Varun Karagudari
About Varun Karagudari
Varun Karagudari is a Professional Services Delivery Manager at Talend, where he has worked since 2021. He specializes in managing team utilization and has extensive experience in project management and technical delivery across various roles in the IT industry.
Work at Talend
Varun Karagudari has been serving as the Professional Services Delivery Manager at Talend since 2021. In this role, he is responsible for managing personal and group utilization for his team, ensuring that consultants are allocated to projects that align with their skill sets. His work involves overseeing the planning, execution, and testing of data migration projects, as well as supporting customers in resolving migration issues. Additionally, he plays a key role in release and deployment activities, which includes validating releases, testing integrations, and preparing project-specific release notes.
Education and Expertise
Varun Karagudari studied at RV College of Engineering from 2006 to 2010, where he developed a strong foundation in engineering principles. His expertise includes managing technical projects that involve ETL processes, on-premises to cloud migration, and cloud quick starts. He also provides input to Training Services to enhance and customize training materials for customers, ensuring that the training provided is relevant and effective.
Background
Before joining Talend, Varun worked in various roles across multiple organizations. He was a Lead Consultant at ITC Infotech from 2018 to 2020 and served as a Project Manager at the same company from 2020 to 2021. Prior to that, he worked at Tata Consultancy Services as an Information Technology Analyst for five years, from 2010 to 2015. He also held a position as a Senior Analyst at Accenture for a brief period in 2015 and worked as a Lead QA Engineer at Informatica from 2015 to 2018.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Varun has been involved in significant projects that required careful planning and execution. He has experience in managing the testing process for customer projects, advising on test planning, managing ticket logs, and explaining system use to clients. His contributions to data migration projects and his role in enhancing training materials have been integral to the success of the teams he has worked with.