Contact

+971 54 769 4886

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Education

B.Tech. Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Sree Chaitanya Institute of Engineering

2008

Certifications

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Agile Product Owner
• Python for Automation (self-directed learning)
• Applied Generative AI & Intelligent Document Processing in Enterprise Systems

Domains

• Financial Services
• Industrial EPC
• Oil & Gas
• Power & Energy
• E-Commerce

Core Skills

• Programme Governance & Delivery
• Vendor Coordination & Evaluation
• POC / RFP Management
• Stakeholder Reporting
• Roadmap & Backlog Management
• AI & Process Automation

Languages

• English (Professional)
• Telugu (Native)
• Hindi (Conversational)
• Tamil (Starter)

Prashanth Thipparthi

Product Manager | Enterprise Delivery | Data & Automation | UAE

Profile Summary

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) with 12+ years of product ownership and enterprise delivery experience. Spent seven years as Agile Product Owner at Hexagon — owning the backlog, writing user stories and epics, running sprint ceremonies, and shipping 10+ major enterprise software releases to global clients across 50+ countries using JIRA and Azure DevOps. Technically strong background in engineering data systems, AI-enabled document workflows, and data validation. Currently managing digital programme delivery at Bilfinger Middle East within the ADNOC supply chain ecosystem. Experienced across vendor coordination, client management, cross-functional team leadership, and POC-to-enterprise rollout in regulated banking, financial services, and industrial environments.

Key Achievements

• 10+ major enterprise product releases shipped — deployed across 50+ countries for global Oil & Gas and industrial clients
• 80% reduction in manual document processing effort — validated with enterprise Oil & Gas clients
• 85% improvement in data quality metrics through automated validation pipelines
• AI automation tools in daily use by 30–50 engineers on live Abu Dhabi industrial projects
• 3× Performance Excellence Awards + 2× Project Excellence Awards — Hexagon, for critical product delivery
• CSPO certified — structured delivery across Agile, sprint-based, and governed release cadences

Digital Transformation Leadership

• Led enterprise digital transformation programmes end-to-end — owning roadmap definition, vendor coordination, delivery governance frameworks, and structured executive reporting across industrial and enterprise environments.
• Coordinated with external vendors and internal stakeholders to define POC scope, evaluate solution deliverables, and ensure controlled, governed rollout — maintaining auditability and risk accountability throughout.
• Established structured data quality and governance frameworks across enterprise platforms — translating regulatory constraints and operational risk requirements into defensible, auditable programme architecture.
• Drove cross-functional stakeholder alignment across engineering, commercial, and executive leadership — delivering consistent, measurable outcomes through disciplined governance, structured reporting, and delivery accountability.

Work Experience

Lead – Digitalization

Nov 2024 – Present

Bilfinger Tebodin Middle East

• Vendor Technical Leadership — Leading technical discussions with Digital Twin, AI, analytics, and robotics vendors; conducting detailed technical evaluations and preparing Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE) reports; reviewing technology stacks, system scalability, cybersecurity compliance, and integration feasibility.
• Digital Architecture Definition — Designing high-level and logical digital architectures; defining integration frameworks between engineering systems, historian platforms, enterprise systems, and AI layers; reviewing and optimizing vendor-proposed architectures for long-term operational sustainability.
• Autonomous Operations Roadmap — Defining L4/L5 level autonomous operational use cases; identifying workflows suitable for AI-driven decision-making; developing future-state scenarios aligned with ADNOC's long-term digital vision.

Key Results:

✓ Positioned ADNOC assets for advanced autonomous operations through strategic vendor evaluation and architectural alignment with enterprise AI/ML capabilities.

Senior Product Owner – AI & Digitalisation

Jan 2017 – Aug 2024

Hexagon AB

• Owned the product backlog end-to-end — writing and refining user stories and epics, prioritising features against business value and client requirements, and managing sprint delivery with cross-functional engineering teams using JIRA and Azure DevOps.
• Led sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives across multiple Agile release cycles — maintaining velocity, managing dependencies, and ensuring features met acceptance criteria before release.
• Defined POC scope with external vendors and EPC partners, evaluated solution deliverables against requirements, and managed structured rollout into regulated client environments.