
Delivery/Development Manager at SAP Labs
Bangalore Area, India

Delivery/Development Manager at SAP Labs
Bangalore Area, India
Professional Summary
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Energetic and innovative professional with fire in his belly. Nine years of experience developing and marketing successful software products from a fast paced start-up to SAP currently.
- Business Rules & Business Process Management, Composite Applications
- Product Management, Product Marketing, Product Development
- People Management, Project Management
- Training & Collateral Development, Knowledge Management
- Business Planning, Selling Skills, Well-developed Presentation Skills
Email:rajagopalan_n@hotmail.com
(Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
1. Delivery Manager responsible for the delivery of the NetWeaver Business Rules Management product. In this role, I am accountable for product planning and product delivery for all releases of the product.
2. The internal and external face of the product. Chief evangelist and product expert for the SAP Field and marketing organizations on the topic of Business Rules
(Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 5 months)
I am the (Global) Product Manager responsible for Business Rules Management technologies in SAP NetWeaver.
In this position, I am the public face of the Product, and act as the chief agent for rollout and evangelism.
Major channels that I use include direct customer contact, Soft & deep partner contacts, Technical Product Content & White Papers through the SAP Developer Network and Public Speaking at SAP Events like TechEd, and through the SAP Field and Marketing organizations.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 4 months)
1. Responsible for Product Development, Customer Support and Product Marketing.
2. The business owner of this product line, and was measured with a P & L.
3. One of the recognized bloggers on the topic of Business Rules Management at this time.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 3 months)
QuickRules was YASU's market leading Business Rules Management product. This is the same product that has become integrated into SAP NetWeaver.
In this position, I was the Engineering Manager responsible for Product Delivery and Support.
I was heading a 25 member technical organization consisting of developers and testers in this position.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2003 — December 2003 (7 months)
In this position, I was Leading the team that built the Design time environment for YASU QuickRules.
As a Team Lead, I was the technical lead and the most capable programmer in this group. My responsibilities included design, architecture and delivery of the design time module.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 1 month)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — July 2002 (2 years 1 month)
B.Tech , Mech.Engg , 1996 — 2000
The Software Business, Enterprise Software Systems,Business Rules Management,Business Process Management, Product Management & Product Marketing, Science Fiction, People Management & Group Dynamics
International Association of Software Architects