Summary

Sameer Kulkarni

adhs75@r.postjobfree.com +1-510-***-**** http://www.linkedin.com/in/sameer-kulkarni

Versatile program manager with strong technical background, experience of working with various industries

Excellent problem-solving skills with forecasting, budget planning, reporting, data modeling, and project management

Effectively adjusts to constantly changing processes, projects, structures, and requirements

Seasoned in DevOps skills and cloud migration experience using Jenkins, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Splunk, git, etc.

Skills

Tools: Agile, Project Libre, MS Project, JIRA, Tableau, Salesforce, Adobe Analytics, Hubspot, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, G Suite, Service now, Confluence, SAS, Oracle ATG

Languages: SQL, R, Java, VBA, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Oracle SQL, C, C++, MySQL,

Experience

APS – Release Manager Feb 2020 – Present

Optimized end to end release processes from code to production by communicating with internal teams and vendors

Collaborated with multiple cross functional teams to plan different releases to avoid any unplanned activities and outages

Owned and managed IT systems to gain more accuracy for monitoring and distribution of energy applications

Supported production application deployments and infrastructures changes to keep updated with security compliance

Collaboration and partnership with infrastructure, operations, enterprise & solution architecture teams

Managed multiple java application projects from planning to delivery to production

Collaborated with development teams to discuss, analyze, or resolve usability issues or to assist with engineering projects

Participated in CAB meetings to represent the scheduled and ad-hoc basis production requests to gain approval

Delivered the emergency features and bugs to production without impacting business and customers

Integrated new DevOps tools, incorporating new features and service level improvement

Facilitated business requirements through JIRA and tracked project in coordination with cross-functional teams

Initiated release process in independent systems and drove them to downstream systems to deliver projects to production

Triaged production issues to do the impact assessment to reduce the impact on clients and customers

Kohl’s – Release Manager Jun 2018 – Jan 2020

Optimized end to end release processes from code to production resulting accelerated delivery schedule by 12%

Owned and managed for IT Modernization/Cloudification of 2000+ stores, and KIOSKs across the country

Managed ecommerce java application programs, projects, and initiatives from concept to delivery

Facilitated business requirements through Confluence and JIRA for project tracking in coordination with cross-functional teams

Initiated release process in independent systems and drove them to downstream systems to deliver projects to production

Supported post-production issues and coordinate with operations teams on delivering the solution

Implemented release flow across 5 domains and multiple cross functional teams

Dealt with release deployment planning including business sign off

Planned the deployment in conjunction with change and configuration management

Coordinated release documentation and release communications for executed deployments or back outs

Worked on the final delivery of the service implementation

Ensured completion of operational and technical documentation prior to software release for each application. Gathers necessary release notes and documentation prior to releasing into production

Worked with other technical team members to resolve any configuration and release related issues

Maintained the current change management process for documenting software release while actively championing and evolving the process to support squads and release management

Planned and managed the release process end-to-end, from the planning of release content through to actual release deployment to production

Worked with security team, end to end testing for each release to reduce the vulnerabilities

Established Release & deployment process specific to projects

Created new changes in Service Now and Change Management in Service Now

Worked with the end users, and internal cross teams to prioritize and scope scheduled releases with completion dates for each phase. Monitored progress of phases by employing appropriate metrics and management reporting

Planned and supported test migrations and production deployments. Supports deployments across multiple environments through coordination with internal development and project management teams

Drove continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management.

Co-ordinated with all external teams as required to support deployment

Completed CAB Review and Approvals documentation and represent the Release to the CABs

Contained the architecture of the Google Cloud Platform as well as on-prem systems for various Kohl’s internal and external systems

Used the tools like Jenkins, BitBucket, Gerrit, Service-Now, Jira, Confluence, Nexus, Tonomi, CI/CD, Okta, etc.

Google/YouTube – Project Analyst Dec 2017 - Jun 2018

Helped untangle ambiguous problems to find the insights that drove operational, policy and product excellence with 20% improved efficiency

Developed key metrics and improvement goals for each program in order to measure success

Drove analytical deep dives (metric and dashboard development, data prototyping, insights generation and recommendations) on the effectiveness of policies and operations throughout the ecosystem

Provided ad hoc analysis and recommendations to meet business goals of services, quality and customer metrics

Used data mining and statistical techniques (going beyond traditional business intelligence) to drive key forecasting projects, scope policy issues and quantify their impact

Delivered the assignments within the deadline to help releases

Wellness By All Means – Business Data Analyst Feb 2017 - Dec 2017

Improved and automated troubleshooting based on analytical support including by 92%

Generated forecast accuracy studies to detect gaps, using dashboards for data visualization with multiple data sources

Developed component-based web applications to integrate multiple sources of metrics located between cross-platform database

Visualized data set with histogram to get sales distribution across different categories using Tableau

Synthesized data into actionable findings to key stakeholders

Handling the release cycles and planning the releases

Garcon LLC – Business Analyst Intern May 2016 - Sep 2016

Prepared logical data models containing sets of Entity Relationships and Data Flow Diagrams

Created business requirements, technical specifications, and test cases

Defined KPIs to identify key areas for marketing and optimized high client engagement rate. Built tailor made application experience and capital for sales

Built customer relationships to identify unique expansion opportunities within the restaurant industry

Liaise with key stakeholders to define and analyze business and technical needs. Develop strategies to achieve the goals, based on KPI, throughout the life-cycle of the product

Collaborated with account managers to strategically position products and meet customer expectation

Education

Master’s in Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnic University, USA Aug 2015 – Dec 2016

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, University of Pune, India Jun 2011 – Oct 2014

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