About

Rajesh Karthik is a highly accomplished Senior Program Manager with over 14 years of experience in Project Management, Agile SCRUM Master, and Product Management across multiple domains and technologies. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Information Systems - IIoT and has a strong focus on Internet of Things, I 4.0. Rajesh has executed projects in diverse technologies such as Java/J2EE, Microsoft, and SAP. He has extensive team management experience, including co-located direct reports as well as remote, offshore/on-site resource management. With a thorough knowledge of the complete software development process, he is able to take a project from initial startup and analysis through to completion of production deployment and support. Rajesh has experience in design and development of applications in traditional software delivery model as well as Agile (Scrum) model. As an experienced Product Owner, Rajesh has expertise in Product Backlog Refinement, iteration Planning, Story Elaboration, Story Acceptance and Preparation /Participation in Release Planning. He is also well-versed in Quality Management procedures (CMMi L5). Currently, Rajesh is a Senior Program Manager - Connected Cars at Mercedes Benz. Prior to this, he has worked as a Senior Program Manager - IoT Practice at Bosch and as a Senior Project Manager - IoT Practice at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited. Rajesh holds a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) from Alagappa University, an MBA in Information Systems from Bharathidasan University, a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering from Bharathidasan University, and a Diploma in Computer Technology from MIET Polytechnic. His tech stack includes Product Manager, Java, Software Engineer, and Research Scientist. Rajesh has 9.44 years of relevant experience in his field.