Rajesh Hegde

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Consulting - Software Solution and Product Management @ Bengaluru, KA, IN
Bengaluru, KA, IN
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, India
About Rajesh Hegde

Rajesh is a forward-looking Engineering Leader and a seasoned senior project manager with a strong business and technology acumen having 2 decades of experience in Product Development, Services Delivery, Product Management, R&D, Customer Relation Management and People Management. Has successfully led teams to develop mission critical enterprise-level Desktop, Web, Mobile and SaaS solutions to different business segments spanning across Digital Healthcare, Security, CRM, Mobile technology computing, telecom, datacom networking and embedded systems. A proven program/project manager with experience of delivering complex projects with watferall or Agile or a hybrid project management models. Has wealth of experience collaborating with cross functional teams across India, US, Europe, and East Asia. Has expertise in setting up PMO, its process framework and leading project management/program management team. Initiated and led the change management process to transform engineering teams fraom traditional process model to agile scrum model. A strong believer in product quality and best practices of software quality assurance. Has headed software testing and quality assurance department and led creation of testing COEs. Has experience leading projects to evaluation of testing tools, creating POCs and productizing automation frameworks for GUI functional testing, Web Services API testing, Unit testing and performance testing.A trained product management leader from Institute of Product Leadership who helped product management/organization to bring a new product or re-engineer an existing product.An enthusiastic people leader who has proven skills at motivating, mentoring and coaching engineering teams to get them better at work.A believer in continuous learning and re-skilling oneself, Rajesh helped himself and his organizations to create a strategy and environment for continuous learning. Worked extensively with HR partners creating stable learning and development programs.Specialties:Engineering Management, Product Management, Program/Project Management, Services Management, Customer Engagement, Stake holder management, Cross functional Leadership, Software Architecture, Security Engineering, Test Strategy, Test planning, Test Automation StrategiesTechnologies:Mobile Platforms: (Android, IOS), Cloud tech: (Azure, AWS, Salesforce)Web Tech: (JAVA, .NET core/C#. ReactJS)Embedded Apps: C, C++, Linux, Real Time OS, PhythonAI/ML, Generative AI, Data Analysis fundamentals

