Murali Kalavapudi

Experience as an IT management and technology consultant with over 20 years of experience in IT strategy, financial/contractual management, business transformation & technology implementation. My early career as an engineer on infrastructure management and technology, was the foundation to expanding my skills and transforming my practical experience in gaining momentum on IT Projects.  I have motivated several teams and worked as a hands-on Programmer growing into Program Management and Systems Integration Manager leading significant strategy, technology, and modernization projects for homeland security, grants management, defense, health, environmental, transportation and energy verticals.  Led and executed many successful projects for high-profile public and private sector clients while receiving numerous accolades for delivering high-performance solutions that generate quantifiable value.  Certified Agile Scrum Master, and Agile Practitioner (SAFe) with deep-rooted experience in all aspects of SDLC, including Agile methodologies.  Leading IT enterprise product, portfolio and projects, development and testing needs in migrating systems to web/cloud technology, providing systems integration consulting for several public sector clients.  Active DHS Clearance, formerly held a DoD, DoE, EPA, HUD, USPS, and PBGC Full Background Clearances. 

My education in recognized and accredited institutions have highlighted my educational skills with Master of Science in Engineering (University of Maryland, College Park) and Bachelor of Engineering (Andhra University, India) tempered with IT training in various software languages, database programming, technology implementation, operations/maintenance, project/program management and administration, and Agile implementation.  His core competencies include: Program/Project Management, Strategic Operations, Product Development & Launch, Business Development, Financial Analysis & Budgeting, Enterprise Integration Testing, RFP Solicitation & Down-select, Contract, SLA & Licensing, Vendor Management, Process Improvement, Broad Technology Foundation, Web Design/IT Cloud Computing, Software Development (Agile/Waterfall), Systems Integration, CI, and DevOps, Marketing & Social Media, Broad Technology Foundation, Web Design/IT Cloud Computing, Software Development (Agile/Scrum), Marketing/Social Media, Team Leadership/Motivation, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data Analytics, Technology Integration and Digital Technology Transformation.