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Frisco, Tx, Us

Addison, Texas, Us

• Leveraged startup experience by meeting time-to-market expectations of sales and marketing teams with diligent adaptation• Member of Product Council, developing roadmaps, product life cycle process and meeting smart goals targets Q1-85%, Q2/Q3 100%• Built and managed development team (on-site and near-shore), QA & Scrum aligning cross-functionally with product & implementation• Delivered (budget/timeline) innovative solutions for Palliative and Hospice healthcare domain adhering to security & PHI compliance• Led teach leads in solution architecture (web & mobile) and leveraging AWS tech stack (Lambdas, Step Functions, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, Health Data Lake), Sonarcube, Angular & JAVA• Led release management, with RTE, scrum teams, dev/ops and managed beta releases and production deployments every two weeks• Retention Improvement - Velocity improvement by 40% - Delivered 5 Product Increments – 5 Scrum Teams

• Led engineering development of a Master Data Management system (MDM HUB workflow) serving globally distributed (32 countries) business functions. This system allows, various users from different departments across the world, creating a product quote (all the parts/resources/specifications needed for manufacturing a product) fulfilling their part of the product/part • Led application architecture/design and integration efforts leveraging microservices based architecture on Azure Service Fabric cluster.• Leveraged Azure/.Net Core technologies (PaaS) leading the teams adhering to the code quality, and productive delivery.• Managed configuring data pipelines using Azure Data Function Integration Runtime.• Designed and developed entire database in SQL Server and the font-end UI workflow. Then, worked with developers’ collectively developing the code (both ASP.Net and backend stored procedures)• Users from various department and countries moved to using this new centralized MDM HUB instead of using the legacy system for each department/part level information and manually building a quote• ASP.Net to .Net Core Migration: Initiated this project given the benefits . Presented to the executive stakeholders, got the approval and started the development. Hands-on with development and QA teams adopting the step by step process (configuring asp.net core site, migrating controllers & views (testing each method), static content, building and resolving errors), to moving to .Net Core version 3.1 • Led Dev/Ops practice implementing hosting and automation services in Azure • Led multiple Scrum teams (offshore and onsite), working with executive sponsors and customers/end-users directly, leading development & QA tasks, day-to-day stand-ups, overseeing sprint tasks, and weekly status calls• Architected and implemented reusable software environment management and .NET development solutions, which were successfully adopted in customer solutions

• Led multiple distributed Scrum teams (5 teams - a total of 60 developers) delivering SaaS and mobile solutions• Product & Project Management – Product Owner – Agile/Scrum - multiple projects, budget, requirements, scope & release Mgmt• Acted as liaison between business, sales and IT teams to refine the product and incorporate features based on market demands• Created and managed Product Roadmaps for major and minor releases. Managed 4 major and 8 minor releases annually• Defined the product specifications for European market and led engineering development• Partnered with Marketing, positioning the product in market channels and developed the competitive analysis• Managed “Salable Returns” with HAD, member of the “Task Force” and actively contributed to Governance and Technical groups• Member of GS1 community for standards management and bringing block chain initiative in to rfxcel establishing partnerships• Executive reporting to CTO and other cross-functional heads• Managed budget, technology partnerships & licensing for engineering and product management

* Led multiple engineering teams with hands-on development and program management meeting business goals.* Solution architect for mobile and web applications, including API and data integrations.* Led development teams using Microsoft technologies, C#, APS.NET, and MS SQL.§ Integrated multiple data sources with our API fabric and organized Data Lakes for data analytics* Established PI planning and Leveraged SCRUM framework leading product development.* Facilitated and refined Scrum ceremonies Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.* Collaborated with stakeholders to understand business problem statements and convert them into user stories/product backlog.* Partnered with startups as a technology solution partner for a full life cycle in developing, deploying, and production support.* Planned and estimated 2-week sprints in a realistic yet time-efficient manner that allowed the teams to deliver 97% of the MVP according to the company roadmap.* Led DevOps practice implementing hosting and automation services in Cloud (AWS and Rackspace) for multiple startups.* Led the M&A due diligence effort for a potential acquisition of some parts of the intellectual property of the company

