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Toronto, Ontario, CA

Champaign, Illinois, US

• meShare is an AI-powered IoT Cloud Platform that makes IoT solutions with SaaS offerings for clients (startups to Fortune 500)
• Coordinated with senior leadership to envision, plan, and build products that align with the overarching business strategy
• Oversaw new product development & product improvements for Admin Portal, an internal tool that was leveraged by meShare & its clients to manage, support, and grow the end-user products & solutions
• Directed development of AI Support Chat Assistant utilizing OpenAI's GPT models resulting in drastic decrease in support cases handled by agents
• Spearheaded planning, development, and launch of IoT applications for clients
• Formulated our biggest client's Smart Security Subscription SaaS price increase resulting in month-over-month revenue increase and churn decrease for legacy subscribers

Champaign, Illinois, US

• Built and managed the new US-based product design team and ensured that the team seamlessly fit into the organizational workflow
• Analyzed product metrics, market research, customer data & user feedback to identify app, hardware, and Smart Security Subscription SaaS improvements for our client's Smart Home & Property Automation solutions
• Planned & implemented our biggest client's mobile app product roadmap, timeline, and requirements, boosting app rating from 2.3 to 4.2 (max 5)
• Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to build voice integrations with Alexa and Google Assistant
• Identified product requirements for new smart home devices for clients, 1 of which is a CES Innovation Award Honoree

• NeuroLux was an early-stage 6-person startup that makes medical research equipment that utilizes wireless neural implants to aid neuroscientists with optogenetics research.
• Secured relationships with 30 new clients, generating $400,000+ in sales in the company's 1st year and a half of commercial operation
• Served as the primary point of contact for over 100+ prospective clients
• Generated sales from existing customers as the single point of contact for technical customer support for 50+ clients; resulting in additional sales from current clients
• Forged an international enterprise shipping contract with the shipping and logistics provider, reducing shipping costs by 60%

• Identified product improvements (3 software & 5 hardware updates) by leveraging client feedback as primary liaison for 50+ clients resulting in additional sales to existing clients
• Accelerated product improvement & refined organizational workflow as the liaison between customers, vendors & internal engineering team
• Built portions of hardware solutions for electrical, electronic & RF parts, subsystems, and integrated circuits
• Designed tests for thermal heat, flexibility, electromagnetic interference, LED brightness and LED emission spectra that identified areas of improvement resulting in 5 hardware updates
• Collaborated with Rogers research group on 6 research projects

• Spearheaded all programming or coding projects undertaken by the startup
• Developed & tested the.Net Desktop app that controls the hardware equipment that wirelessly communicates with the neural implants
• Oversaw development of web app for estimating the optical power lost in animal tissues using Monte Carlo Simulation in MatLab
• Troubleshot and resolved app and app-equipment interface issues by creating, testing, and deploying periodic updates & customized solutions

• Led by Professor John Rogers, renowned for creating startups using cutting-edge research in connected sensors & flexible electronics using soft materials
• Developed wireless wearable incorporating touch sensation into Virtual & Augmented Reality systems (VR & AR) systems resulting in high-impact Nature paper
• Ideated and built the initial product demo for “Gx Sweat Patch”, a wearable performance tracker for athletes, securing brand new startup Epicore Biosystems’ partnership with Gatorade & PepsiCo
• Created the pivotal app for clinical studies on “L’Oreal’s UV Sense”, a wearable UV exposure sensor made by new startup Wearifi
• Built the clinical test device setup of wearable neonatal Bili Light sensor for the initial clinical test phase
• Developed the desktop app used to test and calibrate wearable galvanic skin response sensor

• Wearifi was an early-stage startup that developed “L’Oreal’s UV Sense”, a wireless wearable patch for measuring UV exposure
• Streamlined initial research, prototyping, and new product development by creating custom desktop apps for prototype testing
• Created the pivotal app for initial clinical studies on “L’Oreal’s UV Sense”

Helsinki, Uusimaa, FI

• Elisa is a Finnish telecommunications company that engaged my team to explore new opportunities for innovation
• Led a team of consultants to conduct market analysis and gauge the feasibility of launching a sports broadcast app in the US market
• Proposed tackling the underserved amateur sports market for its potential new streaming service
• Formulated the Go-To-Market strategy for the Finnish Telecom firm's amateur sports streaming service

Champaign, IL, US

• Worked in the Ikenberry Common's Dining Center as part of U of I's University Dining Service
• Managed inventory and estimated food prep
• Cooked and served custom orders
• Maintained self-serve food stations

Teaneck, New Jersey, US

• Designed and built a project tracking web app by utilizing.Net, SQL, and Sharepoint
• Obtained hands-on training in database management,.Net Framework, and Sharepoint in the Cognizant Academy
• One of the 5 selected from 700 professionals into the Cognizant Academy’s leadership development team
• Elected as representative of cohort (20 colleagues) in Cognizant academy
• Assisted the project allocation process as the liaison between the HR & the Academy graduates upon training completion

IN

Learned daily operations of India's oldest television broadcaster. Taught about the multimedia and technical aspects of TV broadcast. Part of filming of a live broadcast. Witnessed the entire signal processing procedure involved to modulate the message signal into the carrier signal.

Palo Alto, CA, US

Learned about the different various network protocols, structures and devices utilized by the professionals to set up LAN and wireless networks. Experienced the process involving IP configuration. Solved common problems involved in the process.

Master Of Science (Ms), Technology Management

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics And Communications Engineering

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