Rajesh Hegde's Current Company Details
Confidential

Confidential

Consulting - Software Solution and Product Management
Bengaluru, KA, IN
Rajesh Hegde Work Experience Details
  • Confidential
    Consulting - Software Solution And Product Management
    Confidential
    Bengaluru, Ka, In
  • Confidential
    Product Management Consultant
    Confidential Aug 2024 - Present
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    Product strategy, GTM strategy, requirements analysis, market research, product market fit framework
  • Welldoc
    Director Of Engineering
    Welldoc Dec 2023 - May 2024
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    At WellDoc, as Director of Services Software Engineering Group, I lead multiple group of teams of 60+ engineers working on customizing Digital Healthcare platform and custom solution development to leading healthcare providers globally against the all those challenges of aggressive demanding customer time schedules, shorter release cycles, US FDA/Europe/Asian countries national healthcare regulatory framework constraints, mobile application App store approval cycles and an ever expanding team. Experience Summary:• successfully led the delivery of multiple product development programs involving customized Digital Healthcare platforms to leading global healthcare providers. • led a brand-new complex product program to deliver solution integrated with world`s first digital stethoscope to a globally leading healthcare provider/pharma company.• Contributed to the initiatives to improve the project planning and execution process. • Partnered with HR L & D team to lead initiatives to train, coach, and mentor engineering teams to transition to agile scrum process model.• Performance appraisals, talent development and retention strategies, 1-on-1 coaching and mentoring to reporting managers and technical team members, project management teamTech Stack:• Mobile App - Android with JAVA/Kotlin, Mobile App - iOS with Objective C and Swift)• Backend Server: Web/Cloud/SaaS (.NET Core with C# on Azure Cloud, Azure Cloud Services, MS SQL DB)• Microservices Architecture• Data Engineering Platforms: Data Brick, Data Lake• AI/ML Algorithms trained digital coaching engine.
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  • Nsplus Technology Private Limited
    Business Unit Head (Senior Director Enginnering - Sw Delivery)
    Nsplus Technology Private Limited Mar 2017 - Sep 2023
    Bangalore
    At NSP, I worked as Senior Director of Engineering/BU Head Security Software. • As a founding member of NSP, I had played a vital role in kick-starting product engineering services business from the ground up and scaled this to a team of 100+. • Spearheaded the creation of Outsourced Product Development teams for different global MNCS and startup ISVs in security software (IAM, Biometric Identity Solutions), Cloud based Revenue Management Platform and EdTech platforms like LMS and ERP.• Played a key role in organization vision, business strategies and business expansions.• Played an anchoring role in building top class teams from group and scaling who kept on getting exceeded expectation appreciation from customers, excellent NPS ratings which help retaining existing business and winning new business.• Established a central PMO, its governance model, a stable working model and system for running product engineering services and other projects successfully. • Headed Software Testing/Quality assurance team, established testing processes and spread headed effort to evaluate test automation tools, creation automation POCs and automation frameworks for Web App GUI functional testing, Web Services API testing, Unit testing and performance testing. Instrumental in creating testing COE.• Played an anchoring role in training, coaching and mentoring HR hiring and business HR teams.Key Projects:1. AWS Private Cloud based Biometic ID based Criminal Identitication and Verification Application Solution2. Next generation Biometric ID based Border Control Application 3. Multifactor Authentication Application sute based on SMS OTP, Biometric ID, Face ID and Smart Card3. Biometric ID Management Application suite for Enrolment, ID Management, Mobile Device Management4. Access ID delivery management workflow digitization Application5. AWS Cloud based Revenue Management platform, GUI functional test automation, API utomation test suite
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  • I.Am+
    Software Program Manager
    I.Am+ Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
    Bangalore
    I worked as Software Program Manager for custom Android/Linux OS based cloud hosted AI Agent driven Iamplus Smartwatch Product development.Experience Summary:• Collaborated with cross functional team leaders from Product Management, CTO and global PMO across Singapore, US, Israil and India for product road mapping, release planning and requirement scoping.• Program lead India engineering center of 40+ engineers for multiple releases of a custom Android platform-based AI Engine driven smartwatch project to leading telecom operators for their field trials testing.• Coordinated with global PMO and implemented agile scrum process role out which resulted in significant improvements to entire development cycle (scope clarity, requirements documentation, test strategy, design, development, QA testing and release deployments) and better quality.• Lead as a scrum master, product owner and agile coach to multiple project teams working development and testing of 3g communication software, middleware software and applications and worked as an agile coach.• Worked with leadership team and HR to hire, train and set up a new product management team in Bengaluru. Tech Stack:Mobile Solution: Android platform, Linux OS, native JAVABackend Server : NodeJS, JavaScript, AI/ML powered digital voice assistantDB: mySQL, Mongo
