Product Manager Senior

K A L Y ANI V E RMA

Technology Executive Engineering Leadership Digital & AI Transformation

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PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW

Strategic and results-oriented technology executive with over 23 years of experience driving enterprise-wide digital transformation, aligning technology with business objectives, and delivering innovative, scalable solutions that enable measurable growth and competitive differentiation. Skilled in optimizing operations, managing multimillion-dollar budgets, and leading diverse global teams through complex technology implementations.

Proven expertise in shaping strategic technology roadmaps and leading impactful initiatives at top financial institutions. At Bank of America, enhanced scalability and developer experience on the Quartz platform through cloud migration and modernized development practices. At M&T Bank, led regulatory technology transformation by automating KYC processes and financial reporting frameworks. At Microsoft, drove AI innovation—including generative AI and Copilot Extensibility—to create business value and foster responsible AI adoption. Focused on leveraging emerging technologies, including AI, to drive innovation, enable growth, and ensure operational excellence in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. WORK EXPERIENCE

MICROSOFT 2021-PRESENT

PRODUCT LEADER - AI AND COPILOT

As a Senior Product Manager Lead at Microsoft, I’ve driven the strategic vision and roadmap for key Windows and M365 AI-powered products, advancing the Windows upgrade process and M365 and Copilot Extensibility strategy. My focus is on aligning product evolution with business objectives and customer needs, enhancing the company's competitive positioning. M365 and Copilot Extensibility:

Oversaw the developer.microsoft.com website and the Developer Program within M365 Extensibility, leading product development and enhancement to facilitate developers in creating applications for Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and 20 other M365 products, including Microsoft Copilot.

Personal Information Management:

Pioneered the adoption of Large Language Model (LLM) technology for personal information management, collaborating with teams across MSAI, Substrate, Edge, Outlook, Teams, and the People team. This initiative enhanced the Personal Information Manager (PIM) component, significantly improving the personalization capabilities of M365 products. Regularly presented progress and strategic insights to senior executives, including quarterly updates to SLT, ensuring alignment with the company's Whole Life initiative. MSIX – Application Packaging Technology:

Designed and defined the strategy for a new Azure-based product to help enterprise customers adopt MSIX technology, featuring advanced capabilities like automatic silent upgrades and incremental downloads. Collaborated with key partners, including Walmart, to gather pilot feedback, facilitating seamless Windows upgrades. Windows Presentation Framework (WPF):

Led the product strategy, roadmap, and execution for WPF, enhancing its functionality for native Windows applications. Represented Microsoft in public forums, supported the developer community by answering questions, publishing product roadmaps, and hosting developer conferences to gather user feedback.

BANK OF AMERICA 2019- 2021

VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

Led the delivery and evolution of the Quartz Core platform, a mission-critical system supporting 5,000+ global market developers at Bank of America. Quartz is a Python-based platform used for the bank’s sales and trading systems, allowing for the creation and sharing of applications and data for global markets across different asset classes and regions.

• Architected Scalable Solutions: Provided strategic guidance on architectural decisions, enhancing platform functionality and aligning with evolving business requirements.

• Streamlined Development Processes: Developed advanced SDLC tooling, including automated pipelines and an Integrated Development Environment, improving developer efficiency and reducing time-to-market.

• Enhanced Platform Interoperability: Integrated gRPC protocols for seamless communication with external systems, enabling efficient data sharing across business-critical applications.

• Optimized High-Performance Computing: Applied parallel computing techniques, including cloud bursting (AWS/Azure) and Apache SPARK integration, improving performance and scalability for intensive workloads.

• Modernized Application Development: Designed a flexible web framework supporting AngularJS, ReactJS, and OpenFin, enabling the creation of cutting-edge applications to meet evolving business needs. M&T BANK 2014- 2019

VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR TECHNOLOGY MANAGER – RISK, REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE Led the delivery of technology solutions across 30 applications in the Risk and Regulatory domain, driving business outcomes through strategic alignment with regulatory and compliance objectives. Managed a high-performing development team of 50+ professionals and an annual budget of $10 million, focusing on technology delivery that meets business and regulatory requirements.

• Oversaw key areas such as Anti-Money Laundering, Liquidity Risk Management, Regulatory Reporting (FRY 9C, FRY 14M/Q, FFIEC), and CCAR automation, ensuring alignment with regulatory and organizational objectives.

• Collaborated with internal, external, and federal audit teams to ensure regulatory compliance while driving technology initiatives to enhance compliance and optimize operational efficiency

• Collaborated with senior leadership to define technology strategy and solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory frameworks.

• Spearheaded the negotiation, execution, and management of Statements of Work (SOW) with vendors, delivering key implementations and management consulting to meet business objectives.

• Represented Risk and Regulatory Technology on the Architecture Review Board, influencing architecture decisions for enterprise- wide initiatives and ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.

• Oversaw the planning, budgeting, and execution of maintenance and upgrade projects to ensure ongoing technology optimization and business continuity.

• Managed vendor relationships, reviewed new technology proposals, and participated in contract negotiations to ensure value- driven partnerships and the successful delivery of technology solutions. VISTEON CORP 2006- 2014

• I progressed through roles at Visteon, growing from a Technical Implementation Consultant to Technology Program Manager. Initially, I led the implementation of the Bill of Material Management system, transitioning from a legacy mainframe solution.

• As Application Support Lead, I managed global support for critical systems, developed support infrastructure, and delivered training across multiple regions.

• In my final role as Technology Program Manager, I managed 8 core applications, led a team of 25, and worked closely with business stakeholders to define roadmaps, manage production issues, and oversee vendor relationships.

• My experience at Visteon honed my skills in driving technology initiatives, managing teams, and delivering business-aligned solutions.

SIEMENS CORP 2004- 2006

TECHNICAL LEAD - TEAMCENTER PLM

• Architected configurable and customizable UI components to enhance Teamcenter enterprise framework resulting in a major product upgrade

• Implemented technical solutions in java for application enhancements

• Led offsite team to provide technical guidance and implementation details PREMIER TECHNOLOGY GROUP 2001- 2004

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Engineered scheduler and workflow management module for CRM software Customized core application to implement business processes for 2 international customers CERTIFICATIONS VIEW CREDENTIAL

STANFORD UNIVERSITY/DEEPLEARNING.AI

Machine Learning Specialization:

• Advanced Learning Algorithms: Neural Networks, decision trees, tree ensemble, random forests, and boosted trees

• Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification

• Unsupervised Learning: Recommenders, Reinforcement Learning MICROSOFT

Career Essentials in Generative AI, Dec 2023: Foundational concepts of AI ethics, generative AI, and AI technology LINKEDIN

• Dec 2023: Ethical challenges in generative AI.

• Integrating generative AI with search technologies, Dec 2023.

• Microsoft 365 Copilot First Look, Dec 2023: Enhancing business processes with AI.

• Prompt Engineering: Communicating with AIs, Dec 2023.

• Streamlining Your Work with Copilot, Dec 2023: Improving business communication and search functions.

• Nov 2023: Understanding the basics and applications of generative AI. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Technology India – 2001 TECHNICAL SKILLS

Category Skills

Programming Languages Python, R, Java, SQL, C, C++ Data Engineering Pandas, Apache Spark, ETL, Data Pipelines Cloud Platforms Azure, Azure ML Model

Deployment Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, Flask

Version Control & CI/CD Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions Big Data Tools Hadoop, Hive, Apache Kafka

Soft Skills Cross-functional collaboration, technical leadership, agile methodologies Machine Learning & AI TensorFlow, Keras, NumPy, Scikitlearn, PyTorch

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