Vinodhini Dhandapani
IT Product Owner
Summary
- With over 11 years of IT industry experience, I am currently working as an IT Product Owner at Nokia , where I lead the vision, planning, and delivery of IT management tools.
- I hold the PMP, PMI-ACP, PSPO-I and CSM credentials, which demonstrate my expertise in project management, agile methodologies, and scrum practices.
- I had previously worked on AI-powered voice assistant projects and NLU platform tools.
- As an IT Product Owner, I manage and prioritize the product backlog, work with key stakeholders across the organization, and facilitate scrum events. I also mentor and coach the team on agile principles and help them transition to agile.
- I have successfully executed, monitored, and controlled multiple projects, involving budgeting, resourcing, vendor management, contract negotiations, and end-to-end project activities.
- I have a strong leadership quality, effective communication and interpersonal skills , and a passion for delivering innovative and user-centric solutions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
IT Product Owner
Nokia Networks
7 2019 - Current
- Defining the vision, managing and prioritizing the backlog
- Work with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure successful product releases
- Facilitating the Sprint planning, Leading daily scrum, hosting the review & retrospect
- Mentoring/Coaching the team with Agile methodologies and help transition to Agile
- Implementing the emotional intelligence from theory to practical in team for better project results
- Expertise in planning and managing - Budget, scope, resourcing, stakeholder discussions, end - end project activities, vendor management, contract negotiations
- Analyze project risks & mitigation planning
- Co-ordinate with business stakeholders, vendors & project team to align with the requirements, deliverables and facilitate communication & co-ordination between teams.
Senior QA Engineer
I.AM+ Electronics
06.2016 - 07.2019
- The company developed a platform that supports conversational, contextual and proactive NLU that has been innovated with latest state-of-the-art techniques and models
- I was responsible as a Lead QA for automation testing of the Voice assistant and eventually moved into the product owner & scrum master role that provided me opportunities to meet new clients, communicate with them directly, providing demos & presentation during reviews while still supporting the technical team.
Senior Software Engineer
Mindtree
01.2015 - 05.2016
- The project that is related to healthcare domain with developing websites, redesigning & maintenance
- I was responsible for testing the websites in desktop and mobile phones, debugging the issues and reporting
- It also comprises of website content and design check along with floodlight tag, ensighten tag implementation & SEO checks
- As an advanced beginner, I volunteered to mentor the junior members in the team thus enhancing & exploring new skills.
Project Engineer
Wipro
12.2012 - 12.2014
- As a novice engineer, I was trained under the Core Java programming
- However, I was part of the maintenance & support of HP ALM v12 migration project with responsibilities to assist the business users in resolving the tool issues, maintaining a good rapport with business stakeholders, co-ordination with different teams to run the application, perform major upgrades and maintain the project KPI in Green.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics And Communications Engineering -
Sri Krishna College of Technology
Coimbatore, India 01.2008 - 04.2012
Skills
Product Management Program Management Scrum master Business Development Negotiation Team Leadership Risk Management Agile Methodologies Vendor management
undefinedWebsites
Certification
Certified scrum master (CSM), Scrum Alliance
Timeline
Professional Scrum Product Owner I, Scrum.org
03-2024
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Project Management Institute
09-2023
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
08-2022
Certified scrum master (CSM), Scrum Alliance
04-2019
Senior QA Engineer
I.AM+ Electronics
06.2016 - 07.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Mindtree
01.2015 - 05.2016
Project Engineer
Wipro
12.2012 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics And Communications Engineering -
Sri Krishna College of Technology
01.2008 - 04.2012
IT Product Owner
Nokia Networks
7 2019 - Current
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