Ajay Venkatachalam

Ajay Venkatachalam has a strong background in program management and software engineering. Ajay is currently working as a Principal Program Manager at Workday Adaptive Planning starting from November 2022. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Technical Program Manager at Workday from October 2020 to November 2022.

Before joining Workday, Ajay held the position of Senior Quality Engineering Program Manager at Checkr, Inc. from September 2019 to October 2020. In this role, they successfully managed projects involving migration of Dashboard and data warehouse, resulting in cost savings and zero customer impact.

From August 2016 to August 2019, Ajay worked as an Engineering Program Manager at Moody's Analytics. Ajay was responsible for planning and managing large market releases and implementing agile processes. Additionally, they developed a defect triage process to prioritize and plan defects for future releases.

Prior to Moody's Analytics, Ajay worked at CME Group as a Software Engineering Project Manager from May 2010 to July 2016. Here, they implemented JIRA Kanban boards for resource allocation and led contract negotiations with teams, delivering quality products within budget. Ajay also improved the defect life cycle process, reducing escape defects.

Further back in their career, Ajay was a Lead QA Analyst at Allstate from October 2004 to April 2010. In this role, they led a team of testing professionals, guided the business with data warehouse migration projects, and provided regular status reports to senior management.

Overall, Ajay Venkatachalam has extensive experience in program and project management, agile methodologies, and software engineering, with a focus on delivering high-quality results and cost savings in various industries.

Ajay Venkatachalam obtained a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Vivekanand Education Society's Institute Of Technology from 1995 to 1999. Ajay then pursued a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology from 2001 to 2003. In addition to their formal education, Ajay also obtained several certifications including Professional Scrum Master I from Scrum.org in June 2020, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in December 2021, Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner from Amazon in December 2021, and Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) from Scrum Alliance in June 2020.