Effective hands-on leader, product manager and software engineer with more than 8 years of professional experience of working in Japan, Germany, India, US, South Korea, Iceland and the UK. Adept at leading and collaborating with remote cross-functional teams, managing release timelines, facilitating agile workflow and developing successful solutions for clients.
Education
Master of Business Administration
University of Applied Sciences Hochschule Offenburg, Germany
Sep 2018 – Jan 2020
Majored in International Business Consulting
Bachelor of Technology
National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India
2007 – 2011
Majored in Computer Science and Engineering
International Experience
Professional Timeline
Global Product Manager for The Adecco Group – Berlin, Germany
Feb 2020 – present
• Managing the development and evolution of a portfolio of web and mobile applications on the Candidate Access Platform.
• Coordinating with stakeholders from 15+ countries to guide the evolution of the platform by owning global business cases, managing teams’ OKRs and prioritisation of roadmaps.
• Managing a team of delivery leads, architects, 17 engineers and acting as the bridge with UI/UX design, legal, marketing, sales and other teams.
Senior Consultant for Xebia Netherlands BV – Hilversum, Netherlands
Feb 2017 – Jul 2018
• Represented the firm in several countries for technical pre-sales and client negotiations.
• Worked on-site at LiveNation HQ in Hollywood, CA to manage the feature roadmap, development and SEO optimisation of the new online platform for Ticketmaster.
• Worked on-site for McKinsey & Company in Manhattan, NY for architecting and planning a progressive web application for partner evaluation.
• Worked on-site for Wow Airlines in Reykjavík, Iceland for managing entire product lifecycle of their booking engine and flight analytics system using Agile practices.
• Headed recruitment of consultants and developers for various client and in-house projects.
Lead Engineer for Active Gaming Media – Osaka, Japan
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017
• Headed the technical team for bringing Night Zookeeper, a UK-based start-up to Japan, and further development of the educational social platform.
• Lead the core development team of four engineers and three interns.
• Worked on-site in London, UK for developing a free-hand drawing solution for touch devices and created algorithm for auto-pairing classrooms from schools around the world.
• Managed social media presence and facilitated digital marketing campaigns.
• Planned and budgeted the costs for running the platform, server instances, digital assets, outsourcing modules etc.
System Engineer for Active Gaming Media – Osaka, Japan
• Developed various web and mobile applications for the firm and their clients.
• Core member in the team of three engineers for developing Playism, Japan’s largest ecommerce platform for Indie video games.
• Engineered a user behaviour analysis system for Fuji TV’s online social game, which helped increase the revenues manifold.
• Represented the firm in client meetings for formalising project requirements in Tokyo, Osaka etc. and proposed architectures for various web applications.
Co-Founder at Spyders Web Technologies – New Delhi, India
July 2012 – Jan 2013
• Negotiated deals, planned and developed various web and mobile applications for schools, clinics, food delivery companies etc.
• Developed an Android application for music percussions which has had 300K+ downloads till date.
Software Engineer (R&D) for Samsung Electronics – Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
July 2011 – July 2012
• Developed the web browser for Samsung SMART TV in a team of six engineers.
• Worked on webkit-based multi-locale browser research and development.
Languages
English, Hindi, Punjabi – Fluent/Native
Urdu, Japanese – Conversational Fluency
German – Learning
Skills
• Leadership – have successfully mentored teams of engineers, designers and interns and helped them become cross-functional and Agile.
• Negotiation – have won many projects by leading technical pre-sales in several countries.
• Teamwork – have efficiently led and worked with international teams following Agile practices for software development.
• Product Lifecycle Management – have managed entire journey for web and mobile applications from requirements and conceptualisation (user research) to commercialisation and maintenance phases.
• Software Architecture and Engineering – Experienced in developing scalable architectures for PWAs and mobile applications, proficient with a vast array of programming languages, design patterns, frameworks and concepts including Universal JavaScript, React Native, ReactJS, Redux, GraphQL, ES6, Next.js, NodeJS, PHP, SQL, Python, Cordova, HTML5, CSS3, C, ML, UNIX shell programming and well versed with UX design, SEO, SEM and digital marketing campaigns.
• Presentation – have represented my firm at client presentations around the world, and have delivered Keynote sessions at International Computer Science Conferences.
Miscellaneous
• Valid US B1/B2 Visa (until Feb 2027)
• TOEFL iBT: 108 out of 120
• Graduated Udacity Product Manager Nanodegree in June, 2021
• Graduated Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree in Sep, 2015
• Cambridge certified UNIX shell script developer
• University of Pennsylvania certified Gamification Developer
Extra Curricular
• Served as Coordinator, GNU Linux Users’ Group, NIT Hamirpur
• Handled the finances for on-stage events during national level cultural festival as the Joint Secretary.
• Won many inter-college singing and instrumental music competitions.
• Served as Web Coordinator, Nimbus 2010 (National level tech. festival)
Hobbies
• Singing and playing musical instruments
• Reading
• Language acquisition
References
Available upon request
