Rachana Savadathi
Irvine
Summary
- 12+ years of IT expertise in Retail, Entertainment, Healthcare, Banking, POS, CRM, and Insurance domains
- 6+ years of expertise in Project Management and Vendor Management
- Extensive use of SDLC, Waterfall, Agile Scrum, and SAFe methodologies
- Expertise in Project Lifecycle and Project Management techniques such as critical path analysis, resource loading, and leveling, Gantt/Pert charting, RACI
- Creation, management, and maintenance of key deliverables associated with each project: Project Charter, Communication Plan, Management Plan, Risk Register, Change Log, Status Report, RAID Log
- Manage team capacity, workloads and project start dates to ensure projects are delivered on time and budget
- Review and edit SOP and develop operational readiness review documents
- Expertise in using collaboration tools Smartsheet, SharePoint, Project, Teams, Confluence, and Slack
- Expertise in using management tools ALM, TFS, Azure ADO, MTM, Clear Quest, Pivotal Tracker, JIRA, JSM, ServiceNow, XRAY, & Spreadsheets
- Extensive experience working with groups (QA and Dev) across different geographies and time zones (India, Philippines, Singapore, and South Africa)
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Warner Bros Discovery
07.2023 - 04.2024
- Highly skilled Project Manager with a consistent track record of successfully delivering intricate projects, meeting deadlines, and achieving project goals
- Proficient in team leadership, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration, with a focus on the unique dynamics of the PACSec (Product, Application and Cloud Security) organization
- Devoted to ensuring project excellence through thorough planning and meticulous execution in Media
- Effectively directed and managed a substantial team of 45+ team members across ten (10) PACSec teams, displaying precision and strong leadership capabilities that streamlined project planning and execution
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies(scratch) Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives - Working as servant leader to quickly remove blockers and impediments
- Proficiently supported and managed Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and quarterly goals/deliverables, optimizing scrum ceremonies for heightened operational efficiency
- Quickly adapted to the intricacies of diverse teams, intuitively discerning, and addressing their unique requirements for achieving excellence yielding a 15% improvement in overall productivity
- Excelled in communication skills, enhanced 20% improvement in task visibility and organizational efficiency, facilitating seamless collaboration, and optimizing workflows cross-functional teams & stakeholders
- Demonstrated expertise in efficiently utilizing essential tools, including ServiceNow, Atlassian, Confluence, JSM, and JIRA (Automation) resulting in a remarkable timesaving, cutting down the process from about 60 minutes to just a second
- Utilize team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity
- Environment: SharePoint, GitHub, Upraise, JIRA, Confluence, DevOps, Capacity Planning, JSM, OKR, PPT Reporting, ServiceNow, Scrum, Kanban
Technical Project Manager
Lark Health
05.2021 - 01.2023
- As a skilled project manager, I have established Scrum methodologies to streamline project processes and manage cross-functional teams of 20+ members
- My expertise includes coordinating product release schedules and project roadmaps for Lark App including iOS and Android such as Heart Health, Highmark SSO, Migrations, Highmark Decom etc while ensuring effective communication and training for stakeholders
- I adeptly manage change control, risks, and dependencies related to product releases, working closely with Product Management to refine features including Medical Devices such as Blood Glucose monitor, Wearable devices, Blood Pressure monitors, and Cellular devices to better align with partner needs in healthcare AI and Mobile
- Facilitated the gathering and documentation of business requirements from 10+ stakeholders resulting in a comprehensive Business Requirements Document, reducing requirement changes by 50%
- Implemented project processes from scratch using Agile SAFe methodologies - ART ceremonies, such as PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt workshops, System Demos and Scrum of Scrums
