Murty Cherukumilli
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Toptal member since October 5, 2022
Murty is a technical project manager with 16+ years of experience in managing and delivering global projects across digital transformation, cloud transformation, RPA, product development, and application engineering. He managed fixed bid, T&M, and R&D projects for tier one organizations, SMBs, and startups such as Barclays, Telia, British Gas, EE, Cricket, Eckerd, Util-Assist, and CNB. Murty has experience in the telecommunications, banking, and utility sectors and can adapt to new domains.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Delivery Management
- Jira
- People Management
- Product Management
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Stakeholder Management
- Technical Project Management
Work Experience
Head of Delivery
BPMLinks
- Led delivery teams of 100+ members of different job functions across India and the USA. Mentored and coached 20+ technologists and PMs.
- Managed portfolio of digital transformation, business process automation, and cloud migration to AWS and Azure. Acted as a single point of contact for all client communications, escalations, and business discussions.
- Led the AWS and Azure partnership streams and created and implemented strategic plans to improve partnership levels to expert with AWS and silver or gold with Azure.
- Played a key role in reviewing and deciding on all solution and technology architecture discussions.
Vice President, SW Engineering
JPMorgan Chase
- Collaborated with operations and business teams across the USA and the Philippines through process workshops in creating digital transformation and intelligent automation strategies.
- Led delivery teams of home lending technology in India and collaborated with global stakeholders in creating strategic plans, risks and controls, annual budgeting, and monitoring.
- Managed engineering teams of 25+ across Pega, Java, RPA, QA, and ETL streams. Reduced attrition rate by 5% through effective people management initiatives.
- Led crowd-sourcing initiatives, ML-based POCs, and digital transformation for NGOs.
- Accelerated process automation by deploying 20+ RPA bots in one year to optimize business processes, which resulted in 50+ FTE saves.
Technical Project Manager
IMImobile
- Delivered three major and 10+ minor releases with effective release planning and global collaboration.
- Established common product backlog through feedback sessions with operations and marketing teams and users, demos, issue backlog, change requests from existing clients, competitor analysis, and technical roadmap.
- Participated in feature grooming, design, and test case review sessions to accelerate functional and non-functional requirements.
- Coordinated with pre-sales teams in responding to RFPs and RFIs. Gave demos and POCs to both internal and external stakeholders.
Business Analyst
Netcracker
- Worked as a business analyst on client implementations for Tier 1 and Tier 2 telecom operators.
- Collaborated with pre-sales teams in responding to RFPs, setting up POCs, and quick turnarounds.
- Contributed to implementations that included stand-alone and integrated solutions of CRM, order management, billing, and inventory management.
Project History
RPA in Banking
Managed delivery of the process automation by deploying 20+ RPA bots in one year, which resulted in optimized business processes and 50+ FTE saves.
I worked closely with operations and business teams across the US and the Philippines through process workshops in creating digital transformation and intelligent automation strategies. I also led engineering teams of 25+ in India across Pega, Java, RPA, QA, and ETL while collaborating with global stakeholders in creating strategic plans, assessing risks and controls, annual budgeting, and monitoring.
Service Management Framework
Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders and launched a SAAS cloud-based product as a technical delivery manager.
I managed a team of 30+ in engineering, product, quality, and cloud DevOps. I also launched an MVPO product according to the plan and acted as a key review member and decision authority in all solution and technology architecture discussions.
IMIConnect
Delivered three major and 10+ minor releases with effective release planning and global collaboration.
I established a common product backlog through demonstrations, change requests from existing clients, competitor analysis, technical roadmap, and feedback sessions with operations and marketing teams and users. To accelerate functional and non-functional requirements, I participated in feature grooming, design, and test case review sessions. I also coordinated with pre-sales teams in responding to RFPs and RFIs and gave POCs to internal and external stakeholders.
Education
Postgraduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Leaders
University of Texas - Texas, US
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Chaitanya Engineering College - Visakhapatnam, India
Certifications
Digital Transformation
University of California
Azure Cloud Fundamentals
Microsoft
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS
PMP
QAI
Skills
Tools
Slack, Jira, Google Analytics
Paradigms
Requirements Analysis, Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure
Industry Expertise
Financial Services
Other
Technical Project Management, Delivery Management, Product Management, Stakeholder Management, Program Management, Communication Management, Consulting, Business Analysis, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Release Management, Project Reporting, Project Planning, Project Timelines, Product Strategy, Dashboards, IT Project Management, Estimation & Planning, System Migration, Large-scale Projects, Risk Analysis, Critical Path Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement, Sprint Planning, Project Tracking, Project Management Professional (PMP), Feature Backlog Prioritization, Reporting, Progress Reporting, APIs, People Management, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Solution Architecture, Technical Consulting, CTO, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), API Integration, System Integration, System Implementation, ERP Implementation, HR Tools, Dashboard Design, Vendor Selection, Budget Controls, Machine Learning, Project Management, Leadership, Team Management, Global Delivery Strategy, Solution Design, Data Transformation, Digital Transformation, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Delivery, Cloud, CRM APIs, Big Data, Data Science
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