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10 release management experts
These ten professionals have owned release management inside the companies they worked for, in roles ranging from release manager to vice president of release management. A reader can learn how companies run release management work from the inside.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alexander Kayser
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager Release Management Technology, PD & IT · Sky Deutschland GmbH
Former Senior Manager Release Management Technology, PD & IT at Sky Deutschland GmbH (2020–2023), a role in which the profile says this person oversaw the end-to-end release process, including its planning. Head of Release Train Engineer at Sky Deutschland GmbH since March 2026, and former Senior Program Manager Technology, PD, IT & Transformation there (2023–2026).
Anita Sinha
LinkedInExperience: Director, Digital Release Management · FIS
Director, Digital Release Management at FIS since November 2024, where the profile says this person built and led a unified release governance framework for a complex digital banking platform. Former Sr Producer, Release Management at Zwift (2021–2024), Sr Staff Release Manager at Visa (2019–2020) and TPM, Release Lead at Salesforce (2014–2019).
Jill Macklem
LinkedInExperience: Director, Release Management · Oracle
Director, Release Management at Oracle since April 2008. The profile says this person has been a Central Release Management team member for Oracle Cloud since 2014, responsible for the smooth running of internal infrastructure, hardware and software. Former Senior Release Manager (2007–2008) and Release Manager (2004–2007) at BEA Systems.
Joe Gormley
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Release Management · Aria Systems
Sr. Director of Release Management at Aria Systems since January 2015 and former Director of Quality Assurance there (2010–2015). Former Quality Assurance Analyst, QA Manager, Release Manager at FIS (2000–2005), where the profile says this person held various positions including handling release management duties.
Katarzyna Bilinska
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Release Management · Collibra
Manager, Release Management at Collibra since July 2022 and former Staff Release Manager there (2021–2022). The profile says this person leads release management for the entire company, covering a release management improvements roadmap, release KPIs and status reporting, managing feature releases and recruiting team members.
Mandar Mate
LinkedInExperience: Director Release & Program Management · PTC
Director Release & Program Management at PTC since April 2022. Former Senior Release Manager (2019–2022), Release Manager (2016–2019) and Senior QA Technical Lead (2006–2016) at PTC. The profile lists release management and the software development life cycle among this person's skills.
Natasha Crowe
LinkedInExperience: Head of Release Management · SS&C Technologies
Head of Release Management at SS&C Technologies since January 2019; the profile also describes the role as Head of Release Management at SS&C DST Bluedoor. Former Business Project Manager at DST Systems (2016–2019) and former Senior Project Manager at Cofunds (2011–2016).
Renjesh Raju
LinkedInExperience: Program Manager, Release Management · LinkedIn
Former Program Manager, Release Management (2019–2021) and Technical Release Project Manager (2017–2019) at LinkedIn, former Engineering Release Program Manager at Nuna Inc. (2021–2023) and former Lead Release Program Manager at Comcast (2023–2024). Engineering Release Program Management at Postman since August 2024. The profile cites more than a decade of experience managing and optimizing complex software release cycles, with a specialty in delivering on-time product launches.
Ruchi Shah
LinkedInExperience: VP of Release Management · eClinicalWorks
VP of Release Management at eClinicalWorks since April 2020; the profile places this role in the Project Management department at President/Vice President level and describes eClinicalWorks as cloud-based EHR software. Also listed as Strategic Account Manager (2006–2022) and Team Lead (2006–2022) at eClinicalWorks.
Victoria Godonoga
LinkedInExperience: Release Management Manager · Siemens Digital Industries Software
Release Management Manager at Siemens Digital Industries Software since January 2022. Former Release Program Manager at Siemens Digital Industries Software (2019–2022) and at Mentor Graphics (2014–2022), and former R&D Project manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2011–2013).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's level to your question: someone who ran releases day to day suits questions about calendars, cut-off dates and deployment readiness, while a director or head of the function suits questions about governance, staffing and reporting. Also ask what kind of product and release cadence they supported, since a cloud service shipping often differs from a packaged product with a few large releases a year.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you set the release calendar and cut-off dates, and how did you handle teams that missed them?
- 02What release metrics and status reporting did you put in place, and which ones changed decisions?
- 03How did you decide whether a release was ready to ship, and who had the final say?
Reaching release management experts
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