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Amit Kandra

@amitkandra

Release Manager at dentsu delivering global Dynamics 365 releases, with 400+ PEGA releases at ANZ and a 96–98% success rate.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm open to global roles as a Senior Release Manager, DevOps Program Manager, IT Delivery Manager, or Release Governance Lead.

At dentsu, I lead end-to-end release cycles for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, supporting the financial transformation program. I've delivered more than 20 releases with minimal disruption and work to improve release efficiency and deployment cycle time.

At ANZ through Cognizant, I deployed more than 400 PEGA BPM releases for banking workflows. I also supported PEGA platform upgrades and Oracle database migrations, and helped migrate four workflow applications to cloud infrastructure.

Earlier, at Yahoo through Mindtree, I developed monitoring tools and automation scripts and managed release builds and production deployments. At WiFi Networks, I worked on telecom VAS, IVRS and CRBT solutions, including deployments for Vodafone India and Uganda Telecom.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Release Manager

Current

dentsu

Oct 2022 - Present (4 years)

• Lead and manage end-to-end release cycles for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O) under Dentsu’s financial transformation program.
• Delivered 20+ successful releases with minimal disruption, enabling timely deployment of business-critical features across global financial systems.
• Spearhead process optimization across the release lifecycle, improving efficiency and reducin

PEGA Release Manager

ANZ (via Cognizant)

Sep 2014 - Sep 2022 (8 years)

Engaged at ANZ through Cognizant across an 8-year tenure, progressing through the following roles in congizant :
• Sr. Business Analyst
• Sr. Associate – Projects

• Deployed 400+ PEGA BPM releases with high efficiency, ensuring stable and timely delivery of key banking workflows.
• Coordinated complex release dependencies across agile squads, proactively managing risks and resolving delivery bo

Service Engineer (DevOps)

"Yahoo (via Mindtree)"

Sep 2010 - Aug 2014 (3 years 11 months)

"Engaged at Yahoo through Mindtree, progressing from Sr. Associate to Module Lead."

• Developed and maintained monitoring tools and automation scripts to detect and resolve issues in Yahoo!’s software stack.
• Ensured consistent API uptime and performance, meeting SLA targets and improving system reliability.
• Implemented proactive monitoring for critical APIs to reduce downtime and incident res

Team Lead (DevOps )

WiFi Networks

Sep 2008 - Sep 2010 (2 years)

• Led a team of 10 engineers, managing full project lifecycle and on-site delivery across multiple client locations.
• Designed, developed, and deployed IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System) and CRBT (Caller Ring Back Tone) solutions for Vodafone India and Uganda Telecom.
• Managed end-to-end development, configuration, and implementation of VAS systems, ensuring alignment with business and ope

Software Engineer

WiFi Networks

Aug 2007 - Sep 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for VAS/CRBT services, collaborating with client and engineering teams to analyse requirements and implement telecom service solutions.