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Engineering Leader at Google | Ex-Microsoft

About

• Seasoned technology and product leader with several years in leading software engineering and technology groups in delivering technology/functional capabilities for online platforms. • Proven track record with industry leading organizations across consumer internet, retail and logistics/transportation in the areas of software engineering management, technology architecture, cloud computing and No SQL database including operations support. Specialize in building and managing multiple teams worldwide and the architecture and development of scalable, highly available and distributed systems • Proven ability to think strategically and execute tactically to balance projects with conflicting priorities, continually improve functions, and deliver high performance. Successfully delivered digital programs having scalable system architecture worth of $20+ Million with team size exceeding 100+ resources • Extensive experience in managing portfolio’s and programs involving digital and open source architectures, along with a strong background in scalable web/micro Services (SOAP/Rest) architecture. • Seasoned Agile coach with expertise in driving large-scale, end-to-end, Agile transformations. Helped entire organization migrate from waterfall to Agile by implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework). Currently practicing XP Practices like Pair programming, continuous integration and Test Driven Development. Extensive experience in using Tools like JIRA and Pivotal Tracker. • Completed "AWS Certified Solution Architect" certification for AWS Cloud. • Completed TOGAF 9 (The Open Group Architecture Foundation) certification for Enterprise Architecture. • Completed PMI ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) certification. • Completed PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. Specialties: eCommerce, digital technologies, Enterprise Architecture, Analytics, Manage and provide leadership to eCommerce development and support, people management, presales,risk management

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

aistudio

antigravity

claude code

claude

gemini

geminicli

Work experience

Engineering Leader at Google, Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Director Software Engineering at Microsoft, Jun 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Won Second Prize in Microsoft Hackathon 2020 (Hack for India) Dynamics CRM CDS (Common Data Services)

Director at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Aug 2012 - May 2019 · 6 yrs 10 mos, Austin, Texas Area, 1. An exemplary digital commerce leader with huge amount of experience in leading programs end to end. Have extensively worked on eCommerce and CMS suites like Hybris, WCS, Magento, Sitecore and Oracle web center suite (Fatwire) including Java/J2EE, REST, Spring etc 2. Manage multiple portfolio's and programs by leading and mentoring multiple teams for the eCommerce website, each with more than 100 members, employing different technologies (WCS, Java/J2EE, Micro services, RESTFul, No SQL(Cassandra), Google Cloud and User Experience). Implemented and delivered diverse number of key site functionalities 3. Leading a huge initiative of migrating projects to XP (Extreme programming) practices for all enterprise teams for a retail client. 4. Implemented SAFe(Scaled Agile Framework) for the retail client. Agile Champion and coach. Lead and Overseen entire agile transformation for the client and implemented best Agile practices. 5. Leads and overseen a big transformation initiative for improving project releases by doing engineering improvements using automation and establishing process governance. This is one of the significant projects for the retail client overlooked at VP level

Project/Program Manager at WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, Mar 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Provided end-to-end team leadership from requirements phase through production for eCommerce programs for two big multinational retail clients. Functioned as single point of contact (SPOC) for both projects. Overall program manager for Customer Account Program with budget of $3M and team of over 100 members. For Reward Zone Loyalty Program, drove overall delivery working with 50-member team. Key Achievements: 1. Delivered single sign-on functionality for customers accessing different portals of the same company through web services as part of Customer Account Program. 2. Implemented high end scalable loyalty program that was seamlessly integrated with customer’s online site and afforded unique view of rewards available as part of Reward Zone Loyalty Program. 3. Implemented Agile/XP as concept for both programs and introduced sprints/iterations.

Project Manager at Infosys Technologies Ltd, Nov 2006 - Feb 2010 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Managed 10 major diverse programs end-to-end for multinational USA retail clients, leading teams ranging in size from 24 to 35 members. Ensured all product requirements were captured, delivered on time, and with utmost quality. Overcame risks and issues with strategic contingency plans. Key Achievements:  Joined company as Software Engineer and worked up to Project Manager within five years. 1. Successfully built front end for a retail eCommerce site from scratch by mastering newly emerging Fatwire as content management tool. 2. Took over L1 and L2 Support for Reebok.com website and effectively managed all enhancement requests for this multi-layered global eCommerce application. Stabilized recently built site upon takeover and reduced a number of pending product defects. 3. Successfully delivered several applications using Java/J2EE/Swing Technologies for a transportation retailer.

Programmer Analyst at Infosys Technologies Ltd, Jul 2002 - Nov 2006 · 4 yrs 5 mos, Chennai Area, India, 1. Leading a team of 10+ people 2. Worked in Java Swings, J2EE systems 3. Manage Small Team, Coding, Unit Testing

Senior Engineer at Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Nov 1999 - Apr 2002 · 2 y 5 mo, Hyderabad

Education

Stanford Business Leadership Series, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Master’s Degree, MBA Systems, University of Madras