Sreedhar Sabbi

CLOUD INTEGRATOR, AI DATA ANALYST, M&A SPECIALIST, ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Omaha, NE 402-***-**** • ad1i5r@r.postjobfree.com • www.linkedin.com/in/sabbi-sreedhar-69a9474

Senior Technology Program/Project Manager

With over 25 years of progressive experience, including a decade in senior management roles, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver exceptional results. My hands-on technical expertise shines through in successfully implementing large-scale distributed enterprise solutions. I have a proven track record of ensuring the timely release of Minimal Viable Product (MVP) solutions while adhering to Lean-Agile standards and adopting a customer-centric approach to align business and organizational goals, all while effectively controlling costs.

As an innovative professional, I possess a well-established history of success in project management. I specialize in delivering results and managing large-scale portfolios of projects and programs from inception to completion. My expertise spans a wide range of critical project management aspects, including budget, cost, scope, quality, resource, risk, portfolio, stakeholder, customer, and third-party vendor management. I excel in seamlessly aligning business processes with cutting-edge technologies and take a hands-on approach to team leadership and direction. My strengths lie in fostering excellent team collaboration, mentoring, and motivation.

I possess extensive knowledge and expertise in both the business and technological domains, with a focus on Logistics, Human Resources, Financial Services, Treasury, and IoTs (Internet of Things), as highlighted below:

Cloud Transformation: Led successful cloud-based enterprise system implementations, reducing monthly operational costs by $2-3M, increasing annual volume by 30-40%, and accelerating time-to-market. This included migrating on-prem Health/Medical, and Safety applications to AWS EC2 and a serverless cloud platform, migrating to SuccessFactors recruiting and learning modules, and adopting Oracle TMS and Salesforce CRM for Union Pacific subsidiary LOUP Logistics.

AI-Driven Data Analytics and Automation: Designed and implemented AI-driven business forecasts, analytical reports, and in-gate automation for Human Resources and LOUP Logistics, resulting in a $1M annual revenue increase. This involved automating Intermodal container truck in-gating with Machine Vision technology, developing container flow and dray cost analysis forecasts, Sales team missing opportunities report using CRM/customer call data, and creating attrition and recruiting reports based on recruiting applications and employee engagement survey data. Also, generated business critical reports using Tableau data warehousing and Oracle BI.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Tech Migration: Managed the migration of technology platforms, including software, servers, control systems, printers, and network switches from Rail-Ex warehouses and data centers to Union Pacific Network during M&A activities. Achieved a $10M reduction in annual data center maintenance costs and improved application performance with upgraded servers.

Offshore Support Team Development: Established an offshore team from the ground up and implemented an efficient onsite-offshore model for 24/7 support of tier 1 and 2 applications. Defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) based on operational metrics, leading to a $2M reduction in operational costs.

Agile Implementation: Successfully introduced Agile SAFe and Lean methodology using the JIRA tool to the LOUP logistics division's technology team after completing Scrum Master training.

Strategic Initiative: Took the initiative to identify business process bottlenecks, such as manual tasks and workflow issues, by conducting job shadowing with our team. We addressed most of these bottlenecks by automating manual processes and improving workflows, resulting in a 30% increase in productivity.

Core Knowledge and Skills

Business Continuity, Systems Security, Business Transformation

Skilled in handling large-scale Enterprise Projects and programs from inception to completion.

Proficient in providing customer-centric Minimal Viable Product (MVP) solutions adhering to Lean-Agile standards

Trained Scrum Master with expertise in SAFe PI and Sprint planning

Improving team Performance and Building Relationships

Identify Risks using RAID logs and Developing Mitigation and Contingency plans

Building and Leading Cross-functional project teams through complex changes, from concept to execution.

Knowledgeable in IT infrastructure and Standardization

Experience working with Cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).

Well-versed in various technologies, including Java/Angular /C/C++/C#/.Net/Git/CVS/ Python (TensorFlow/PyTorch)/ Oracle/SQL/Mongo DB/YAML, etc.

Designed and developed APIs with oAuth/ Microservices/Web/ Mobile/SaaS applications.

Strategic Planning, Roadmaps, and Tactical Execution

Budgeting and Cost Management, with a focus on identifying cost-saving opportunities

Experienced in creating project portfolios and governance

Managing Stakeholder and Customer expectations, as well as addressing concerns and feedback

Mentoring teams for cohesive and self-directive with positive work environment

Encourage continuous improvement and motivation among team members

Proficient in integrating systems using middleware like MuleSoft for Salesforce Integration, CPI (SAP Cloud Platform Integration) for SuccessFactors, LDAP, Lambda, Socket, and Semaphore

Working knowledge of Continuous Deployment and Integration (CD/CI) using Jenkins, GitHub, and Kafka-Connect

Experienced in data analytics and data management to generate business-critical BI reports using Python (AI libraries), Tableau, and Oracle BI.

