- Mentor students in the Software Engineering track- Help them with the course curriculum, share tips about the industry, and guide them on their path to a career change

Sharath was the cofounder/CTO of Roost, a travel platform that enabled solo travelers to share a hotel room and split the cost. He played a key role in engineering and product --Product- Made key product decisions and trade-offs while scoping and successfully soft-launched on a tight timeline- Defined KPIs and setup analytics dashboard in Mixpanel to continuously track progress- Experimented with several growth hacks to help potential travelers discover Roost- Tested various UX interactions/flows to increase conversionEngineering- Built v1 of the product as a solo engineer- Frontend - React/Redux and backend - NodeJS/MongoDB- Setup zero-downtime pipelines to deploy containers on AWS- Setup metric collection and monitoring for high availabilitySee link below for details

DashOne is a chrome extension to supercharge your new tab with intelligent widgets and smart bookmarks. Acquired in October 2020.- Wireframed initial idea, tested with a few users, iterated and then designed high fidelity mocks in Figma- Developed using Typescript, React, and Redux. Setup an extensible framework to easily add new widgets- Went from idea to v1 in 3 weeks- Setup Google Analytics dashboards to measure usage- A/B tested various growth hacks to increase engagement and drive conversion- Grew to 10k+ daily active users in 2 weeks- Setup process to continuously collect feedback and iterate improvements- Drove organic, content driven and ad-driven traffic- Ran ad campaigns on FB, Twitter and LinkedIn

- Developed and managed initiatives, goals, and objectives for Upserve Point of Sale app- Led the cross-platform launch of Upserve POS on dedicated Android based hardware- Defined, scoped, and successfully launched Android version of Upserve Live - Boosted adoption by 35% by working closely with Product Marketing and Account Management- Improved overall engagement by over 30% in six months resulting in increased retention

Prioritized and managed engineering backlog, working closely with product management,participating in architecture reviews and mentoring junior engineers

Led the team in developing Brightcove Gallery, a state of the art no-code video portal creator

Brought MATLAB UI and graphical capabilities to the browser. Also responsible for MATLAB& Simulink Services, a web service interface to MATLAB running on multiple platforms

Provided technical support and solved complex issues as part of the Deployment, Test &Measurement and External APIs team

Analyzed requirements, developed, debugged, and optimized the existing code of uscnorris.com

Provided technical support and solved complex issues as part of the Deployment, Test &Measurement and External APIs team