PARVATHY R VENKAT

Los Angeles, CA adb0lt@r.postjobfree.com +1-415-***-**** LinkedIn @parvathyvenkatasubramanian

10+ years experience in Hardware and Software Agile Program Management Business development

Strategy, Marketing and Partnership Former Pro Athlete SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Agile Product Manager Strategy & Marketing Business Analysis Wireless & Manufacturing

• Programming languages and Tools: JIRA, AgileCraft, SQL, Google Analytics, Balsamiq, MS Office, CRM, C, MATLAB PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Technical Product Manager, Dexen Telemetry (May 2019 – Present)

• Develop internet of things capability to traditional HVACs, gas valves, and electronic safety controls for gas appliances Business Analyst / Product Owner, AT&T Entertainment, Consultant (Aug 2017-Apr 2019) ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

! Product vision to integrate product & bundle offerings on omnichannel platforms resulting in improved sales enablement o Successfully created common goals cross-functionally across various application teams to deliver project within timeline and budget

! Successful launch of ATT DTV platform to gain subscribers for new OTT resulting in 1.6 million app downloads in 12 months

! Successfully implemented Recycle and Re-distribute Access Cards resulting in 12 mil annual cost savings

! Successfully implemented new work flows to improve customer satisfaction across multi-PID account migration projects

• Managed product vision to increase revenue and growth for new OTT app o Roadmap creation, Prioritization, and ownership of lifecycle management o Led product team strategies, gathered requirements/backlog, and Acceptance criteria

• Established key product roadmap to recycle & re-distribute Access Cards o Successfully obtained timely sign-offs across multiple account migration projects with varying priorities o Executed actions that directly aligned to organization’s strategy o Gathered Requirements by collaborating with Sales and engineering teams to capture feedback

• Analyzed competitive landscape: tracked usage metrics and KPIs. Performed UATs

• Work closely with the PMO in managing & delivering budget, timelines, milestones, and status reporting Program Manager, AT&T Entertainment, Consultant (Oct 2016 - Jun 2017) ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

! Successfully delivered a new integrated Big Data platform for generating reports on consumer behavior, resulting in third party programs and services integration

! Successfully coached and mentored engineering teams to adopt SAFe Agile practices

• Program Manager to deliver integrated Big data platform for AT&T’s Entertainment Group o Upgrading & integrating various technology stack with primary focus on data transformation, migration, and integration

• Managed project plans: scope, roadmap, deliverables, financials, and resources collaborating with business and engineering teams

• Assessed and managed risks, created dependencies to mitigate risks for timely cross-functional solution deliverables

• Leading end to end business analysis activities with on-shore and off-shore development teams

• Sr Program Manager and SAFe 4.0 Agile-ist for multiple teams to build Big Data Pipeline for Reporting & Anaytics o Successfully coached Scrum teams to align with SAFe 4.0 methodology o Increased team’s story point estimation predictability by 100%, improved sprint velocity by 35%, and burndown chart metric o Conducted Stand-ups, scrum of scrums, work closely with RTEs, Solutions & Enterprise Architects, and Tech Product Owners across various cross-functional teams. Manage velocity planning, sprint planning Founder, SAGAUCIOUS (Mar 2016-Dec 2018)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

! Product ideation, building go-to-market strategy, built partnerships and negotiations with vendors from ground-up, pricing strategy

! Cash flow positive since the very first order. Made a total of 16 fine jewelry orders

! Experimented and succeeded with zero inventory model

• Jewelry startup – Disrupting 300Bn $ bespoke fine jewelry market. Augmented Reality.

• Owning Product roadmap: Managed a team of 4 including developers, graphic artists & UX Business Development Exec + FAE, Phoenics Electronics/Lime Microsystems (Jan 2015-Feb 2016)

• Solely responsible for building business partnerships to North American market, pursuing annual revenue of 3.6mil$, for wireless backhaul, small cells, IoT, SDR, other vertical and green field accounts from scratch

• Carefully assessed potential vendors for synergetic product market fit to drive sales and revenue Product Consultant, SeraCares Oxford, UK (Mar 2015-May 2016) ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

! Performed SWOT analysis based on market research and customer interviews

! Product definition, roadmap creation, assembled and managed a development team, and created strategies for clinician outreach

! Created app feature specifications, roadmap, assembled team, and built a network of independent clinicians across the globe

• Responsible for product definition, monetization strategies for a research idea from the Oxford Research team

• Creating a Clinician outreach program to create high quality content Product Consultant, Handshake, London, UK (Sept 2014-Dec 2014)

• Successfully implemented product scope, and MVP definition by gathering market requirements, researched market opportunities, and built business case for a professional networking app

• Managed an offshore software development team, defined features/specs and managed backlog, and delivered product demo RF Systems Apps Engineer, LitePoint (Jan 2013-Jun 2014) ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

! Implemented a new algorithm that would test 4 devices simultaneously instead of 1 device at a time, thereby improving the software efficiency by 64% (reduced the execution time from 11mins to under 4mins). This in turn improved the bottom line at the factory by speeding up the manufacturing process

! Promoted to Scrum Master in the product development team

• Led the development efforts of cellular RF calibration and verification test sequences across various chipset platforms

• Software design reviews, debugging, conducting triage and JIRA for feature requests

• Conducted technical and behavioural interviews to recruit team members. Also, provided training and mentorship

• Wireless Standard Evaluation and Compliance

RF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Systems Designer, Blackberry (Sep 2007-Dec 2012)

! Obtained Patent, Invited to be a member of the Patent assessment committee

! Successfully launched RF components of Blackberry’s Z10, Z30, Classic, Bold, and Porche products

! Constantly among the top performers in the HW department

• Solely responsible for all HW product factory manufacturing efforts for RF, RF software, and component hardware via various engineering and program management roles on several of Blackberry’s newest platforms and products

• Vendor management - created & responded to RFQs for vendor selection.

• Factory go to: Hardware, Firmware, Software, external vendors and suppliers, NPI and factory support Implemented effective process development strategies PATENT, PUBLICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

• High Tech Product Management and Marketing Certificate – University of Berkeley (Fall 2015)

• Business Strategy Specializing Certificate from University of Virginia (Fall 2015)

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - 2014

• Patent: DIAGONAL MOVEMENT OF TRACKBALL FOR OPTIMIZED NAVIGATION

• Hamburg, Germany - InOWo'06 - “Software defined Instrumentation for OFDM - Logical extension of software defined radio.” IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference

• Las Vegas, USA - Wireless Networking Track (CCNC’07) - “Applications of Level Crossing Theory to Clipping Noise characterization in filtered OFDM signals.”

• Athens, Greece - PIMRC’07 - “Opportunistic Configuration of Pilot Tones for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Systems” EXTRA CURRICULAR

• Successfully created & trained a running group for underprivileged girls in Chennai, India in 2014

• Former pro-athlete, Championed and represented high schools, and college at state level

• Fluent in English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada Basic level in French EDUCATION

• Masters of Applied Science – Electrical Engineering [Faculty of Grad Studies scholarship] Dalhousie University (3.7/4.00 GPA)

• Bachelors of Engineering - Electrical Engineering Sir M Visveswaraya Inst of Technology (Distinction with Honours)

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