Sreeram Gopalakrishna

About Sreeram Gopalakrishna

Technology and Delivery Leader with 20+ years of industry experience, including 10+ years building and scaling startups, operating at the intersection of engineering execution and business outcomes. My career spans leading delivery across Fintech, Lending, Capital Markets, E-commerce, OTA, and Telecom, in both early-stage and scaled organizations.Over the years, I have built and scaled engineering organizations from the ground up, established robust Agile engineering frameworks, and led the end-to-end delivery of complex, large-scale platforms. I have consistently partnered with Product, Business, and Sales leadership to translate strategic objectives into executable technology roadmaps, scalable architectures, and predictable release plans.My experience includes setting up onshore and offshore Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Global Capability Centers (GCCs), managing multi-location and multi-vendor teams, and delivering programs across India and Indonesia. I have operated extensively within matrix organizations, aligning Product Management, Design, Engineering, Data, and Operations to drive execution at scale.In my current role, I spearhead the Delivery charter across Yubi and six subsidiary companies, driving execution across Engineering, Data Science, Data Engineering, and Analytics. My focus is on strengthening delivery maturity, improving execution predictability, and scaling teams, processes, and platforms to support rapid business growth.A key area of recent focus has been modernizing engineering delivery through automation and AI adoption, including building AI-enabled Engineering and Delivery COEs using Windsurf, and prior experiences on integrating CI/CD-driven automation, and elevating organisational productivity and quality benchmarks.I am known for my ability to lead through ambiguity, scale engineering organizations, and convert business intent into measurable outcomes. Hands on coding using Calude, Windsurf

Experience

1. Senior Vice President- (all Group Companies)

   Yubi

   Oct 2023 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Sreeram is a member of Yubi Group\'s CXO team, Reporting directly to CEO-Founder Gaurav Kumar managing 6 Technology Companies of Yubi Group wielding significant influence in strategic decision-making. His approach blends a strong affinity for technology with deep functional expertise, all underscored by a hands-on ethos.1) Orchestrating across Engineering, Product, and Data realms.2) Working with team of Customer Integration, Implementation efforts,Data Operations.3) Driving Strategic Decision Making and Leadership initiatives.4) Managing Customer, Stakeholder, and Revenue dynamics.Having meticulously crafted a team from the ground up, Sreeram now leads a cohort of 30 professionals, including Senior Directors, Directors, Senior Technology Delivery Managers (STDM). This adept team orchestrates seamless end-to-end Tech Business delivery for group companiesHis primary focus remains on meticulously managing engineering and customer delivery for the fintech startup, overseeing 60+ PODS within the tech team and orchestrating 50+ integrations. With a wealth of technological acumen, Sreeram is adept at devising innovative solutions to complex business challenges, facilitating efficiency gains, and elevating user experiences. He actively participates in all stages of engineering activities, guiding the formulation of customer deliveries and presenting solution architectures with finesse. Throughout the project lifecycle, Sreeram ensures meticulous governance, orchestrating solutioning, staffing, client management, and execution with precision. Juggling multiple delivery streams, he steers governance meetings and identifies pivotal success factors, ensuring alignment with org objectives.Sreeram and his team serves as a seamless interface between Design, Product, Data Science, Data Engineering, Business, and Technology spheres, Sreeram deftly manages the intake of new demands, ensuring seamless alignment with overarching org objectives

Education

• Bharathiar University

  Master's degree, Computer Programming, Specific Applications

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Selenium Testing
• Client Engagement
• Mediation
• Team Management
• Test Planning
• Bss
• Test Management
• Charging
• Integration
• Telecommunications
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Billing
• Testing,Implementaion,Delivery Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Open Source Software
• Telecom Mediation
• Gsm
• Testng
• Vendor Management
• Mobile Devices
• Unix
• Customer Management
• Project Management
• Test Automation
• Fraud Management
• System Testing
• Telco
• Agile Methodologies
• Telecom Pre Sales
• Pre-Sales
• Online Charging
• Management
• Sql
• Billing Systems
• Selenium Webdriver
• Leadership
• Oracle