Mahendran CK
Technical Program Manager with 18 years of experience delivering enterprise software and engineering programs across healthcare, SaaS, and startup environments. Experienced in leading cross-functional engineering teams, driving Agile delivery, and enabling cloud and DevOps transformation through AWS, Docker, and CI/CD practices. Proven ability to bridge engineering and business stakeholders while delivering scalable technology solutions and improving release processes.
What I bring to a program
A blend of delivery leadership and hands-on technical fluency — enough to lead engineers credibly, not just manage a Jira board.
Program Delivery
Technical
Delivery Leadership
18 years, four organizations, one thread
Consistently retained in senior delivery and technical leadership roles — trusted to own programs end-to-end with minimal oversight.
Owned end-to-end technical program delivery for a B2B SaaS platform, leading 15+ engineers across product, QA, and operations while coordinating release plans, dependencies, and risk mitigation across multiple workstreams.
- Drove a DevOps transformation by migrating manual AWS instance-based releases to Docker and Nginx containers, reducing deployment time from hours to minutes and standardizing environments across dev, QA, and production.
- Initiated and owned CI/CD automation in Bitbucket Pipelines with gated production approvals, establishing a controlled release process and reducing manual intervention in deployments.
- Led Agile delivery across distributed engineering teams, managing sprint planning, backlog prioritization, release tracking, and stakeholder updates in JIRA.
- Authored release notes, runbooks, and operational documentation as primary liaison between engineering and business stakeholders.
- Delivered a face recognition and PPE compliance detection feature for Tata Power's Suraksha Kavach app by integrating Telepresenz REST APIs with Ultralytics object detection for real-time safety checks in the field.
- Delivered frontend enhancements and reusable UI components for client-facing enterprise applications, ensuring timely project completion.
- Designed and delivered an IT ecosystem — staff portal, customer web app, backend APIs, and MIS reporting systems — to enhance operational support and reporting accuracy.
- Engineered end-to-end business process automation for order booking, operations tracking, billing, and management reporting.
- Managed IT infrastructure and vendor relationships while leading a small team and overseeing HR operations.
- Built and scaled a corporate website, online test-booking platform, and patient sample management system supporting thousands of daily diagnostic transactions.
- Led development of a Lead Management System and MIS portals, giving senior management real-time visibility into operational and commercial performance.
- Delivered an integrated platform ecosystem with online payments, automated SMS/email notifications, and role-based access for customers, doctors, franchisees, and internal teams.
- Oversaw the full delivery lifecycle — UI/UX design, frontend, backend, database architecture, and production deployments.
What stood out across those 18 years
DevOps Transformation
Took Telepresenz from zero automation to a fully containerized, CI/CD-governed release pipeline — enabling rollbacks in minutes instead of hours.
Built From Scratch
Delivered Thyrocare's patient management, booking, and MIS platforms — handling thousands of transactions per day across a national diagnostics network.
Full-Stack Startup Delivery
Co-founded Dhobistation and independently built its entire IT ecosystem — web, backend, and operations automation — in a lean, zero-budget environment.
Long-Term Leadership
Consistently retained in senior delivery and technical leadership roles across 4 organizations — trusted to own programs end-to-end with minimal oversight.
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Let's talk about your next program
Open to Technical Program Manager, Delivery Manager, and DevOps Manager roles in Bengaluru and remote-friendly teams.