Hobbies

Home automation using the Internet of Things (IoT) and 3D printing

3D printing

Building robots to manage household chores

Education, Certifications, and Awards

Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering - Andhra University, India

Completed Scrum Masters training - Union Pacific Railroad

Received Summit Awards for cloud integrations and development of spot-quote e-coms application - Union Pacific Railroad

Trained as a Project Management Professional (PMP) - Infosys, India

Served as a Functional Area Consultant to help achieve CMM LEVEL-5 certification- L&T Infotech, India

Professional Experience

Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Omaha, NE (2009 – Present)

Senior Technical Project Manager – LOUP Logistics/Human Resources (2017 – Present)

Promoted to manage the M&A transition of the LOUP-ColdConnect business unit into the UP network. This transition resulted from the merger with RailEx company, and my responsibilities included overseeing the integration process and ensuring a smooth transition of operations between the two entities. Provided strategic leadership and guidance throughout the process. Collaborated with a cross-functional IT team comprising over 100 resources. Together, we successfully executed the migration of data centers, warehouse software/hardware, IoT infrastructure, and other equipment as part of the merger with RailEx company’s Produce business. Oversaw the implementation of cloud-based solutions, including AWS, SAP SuccessFactors, Salesforce, and Oracle TMS. This migration extended to LOUP Logistics and Human Resources units, replacing on-premises applications with more efficient cloud-based alternatives.

Managing Change at the Enterprise Level:

oCurrently leading the migration of internal Safety and Healthcare on-prem applications to AWS EC2 and a serverless cloud platform. This initiative is expected to yield monthly operational cost savings of approximately $300K.

oSuccessfully migrated LOUP Logistics' on-premises TMS system to the cloud-based Oracle TMS using APIs and ETL scripts. This transition significantly reduced the maintenance team size, from 30 full-time employees (FTEs) to 15 FTEs.

oImplemented cloud-based single-tenant Salesforce instances for UP and other subdivisions, leveraging MuleSoft as a middleware solution. This integration facilitated seamless two-way communication between Salesforce and on-premises Union Pacific (UP) applications. Anypoint Studio was utilized to develop middleware services, enabling the calling of UP APIs with OAuth authentication and integrating with Salesforce after data transformation. Additionally, modifications were made to MuleSoft designer services within the generated RAML code. These efforts resulted in improved sales team performance and a 10% annual increase in sales volume.

oLed the migration of internal on-premises recruiting and training applications to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting/Onboarding and Learning modules, significantly enhancing process efficiency and effectiveness. This transition saved $100K on infrastructure costs and reduced the team size to just 5 FTEs.

Providing Stable Leadership during Change:

oOversaw the merger of RailEx company's Produce division with UP as LOUP ColdConnect, which was initially operating at a loss. Conducted a thorough analysis of operational expenses, leading to the consolidation of RailEx company data centers and vendors (including emergency phone services, IoT (Internet of Things), HVAC/cold storage, and refers monitoring) into UP's infrastructure. Additionally, successfully migrated warehouses' software, hardware, IoT devices, printers, and other equipment to UP's network. This initiative resulted in an annual cost savings of $10M and an 80% reduction in losses.

oImplemented the rollout of Zebra mobile devices to warehouses, yards, and in/out gates, enhancing productivity and customer service. This initiative led to a 30% improvement in user productivity and a 20% increase in volume.

Improving Financial Performance through Consolidation and Innovative Data Analytics:

Led data analytic reports projects using Python (AI Libraries)/Tableau/Oracle-BI for the LOUP-ColdConnect and Human Resource business units. These initiatives aimed to create essential business-critical reports, including:

oGenerated forecasts report for Intermodal inflows/outflows, categorizing them by Intermodal ramp, logical area, customer, program type, etc.

oDeveloped a dedicated dray business profit margin report by conducting a thorough analysis comparing day planning to dray vendor moves, with a specific focus on optimizing dedicated dray cost efficiency.

oCreated reports for the sales team, categorizing the reasons for missing opportunities, using data from Salesforce CRM, TMS orders, and customer call records.

oDesigned and developed HR attrition and recruiting reports, integrating various factors derived from recruiting applications and employee engagement survey data.

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Driving Transformation to improve Productivity and Ease of Doing Business:

oDeveloped SaaS API services and seamlessly integrated them with customer systems, enhancing the overall customer experience and facilitating ease of doing business.

oImplemented AI-driven Machine Vision (MV) technology to automate the in/out gating process for Intermodal container trucks at the rail ramp/yard. This automation eliminated the need for 4 full-time employees (FTEs) who previously conducted manual in/out gate validation, resulting in a remarkable 50% improvement in productivity.

Senior Solution Architect, LOUP Logistics, Omaha, CT (2009– 2017)

Recruited as a contractor-to-hire to take charge of the development and maintenance of Princeton Consultants' Intermodal Transportation Management System (TMS) application. Led the reengineering and support efforts for this TMS application, resulting in a remarkable annual increase in volume and revenue growth of 30-40%.

Providing Real Business Value:

oSuccessfully transitioned maintenance and support of the Pegasus TMS application from Princeton Consultants' vendor to the LOUP-Logistics development team, resulting in a substantial reduction of $350K in monthly vendor maintenance costs.

oDesigned and developed an Intermodal spot business portal that calculated customer costs, factoring in rail and round-trip dray moves, fuel, equipment costs, and configurable margins. This portal greatly enhanced the ease of doing business and contributed to a revenue increase of $100M annually.

oCollaborated with the Mexican business team to implement new steel/rubber transportation moves to and from Mexico, complete with all necessary business rules and calculations for Mexican service Value-added Tax (IVA) integration with Hacienda services. This expansion led to an additional $100M in annual business revenue.

oOptimized EDI message integrations for Rail and Dray with LOUP customers and vendors, significantly reducing integration timelines from 2-3 weeks to 3-5 days.

oSuccessfully re-engineered legacy applications into microservices architecture and event-driven applications. These applications were then deployed to the Kafka Enterprise Services and Events framework.

Optimizing Productivity:

oIntroduced job shadowing with business teams to identify redundant process steps and successfully automated them, resulting in a 25% increase in end-user productivity.

oIntroduced Agile Lean methodology, reducing the software development cycle from 12 months to just four months, significantly improving project efficiency.

oDesigned and developed an automated storage calculation system, incorporating all business rules. This system streamlined customer billing and vendor invoicing, eliminating the need for 2 full-time employees (FTEs) and increasing monthly revenue by $500K.

Verizon Wireless Dallas, TX (2008 – 2009)

Senior consultant, Wireless division (2008 – 2009)

Recruited during the 2008 economic crisis, I was tasked with implementing the FIOS package as part of Verizon's wireless division. I completed the development and oversaw the implementation of this change across all Verizon stores within 9 months.

Providing Real Business Value:

oSuccessfully designed and developed FIOS changes within just 6 months, despite limited documentation, by understanding the customer wireless application code. Subsequently, these changes are implemented across all Verizon stores in the USA and Canada.

Infosys Technologies Ltd Hyderabad, India (2006 – 2008)

Product Development Manager, Technology Leader – Finacle Treasury Product, (2006 – 2008)

Hired to manage Infosys Enterprise banking Finacle Treasury product. Transformed the business with a customer-centric approach, leading to a $5M increase in annual revenue within just one year through rearchitecting and acquiring new customers.

Transforming the Company and Its Business Approach:

oAchieved a high customer satisfaction rating (4.5/5) by transforming the product development approach to focus on customer needs. This was accomplished through monthly meetings and transitioning from an annual to a quarterly release cycle.

oSuccessfully added new customers by organizing semi-annual customer boot camps.

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Chennai, India (2000 – 2006)

Developer/Project Technical Leader–Citigroup London business units (2000 – 2006)

As Lead Consultant, initiated negotiations with Citigroup management to transition 24/7 support and maintenance of securities settlement applications to the L&T Chennai division. Subsequently established and led a 200+ member offshore Citigroup team in Chennai, significantly contributing to transforming the business unit's annual revenue to $2M.

Transformed business unit and increased revenue:

oCollaborated with Citigroup's London management team to successfully outsource 24/7 support and maintenance for securities settlement applications to the L&T Chennai, India division.

oEstablished the offshore team with just 5 initial members and expanded it to over 200 members, facilitating the implementation of numerous business-critical changes.

oContributed as a developer to development projects involving Hitachi networking products NETM-DM and JP1.

Dockndale Shipping Management Bahamas (1994-1998)

I began my career as a Trainee Engineer and was subsequently promoted to the position of 3rd Engineer before transitioning to the technology sector. This role required me to work aboard cargo ships, responsible for maintaining the ship's engine and automation hardware. Specifically, my primary focus was on the maintenance of automation hardware

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