; leading pro-active assessments and providing improvement/optimization road map; developing RFP responses.Program manager with experience in leading technology projects up to $20M annual revenue, with global delivery teams spread across different geographies; understanding of onshore offshore model; aligning business and technology objectives and achieving bottom-line growth while enhancing service delivery and quality levels.Project manager with experience in leading, advising and mentoring the project teams; Drive delivery excellence; conducting project kickoffs, schedule and solutions for implementation work; building strong relationships with customer; communicating project status through daily, weekly and monthly governance meetings; Identification and management of risk areas and resolution of issues.Worked in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.Identified transformation levers and road map for implementation; achieved shift left and early defect detection. Led the implementation of Test Management Office and best practices resulting in significant cost savings - defined work intake process; established standards, processes and procedures; developed dashboards using JIRA for operational metrics; conducted stand-up meetings; resolved impediments and ensured that the tasks assigned to team members are completed as per the committed SLA\'s; defined end to end business process flows for programs; defined and developed re-usable program level data repository.Governance, Alignment, Assurance, Management, Integration, Planning, Improvement & Process are the guiding principles by which I run my tight ship.
Experience
Principal Engineer
Jun 2024 — Present · Bethesda, MD, US
Education
University of Madras
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom
1991 — 1994
Loyola Institute Of Business Administration
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Finance and Systems
1997 — 2000
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