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Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

As the first product person in EECA's Clean Tech co-funding programme, I was responsible for setting up product vision, strategy and OKRs. I developed a continuous product discovery and delivery process and coached my cross-functional squad to deliver outcomes using the process.Results:1. Designed and delivered two co-funding products for SMEs to switch to clean energy equipment in 2023.2. Developed automated online application systems for instant co-funding approvals.4. Delivered more than 50 co-funded projects worth over $3m for SMEs to switch from fossil fuel equipment.5. Helped procure services of service providers to deliver installations for co-funding products.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

I was responsible for the Sustainability portfolio and owned products within Business Performance and Infrastructure portfolios at business.govt.nz.Under Sustainability portfolio:1. I co-led the development of the Climate Action Toolbox. This is the key deliverable of the Climate action programme run by business.govt.nz and Sustainable Business Network in partnership with BNZ, NZTE, EECA, Meridian, Waka Kotahi and Spark.2. I was responsible for producing yearly 12-month product roadmaps, creating and managing product backlogs, delivering product enhancements and evaluating outcomes.Under Business Performance and Infrastructure portfolios:1. I led the development of a business case builder functionality at business.govt.nz. This product helps small businesses develop business cases in order to transact with service providers. 2. I led the development of an access to finance case builder to help small businesses develop customised business cases for bank lending.3. I was the product owner responsible for the continuous improvement of access to finance products at business.govt.nzIn research,1. I was responsible for maintaining research relationships with universities and running market and evaluative research projects for business.govt.nz.2. Through research projects, I contributed to customer and product insights at business.govt.nz.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

I was responsible for developing management capability modules for small businesses. Following comprehensive customer mindset research and advice from New Zealand business experts, I developed:1. Management modules on the topics of Operations strategy, Business strategy2. Funding explorer tool to help small businesses in New Zealand options for accessing finance/capital.3. Cash flow forecasting tool for small businesses to improve their cash flow during Covid-19In research, 1. I did top-up customer mindset research on the topic of access to finance. 2. I ran a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of business.govt.nz resources. 3. In collaboration with Duke University, I conducted market research on business succession planning and on impact evaluation of management capability modules.

Dunedin

Part of Otago MBA's Professional Consultant Engagement* Helped develop a reporting system for TicketDirect's clients to understand their customer behaviour by collecting information through data analytics* Validated analytics data generated from TicketDirect's websites and suggested recommendations to address gaps and improve data collection and analysis* Performed a cost-benefit analysis of TicketDirect's call center and recommended changes to improve customer engagement

Dunedin

Working with a not-for-profit organization to: - Develop a marketing strategy to attract more customers and to improve staffing- Identify opportunities for product development and growth

Dunedin

Led a team of MBA students on a live project on Strategic Planning and Implementation. Delivered a strategic roadmap for Antidote highlighting their current strategic position and providing recommendations for diversifying their business interests. Awarded "Best Student Syndicate" for the project.

Bengaluru Area, India

(Micro Focus acquired Novell Software in 2014)Took ownership of the device layer of the file server developing solutions to expand file server storage capability to 64 terabytes. Transitioned to an Agile Scrum model of software development working concurrently on multiple teams and deliverables.Responsibilities:* Lead developer in transitioning Open Enterprise Server's NSS file system from 32-bit architecture to 64-bit enabling file system to support up to 8 Peta bytes of storage.* Developed enhancements to several NSS storage modules to upgrade existing Linux platform to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12* Several crucial customer defects resolved in NSS modules of ownership

Bengaluru Area, India

Became primary owner of the storage management solutions with the file server team (NSS) designing and developing enhancements.Responsibilities:* Lead developer in designing and developing a volume management solution for NSS to transition its existing capabilities from Novell Netware to its latest SUSE Linux platform* Owner and developer of several enhancements to RAID modules providing storage redundancy to Novell's file system* Delivered feature enhancements to storage subsystem of the NSS file server* Helped demonstrate key enhancements in Novell's customer conference 'Brainshare'

Bengaluru Area, India

Moved to Novell's file server team developing and maintaining storage management solutions for Novell's Open Enterprise Server (OES) operating system.Responsibilities:* Assumed ownership of the file server's storage management systems, developing feature enhancements and resolving key customer problems* Incorporated new features introduced in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system to the file server and its storage solutions* Helped develop a prototype of the file server's solution to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit architecture for demonstration in Brainshare - Novell's annual customer conference in Utah

Bengaluru Area, India

Worked as a system programmer developing open source storage management solutions for Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating system to be used with Novell's file server.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

With proficiency in Business Statistics, Investments and Global Financial markets and Business Strategy

Bachelor Of Technology, Information Technology, 85.2 %

Activities and Societies: Joint Secretary, Youth Red Cross B-certified Cadet, National Cadet Corps University Gold medalist with College.

High School, Computer Science, 94.25%

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Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General