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Shiva Kumar Kanaka

Strategic Technical Project Manager | IT Release Manager | Cloud, AI & FinTech Leader

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Professional Summary

Accomplished Technical Project Manager and IT Release Manager with over 10 years of experience orchestrating complex software engineering projects and enterprise release cycles in the FinTech, Cloud, and AI sectors. Demonstrated expertise in leading cross-functional global teams through the entire SDLC, bridging the gap between deep technical implementation and high-level strategic business objectives. Proven track record of managing multi-million-dollar portfolios, optimizing agile delivery methodologies, and driving operational excellence through robust release management frameworks.

Professional Experience

Technical Project Manager / Release Manager

Alacriti

January 2019 -- Present
  • End-to-end release lifecycle management
  • Release calendar planning
  • Cutover planning
  • Deployment scheduling
  • Risk assessment
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Environment management
  • KPI tracking
  • Rollback planning
  • Change management
  • Process optimization
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Project tracking and reporting

Associate Project Manager / Scrum Master

Alacriti

September 2014 -- January 2019
  • Sprint Planning
  • Daily Stand-ups
  • Sprint Reviews
  • Retrospectives
  • Product Backlog management
  • Sprint Backlog management
  • Sprint Burndown
  • Release Burndown
  • Backlog prioritization
  • Release planning
  • Cross-team coordination
  • Post-deployment validation
  • Jira & Azure DevOps reporting

Core Competencies

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Release Management

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Technical Project Management

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Cutover Planning

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SDLC

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Environment Management

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Refresh Planning

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Agile

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Scrum

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SAFe

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ITIL Change Governance

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Risk & Issue Mitigation

cloud_sync

DevOps

cycle

Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

schedule

Deployment Scheduling

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Stakeholder Management

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KPI & Metrics Reporting

Technical Skills

buildTools

Jira Azure DevOps MS Project Confluence Clarity ServiceNow

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Agile Scrum SAFe SDLC DevOps ITIL

terminalPlatforms & Tech

MuleSoft Anypoint Java .NET Angular PostgreSQL

cloudCloud & AI

AWS Gen AI Copilot

Project Experience

Bank of America

Retail Order Integration

  • MuleSoft API integrations
  • Order management
  • Inventory integration
  • Full release lifecycle
  • Change control
Florida Credit Union

EBPP

  • Production deployments
  • Release cutover
  • Java platform
  • PostgreSQL platform
  • High availability systems
Alabama Credit Union

Loan Payment Platform

  • .NET platform releases
  • AngularJS
  • Rollback strategy
  • Production deployment

Certifications

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cloud_done AWS

Education

school

Bachelor of Technology

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

Get in Touch

Ready to collaborate?

mail
Email Me kanakashivakumar@gmail.com
call
Call Me +91 8309642514

location_on Hyderabad, Telangana, India