• Transitioned from TradeMotion to Frequentz in 2012. Frequentz product development started in 2010• Established and led the entire program and project management practice, working directly with customers• Led the acquisition of IBM/InfoSphere Traceability Server Software, intellectual property, Customers, the team and the systems• Built & managed (60) high-performance teams and formed special teams for product lines and projects• Introduced Agile/Scrum Framework to Frequentz – Facilitating training and adaptation of Scrum Framework for SaaS and Mobile Apps• Authored product road-map working cross-functionally with Product Mgmt, Marketing and Sales positively impacting the bottom-line• Oversaw the program/project mgmt and delivery of track and trace enterprise platform for pharmaceutical supply chain• Solution architecture of mobile application for patients of EMD Serono (a subsidiary of Merck, Germany)."Check My Meds"• Engineered a mobile solution for PTI (Product Traceability Initiative – SaaS and a Mobile Data Capturing) with the ability to track and trace produce right from the farm field to retailer, resulting in target recall ability, protecting brand name, integrity and consumers• Established, managed relationships and contracts with hosting providers like AWS and Rackspace• Steered the architecture and the deployment of the on-premise model in Cloud (SaaS)• Automotive eCommerce Big Data analytics with IBM’s Pure Data Systems. Benefits auto manufacturers, insurance companies and dealers by providing data analytics of automotive parts performance, influencing factors, recalls, and brand protection• Quality Management System (ISO 13485), authored SOPs and successful customer audits• Ensured customer support SLAs (security, scalability and uptime) are met in Cloud and On-premise

• eCommerce product suite (SaaS) services B2C, B2B, and D2D markets handling millions of transactions• Hired for transformational leadership to streamline product development and customer management• Managed multiple projects with auto manufacturers right from inception to delivery, reporting to CEO and stakeholders• Re-organized the Product, Development, QA and database teams, including offshore and managed a team of 25 in US• Integrated and launched TradeMotion's eCommerce platform with eBay motors (Parts & Accessories) enabling thousands of dealers, resulting in increased sales for eBay and TradeMotion dealers• Created and launched a new product "PartProtection", a simple and seamless OEM part extended warranties• Steered mobile application "Autoplay" fully integrated with backend eOffice to manage video content, discounts, coupons & promotions• Consolidated production infrastructure with hosting provider by adopting new technologies and reduced annual recurring costs by 25%• Delivered mobile application for Nissan and enhancements to SaaS model and Single-Sing-On (SSO) across multiple applications• Ensured PCI-DSS data security compliance by leveraging Rackspace services in addition to code based encryptions & SQL injections• Established dedicated teams for customer support & product quality measurement metrics. Resulted in an increased customer satisfaction by over 80% per a third-party survey• Extended professional services for onsite services & change management for 6000 dealers and top 8 manufacturers• Executed a major performance and up-time project (vertical & horizontal scaling & code refactoring) - improved up-time to a new 99.9%• Implemented best practices for software development and improved the team efficiency by 50%

Program Manager and Chief Architect: Architected and led the development and QA teams to deliver HealthHighway.com and various other solutions in the space inventory management and financial systems. Architecture/design solutions and lead development teams to deliver systems to clients. Projects include works (web applications, GIS, Data and Database Management) for City of Chicago, Seattle, Portland, King County and others.Enterprise Solutions Pvt, Ltd: Software Services Consulting Company - Founder Founded and directed Enterprise Solutions Pvt, Ltd., (for 6 years, renamed as ACRO Computing India Pvt, Ltd) A software development center in India, with a team of 40 members serving various customers in USACAD/CAM programming, developing models, QA and integration of software products across multiple operating systems.

Mba, Strategic Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering