Dilip Soman

Experience

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  IBM

  May 2003 - Jan 2013

  Managed multiple cross-functional offering teams concurrently to support >$300M Information Integration and Governance portfolio. Collaborated with diverse stakeholders including Product Management/Marketing, Finance, Engineering and Support to drive business processes and achieve program objectives. Ensured compliance to corporate processes while maintaining nimbleness and efficiency.- Streamlined portfolio by eliminating low volume and overlapping offerings to reduce maintenance overhead and focus limited development resources on higher priority areas- Cut down product delivery delays from 6 to 0 over one year by proactively managing end-game Show less Drove delivery of Information Server offering (a information integration & governance suite.) Worked with project executives and managers to plan and execute all activities to deliver high quality releases. - Executed complex projects involving 15+ globally dispersed component teams- Built efficient processes and skilled team of 20+ to successfully deliver $2M translation project on-time- Transitioned development process from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum methodologies to improve quality and timeliness of releases Show less

  • Program Manager

    Oct 2010 - Jan 2013

  • Release Manager

    Sept 2006 - Sept 2010

  • Senior Development Manager

    May 2003 - Aug 2006
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  Red Hat

  Mar 2014 - now

  Drove continuous improvement initiatives across Red Hat Linux product development team, to improve engineering and business productivity. Implemented processes and tools to better align development and business priorities. Influenced multiple levels of organization to accomplish transformation goals. Led training program to improve organizational capacity on Agile fundamentals, Objectives and Key Results (OKR) and application of metrics, resulting in productivity. Implemented DevOps metrics-based approach, identifying and focusing engineering improvements, achieving higher productivity. Established portfolio management tooling and process, based on Jira, enabling more effective planning and execution. Consolidated multiple issue tracking systems to an enterprise-wide Jira platform, creating a single source of truth for cross organization tracking. Led monthly agile practitioner learning and collaboration sessions increasing shared best practices, business awareness, organizational cohesion and talent development.Skills: Strategic thinking · Analytical Skills · Influencing Skills · Collaboration · Training & Coaching Show less Managed initiation and delivery of “out-of-cycle” projects to address critical business requirements. Built foundations for collaborative decision making to support delivery of new capabilities. Implemented lightweight processes to support nimble cross functional decision making, increasing awareness and accountability around commitments and business outcomes. Improved collaboration and communication across product team (multiple development / testing teams, product management, and technical support) resulting in zero surprises and increasing productivity. Delivered multiple high value projects including RHEL System Roles, Critical Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), and real-time Kernel Patching, expanding product capabilities and customer satisfaction. Skills: Business Process Analysis · Program Management · Negotiation · Communication & Engagement Show less Managed alignment and delivery of DevOps services to product development organization. Built collaborative relationships with executive stakeholders to ensure responsiveness to short-term and long-term product release plans. Engaged across engineering functions (development, quality, support, and product management) to enable scaling and improve productivity. Created processes for improving responsiveness to breaking issues, replacing ad hoc processes, reducing firefighting and frustration. Established cross development Technical Steering Team for prioritizing and managing DevOps roadmap. Drove shared and open decision making among stakeholders, increasing transparency and accountability for commitments, improving stakeholder relationships and satisfaction scores. Collaboratively identified common pain-points to focus enhancements and reducing pain-points and lost productivity. Show less

  • Senior Engineering Improvement Manager, Agility & Continuous Improvement (through to May 2023)

    Aug 2018 - now

  • Program / Project Manager, Linux Kernel Engineering

    Dec 2016 - Aug 2018

  • Principal Business Relationship Manager, Engineering DevOps

    Mar 2014 - Nov 2016