Program & Release Leader  ·  15+ Years

I build delivery operating models that outlast the people who built them.

Sruthi Khanna

For 15+ years, I have walked into fragmented, high-stakes environments, built the delivery structure that makes execution predictable at scale, and left something that runs on its own.

Senior Technical Program & Release Leader  ·  United States  ·  U.S. Citizen

As a Technical Program Leader I own end-to-end delivery across 12+ concurrent cross-functional programs with 100% on-time milestone performance and 30+ zero-incident releases. As a Release Leader I own integrated release calendars, drive go/no-go readiness, and coordinate multi-environment deployments from Dev through Production with zero rollback launches. Specializing in regulated-industry delivery (HIPAA, SOX), 0-to-1 program setup, and AI-accelerated operations using Claude and Copilot with a 60% measured overhead reduction.

⚡ I built programhealthpulse.com, my AI program ops tool

The Technical Program & Release Leader your team actually needs

30+ zero-incident releases. 100% on-time milestone performance. 60% overhead reduction through AI-enabled operations. Zero rollback launches across 30+ applications. I build the delivery infrastructure that makes engineering teams faster, releases more predictable, sprints more accountable, and programs more transparent. Every engagement I walk into fragmentation and leave a function that runs without me.

Clear program ownership, named outcomes

My strongest work is tied to named programs with visible business outcomes: the SAP S/4HANA Release Program at Weill Cornell, the SAP Enterprise Release Program at Tech Mahindra, and enterprise platform programs at Adecco and Hackett Group. Full ownership of outcomes, even when ambiguity or cross-functional friction would stop most.

Technical depth without writing the code

I work across SAP landscapes (ECC, S/4HANA), enterprise platform governance, distributed systems, release governance, and production readiness. I engage on trade-offs around transport management, system upgrades, environment promotion, and migration sequencing, then translate technical decisions into business outcomes leadership can act on.

⚡ Working AI Tool, Built on My Own Time

I built programhealthpulse.com because I needed it.

For years I pulled raw Jira data every Monday and hand-wrote executive narratives. So I built the tool I wished existed. It generates the narrative, surfaces dependency risks before they escalate, and cuts manual reporting overhead by 60%. Live, working, and built end-to-end.

13 questions 7 maturity dimensions assessed
~3 hrs/week Saved per program manager
60% Reduction in reporting overhead
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How I govern releases from first commit to post-deploy

The release model I apply across every engagement. Built to minimize deployment risk, surface blockers early, and give leadership a single source of truth at every stage.

Stage 1
Scope and Calendar Lock
Release scope finalized, change-frozen. Integrated calendar across all workstreams published. Dependency map confirmed with named owners.
Stage 2
Environment Readiness
Dev, SIT, UAT, PERF, and PROD environments validated. Deployment runbook reviewed. Monitoring and alerting configured for post-release observation.
Stage 3
Quality Gate Enforcement
SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing complete. Release criteria met. No open Sev 1 or Sev 2 defects. QA sign-off documented.
Stage 4
Go / No-Go Decision
Readiness review with all decision owners. Rollback strategy validated. Open risks accepted and documented. Go/no-go authority confirmed available for release window.
Stage 5
Deployment and Hypercare
Structured deployment execution per runbook. On-call schedule confirmed. Real-time monitoring active. Executive release status communicated continuously.
Stage 6
Post-Release Review
Lessons learned documented within 48 hours. Root causes of any issues logged. Process improvements encoded into the next release cycle.
30+ zero-incident production releases
Zero rollback launches across 30+ applications
35% reduction in recurring production incidents
$500K+ downtime exposure protected per release

Programs I have owned end-to-end

Each role answers the same four questions: what was broken, who was at risk, what I built to fix it, and what changed because of it. The pattern is consistent: walked in to fragmentation, called the right decisions with no formal authority, and left a delivery function that ran without me.

Technical Program Manager | Release Delivery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Apr 2024 – Present

12 clinical and research systems serving 500+ downstream users operated with zero program governance, no release process, and no documentation on arrival. One failed deployment in a HIPAA-regulated environment risked patient-facing system disruption and compliance exposure. Called in to build the entire operating model from scratch across a 60+ person stakeholder network spanning Engineering, Product, Security, and Research.

