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Puducherry, India

Puducherry, India

Incepted and led Willdoo Education, a forward-thinking Edutech enterprise dedicated to sculpting the next generation of learners. Our primary focus lies in equipping students from grades 6 to 12 with essential future skills. Through our meticulously designed nano courses, we aim to deliver transformative educational experiences that not only cater to academic needs but also foster holistic development. Our commitment remains unwavering: to cultivate a learning environment where young minds can flourish and be prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.

Puducherry, India

Established Pulsebay in 2019, a premier coworking and shared office space provider located in the heart of Pondicherry. Spanning over an expansive 40,000+ sqft, our facility is a testament to modern design and functionality. We pride ourselves on offering bespoke office solutions tailored to the unique needs of our diverse clientele. Currently serving 100+ esteemed clients, our mission is to create a collaborative and innovative environment where businesses, freelancers, and professionals can thrive. Through Pulsebay, we are redefining the workspace ecosystem in Pondicherry, fostering community, productivity, and growth.

Remote

Collaborate with a diverse portfolio of startups and agencies, including Epoca UI (France), Pulsebay (NZ), ANZPharma, and Singapore Sports, to optimize their project management processes.- Lead and coordinate 10 cross-functional teams, both full-time and part-time, spread across multiple time zones, ensuring seamless communication and efficient workflow.- Strategically plan project deliverables, continually monitoring and evaluating team performance to ensure on-time completion.- Proactively identify and address challenges and roadblocks, ensuring teams operate at maximum efficiency.- Champion the Scrum framework within software development teams, ensuring best practices are adhered to.- Oversee each project's scope and timeline, ensuring deliverables are met and expectations are aligned.- Facilitate sprint ceremonies, fostering a collaborative environment, and coaching team members on Agile frameworks to cultivate a mindset of continuous improvement.

At the forefront of Ledgity's project management initiatives, I lead a dynamic cross-functional team of 12 professionals scattered across diverse time zones. My key responsibilities and achievements include:- Spearheading the implementation of the Scrum framework, introducing its principles to the team, and seamlessly integrating it within the organization and product development process.- Ensuring timely product delivery by expertly facilitating and coaching the team through scrum ceremonies, roadmap planning, and user story reviews.- Vigilantly managing and maintaining Jira, ensuring tasks and projects are tracked and updated consistently, leading to efficient project flow.- Actively reviewing the development process, celebrating successes, and addressing areas of improvement to optimize team performance.- Skillfully utilizing a diverse tech stack and tools, including Java, Flutter, Invision, Jira, Confluence, and Figma, to achieve project milestones and deliverables.

Remote

Steering the project management helm at Axelerant, I direct a vibrant cross-functional team of 20 professionals stationed across various global locations. My pivotal roles and accomplishments encompass:- Serving as the primary point of contact for clients, providing seamless communication and ensuring projects are delivered to their utmost satisfaction.- Successfully developed and delivered Drupal projects for esteemed clients and partners, including Wunderman, Acquia, Melco, and L'Oreal, showcasing our team's expertise and commitment to excellence.- Overseeing the comprehensive project lifecycle, from meticulous planning and stakeholder coordination to efficient team management and staff recruitment.- Demonstrating adeptness in resolving cross-functional challenges, ensuring risks are mitigated, and maintaining the project's momentum towards its objectives.- Proficiently utilizing a robust tech stack, including headless Drupal, Acquia site factory, Angular, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Cloudfront, S3, Terraforms, Alibaba Aliyun, Function Compute, and OSS, to drive project success and innovation.

Remote

At GaggleAMP, I've taken the lead as a remote Project Manager, guiding a diverse cross-functional team of 10 members dispersed across an impressive nine time zones. My primary responsibilities and achievements include:- Championing the introduction and seamless integration of the Scrum framework into the team dynamics, organizational workflow, and overarching product development strategy.- Orchestrating product delivery timelines with precision, backed by my expertise in facilitating scrum ceremonies, crafting roadmaps, and performing in-depth user story reviews.- Maintaining impeccable Jira management standards, ensuring continuous updates and optimizations to mirror the project's progression.- Actively monitoring the development process, highlighting milestones achieved and addressing areas of improvement, thereby ensuring a balanced and transparent feedback mechanism.- Proficiently maneuvering through a diverse tech stack, leveraging tools such as ROR, ReactNative, Invision, Jira, Confluence, and Aha! to meet and often exceed project benchmarks.

Puducherry Area, India

As a pivotal client-facing Project Manager at Adappt, I've orchestrated the efforts of a dynamic cross-functional team of 30 members, both onshore and offshore. My central roles and accomplishments encompass:- Spearheaded the development of diverse projects, from web and mobile applications to print initiatives, for esteemed clients including WHO, LexisNexis, and Curation Corp.- Crafting detailed Statements of Work (SOW) and Master Service Agreements (MSA), ensuring clarity of expectations and alignment of deliverables.- Imbuing the team with Agile methodologies, providing coaching, and introducing substantial process improvements to enhance productivity and project outcomes.- Overseeing end-to-end delivery, ensuring each phase of the project management process is executed with precision and in alignment with client objectives.- Demonstrating proficiency in a broad tech stack, leveraging tools and platforms such as Drupal, Docker, React Native, Native IOS & Android, AngularJS, Angular 2+, AWS EC2, Elastic Search, MongoDB, and dotNet to bring projects to fruition.

Puducherry Area, India

In my tenure at iHorse Technologies, I've been instrumental in managing a diverse portfolio of WEB and Mobile application projects, steering cross-functional teams from the inception to the final delivery phase. My key responsibilities and achievements include:- Overseeing crucial aspects of project management, such as estimation, planning, costing, and ensuring timely and efficient project delivery.- Leading the charge in introducing the Agile Scrum framework to the organization, offering coaching and insights to ensure seamless implementation and adherence.- Pioneering the introduction of a comprehensive project and cost variance report structure, laying the groundwork for a robust Project Management system process, which subsequently played a pivotal role in the establishment of a PMO.- Actively involved in the recruitment process, hiring, and mentoring junior project managers, ensuring they are equipped with the skills and knowledge to excel.- Demonstrating adeptness in a wide tech stack, utilizing tools and platforms including Native IOS, Android, Windows Phone, Apache Cordova, Video encoding and streaming solutions, Chromecast Integration, Wordpress, Drupal, Elgg, WebRTC, AngularJS, Slim Framework, AWS EC2, and Java.

Singapore

Managed requirement gathering, user stories, solution planning, client engagement and implementation of Membership, Support, and POS systems for Singapore Sports Portal and its mobile application for Sport Singapore (SportSG).

Puducherry Area, India

Built a cross-functional 12 member team and developed a complex real estate application by integrating with several major real estate providers in France and the USA. Developed a multi-site WordPress plugin to facilitate ready to plug websites for real estate agencies in Las Vegas. Managed end to end activities of the application including coordination of business, requirement analysis, user stories, people planning, delivery and client engagement. Worked on the following tech stack PHP, Zend Framework, Wordpress, CSS, AWS EC2, S3, RDS, SES, Memcache, Cloud Server Management and Right Scale Cloud Mgmt.

Puducherry Area, India

Web Developer responsible for the coding, design, layout, and deployment of websites and web applications. Worked on the following tech stack PHP, Zend Framework, Wordpress and CSS

B.Tech, Information Technology, 7.8

Activities and Societies: Secretary, Association for Dept of IT, RGCET Secretary for Department of Information Technology 4 Years.

Pre University, Maths And Computer Science

Activities and Societies: National Service Scheme High School Student