DANTESWARA PILLA
Winnipeg,MB
Summary
Results-driven product management professional with 20 years of experience in delivering client-centric products and services in agile environments. Proven track record of building strong relationships with clients, defining and prioritizing product features, and leading project plans to ensure on-time, within scope, and within budget delivery. Skilled in Agile methodologies, product management frameworks, and stakeholder collaboration. Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail and a data-driven approach to decision-making. Proactive and self-motivated, with a high degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability. Passionate about driving continuous improvement and innovation in client delivery practices. Skilled management analyst with background in optimizing operational efficiencies and crafting strategic business solutions. Have led projects that resulted in streamlined processes, cost reduction, and enhanced productivity across various teams. Strengths include critical thinking, analytical problem-solving, and effective communication skills. Known for ability to translate complex data into actionable insights leading to improved business outcomes.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Generative AI Consultant
Freelance
Winnipeg, Manitoba
05.2024 - Current
- Conducted a thorough analysis of the systems and identified repetitive and mundane activities performed by the teams.
- Designed chatbots and implemented LLM-based solutions, which helped reduce human efforts and increase throughput.
- Conducted pieces of training on the adoption of Generative Solutions and on frameworks to increase the effectiveness of AI solutions.
Senior Product Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Hyderabad, India
04.2021 - 04.2024
- Championed the creation and implementation of a cutting-edge Cybersecurity Dependency Management by representing SBOM – Software bill of materials in a knowledge graph, slashing vulnerability identification time by 60% in its inaugural year
- Owned the Product Evolution, developed the Product strategy including stakeholder communication
- Created the product backlog through feature discovery sessions and regularly tracked the progress through assessment and KPIs for each iteration
- Secured funding of 5M dollars for the product for a period of 2 years by demonstrating the use cases to head of products & CIOs and projecting the financial gains by investing into the product
- Developed the entire Product Strategy, Product Roadmaps, target architectures, navigating vendors selection and finally securing approvals from SMEs
- Formulated comprehensive budget planning for the product, encompassing infrastructure, human capital, platform expenses, logistics, and all related costs
- Facilitated numerous reviews with Managing Directors to ensure alignment and strategic clarity
- Kept the Senior Management appraised with the progress and challenges through automated reporting and making engaging presentations
Product Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Hyderabad, India
07.2018 - 04.2021
- Developed the business case for Flowfit, a product designed to streamline root cause investigation of IT system failures by 80% through a user-friendly chatbot named Alyx seamlessly ensuring usability in day to day usage
- Conducted 100s of hours workshops and product use case sessions with stakeholders from Application development teams, Support teams, Heads of Technologies to create a larger buy-in for the product and evolve at a roadmap and prioritizing use case
- Owned and implemented MVP of the product in 8 months with complete auto deployment and automated testing with minimum issues during user acceptance
- Performed the role of communication Manager to the product and made many presentations to end user community to increase adoption of the product
Product Owner
Prowess Pursuit Pvt Ltd
Kolkata, India
06.2016 - 07.2018
- Pioneered self-service digital products using Artificial Intelligence in the Training and Job services area which helped company spin new business lines with 200k USD in revenue contributing to larger Business Strategy
- Designed and developed ‘IKAS’ Intelligent Knowledge Assessment System, a web application using Semantic Technologies that is aimed at assessing the suitability of a candidate towards a job and fully owned the Goto market strategy of the product
- Lead the complete end to end life cycle right from Products features discovery, designing the MVP, executing the development being hands-on with the team and deployment to production
Product Owner
CrowdTek
Chennai, India
07.2014 - 06.2016
- Created the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) for CrowdTek, a marketplace software for real estate investments in London through SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle), utilizing the Symfony Framework in 12 months
- Analyzed requirements, crafted user stories, oversaw the continuous integration pipeline, and actively participated in hands-on development
- Established a cross-border team of developers spanning India and London to effectively conduct development work within a budget as modest as 250,000 GBP over a span of 2 years
- Facilitated brainstorming sessions with the founders to redefine the product landscape and enhance its market positioning, resulting in a 25% increase in adoption rates
Transformation Product Head
TCS Morgan Stanley
New York, United States
09.2011 - 04.2014
- Co-led IT Operations Transformation, directly affecting Morgan Stanley, by representing TCS as Co-Product Owner which is aimed at reducing IT support headcount by 50% over 5 years
- Articulated product requirements by identifying use cases through data driven research and validating them with various stakeholders
- Delivered MVP and subsequent versions which helped in reducing the L1 support team by 75% percent meeting contractual obligations
- Created User stories, performed backlog grooming, promoted Test Driven Development methodologies
- Conducted internal roadshows to promote the product amongst stakeholders, delivered numerous presentations to increase the adoption of product
Service Delivery Manager
TCS Morgan Stanley
Chennai, India
03.2006 - 08.2011
- Lead the service Delivery for a large Prime Brokerage team at TCS for Morgan Stanley client a team of 100 people
- Had set up a highly talented team to support various operations like Corporate Actions, Trading and Settlement systems, Private Wealth Management and Reconciliation systems
- Had set up a multi geographical team with operations in India, Singapore, New York and London while Managing majority of the operations from India
- Completely owned the entire costing and accounting for the operations team right from providing budgetary projections, tracking the spend and renewing the operations contracts YOY
- Managed contracts with vendors like Temenos T24 and IPSoft to ensure TCS gets best out of the these contracts with vendors
Developer
TCS
Zurich, Switzerland
03.1999 - 01.2006
- Developer at TCS writing software for various clients like Sega Intersettle, Axion4 and Deutsche Bank
- Requirements gathering, Designing, development, testing software, deployment and post production support are the primary activities performed during this period
Education
Masters of Technology (M. Tech) - Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Chennai, India02.1999
Civil Engineering (B.E) -
Andhra University
Visakhapatnam, India04.1997
Skills
- Product Strategy
- Backlog Creation
- Stakeholder Management
- Backlog Management
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Data Analysis
- Feature Discovery
- Acceptance Testing
- Business Strategy
- Competition Analysis
- Strategic Presentations
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- MicroServices
- ITSM
- User Research
Certification
- Certified Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification, AWS
Languages
English, Native
Passions
- Generative AI applications
- Data Driven Products
- Continuous Learning
Timeline
Generative AI Consultant
Freelance
05.2024 - Current
Senior Product Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
04.2021 - 04.2024
Product Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
07.2018 - 04.2021
Product Owner
Prowess Pursuit Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 07.2018
Product Owner
CrowdTek
07.2014 - 06.2016
Transformation Product Head
TCS Morgan Stanley
09.2011 - 04.2014
Service Delivery Manager
TCS Morgan Stanley
03.2006 - 08.2011
Developer
TCS
03.1999 - 01.2006
Masters of Technology (M. Tech) - Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Civil Engineering (B.E) -
Andhra University
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