Program ManagementCareerLeadership
My Project Management Affair
A mechanical engineer's unexpected romance with project management — the courtship, the rough patches, and what it finally took to make it work.
April 2025 5 min
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AkhileshSattenapalli
I'm a |
11+ years delivering $15M in enterprise portfolios
Hands-on experience building AI agents and leading AI initiatives.
Industry Experience
Where I've Made an Impact
Organisations I've delivered value for across Canada
Who I Am
About Me
Harvard-certified Program Leader driving enterprise technology initiatives — trusted to own complex portfolios end-to-end, from strategy through launch, on time and on budget.
I turn high-stakes programs into measurable, high-value business outcomes through disciplined execution and cross-functional leadership.
Now expanding my impact into AI — bringing hands-on experience building AI-powered tools and agents, with the technical depth to lead AI projects from concept to production.
🌎 Open to remote opportunities across CA · USA · UK · EU
AI & Automation
AI AgentsLLM APIsPythonPrompt EngineeringDocument AIVectorDBRAGChatbotsWorkflow Automation
Program & Delivery
PMPAgile / SAFeRisk ManagementOKR FrameworkCapEx / OpExStakeholder ManagementBudget Estimation & TrackingQuality ControlSchedule ManagementContinuous ImprovementDependency Management
Leadership & Strategy
Harvard Business School FrameworksSteerCo GovernanceChange ManagementReportingTeam ManagementHigh-Performance TeamsLeader-Leader ModelAutonomyPsychological SafetyDigital Transformation
11+
Years in Tech
$15M+
Projects Delivered
Selected Highlights
$10Mportfolio of high-impact initiatives spearheaded over a 5-year period
$3Mportal program directed, streamlining workflows and reducing operational effort by 50%
95%reduction in manual intervention through enterprise business process digitisation
$400Kin annual savings from reduced cycle times and eliminated vendor dependency
30%improvement in team velocity and release predictability through SAFe implementation
AIagents built end-to-end using VectorDB, RAG architecture, and LangChain
What I've Built
Selected Projects & AI Agents
Programme Delivery
Online Services Portal
Led delivery of a $3M secure, customer-facing portal enabling workers to digitally submit and track compensation appeals — eliminating paper-based processes, automating workflows, and managing 12 cross-functional team members and executive-level stakeholders.
Programme Delivery$3MEnterpriseDigital Transformation
Programme Delivery
Auto-Assignment System
Delivered a $2M cloud-based web application that automated claims assignment to officers, eliminating 95% of manual processing — freeing staff to focus on higher-value casework.
Programme Delivery$2MAutomationCloud
Programme Delivery
Levi's Core Microservices Platform
Architected and delivered a suite of secure, componentized microservices powering Levi's e-commerce, retail store, and distribution center applications — eliminating downtime and enabling scalable, resilient digital operations across all customer-facing platforms.
MicroservicesE-commerceEnterprise ArchitectureResilience
Programme Delivery
Mobile CRM Application
Led end-to-end delivery of native iOS and Android CRM applications, putting real-time customer and operational data in the hands of field teams through a seamless, cross-platform mobile experience.
iOSAndroidCRMMobile
Programme Delivery
$5M Delivery Driver Device RFP
Owned a $5M enterprise RFP from evaluation through contract award — leading vendor assessments, facilitating oral demonstrations, negotiating terms, and managing ongoing vendor relationships for mission-critical handheld devices.
RFP$5MVendor ManagementEnterprise
AI Agent
AI Chatbot Agent
Built a customer-facing AI chatbot agent that handles support interactions autonomously — reducing response time and deflecting high-volume inquiries using LangChain and RAG architecture.
PythonLangChainRAGAI Agent
AI Agent
AI Project Status Report Agent
Built an AI agent that auto-generates project status reports tailored by audience (Executive / Team / Personal) and tone (Professional / Casual) — turning raw project data into ready-to-send communications in seconds.
PythonLLMAutomationAI Agent
AI Agent
AI Document Summarizer Agent
Built an AI-powered document summarizer that condenses lengthy documents into clear, actionable summaries — saving hours of manual review time.
PythonDocument AINLPAI Agent
Thoughts & Insights
Blog
Change ManagementLeadershipTransformation
Bloody Change Management
Why change management is the hardest part of any programme — not because the technology is complex, but because people are. Lessons from the coalface of enterprise transformation.
Coming Soon
Not published yetAI AgentsCareerBuilders
I Built the AI That Could Replace Me
I spent a decade managing complex programmes by hand. Then I built an AI agent that automates most of it. Here's what that felt like — and why I think every PM should do the same.
Coming Soon
Not published yetAcademic Background
Education
Education
2014
Master of Industrial Engineering
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
2013
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
SRM University
India
Credentials
Certifications
GitHub — AI Projects
Explore my AI agents, automation tools, and open-source contributions.
github.com/sattenapalliakhileshGet In Touch
Let me help deliver Value
Open to remote opportunities across CA · USA · UK · EU.
sattenapalliakhilesh@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/akhileshsattenapalli
GitHub
github.com/sattenapalliakhilesh
Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada