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I'm Devki Desai

  • Technical Program Manager with 7+ years of experience driving data analytics, automation, digital transformation, SaaS implementation programs for Fortune 100, Big 4 and start-ups
  • AI-native TPM building custom agents, MCP integrations, and automation on Claude that streamline engineering planning and execution workflows, driving 30+ hours/month of efficiency for teams
  • Experience in leading end-to-end program and software development lifecycles, from strategic planning and design through execution, launch, and post-production support
  • Retail, AdTech, e-commerce, mobility and consulting industry exposure in Asia and North America, driving over $150M in revenue, saving 10,000 hours of manual work and $500K in operational cost
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Where I've been

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From writing code to leading multi-million dollar programs

Five chapters across startups, consulting, and Fortune 50 scale.

Software Engineer โ†’ TPM
(2017 - 2020)
MS Software Engineering
(2021 - 2022)
TPM Intern
(Summer 2022)
Data Analytics ConsultantClient: Nike
(2022 - 2022)
TPM
(2022 - 2025)
Sr. TPM
(2025 - Present)

Key Accomplishments

Urban Suburban

Global website dev & launch

1200+ customers acquired within 3 months
EY - Client: Nike

Data analysis for employee financial wellbeing program

38% boost in employee participation
Walmart Connect

Ads platform transformation

$500M revenue; $40M operational savings
Uber

4 AI tools in production

30+ hrs/week saved per team
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What I've built with AI

SLA Governance Bot

Jira + Claude + Slack โ€” missed SLAs with no place to hide

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Execution & Launch Engine

A full-stack Gantt tool that killed weekly project status spreadsheets

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Resource Allocation Radar

Claude cross-references plans vs. Linear to flag coverage gaps early

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TPM Brain

Daily TPM operating system using Claude Code

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All tools run in production at Uber today. Demos are interactive simulations with representative sample data.

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SLA Governance Bot

An AI-powered daily notifier that moved the Developer Platform team from passive monitoring to active accountability.

Problem

"Jira blindness" โ€” security vulnerabilities and flaky tests routinely blew past SLA deadlines because the only way to catch them was manually checking Jira.

What I built

A Python engine queries Jira daily for overdue P0/P1 and security tickets. Claude categorizes each into five risk buckets and writes a plain-English summary of why it's late. At 8:00 AM, each ticket owner gets a personalized Slack DM โ€” not a channel blast everyone ignores.

Stack

PythonJira APIClaudeSlack APICron

Impact

8โ€“10 hours/month of manual manager auditing eliminated
"No-place-to-hide" culture โ€” SLA misses flagged automatically
100% of backlog trackable โ€” auto-flags missing due dates
oosla-notifier ยท daily 8:00 AM run
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Press run to simulate the 8 AM pipeline.
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Execution & Launch Engine

Standardized Jira governance across four orgs plus a custom Gantt tool โ€” reporting went from data collection to decision making.

Problem

Executive reporting for Uber's Rider, Earner, and Safety teams was trapped in manual spreadsheets, static screenshots, and bespoke PM updates. Leadership couldn't get fast answers to "what is at risk?"

What I built

Consistent Jira filters and views across four orgs so "risk" means the same thing everywhere โ€” plus a Gantt visualization tool (Go/JavaScript) that pulls checkpoint data (CP1โ€“CP5) from the Jira API and renders live timelines with critical-path and slippage visibility.

Stack

GoJavaScriptJira APIJQL

Impact

~60 hours saved per planning cycle; single source of truth for 4 orgs
Meetings shifted from "gathering status" to "solving problems"
Reusable patterns โ€” teams self-serve their own tracking
gantt-engine ยท checkpoint sync
CP1 โ†’ CP4
CP1 โ†’ CP3
CP1 โ†’ CP5 โš  slip +9d
CP2 โ†’ CP3
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Resource Allocation Radar

Claude cross-references EM allocation plans against live Linear data across 6 engineering pods โ€” gaps get flagged before target dates slip.

Problem

Resource plans lived in a manual form; the source of truth for project status lived in Linear. Keeping them in sync to find coverage gaps was a manual, error-prone chore.

What I built

Claude ingests the allocation plan and cross-references it against live Linear project data, applying our "coverage gap" logic: flags projects with zero engineers assigned, computes the exact delta between allocation end date and project target date, and turns rows red when allocation runs out before the project ships. An archive audit checks whether completed projects were properly resourced.

Stack

ClaudeLinear APIPythonxlsx ingestion

Impact

Gaps flagged before target dates slip โ€” not after
Real-time resourcing risk visibility for EMs and TPMs across 6 pods
Archive audit improves future estimation accuracy
resource-radar ยท 6 eng pods
ProjectPodAlloc endsTargetฮ” days
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TPM Brain

Claude Code configured as a daily operating system โ€” Obsidian, Slack (9 channels), Linear, Gmail, Calendar, and Sourcegraph, synthesized into one workflow.

Problem

A TPM's day starts with a firehose: 9 Slack channels, Linear tickets, stakeholder email, back-to-back syncs. Standard tools store information โ€” none of them synthesize what actually matters.

What I built

Custom slash commands tuned over time. /morning produces a synthesized daily brief in 60โ€“90 seconds. /ppp drafts the weekly status email with tiered source citations (โœ… Linear-sourced, ๐ŸŸก meeting notes, โš ๏ธ unverified โ€” blocks sending until resolved). /meeting-prep builds per-person briefs. /code-scan pulls ground-truth commit activity from Sourcegraph. A Zettelkasten layer accumulates durable knowledge notes โ€” titles must be claims, not topics.

