Yash Swaika

About Yash Swaika

Yash is working as a Senior Technical Project Manager at Cisco.He did his MBA from IIM Udaipur. He is specialized in IT & Strategy. He was a member of Placement Committee responsible for placing 600+ students in an academic year. He had an opportunity to build strong connections with 100+ industrial leaders, public speakers, influencers and represented his college in multiple summits. Dynamic Program Manager with 6+ years of experience driving large-scale transformational initiatives, optimizing processes, and delivering measurable business outcomes. Strong leadership and mentorship skills, adept at managing cross-functional teams, improving operational efficiency, and overseeing Agile processes.He is an avid traveler who loves to travel. He also enjoys playing cricket.

Experience

1. Program Manager

   Cisco

   Oct 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Program Manager – DevTools & Release Engineering leading large-scale initiatives to onboard and operationalize Release Orchestration platforms such as New Release Vehicle (NRV) and CDRO, enabling consistent and automated deployment governance across Cisco IT.2. Scaled Scrum Lead driving Agile execution across multiple programs and epics, aligning cross-functional engineering, QA, and operations teams to accelerate delivery velocity and release predictability.3. Release Manager for the Cisco Product Lifecycle (PLM) component family, managing releases of mission-critical databases and applications supporting data worth billions of dollars with a focus on reliability, compliance, and zero-impact deployments.4. Enterprise Tool Adoption Champion spearheading Cisco IT-wide modernization initiatives, optimizing DevOps and release ecosystems through standardized toolchain integration and user experience improvement.5. Oracle ERP Upgrade Program Leader, orchestrating multi-phase migration and upgrade efforts across global teams, improving system stability, and ensuring seamless integration with enterprise applications.6. Process Excellence & Design Advocate, refining user journeys, workflows, and governance models to drive efficiency, stakeholder visibility, and adoption across product engineering and operations organizations.

Education

• Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata

  ISC, Mathematics and Computer Science

  2010 — 2012

• Indian Institute of Management Udaipur

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2020 — 2022

• Manipal Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Python
• Scrum
• Scrum Master
• Safe® Principles
• Release Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Leadership
• Lean Agile
• Safe®
• Microsoft Office
• C++
• Java
• Enterprise Transition Lead
• Kanban
• Management
• Microsoft Word
• Strategic Planning
• Safe® 4
• Html
• C
• Enterprise Project Management (Epm)
• Relentless Improvement
• Algorithms
• Enterprise Agility
• Php
• Sql