Ponmalar Chandrasekar

Lead end-to-end product strategy and execution for a high-volume analytics and data platform processing 1B+ records daily, managing cross-functional initiatives spanning 6 engineering teams for an $800M SaaS platform.

Partnered closely across Product, Engineering, Design, and Marketing teams to define, build, and deliver high-quality web platform enhancements aligned with business objectives. Orchestrated a 150-engineer technical program to design and validate production GenAI tool adoption.

Managed day-to-day product operations and execution for two developer-enablement and shared services teams scaling to 25+ engineers. Championed Extreme Programming, automated testing, and CI/CD quality gates to ensure software met rigorous frontend validation thresholds.

Co-owned product strategy, visual component integration needs, and technical roadmaps for Dell's enterprise platform. Translated ambiguous technical workflows into specifications and authored Architecture Decision Records to standardize reusable APIs and services.

Spent a decade in hands-on professional software engineering roles building, testing, and deploying secure backend applications, web interfaces, and automated data validation pipelines. Designed and engineered custom data-cleansing, quality validation, and translation workflows.

Post-Graduate Diploma in AI For Leaders from McCombs School of Business, UT Austin.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification from Scrum Alliance.