Stack

Claude CodeObsidianSlack MCPLinear MCPGmail / GCalSourcegraph

Impact

Morning synthesis across 6 sources in 90 seconds, not 90 minutes
Citation discipline caught claims that "felt true" but weren't tracked
Meetings shift from recall to decisions โ€” context is pre-loaded
claude-code ยท tpm-brain session
Pick a command to run it in the terminal โ†’
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I worked closely with Devki for over a year at Walmart Connect. She is one of the most effective and dependable program managers I've had the pleasure to work with. Devki brings structure, clarity, and calm to every challenge; she's organized, strategic, and a natural collaborator, earning trust across product, marketing, and engineering teams. Her leadership during a high-stakes, fast-moving initiative to respond to Oracle MOAT end-of-life was especially impressive โ€” she drove alignment, managed stakeholders with care, and ensured flawless execution under pressure. Devki is a standout and a true asset to any team.

Pierre TsaiProduct Management Leader โ€” Machine Learning, Digital Marketing, and AdTechWorked with Devki on the same team ยท April 2025
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Devki is an exceptional Technical Program Manager. During our work together on a complex initiative, she demonstrated strong ownership, clear communication, and operational precision. She proactively led a retrospective to capture key learnings early, kept cross-functional partners aligned in a resource-constrained environment, and consistently stepped in to unblock progress. Devki also excels at influencing without authority, by building trust across functions, driving alignment, and moving initiatives forward even without formal decision-making power. Her structured approach, attention to detail, and collaborative mindset were critical to the success of the program. Devki is a highly effective TPM, and any team would be lucky to have her.

Nishanth KadiyalaProduct Leader @ Walmart Connect โ€” Driving Advertising InnovationWorked with Devki on the same team ยท April 2025
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Devki is one of those people who just makes everything work better. I've had the pleasure of working closely with Devki and continue to be impressed by her ability to build strong, genuine relationships, both within the team and with external partners. She brings a positive, collaborative energy that makes cross-functional work feel smoother and more cohesive. Devki has a real talent for driving alignment across stakeholders and keeping everyone focused on a shared goal. She's also incredibly dependable, on top of the details, proactive about follow-through, and committed to seeing projects through to the finish line. Any team would be lucky to have her.

Blake Parrish, CSM, CSPOProduct Operations Management Lead โ€” Advertising Systems & Display Brand ShopsWorked with Devki on the same team ยท April 2025
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I had the pleasure of working closely with Devki in her role as a Technical Program Manager, and I can't say enough about the impact she's had on our team. Devki consistently brings clarity and structure, even in the midst of change and shifting priorities. She's played a critical role in helping prioritize work across stakeholders, and keeping everyone aligned and focused. Her leadership in driving our biweekly team syncs has been incredibly valuable in surfacing key initiatives, ensuring resourcing clarity, and moving workstreams forward efficiently. Amid transitions and team shifts, especially on the Offsite product team, Devki's calm, thoughtful approach has helped keep things on track. She's collaborative, dependable, and always a pleasure to work with. Any team would be lucky to have her!

James WilliamsProduct Executive โ€” Scalable Platform Strategy | AdTech, Data & SaaSWorked with Devki on different teams ยท April 2025
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If you need an amazing PMO, look no further. Devki is the woman for you. In the last 2 years of working with Devki, I have observed her to not only be organized and a great communicator, the basic qualification of PMO, but also an exceptional team player with the ability to assess a situation quickly and pivot as needed. Furthermore, she does not shy away from challenges and takes difficult situations on with grace. The most recent accomplishment to note was she single handedly researched tools for organization adaption, then implemented to the org's specific needs, and trained across all XFN teams.

Gina SatomiProgram Manager at Walmart ConnectWorked with Devki on the same team ยท April 2025
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I had the pleasure of working with Devki as my Program Manager on an impossible Project with loosely defined goals, imperfect data, significant pre-existing bias, massive dependencies and an unrealistic timeline. It is not an exaggeration to suggest that her dedication, organization and professionalism were the primary reasons that we were able to convince initially skeptical stakeholders to not just buy-in on the solution that we proposed, but to help advocate for it on our behalf. Devki's ability to manage schedules, document clear timelines and navigate confusing (and often conflicting) dependent processes was on constant display...and obviously appreciated by Engineering teams, Executive sponsors and a long list of impacted stakeholder groups. Our ability to deliver the right solution, on schedule, with zero revenue at risk would not have been possible without her efforts. I would relish the opportunity to work with Devki again on any project, and could not recommend her more highly.

Matthew OsbornAdTech Product Management Leader โ€” Retail Media | Ad Serving | Targeting & MeasurementWorked with Devki on the same team ยท April 2025
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I am happy to recommend Devki. She worked with us as an intern over the summer and quickly demonstrated that she is intelligent, creative and embraces feedback. She quickly got up to speed and ultimately delivered the MVP for an analytics dashboard. This dashboard provided key business information for our stakeholders to calibrate vendor relationships and promotions. As a bonus project, she also delivered the Delivery Compass, a "one stop shop" for tying together critical aspects of projects. She did a great job of meeting with several stakeholders to clarify the team's needs. She started with rough requirements and iterated through the project until delivering a professional result. Most of all, Devki is a joy to work with โ€” always collaborative, friendly and with a great sense of humor. She is a smart, humble and transparent leader. Any team that has Devki is fortunate!

Patricia Echt, MSDevki's manager during her Sam's Club internshipManaged Devki directly ยท August 2022
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