About

Rupak Kumar Das is an experienced Engineering Program Manager at Dell Technologies with over 17 years of experience in the IT industry. He has a nice blend of expertise and leadership in Telecom and System Management Domain, with a focus on software development life cycle (SDLC). Currently, he is responsible for driving programs across the entire product management teams of the firmware group at Dell. Rupak has led and delivered approximately 15 programs across iDRAC, CMC, iDRAC Tools, NGM EC, Driver Pack, iDRAC IPS releases by collaborating with globally located stakeholders, and all the assignments are demonstrated with assured quality that secured key customer wins. He has made a significant contribution to the Dell Business by working on the System Management (Datacenter Console Programs) for six years, which are sales enablers for Dell Servers (In-band and Out-of-band), Storage, Chassis, and Switches business portfolio. As an analytical and dedicated Program Management Professional, Rupak has a successful track record of executing programs from inception till deployment and support, including release management of cross-functional projects. He has extensive experience as a SCRUM Master, delivering roadmap features, on time and with desired quality. He is an Engineering Program Manager with DellEMC, Bangalore, and has been working in DellEMC since April 2011. Rupak is a PMP certified Project expert and adheres to the functions of project life cycle from inception to scoping, estimation (effort/time/cost), scheduling milestones, budgeting, defining quality parameters, planning, execution, risk/resource management, and tracking till delivery. He is a deft Program Manager skilled with tasking, delegation, monitoring, performance feedback, conflict resolution, motivation, and mentoring. Rupak is a cohesive team player with analytical, problem-solving, planning, innovation, decision-making, communication, and interpersonal skills. He is a member of Project Management Institute (PMI) since January 2012 and a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has executed and maintained program management processes and disciplines in the different phases of project life cycle with Agile Software Engineering Practices and Agile Project Management Paradigms. In his current role as an Engineering Program Manager at Dell, Rupak is responsible for the management of multiple engineering programs. He ensures engagements of all relevant stakeholders, conducts technical feasibility, and develops the scope/objective in consultation with them. He adheres to all functions of the project life cycle