Samiksha Kataria

Product Owner | Scrum Master | Cross-functional team manager | MCDM @ University of Washington

Role
Product Owner at PeakIT
Location
Redmond, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Samiksha Kataria

With 10+ years of experience in the IT industry as a Software developer, Devops engineer, Scrum master, and Product Owner, I have worked on all aspects of product development. My recent Masters from University of Washington was from Communication Leadership degree, where I learned the nuances of product design, customer gratification and gained valuable leadership skills.My current role is of a Product Owner in one of world\'s biggest public utility companies, Pacific Gas & Electric. I handle a team of 15 people, which involves developers, designer, testing and sales team. I work with stakeholders towards continuous improvement in the PSPS module, responsible for fire-based electricity shutdown issues across California.In my 8 years of work experience with MindTree Ltd, I worked for esteemed clients like Microsoft and Amex. I worked on development with technologies like Azure Devops.Net, MVC, SQL, HTML, Css and Javascript. For my Devops role, I also handled critical customer tickets with turnaround of 30 mins while I handled production data.In my role as Community Manager with CommLead Consultancy at University of Washington, I got the opportunity to collaborate with 100+ nonprofits organizations across Seattle. This role involved handling multiple projects simultaneously, leading project scope meetings between volunteers and clients and taught me valuable leadership skills.I am a collaborative team player who values diversity and has experience working with individuals from various backgrounds. With my multi-functional team experience, I bring in the unique combination of technical, communication, and leadership skills, enabling me to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams.

Experience

  1. Product Owner

    PeakIT

    Feb 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

    Via Peak IT. Product Owner and Scrum Master for the client Pacific Gas & Electric, one of the largest utility companies in USA.> Work on the PSPS Module of the PGE website with ~25k visitors per month.> Prioritization of items received as a feedback from users and understanding their impact> Handle a team of 15+ people including developers, testers and designers to ensure continuous improvement, more automation of tasks and timely delivery.> Work with business stakeholder and act as the liaison to convert the business requirements to deliverable modules and divide them within the team.

Education

  • Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

    Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

  • University of Washington

    Master's degree, Communication, General

Skills

  • Mysql
  • Microsoft Sql Server
  • C
  • Windows
  • Scrum
  • C++
  • Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
  • C#
  • Java
  • Language Integrated Query (Linq)
  • Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Sql
  • Asp.net
  • Html
  • Angularjs
  • Asp.net Mvc
  • Javascript
  • Jquery

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