Alhad Deshpande

Experience

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  Tech Mahindra

  May 2011 - Jul 2015

  Software Engineer

  Finalizing hardware and software requirements for Siebel, ODI, OEDQ and setting servers for installation.Installation of Siebel Server, WebLogic Server, ODI, OEDQ.Migration of Siebel repository and SRF on various environments.Extensively involved in Siebel server monitoring with a complete health check for Disk space, table space, server and component availability and resolving various server related issues.

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  Infosys

  Aug 2015 - Apr 2017

  Technology Analyst

  Analysis of existing Siebel CRM solution to design, develop and implement Salesforce based solution.Formulated a comprehensive data migration plan for converting legacy data from Siebel into Salesforce.Experience with Salesforce configurations, Profiles, Roles, Permission sets. Experience with Workflow Rules, Validation Rules, Process builders, Triggers.Experience in data migration using Import wizard, Data Loader, Workbench.

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  Accenture in India

  May 2017 - Apr 2024

  - As Salesforce Release Manager and DevOps Engineer, involved and contributed to DevOps RFP’s, RFQ’s, SOW, process implementation, customer consulting and Demos.- Experience in evaluating and assessing Salesforce Release Management Process, different DevOps tools, and Environment Management.- Develop and maintain a detailed project plan to track progress and ensure timely delivery of project milestones.- Monitor project progress and performance, identify, and mitigate risks and issues, and communicate status updates to stakeholders and senior management.- Ensure adherence to project management methodologies, standards, and best practices, and continuously improve project management processes and tools.- Lead project meetings and presentations and facilitate communication and collaboration among team members and stakeholders. Show less - Conducted Release Process Assessment, Proposed and Shared DevOps solutions for large transformational programs.- Lead the release planning meetings for project releases and prepare and publish release notes.- Handle multiple project releases with high priorities and maintaining a release calendar for the program.- Define & manage release process to successfully deliver continuous agile deliveries by multiple teams.- Leads lessons learned meetings to improve the release planning process and facilitate process improvement.- Interacting with project and functional teams to determine release requirements, managing risks, and resolving conflicts and issues.- Trained teams and stakeholders on the release management process and create documentation for processes. Show less - Implemented and configured Microsoft Azure DevOps solution to automate deployment process, reducing deployment time by 50% and improving overall release quality.- Streamlined deployment pipeline using Microsoft Azure DevOps, resulting in a 40% reduction in production incidents and ensuring faster time-to-market for new features.- Using Delta deployment provided capability to quickly deliver code changes to production for limited components outside release. - Managed non-production sandbox environments for continuous integration and deployments, refreshing & synchronizing sandbox environments.- Facilitated release activities across all Salesforce development teams ensuring quality and timely deployments across environments.- Developed Einstein Analytics strategy, with focus on business engagement and advanced analytics capabilities to create Einstein Analytics Dashboards.- Created Dataflows using transformations and created Recipes.- Enable Data Connections for objects to extract data from various salesforce orgs.- Hands on experience in creating Interactions (Bindings). Show less

  • Application Development Associate Manager

    Dec 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Application Development Team Lead

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Senior Software Development Analyst

    May 2017 - Jan 2021
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  Synechron

  Apr 2024 - May 2024

  Senior Specialist - Technology
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  EY

  May 2024 - now

  Salesforce DevOps Architect & Release Manager