Rakesh Josyula

Rakesh Josyula has worked in various roles and companies throughout their career. Rakesh started at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2007 as a Product Manager, where they managed projects in transportation, digital printing, telecommunications, and insurance. In 2012, Rakesh joined Verizon Wireless World as an Agile Project Manager, responsible for managing strategic projects and implementing agile practices. Rakesh then worked at Walgreens as an Agile Project/Program Manager from 2013 to 2014. Rakesh's next position was at AT&T, where they served as an IT Program Manager from 2014 to 2015. Rakesh then transitioned to Trinity Industries, Inc., where they worked as a Technical Delivery Manager from 2015 to 2019. Currently, Rakesh is employed at Sam's Club, holding the roles of Technical Program Manager, Principal Program Manager, Principal Product Manager, and Director of Product Management.

Rakesh Josyula obtained a Master of Information Technology (MIT) degree from Virginia Tech in 2007. Rakesh also completed an MBA program at SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research from 2006 to 2008. Rakesh has additional certifications in Product Management from Cornell University (obtained in 2021), SAFe® Agilist from Scaled Agile, Inc. (obtained in November 2019), Project Management Professional (PMP)® from the Project Management Institute (obtained in August 2012), and Six Sigma Green Belt from KPMG (obtained in 2007).