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  • Prodigy Technovations Pvt Ltd
    Sw Engineering Head/Engineering Manager
    Prodigy Technovations Pvt Ltd Aug 2014 - Dec 2015
    Bangalore
    As SW Engineering Head/Manager, I lead a team of 15+ engineers working on electronic hardware level protocol analyzer software products, FPGA based HW protocol analyzer product and customer specific application development products.Experience Summary:• Led the release of multiple electronic protocol analyzer software products to international semiconductor customers. • Improved product development processes using Agile Scrum, enhancing delivery cycles and product quality. • Collaborated with hardware design team to successful launch of a new FPGA-based Linux OS based protocol analyzer product which later generated good business in India and globally.• Led team to successfully understand and document the requirements, UI/UX design, develop, evaluate and deploy a complex Desktop Application to automate the testing of High Voltage Electrical Equipment Lab for a well-known MNC which won great customer appreciation.• Led the engineering team expansion and retention with successful hiring, onboarding and a successful talent management/retention strategy. Tech Stack:Windows Forms, WPF, .NET framework, C#, MS SQLC++, Linux OS
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  • Servicemax
    Software Engineering Manager
    Servicemax Mar 2013 - Aug 2014
    Bangalore
    As SW Engineering Manager, I led a top-class engineering team of 30+ engineers with senior tech leads, test leads, DevOps engineer and engineers to deliver high quality SaaS/Salesforce cloud-based Field Service Management mobile solution to fortune 500 enterprise companies.Experience Summary:• Successfully led engineering teams to deliver multiple successful product releases against aggressive timelines and demanding customers.• Collaborated with cross functional teams like product management, system architecture, customer support, professional services to define the product roadmap and engineering strategy. • Directed the test strategy to enhance overall mobile app solution quality, earning appreciation from B2B end customers and internal management. • Lead the strategies to automate GUI functional, Unit test suite and developing CI/CD system to improve product release cycle. • Drove the adoption of Agile Scrum and scaled agile processes, significantly improving delivery speed and product quality. • Successfully delivered a user-friendly iPad app and a new iPhone app in record time. • Established and led a new customer success team, providing training, coaching, and mentoring. • Active reviews and support to professional services team for building customer specific solutions. • Trained, mentored, and guided a brand-new customer success team from the ground up.• Annual performance reviews, talent development, talent retention and talent management strategies.Tech Stack:Mobile App – iOSMobile App – AndroidBack-end Server – Salesforce PaaS, Node JS
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  • Intel Corporation
    Manager
    Intel Corporation Apr 2011 - May 2012
    Bangalore
    As Software Program/Project Manager, I project lead engineering deliverables related to device driver system software as part of multiple feature phone system development programs and reported in matrix to a central PMO and to an engineering department. Experience Summary:• Managed the complete delivery of device driver software for multiple feature phone system platform releases, including proprietary and Android-based platforms, for IMC. • Led multiple technical engineering teams across India, Europe, Singapore, China, and the USA, collaborating with cross-functional teams (HW, Application SW, RF SW, SIT teams) to achieve critical project milestones. • Organized cross functional integration camps during the development cycle train and mentor members across locations, resolving the issues faster.• Lead the initiatives to software development process compliance to open source licensing standards• Initiated and led process improvement initiatives to enhance delivery processes and product quality. Tech Stack:Feature phone system hardware with RF sub system and MPCIntel IMC internal OSAndroid System with support for 3G stack and Android VirtualizationLinux OS
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  • Vmware Workspace One
    Senior Software Engineering Manager
    Vmware Workspace One 2010 - 2011
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    As Senior Software Manager, I led a top class engineering team of development and test engineers to develop, test and release Airwatch Mobile Device Management Solution to different enterprise customers.Experience Summary:• Setting up Mobile Engineering and QA test team from ground up and scaled up to 15+ engineers. • Lead the team to successfully deliver re-engineered AirWatch MDM Agent SW for Android Platform • Lead the team to successfully deliver brand new AirWatch MDM Agent SW for Nokia S60/Symbian platform with Symbian Certification in record time. • Collaborated with cross functional teams like product management, system architecture and customer support team to define product roadmap, release plan and engineering strategy.Tech Stack:Android, JAVAC++, QT, Nokia S60/SymbianiOS, Objective C
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  • Enovate Media Solutions
    Application Development Manager
    Enovate Media Solutions 2009 - 2010
    Bengaluru Area, India