- Identified and managed change control, risks and dependencies associated with product releases
- Managed the product release process from end to end, ensuring the timely and successful delivery of products and a schedule/roadmap for all phases of a project using Smartsheet and JIRA
- Led project execution with defined success metrics, resulting in a 15% increase in project success rate
- Conducted Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews
- Environment: iOS, Android, Medical devices, Web, AWS, API, Postman, Azure ADO, MongoDB, XRAY, GitHub, LaunchDarkly, Smartsheet, JIRA, Confluence, Dashboards, DevOps, PSO, Argo, OKR, PPT Reporting, Scrum, SAFe
Release Project Manager/Lead
Walt Disney Direct-To-Consumer and International
08.2019 - 05.2020
- As a proficient project manager, I've delivered advanced partner web integration and dashboard projects, managing complex media asset workflows for Content Management
- My expertise involves conducting UAT and Production deployments while offering insights on integration and end-to-end testing
- I've also coordinated effectively between onsite and offshore QA teams, ensuring seamless project execution across diverse time zones in Media
- Partner Web Integration, dashboards, vendor management for ABC Television Group
- Expertise in leading complicated media asset workflows going through multiple applications
- Collaborated with QA team (UAT) to develop and implement a comprehensive testing strategy, resulting in improved application quality and reliability, reducing production defects by 20%
- Assisted in drafting user stories for the workflows in JIRA and audited offshore testing approach, progress, and execution of Quality
- Utilized Smartsheet and ServiceNow for project management
- Environment: Smartsheet, Mediator X, IBM BPM, Wide Orbit, SIMS, Media Monorail, Media, Metadata, Ingestion, JIRA, XRAY, ALM, Bebanjo, Teams, Reporting, ServiceNow, Scrum
UAT Lead/Project Manager – PeopleSoft
City National Bank
05.2019 - 08.2019
- As a focused project manager, I have excelled in creating and sustaining vital UAT documentation to enable successful project outcomes
- My collaborative approach with various stakeholders has allowed for a seamless platform for business users to conduct UAT
- In addition, I have effectively managed system deployments and readiness activities, while maintaining responsibility for project status and defect tracking
- My contributions also include the development of regression script libraries, promoting testing scalability across diverse projects in Banking
- Developed and maintained vital UAT documentation to ensure the proper structure is applied to enable project success (i.e., UAT Kick-off, UAT Planning, etc for GL, AM, and AP modules)
- Managed systems Deployment/Cutover and Readiness activities
- Environment: ERP PeopleSoft 9.2, UAT, Oracle, TFS Azure, SharePoint, MS Project, Scrum
QA Test and Release Manager
Discovery Inc
07.2018 - 12.2018
- I have spearheaded the testing efforts for a digital Kids OTT app, guiding a diverse team of test engineers towards exceptional product delivery
- By developing comprehensive testing procedures and effectively managing risks and issues, I have ensured optimal release scope, schedule, and quality
- My expertise extends to leading crucial meetings and reviews, as well as coordinating Go-Live activities and vendor management, to guarantee seamless product deployment in Media
- Led and managed the test efforts for a digital product – a Kids OTT app (included videos, games, books, and activities)
- Developed procedures for effective end-to-end testing, A/B testing, SIT, and UAT
- Environment: Smartsheet, Java, JavaScript, Objective C, C++, JIRA, OTT, Mobile, A/B testing, Admin Console, Charles Proxy, Clever Tap, Optimizely, Jenkins, Scrum
Business/Quality Analyst
Central California Alliance for Health
05.2016 - 06.2018
- In this role, I have effectively collaborated with business stakeholders to build user stories for CMS, utilizing TFS extensively for sprint planning and testing
- I have implemented comprehensive test plans for various product suites, ensuring adherence to HIPAA standards and transactions and Epic EHR modules
- My experience includes managing deployments
