Sudhir Prabhu

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About Sudhir Prabhu

Product Engineering & an Agile Transformation expert with over 2 decades of Technology experience (Embedded & Cloud Native Computing domain) primarily in the Media industry spanning Cloud Powered Hybrid OTT, End to End Video Experience Solutioning, Embedded Application Development, NPD & device driven Analytics & Integration of Targeted Advertisement Solutions Recognized as a Product & Customer focused Engineering Leader with wide experience of working in the B2B space of Product Companies, primarily in Broadcast Media with focus on owning/driving the Technology & Road map of the product Experience span includes working with multiple levels of stakeholders & executive leadership across businesses & client organizations as well as setting up, managing, & mentoring cross functional tech-teams across India, ANZ, China, Malaysia 2018 – 2022 – Synamedia: Spearheaded as Senior Director Engineering responsible to head cloud applications for next gen video experience solutions to provide personalized offering & customer engagement blending Broadcast & OTT services. Leading a team that premiered Cloud Powered Hybrid OTT which enabled dynamic configurability & customizability Previously as Director Engineering – Cisco, Spearhead Global Engineering team across India & UK & collaborated with customer architects & engineering teams to direct the design & engineering for broadcast & IP based Set Top Box solutions Solutions Delivered & Experience Landscape: Led the transformation of Synamedia's Hybrid Video product & the team from pure embedded software solutions to subscription revenue generating cloud driven agile software solutions. Transforming traditional systems to Continuous Integration model (CI/CD)improving service velocity Driving the user centric approach for UI/UX design & development for global Tier-1 Customers Partner with Product management team, Customers in evolving the product roadmap Work with sales teams to identify pre-sales opportunities Annual budget management, vendor management to ensure operations stay within the quarterly targets. Managed teams across diverse technologies & devices - Qt/QML, Node.js, AWS, C/C++, Python, Selenium, MangoDB Thought Leadership & Diversity Champion: Member of Cisco Employee Committee for Complaints & Harassment (POSH) Mentor for “Nurture”- women leadership candidates “StepUp Academy” Learning & coaching initiative – built a complete remote learning platform specifically addressing WFH situation Championed Syna-pulse “Speak-Up” initiative to cultivate culture of continuous feedback across the organization