About

Durga Prasad Reddy Balaka is a highly skilled and experienced product manager, with a strong background in business strategy, digital transformation, finance, health care, and CRM. With almost a decade of relevant experience, he has worked in a variety of industries, including reinsurance, financial services, software, fintech, and ticketing. Durga is passionate about using technology to solve problems and influence how people experience technology. He has a proven track record of developing scalable technological solutions that balance both the strategic short-term and long-term goals of organizations. He is an expert in product management, business development, market research, product design, software development, business intelligence, project management, database design and architecture, investments, private equity, and platforms. In addition to his technical skills, Durga is also highly proficient in a variety of programming languages and software tools, including C, C#, WPF, .Net, VBA, SQL, R, Excel, UNIX, Data Warehouse, Jira, Invision, Python, Git, Entity Framework, Matlab, AWS, Swagger, Looker, APIs, Snowflake, Gherkin, XML, SSIS, SSRS, CUDA, Web Technologies, SDLC, BigData, Data Analytics, Scrum, and Agile. Currently, Durga works as a Product Manager at Expedia, where he is responsible for developing and managing products that help customers to plan and book their travel experiences. Prior to this, he worked as a Senior Product Owner at Commonwealth Care Alliance and as a Director of Loyalty Division at TicketNetwork. Durga holds an MBA and an MS from Boston University Questrom School of Business, as well as a Bachelor of Technology from the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. He is also a graduate of Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Vijayawada, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Chittoor, and Arogyamatha School, Madanapalli. Overall, Durga Prasad Reddy Balaka is a highly skilled and experienced product manager with a proven track record of developing scalable technological solutions that balance both the strategic short-term and long-term goals of organizations. He is passionate about using technology to solve problems and influence how people experience technology, and he is highly proficient in a variety of programming languages and software tools.