About

Guruprasad Baller is a highly experienced IT professional with over 16 years of experience in product development, program management, project management, customer engagement, and delivery management of software products with cross-functional teams spread across the globe. With extensive experience of over 7 years in project and program management activities, Guruprasad has worked closely with multiple stakeholders including senior executives, product planning, marketing, global technical account managers, global cross-functional development, testing teams, HR, finance, and accounting teams. Currently working as a Program Manager at Cisco, Guruprasad is responsible for managing multiple projects and programs running concurrently. He drives the preparation of program execution plans, collaborates with various teams for the preparation of product requirement documentation, development plans, test plans, and release plans. He continuously tracks program delivery, conducts review meetings with all stakeholders, identifies and highlights risks and variances, and provides the team with enough data points to make informed decisions. Guruprasad is also responsible for coordinating with the required dependent teams, facilitating discussions, removing impediments, and preventing distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver and help the team to deliver as per the committed schedule. Guruprasad has previously worked as a Program Manager at Stellapps Technologies, where he coordinated multiple product development activities, tracked each product's development status, and aligned them as per the product roadmap defined at the organizational level. He was responsible for developing UI scenarios, defining use cases, defining functional and non-functional requirements, preparing test plans for Android-based smartphone mobile applications for various stakeholders involved in managing a dairy farm. Guruprasad has also worked as a Group Leader at LG, where he managed a product development group responsible for development and release of software for Android-based smartphones. Guruprasad holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from PDA College of Engineering. He has completed an Executive General Management Program from IIM and has also pursued various courses in his field of work. Guruprasad has a tech stack that includes testing, mobile, Android, UI, and software engineering. With 15.29 years of relevant experience, Guruprasad is a highly skilled and experienced IT professional who can lead cross-functional teams and deliver quality software products.