Headline

Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist | Senior Chief Engineer at Samsung | Global Technical Program Manager

About

Technical Program Manager with 7+ years of experience in technical program and release management, backed by a 15-year engineering background. Oversee end-to-end program execution for complex integration and platform delivery plans across globally distributed engineering teams, and establish SDLC and Agile operating practices that improve delivery predictability, risk visibility, and accountability. Core strengths: end-to-end program execution, SDLC & Agile operating practices, program-level metrics, cross-functional alignment, risk surfacing & escalation, executive reporting cadences, program governance, and responsible AI tooling.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

cursor

gemini

openai

ChatGPT

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Work experience

Senior Chief Engineer at Samsung Electronics, Dec 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 11 mos, Bangalore, Global Program Manager - Large scale delivery(Senior Chief Engineer) Own release scope and delivery cadence for the Galaxy S21–S26 Fold/Flip and Watch series across multiple geographies. Work with engineering, product, and partner teams to turn leadership priorities into actual roadmaps and sprint plans.Track velocity, adoption, and milestone health on live dashboards, and run the program reviews around them. Release Manager — Data & Platform Programs (Chief Engineer) • Directed release delivery across 6 global flagship product launches — coordinating alongside internal engineering and platform teams. • Functioned as the single point of accountability for all release communications — overseeing timelines, partner deliverables, and escalation resolution across the full release lifecycle. • Delivered all global launches on schedule with zero delays. Deployment Engineer — Cloud & Infrastructure Programs (Team Lead) • Coordinated across engineering and operations on deployment timelines, risk tracking, and stakeholder communication throughout multi-phase migration programs. • Supported for migration of AWS workloads to GCP — involved in infrastructure planning, current-state assessment, and bottleneck identification across 20+ microservices; reduced infrastructure overhead by 30% while improving fault tolerance. Quality Lead — Android Platform & Security Validation (Lead Engineer) • Led structured quality programs for Android platform and Samsung Knox security modules during Knox's initial market rollout • Managed a team of 5 engineers executing 500+ test cases across device integrity, containerization, and security controls for global device variants. • Established validation frameworks and quality gates Software Engineer / Sr. Software Engineer Vista Info Systems / Dwise Solutions • Executed end-to-end system and regression test cycles for Android platform builds across multiple device variants and managed defect tracking,

Education

Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Gulbarga University, Gulbarga