  • Called go/no-go on 12+ concurrent SAP and integrated system releases for 500+ downstream users, with no formal authority over 60+ stakeholders across Engineering, Basis, Product, Security, and Research, achieving 100% on-time milestones and eliminating the downstream cost of delayed releases across a HIPAA-regulated portfolio
  • Delivered 30+ zero-incident SAP releases at 99.9% data availability, protecting 500+ downstream users from operational disruption and avoiding HIPAA compliance exposure that carries fines from $100 to $50,000 per violation
  • Governed SAP transport requests and change sequencing across 12+ upstream system dependencies and a 60+ person stakeholder network, sustaining release velocity through lean governance that kept delivery moving
  • Built the minimum SAP change governance needed to close 100% of HIPAA audit gaps in a previously undocumented environment, protecting the institution from regulatory fines ranging from $100 to $50,000 per violation and making every subsequent release auditable
  • Replaced manual SAP status reporting across 60+ stakeholders with automated release health signal using Claude and Copilot, cutting reporting overhead 60% and recovering an estimated 30+ hours per week across the program team, redirecting that capacity to delivery. Built the tool at programhealthpulse.com to do it
Technical Program Manager Release Delivery HIPAA compliance Go/No-Go Governance Claude / Copilot OKR governance Tableau dashboards Cross-functional leadership
Senior Technical Program Manager | Release Delivery
Tech Mahindra
Jan 2023 – Mar 2024

5 siloed business units, 50 engineers, 20+ distributed services, and 8 production environments operated with no shared release rhythm. Missed handoffs were accumulating and multi-million dollar enterprise SLAs were at risk with no coordination layer to prevent cascading failures across the global portfolio.

  • Governed SAP transport release sequencing across 50 engineers in 5 business units and 20+ distributed SAP and integrated services, cutting missed handoffs 20 to 30% and reducing downstream rework and coordination costs by an estimated $150K+ annually through direct transport dependency ownership
  • Drove SAFe-aligned PI Planning across globally distributed onshore and offshore SAP delivery teams, protecting multi-million dollar enterprise SLAs where a single transport conflict or missed commitment cascaded into financial penalties and service credits across 8 SAP production landscapes
  • Made the judgment call on SAP transport conflicts and escalation paths across five business units, preventing SLA breaches that would have triggered financial penalties while sustaining velocity through 8 concurrent SAP environments
  • Gave leadership direct, real-time signal on SAP transport and deployment risk through Tableau-based dashboards, replacing scattered status updates across 5 BUs with a single source of truth on release health across the full SAP portfolio
Technical Program Manager Release Delivery SAFe / PI Planning CI/CD governance DEV to PROD lifecycle SAP-integrated platforms Multi-cloud (AWS, Azure) SOX compliance Portfolio governance
Technical Program Manager | Release Delivery
Adecco
Apr 2020 – Jul 2022

Led the Simplement program at Adecco, a SOX-compliant enterprise SAP ECC portfolio spanning 6 production environments and 15+ integrated applications carrying $500K+ downtime exposure per major incident. Recurring SAP production issues were eroding delivery confidence and audit findings were accumulating with no structured transport governance or change controls in place.

  • Called SAP ECC release readiness across 6 production environments and 15+ integrated applications, owning direct accountability for $500K+ downtime exposure per incident in a SOX-regulated portfolio where every failed transport carried both financial and audit consequences
  • Launched the Simplement program to replace ad hoc manual reporting extracts with standardized SAP-integrated self-serve reporting for finance and operations teams, directly contributing to a 35% reduction in recurring SAP production incidents and an estimated $175K+ annually in avoided remediation costs
  • Eliminated accumulating SOX audit findings by building only the SAP change documentation that mattered, establishing ITIL-aligned transport records and CAB governance that protected the organization from SOX non-compliance penalties that carry fines up to $5M and criminal liability
  • Owned SAP transport and integration sequencing decisions directly with Basis and functional teams across 15+ applications, closing transport dependency gaps and environment conflicts before they reached production and compounded downtime risk
Program Manager Release Delivery SAP ECC SOX compliance Pharmaceutical compliance Release governance Incident management
Technical Program Manager | Release Delivery
Hackett Group
Jul 2017 – Oct 2019

Enterprise financial services and insurance client portfolios across 4 geographic regions had C-Suite leadership making release decisions with no unified visibility into deployment readiness across 30+ coordinated applications. A single rollback event in a regulated client environment carried reputational, financial, and legal consequences that no one had a system to prevent.

  • Called go/no-go on every SAP ECC and S/4HANA production launch across 30+ coordinated applications and 4 geographic regions for enterprise financial services and insurance client portfolios, achieving zero rollback events and avoiding an estimated $200K+ per incident in remediation, reputational, and regulatory recovery costs
  • Closed the visibility gap between C-Suite stakeholders across 4 regions and actual SAP release state, delivering direct, candid reporting on budget variance, transport readiness, milestones, and go/no-go risk that enabled faster financial and delivery decisions at the executive level
  • Raised SAP release delivery judgment across 4 regions by coaching project managers on transport risk assessment, go/no-go decision-making, and cutover readiness under pressure, building a team that could operate without constant escalation
Technical Program Manager Release Delivery SAP S/4HANA Zero-rollback deployments Go/No-Go governance Cloud transitions Global delivery
Technical Consultant | Release Delivery
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
May 2015 – Apr 2017

Fortune 500 client infrastructure upgrades across 8+ hybrid on-premises and cloud systems had no structured promotion process or documentation traceability, creating audit exposure, unpredictable deployment outcomes, and no clear escalation path when things went wrong.

