Sunil Thuppa
@neel4r
Manager at KPIT Technologies LTD
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Sunil Kumar Thuppa is a professional with over 11 years of experience in software product development and management, specializing in Agile and Lean principles. For the past nine years, he has focused on connected vehicle products for leading OEMs, serving as a Product Manager and Product Owner. He has a strong background in AI, ML, and IoT, driving innovation from concept to delivery across diverse markets. Sunil is recognized for his ability to adapt to evolving business contexts and lead cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
Experience
Manager
KPIT Technologies LTD
Served as a Change Manager for vehicle systems and software. Acted as Product Owner for a virtual personal assistant product for vehicle fault detection using ML, LLMs, and RAG on Amazon Bedrock. Managed a custom ChatGPT rollout. Served as Product Manager within a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART) for OTA products. Defined Program Backlog, participated in PI Planning, and collaborated with stakeholders to align business strategy with execution. Led System Design, Architecture, and Validation teams.
Associate Consultant
HCL Technologies LTD
Deployed at Ford Motor Corporation for Ford Pass & Lincoln Way connected vehicle apps. Developed user stories for the accounts section and implemented regional government policies (GDPR, CCPA). Managed content using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). Integrated a chatbot with an ML model, resulting in a 20% decrease in customer care calls. Integrated Zoura Payment gateways and performed customer data analysis using Python.
Senior Engineer
Renault Nissan Technologies Business Center India Pvt Ltd.
Acted as Product Owner and Individual Contributor. Built products from scratch, managed sprint planning and backlog refinement. Developed POCs for new Infotainment systems and connected vehicle apps for EU and India markets. Developed an IoT-based application using MQTT. Implemented an AI-ML HR Chatbot that reduced regular queries by 50%.
Senior Technical Staff Member
Brisa Tech Pvt LTD
Development of an iOS framework for quick app deployment. Involved in the product discovery team for defining requirements and development.
Software Engineer
We-do-IT Pvt LTD
Development of an iOS App for GIS businesses (water supply and electricity vendors). Involved in product discovery, UX design, and development.
Software Engineer
FusionCharts Pvt Ltd.
Development of an iOS framework for data visualization. Implemented auto-scaling algorithm logic for chart component layouts.
Software Engineer
Persistent Systems LTD
Development of iOS Apps for educational purposes, including development and bug fixing.
Education
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
Executive Post-Graduation
Program Management (General Management & Business Data Analytics)
Duke Corporate Education, USA
Product Management Certification Program
Product Management
Advanced Computing Training School, CDAC, Pune
PG Diploma
Integrated VLSI & Embedded System Design
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Anantapur
Bachelor of Technology
Electronic & Communication
Licenses & Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Six Sigma
AI Fluency
Claude Amazon Bedrock