    As Application Development Manager, I led a team of 30+ engineers having tech leads, QA leads, developers, testers and UI Designers . • Successful delivery of eReader Application and kids’ education applications for iPad, iPhone, and Nokia S60-Symbian Phones • Streamlined SDLC process using agile scrum with properly documented product backlogs, planned sprints, test strategies and deployments. • Headed SW QA test team and guided teams to improve test coverage, innovative exploratory testing etc. to improve the overall product quality. Tech Stack:Mobile App: iOS, Objective CMobile Apps: Android, JAVAWeb Apps: HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, JAVA/J2EE
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  • Nokia
    Software Engineering Manager
    Nokia Mar 2006 - Jul 2009
    Bangalore, India
    I worked as Engineering Manager leading Mobile Device Management, Mobile Web Services technology group, Nokia S60 Smartphone R & D Unit• Led setting up of technology groups in Bangalore from the ground up. Planned and executed transfer technology from Europe to India. Created and led top class engineering team from ground up to scale to team of 40+ engineers ( of PLs, Lead/Architects, test lead/architects) with complete involvement of hiring, training, competency development, talent management• Provided program, technical, and people leadership to the engineering team. Also headed and provided the strategy/functional leadership the SW QA test team which had manual testing and automation testing• Product strategy, engineering strategy, cross functional team leadership and worked extensively with architecture group, product management and business unit leadership teams across different Nokia R & D centers in US, Europe and India • Delivered new products, features in Device Management, Device security, Firmware over the Air (FOTA), Device Diagnostics and Web Services technology stack to leading Nokia flagship Smart Phones (like N series N-95, N-80 and E series phones like E60/61, E73 etc…)• Partnered with business units to deliver custom applications to Telecom operators. • Led the team to transform from traditional processes to Agile scrum and played different scrum roles like scrum master, Product owner and leader for Scrum of Scrum (Safe Agile)• Spread headed productivity and quality improvement initiatives like unit testing, security engineering practices, functional testing automation to significantly improve test execution cycle time• Led defining the performance requirements for the product, improvements to software archiecture for performance improvements and guided the testing team to create and execute the performance test suiteTech Stack: C++, Symbian C++, Symbian Mobile OS, S60 Smartphone platform
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  • Nokia
    Lead Sw Engineer
    Nokia Jun 2004 - Feb 2006
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    Lead SW Engineer (Geo-Location Services Group, Nokia S60 Smartphone R & D Group)• Led team to develop automation suite for testing Landmarks Application Services Protocol stack and API Engine• Designed and developed Landmarks Application and integrated this with Nokia Maps• Development, testing and maintenance of Nokia Navigation applicationTech Stack: C++, Symbian C++, Symbian Mobile OS, S60 Smartphone platform
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  • Nokia
    Senior Software Engineer
    Nokia Sep 2002 - Jun 2004
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    Senior SW Engineer (Geo-Location Services Group, Nokia S60 Smartphone R & D Group)• Design, development and testing of NAT DNS Application gateway module as part Nokia 3G GGSN product. • Developed and tested DNS resolver application as part of Nokia 3G GGSN product.• Nokia ASR 2020 Product: Developed, tested and maintained Integrated IS-IS Protocol stack
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  • Early Career
    Sw Engineer, Lead Engineer Sw
    Early Career 1998 - 2002
    Karnataka, India
    Experience Summary:I. Future Software Ltd, Chennai, India (3+ years) Worked as Lead SW Engineer with following projects in TCP/IP Datacom networking products 1. NAT protocol data path customization, integration with control path on a Intel IXP 1200 network processor 2. IGMP Protocol Stack development for Snooping feature, integration with SNMP for managing 3. Routing Protocol System integration testing using end to end automation (Integrated IS-IS, OSPF, BGP protocol system) with automation framework built using TCL/TK-EXPECT 4. Integrated IS-IS Layer 3 protocol stack: Development from ground up - For a Chinese networking MNC along with integration and system testing on the target. Visited China for 8 months 5. BGP Protocol stack development for internal ROuting stack product: 6. Spanning Treee Protocol algorithm and Transparent Bridging Protocol stack development, intehration with CLI & SNMP for management.Technology Stack: C, Linux, WIndows 95/98, TCL/TK scripting, RTOS like VxWOrks and Nucleus Datacom networking protocols (Layer 2 Switching, Layer 3/4 Routing with IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, IGMP and NAT) II. System & Software Solutons, Bangalore, India (18 months) Worked as SW Engineer, working on following projects 1. Test Automation framework development for Unit test, integration test and System testing for H.223 and H.245 protocols as part of H.324 system based Video Phone System Development project 2. Enhancements and Sustainence of H.223 Protocol Stack productTechnology Stack: C, RealTime OS pSOS, Windows 95

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Rajesh Hegde attended Institute Of Product Leadership, University Bdt College Of Engineering, Davanagere (Kuvempu University Shimoga), Karnataka.

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