  • Called SAP release sequencing decisions for infrastructure upgrade and platform integration programs across 8+ integrated systems for Fortune 500 client engagements, building structured SAP transport and environment promotion controls where none had existed
  • Worked directly with SAP Basis and compliance teams to establish only the transport documentation that mattered, closing audit exposure across hybrid on-premises and SAP cloud environments and keeping delivery teams focused on outcomes
Release Delivery Technical Consultant CI/CD governance SAP implementation Fortune 500 client engagements Incident management
Release | Program Consultant
NIMBL
Feb 2014 – Apr 2015

Served as Technical Consultant managing releases and programs for enterprise software and data integration platforms, establishing cutover sequencing, deployment controls, and go-live risk reviews in regulated production environments.

  • Established cutover sequencing, deployment controls, and go-live risk reviews avoiding approximately $400K annually in operational disruption
  • Defined incident mitigation and escalation paths for regulated production changes, reducing post-release remediation costs by approximately $300K per year and increasing release confidence across all client deployments
Technical Consultant Release Delivery Program Manager Release readiness Deployment controls Incident management
Release / Program Analyst
Miracle Software Systems
Sep 2010 – Jan 2014

Served as Release and Program Analyst across global software and distributed systems in regulated industries supporting 500+ users.

  • Established SOX and FDA-aligned release and incident controls across regulated environments, reducing high-priority incidents by 35% and preventing approximately $450K or more per year in audit exposure
  • Led Enterprise Stability and Change Control program supporting 500+ users, improving uptime and avoiding approximately $600K annually in productivity loss and outages
Release Analyst Program Analyst SOX compliance FDA-aligned controls Change control Regulated environments

How I Show Up as a Senior Leader

The patterns that show up across every program I have run.

Clarity from ambiguity, without heavy process

I bring lightweight structure that surfaces leading indicators. The TPM's job is to watch the signal that comes 2-3 weeks before a miss, so the team can course-correct in time.

Technical depth across platforms

I engage on trade-offs across distributed systems, data platforms, cloud infrastructure, and service architecture. I partner with architects to evaluate scalability, reliability, and migration sequencing, then translate technical decisions into business outcomes.

System design evaluation SaaS platform delivery Data pipeline delivery AI/ML pipeline coordination Cloud (AWS, Azure) Distributed systems Observability SRE/DevOps partnership

Co-created with the team

Operating models that get co-created get adopted. The frameworks I build stick because the team helped shape them. That is why the function runs independently after I leave.

Modern execution leverage

I use AI tools in practical ways for status synthesis, risk tracking, executive communication, and reducing reporting overhead, so program work moves faster with better signal. Tableau-ready program health dashboards give leadership real-time visibility.

Claude Copilot Tableau GenAI-accelerated program ops Prompt engineering for PM workflows

Startup speed + enterprise governance

I have built operating models from scratch in ambiguity AND delivered in regulated, audit-ready environments running on SAP and enterprise platforms. Most TPMs do one well. The role I am looking for needs both.

0→1 program setup SAP ECC / S/4HANA HIPAA & SOX compliance Audit-ready governance Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) PI Planning OKR alignment

Builds what she manages

I built programhealthpulse.com on my own time. A working AI program ops tool. I understand AI integration tradeoffs from the builder side, which makes me a far better partner to engineering teams in a TPM role.

The complexity I have operated across

A snapshot of the infrastructure and program complexity I have operated across.

60+
Stakeholders aligned across concurrent programs
500+
Downstream internal users served
12+
Integrated source systems unified
30+
Production releases, zero Sev 1 / Sev 2
50
Engineers across 5 BUs (Tech Mahindra)
99.9%
Data availability across pipeline delivery

What I build when no one is paying me

Initiatives outside my day job that reflect systems thinking, AI-native operations, and scalable program leverage.

Program Health Pulse →

A working operational intelligence tool that helps program leaders diagnose delivery risk, governance gaps, and execution bottlenecks through a structured 13-question assessment across 7 maturity dimensions. Proof that I build the operational systems I lead.

Catalyst Edge Hub →

A strengths-based career exploration initiative for underserved Indianapolis students, using structured assessments and guided pathway discovery. Same operating-model thinking, applied to community impact.

Looking for a Program/Release Leader who owns outcomes from day one?

15 years. 30+ zero-incident releases. 100% on-time milestone performance. 60% overhead reduction through AI-enabled operations. Zero rollback launches across 30+ applications. I am one of the few practitioners who has served as Technical Program Manager and Release Management lead across the same portfolio simultaneously, building the operating model, governing the releases, and delivering the outcomes all at once. I actively build with Claude and independently shipped programhealthpulse.com as a production AI platform. That combination of breadth, depth, and AI delivery is rare. If your team needs any of these capabilities, let's talk.