Avishkar Awari

Location

Plano, TX
Education
    California State University-Northridge
    January 2003 - May 2004
    degree
    Master's
    major
    Engineering and Technology Management
    University of Pune
Work Experience
    PEPSICO
    Asso Director Business Innovation Strategy AND Transformation
    Plano, TX, US
    July 2023 - present
    company
    PEPSICO
    title
    Asso Director Business Innovation Strategy AND Transformation
    overview
    - Led, planned, monitored, and delivered E2E complex digital transformation program consisting of 13 software components (with 13 scrum teams) catering other global digital transformation programs (B2B/B2C) that enabled optimization, accelerated deployments, and reduced build costs resulting into $14MM yearly savings - Actively participated in architectural and design reviews, created schedules, used ADO/Jira to manage chain (OKR to stories, change requests and Risks), reported progress using ADO delivery boards/PowerPoint presentations to various stakeholders/executive leadership - Reinforced SAFe agile, defined, and coached lean ways of working (for 13 cross functional teams) by agile ceremonies, PI planning, and reporting resulting into clear visibility and shortened delivery cadences from 2 months to 2 weeks - Advocated customer focused design and achieved time sensitive global releases for specific market needs - Negotiated timeline, analyzed data, worked with cross functional/boundaries teams for stronger partnership and better results - Drove Cloud infra program for easy and quick provisioning (SLA reduced from 28 days to 4
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Skills
Acceptance TestingADO.NETAgile MethodologyAgilityAttention to DetailAutomationBudgeting SkillsBusiness PartnershipsBusiness ProcessesBusiness RequirementsBusiness StrategiesBusiness to Business CommerceCatering ActivitiesCertified Project Management ProfessionalCertified Scrum MasterCloud ComputingConfluenceContent ManagementCultural ActivitiesCustomer ServiceData AnalysisData VisualizationDevOpsDigitizationE-CommerceEnterprise Resource PlanningExecutive ManagementFinancial AnalysisGoogle AdWordsGoogle AnalyticsGovernanceHTMLIBM Cognos Business IntelligenceInfrastructure ManagementJava (Programming Language)JavaScript (Programming Language)JIRAKnowledge of EngineeringKnowledge of FinanceLeadershipLean ProcessesManagement of EngineersMechanical AssemblyMentoringMetricsMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft Project ServersMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft WindowsMortgage Insurance.NET FrameworkNetwork ServerOffshore WorkOracle ErpOrder ProcessingPortfolio ManagementPost-ProductionPower BIPrioritization of RequirementsProblem SolvingProduct DesignProduct ManagementProduct SupportProgram ManagementProgress ReportsProject ManagementRelease ManagementResource AllocationRisk AnalysisSalesforce.ComSap BoScaled Agile FrameworkSchedulingScrum MethodologySearch Engine OptimizationService Improvement PlanningService InnovationService OrientationSQL DatabasesStakeholder EngagementStakeholder ManagementStatistical Process Control (SPC)Stock ControlStrategic ManagementSync (Unix)Team Foundation ServerTeam WorkingTechnology RoadmapsThought Leadership