About

Suresh Kumar CS is a seasoned Engineering Manager with over 18 years of experience in various development methodologies in a globally distributed environment. He has managed different functions like Development, Manual and Test Automation teams and driven projects from definition phase through a successful release. With proven experience in leading and building high-performing teams, Suresh has coached and guided teams to deliver on schedule, executed with high velocity, managed multiple releases/deliverables, assessed and mitigated risks, and been creative and passionate for innovation and value adds to the system. Suresh has strong verbal and interpersonal skills, is self-motivated, a quick learner, listener, mentor, and a great motivator. He has effectively partnered with teams and business units across geography by building a strong relationship with leaders and putting solid project management practices. Suresh has demonstrated ability in handling outsourced projects including Statement of Work (SOW), contractors resourcing management, and working with multiple 3rd party vendors. Suresh has hands-on experience on Continuous Integration with Jenkins Server, Integrated Development Environment like Eclipse, Version control & management software - Perforce, Test Automation Framework with Java, Selenium Webdriver, TestNG and knowledge on Config Management tools like Ansible. He has experience in Developing & Testing of Cloud backup features enabling data tiering from on-prem to cloud storage in Hybrid Cloud environment for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud Platform. Currently, Suresh is the Director of Engineering at Ziff Media Group. In the past, he has worked as a Senior Engineering Manager at RetailMeNot and as an Engineering Manager - III at NetApp. Suresh has relevant experience of 23.03 years and possesses a tech stack that includes Senior Software Engineer, test, SDET, Ansible, Selenium, CI/CD, Java, Jenkins, Azure, Integration, and Web.