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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 that streamline engineering planning and execution workflows, driving 30+ hours/month of efficiency for teams
  • Delivered programs across retail, AdTech, e-commerce, mobility, and consulting with globally distributed teams in Asia and North America, driving over $500M 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 → 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

Automatic daily alerts for overdue tickets, sent straight to their owners

Execution & Launch Engine

Real-time project timelines generated automatically from ticket data

Resource Allocation Radar

Dashboard that flags understaffed projects before deadlines slip

TPM Brain

Daily TPM operating system using Claude Code

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SLA Governance Bot

An automated notifier that flags overdue tickets to their teams every day, moving the engineering team from passive monitoring to active accountability.

Problem

Critical tickets were regularly missing their resolution deadlines because there was no active checking or monitoring of deadlines. Overdue tickets only surfaced when someone manually combed through the backlog, or when they came up in operational reviews.

What I built

  • A Python engine queries Jira daily for overdue P0/P1 and security tickets
  • Claude categorizes each ticket 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 with their overdue tickets and direct links

Stack

PythonJira APIClaudeSlack APICron

Impact

8-10 hours/month of manual auditing eliminated for engineering managers and TPMs
30% reduction in SLA misses
100% backlog traceability due to tool auto-flagging missing due dates for tickets
oosla-notifier · daily 8:00 AM run
🗂️Jira
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🧠Claude
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💬Slack
Press run to simulate the 8 AM pipeline.

Demos are interactive simulations with representative sample data.

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Execution & Launch Engine

Standardized Jira governance across four orgs plus a custom Gantt tool that turned reporting from data collection into decision making.

Problem

Executive reporting for four engineering 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

  • Standardized Jira filters and views across four orgs, so "risk" means the same thing everywhere
  • Built a Gantt visualization tool (Go/JavaScript) that pulls checkpoint data (CP1-CP5) from the Jira API
  • Renders live timelines with critical-path and slippage visibility, replacing manual spreadsheet charts

Stack

GoJavaScriptJira APIJQL

Impact

60 hours saved per planning cycle, due to a single source of truth established for four orgs
Portfolio review meetings shifted from status review to solving problems
gantt-engine · checkpoint sync
CP1 → CP4
CP1 → CP3
CP1 → CP5 ⚠ slip +9d
CP2 → CP3
JulAugSepOctNov
Press the button above to pull checkpoints and draw the timeline.

Demos are interactive simulations with representative sample data.

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Resource Allocation Radar

An AI-built dashboard that checks staffing plans against live project data and flags coverage gaps before deadlines slip.

Problem

Engineering resourcing plans lived in spreadsheets built during half-yearly planning, while the actual state of projects lived in the project tracker. The two drifted apart within weeks, and the only way to spot an understaffed project was to reconcile them by hand.

What I built

  • Claude ingests the resourcing plan and cross-references it against live project data across all six engineering teams
  • The dashboard flags projects with no engineers assigned, calculates how long before each project's staffing runs out relative to its deadline, and highlights the risky ones in red
  • A scheduled job keeps the dashboard current automatically
  • An archive view audits whether completed projects were properly staffed, feeding better estimates into the next planning cycle

Stack

ClaudeLinear APIPythonxlsx ingestion

Impact

12+ staffing gaps caught before target dates slipped in the first planning cycle
Real-time resourcing visibility across 6 engineering teams
resource-radar · 6 eng pods
ProjectPodAlloc endsTargetΔ days
Press run to scan allocation plans against live project data.

Demos are interactive simulations with representative sample data.

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TPM Brain

A personal AI assistant that reads my notes, email, calendar, chats, and project tracker, and turns them into an organized day.

Problem

Every workday starts with information scattered across chat, email, calendars, tickets, and meeting notes. Piecing together what actually needs attention takes real time before any real work can begin.

What I built

  • Configured Claude Code with custom commands connected to my notes, email, calendar, chat, and project tracker
  • A morning command produces a brief in about a minute: today's priorities, anything overdue, and the few messages that actually need attention
  • A weekly command drafts my status report and attaches a source for every claim, so nothing unverified goes out
  • A meeting-prep command pulls together the relevant history, notes, and open items for any meeting
  • Durable decisions and lessons get saved into a permanent knowledge base, so context compounds instead of getting lost

Stack

Claude CodeObsidianSlack MCPLinear MCPGmail / GCalSourcegraph

Impact

An average of 30 minutes saved every morning organizing my day, with the context pre-loaded
claude-code · tpm-brain session
Pick a command to run it in the terminal →

Demos are interactive simulations with representative sample data.

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What colleagues have to say about me

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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 - 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 - Machine Learning, Digital Marketing, and AdTechWorked with Devki on the same team · 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 - Driving Advertising InnovationWorked with Devki on the same team · 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 - Advertising Systems & Display Brand ShopsWorked with Devki on the same team · 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 - Scalable Platform Strategy | AdTech, Data & SaaSWorked with Devki on different teams · 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 · 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 - Retail Media | Ad Serving | Targeting & MeasurementWorked with Devki on the same team · 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 - 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 · August 2022
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