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Product Specialist | Cloud, Cybersecurity & Financial Services Domain | Product Management , Stakeholder Management

About

Product Specialist with 7+ years of experience delivering high-impact tech products across Cloud, Cybersecurity, and Financial Services domains. Driven by measurable outcomes, I specialise in bridging the gap between engineering execution and product strategy—maximising adoption, accelerating release cycles, and optimising team productivity. 📊 KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS & BUSINESS IMPACT • Maintained a 92% sprint commitment completion rate on IBM’s cross-account Virtual Network Interface feature through tight cross-functional alignment. • Designed and launched IBM’s centralised release-visibility dashboard, achieving 100% global adoption across all operating regions within 1 quarter. • Spearheaded an automated resource cleanup framework at IBM, slashing environment cleanup times from 2–3 hours per region down to under 30 minutes. • Scaled automated test strategy at IBM, reducing execution runtime from 2 days to ~3 hours while creating a reusable framework for future releases. • Evaluated AI-assisted developer tools (including GitHub Copilot and IBM BOB), pitching successful integration to leadership to save 3 dev days per sprint. • Led product delivery for OpenText’s Voltage SecureData, maintaining a 96.7% defect-free release baseline to ensure zero-downtime deployments. • Cut feature cycle times by 20% at OpenText via precise acceptance criteria mapping and proactive blocker removal. • Led a 5-engineer team at Wipro delivering complex FinTech mutual fund trading workflows with a 95% on-time release rate. Always open to connecting with fellow product leaders, cloud engineers, and tech innovators. Feel free to connect or send a message!

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

gemini

ChatGPT

Work experience

QA Developer/ Product Specialist at IBM, Jul 2025 - Present · 1 y 2 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Delivered centralized release-visibility dashboard, drove 100% global adoption across all regions. Unified cross-regional release tracking within a quarter. Delivered end-to-end product delivery for cross-account VNI feature which includes 50+ user stories across 5 sprints. Achieved 92% sprint commitment completion rate via cross-functional alignment between development and product teams. Defined automation delivery strategy scaling test coverage to 90%. Reduced execution time from 2 days to ~3 hours and directed scalable framework reusable across future releases. Led automated cleanup initiative and reduced resource cleanup timelines by 85%+ (from 2-3 hrs per region to <30 mins) across production and non-production environments. Evaluated 4 AI-assisted tools (including GitHub Copilot) for automated code generation and review. Pitched IBM BOB to leadership which saved 3 sprint days of development effort per cycle.

QA/Product Lead at OpenText, Feb 2022 - Jun 2025 · 3 y 4 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led migration to the ValueEdge Agile platform to fix sprint tracking gaps. Deployed automated RAG tracking to proactively mitigate user story dependencies. Managed definition and delivery of 80+ user stories across 4 sprints. Reduced feature cycle time by 20% through precise acceptance criteria mapping and proactive blocker removal. Led end-to-end product delivery for the Voltage SecureData feature. Achieved 96.7% defect-free release baseline to guarantee stable deployments and predictable timelines. Implemented structured sprint planning and backlog refinement to align cross-functional stakeholders, eliminate development dependencies, and accelerate feature delivery.

Senior Project Engineer at Wipro Limited, Jul 2018 - Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Led 5-engineer team to deliver mutual fund trading workflows with a 95% on-time release rate. Managed backlog prioritization to align complex regulatory features with business timelines. Resolved alignment gaps across cross-functional teams to unblock a critical feature release. Mapped technical execution to business goals, accelerating the product lifecycle. Collaborated with engineering leads to validate user acceptance scenarios. Reviewed upcoming release requirements against critical product changes to ensure feature delivery aligned with core business intent.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science & Engineering, Sjb institute of technology

Higher Secondary (10+2), Physics, Chemistry , Mathematics & Computer dcience, DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BOKARO