Arjun Balakrishnan Email & Phone Number

Crewe, GB

Kochi, Kerala, India

• Be responsible for product vision, planning,design, market research and product launch of 'dSense','eventplus' & 'Twindynamics'. Initiated cloud agnostic process and saved $150K in cloud costdSense ( Digital | Data |.
• Envisioned and led the branding, UI/UX journey and product redesign
• Expected to reduce the development time by 50% on any B2B customizations
• On an average Improved the delivery time by 2 weeks by automation adoption
• Improved user engagement by 50% by developing new a Mobile app using new mobile technology and app optimization'eventplus' ( B2B hybrid event platform)
• Build a no-code customizable B2B event customization platform with the support of Real-time location analytics

Kochi

• Product strategy, & 90 days Roadmap for two products "dSense" and "eventplus"
• Managed the innovation center with the team of 50+
• Facilitated cross-functional workshops, Product vision presentations, and product strategy reviews including executive stakeholders
• Manage weekly and monthly sprints as Product manager in Agile Development environment using 'backlog'
• Perform R&D on the Real-time location analytics inquiries
• Initiate User research, design sprints, value proposition designs, release planning and sales support

Kochi

• Early start-up lifestyle and delivered the e-commerce Product just from concept!First of its kind in the market with 100% authentic 'Halal' food delivery chain empowering the women home cooks.Key Roles:
• Ideation, Product strategy, Product management and Product development
• Travel to foreign country to factor the cultural difference and conducted 100+ individual interviews, 5+ surveys and backed the business vision with statistics based product ideas
• 100% ownership on strategic leadership and ensure products have a well-groomed backlog to save on an average 40 man hours of time in each sprint
• Collaborated with UX/UI Designers and ensure the design are well in line with the vision
• Optimized the business rules & helped to save about 50% in delivery partner fee

• Defines, drives and executes against the information technology strategy and roadmap based on a deep understanding of both technology capabilities and their business strategies.
• Partners with business and technology representatives at all levels to assess, initiate, prioritize, refine, and drive appropriate technology solutions.
• Drive the discovery phase efficiently and help to reduce 30% of time dedicated for the phase.
• Breakdown 100% requirements into User Stories with acceptance criteria
• Shepherds 15+ projects through the SDLC lifecycle to ensure the project is meeting defined success criteria, delivering expected business value, and is free of scope creep throughout the process

Cochin Area, India

• Team coordination, ownership and manage all the offshore resources
• Coordinate with onsite team
• Provide weekly status of project status, resource allocation
• Conduct UAT

Bengaluru Area, India

• Contribute to the new requirement & submit high level feasibility report
• Provide a common platform & coordinate with different teams across different location to explain the requirements and save 10 hours per week of clarification calls and co-ordination activities
• Create High level document for better clarify among the team
• Review Low level document and test cases to ensure they are inline with the vision