- Additionally, I have adeptly documented and reported defects, contributing to a seamless project delivery process in healthcare
- Collaborated with the Business to gather requirements to build user stories for Epic EHR
- Leveraged TFS for sprint planning, creating test cases, executing test cases, and logging bugs Product Suite - Meditrac, Perfect Claim, Uniflow, HIPAA Gateway, HSP Admin, & Doc Transporter
- Validated HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Standards according to the test scenarios such as 270/271, 276/277, 837/835 transactions and Claims, Members, Subscriber, Offices, and Vendors
- Managed deployments with Azure DevOps
- Experienced working with SOAP UI, Cloud application and Footprints (Service Desk)
- Environment: HL7, Epic EHR, HSP, Windows, MTM, TFS Azure, Toad, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, BMC Footprints, Hybrid
IT Consultant
Wells Fargo
09.2013 - 07.2014
- With a solid foundation in Agile methodology, I have demonstrated expertise in various aspects, such as sprint planning, poker, and retrospectives
- Additionally, I possess experience in working with multiple web browsers and conducting accessibility testing, as well as native app testing, to ensure comprehensive coverage in Banking
- Extensively worked on various web browsers, which include IE, Firefox, Chrome & Mac OS Safari using breakpoints involved in Accessibility testing and Native app testing
- Environment: MS Office Suite, JavaScript, JIRA, Agile, Mobile, Web services, JAWS, Mercury Quality Center, SharePoint, Scrum
Education
Master - Software Engineering
International Technological University
San Jose, CA01.2011
Master - Business Administration
Osmania University
01.2006
Skills
- Technical project planning
- Project leadership
- DevOps principles
- Vendor relationship management
- Agile project management
- Release planning
- Technical leadership
- Client relations
- Team leadership
- Documentation and reporting
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP), https://www.credly.com/badges/739bcd11-0fd5-462c-bb53-dbb070e25f86/linked_in_profile
- Generative AI Overview for Project Managers, https://www.credly.com/badges/23b6775e-4559-4e01-b9e5-42fadc60c949/linked_in?t=s2lzsx
- Data Landscape of GenAI for Project Managers, https://www.credly.com/badges/bd752c5b-66a0-46c4-ab19-6afb544d90f9/linked_in_profile
- Talking to AI: Prompt Engineering for Project Managers, https://www.credly.com/badges/9e29fb67-7a44-4415-a7f8-c30d67a5bb00/linked_in_profile
- Certified SAFe 6 Agilist, https://www.credly.com/badges/c1f5c680-5eac-494c-90cf-74bd189be407/linked_in_profile
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), https://bcert.me/srslceeoy
- Certified OKR Coach, https://verify.skilljar.com/c/342ezapz2r66
Personal Information
Visa Status: Greencard
Timeline
Technical Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Warner Bros Discovery
07.2023 - 04.2024
Technical Project Manager
Lark Health
05.2021 - 01.2023
Release Project Manager/Lead
Walt Disney Direct-To-Consumer and International
08.2019 - 05.2020
UAT Lead/Project Manager – PeopleSoft
City National Bank
05.2019 - 08.2019
QA Test and Release Manager
Discovery Inc
07.2018 - 12.2018
Business/Quality Analyst
Central California Alliance for Health
05.2016 - 06.2018
IT Consultant
Wells Fargo
09.2013 - 07.2014
Master - Business Administration
Osmania University
- Project Management Professional (PMP), https://www.credly.com/badges/739bcd11-0fd5-462c-bb53-dbb070e25f86/linked_in_profile
- Generative AI Overview for Project Managers, https://www.credly.com/badges/23b6775e-4559-4e01-b9e5-42fadc60c949/linked_in?t=s2lzsx
- Data Landscape of GenAI for Project Managers, https://www.credly.com/badges/bd752c5b-66a0-46c4-ab19-6afb544d90f9/linked_in_profile
- Talking to AI: Prompt Engineering for Project Managers, https://www.credly.com/badges/9e29fb67-7a44-4415-a7f8-c30d67a5bb00/linked_in_profile
- Certified SAFe 6 Agilist, https://www.credly.com/badges/c1f5c680-5eac-494c-90cf-74bd189be407/linked_in_profile
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), https://bcert.me/srslceeoy
- Certified OKR Coach, https://verify.skilljar.com/c/342ezapz2r66
Master - Software Engineering
International Technological University
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