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India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Design system architecture for frontend and backend systems.• Managed and mentored both external and internal frontend as well as backend teams to deliver quality product / features with minimum time.• Participated in development, implementation and documentation of systems to fulfil business goals.• Supervised new developments and third-party integrations with various telecommunication companies to ensure on-time delivery.• Interacted with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency in solution development and implementation.• Interfaced with business, developers, account managers and executive management on routine aspects of solution development to increase company productivity and profits.• Assisted and supported client activities to eliminate gaps / inconsistencies in tech implementations.

Mumbai Area, India

• Headed Open-Source technology team of 10 members which includes Backend & Frontend Developers, UI Designers, Android & iOS Developers & Testers.• Research, evaluate and present current cutting-edge web & mobile technologies in the leadership meetings and suggest which technologies to use for product development that will yield competitive advantage.• Defining and setting up industry standard development practices & processes which help team to build high-performance and secure web & mobile applications.• Developed custom web framework for fast product development.• Defining product architecture & user experience.• Building product prototypes and wireframes for business pitch.• Defining product backlogs and sprints in VersionOne tool along with resource allocation.• Responsible for project management & project deliveries.

Mumbai Area, India

• Responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and overseeing all aspects of the company’s technology development.• Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors.• Represent the technological agenda in staff meetings and when making hiring decisions.• Discover, evaluate and implement new tools and technologies that yield competitive advantage.• Designed Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality mobile applications.• Developed APIs and backend admin systems which is used as a reference framework by development team for similar future projects.• Building product prototypes and wireframes for business pitch.• Responsible for project & resource management for current projects.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Tracking and monitoring the development of two eLearning platforms and its customizations tomeet the project goals and milestones using project management tools like JIRA and MS OfficeSuite which helped in resource management, time management & task management.• Creating and tracking weekly sprints in JIRA which included new functionalities, change requests& bug fixes.• Providing technical solutions to optimize & enhancing the website performance.• Designing module architecture and database design for new module developments.Coordinating with project stakeholders and cross-functional teams for status updates andchange requests.• Managing and coordinating with vendors / consultants to effectively communicate projectobjectives and meet project goals and milestones as planned.• Managing, mentoring and organizing training sessions for a team of 7 developers which enabledthem to use best practices and latest web technologies.• Conducting review meetings twice a week with entire development team and daily standupmeetings with team leads.• Identifying and communicating project risks to all the stakeholders in advanced to avoidunnecessary roadblocks and provided solutions to mitigate the risks.

Mumbai Area, India

• Managed and provided technical leadership over small-midsized IT projects from definition to delivery using agile project management methodology using tools like MS office suite resulting into process improvement and on time project delivery. • Frequently communication with clients for kickoff meetings, project requirements, status reporting and technical support to build client relationship.• Managed and coordinated with vendors, cross-functional teams and internal marketing, design and development team to effectively communicate project objectives and meet project goals and milestones as planned.• Developed and maintained project briefs, requirement document, change requests throughout the project life cycle. • Costing & budgeting of various projects and making sure the project is executed within the defined cost and budget.• Resource estimation. • Identified and communicated project risks to all the stakeholders in advanced to avoid unnecessary roadblocks and provided solutions to mitigate the risks.• Managed, trained and mentored a team of fifteen professionals including developers, designers, and quality analysts, which enabled them to use best practices and latest web technologies.• Involved in SEO / SMO activities for web sites to make them search engine friendly.• Planned and managed resources while providing technology for indoor events.

Virginia Beach, Virginia Area

• Tracking and managing the development of FASTER Web – Enterprise Web application and its customizations to meet the project goals and milestones. • Tracking and managing Developers and Quality Analysts leading to effective resource utilization.• Effective and timely communication including follow-ups with cross functional teams and higher management to mitigate any risks and removing impediments in the development projects.• Project status reporting to the customers and other internal stakeholders.• Organizing project kick off meetings with cross functional teams & higher management for requirement understanding and analysis.• Hands on experience on Microsoft Project Client and Team Foundation Server 2013 and their Integration.• Implementing and Customizing Team Foundation Server 2013 to suit the organizations software development methodology.• Data Migration from Axasoft OnTime Bug Tracking System to the Team Foundation Server 2013 using Excel.

Mahape, Navi Mumbai

• Managed and provided technical leadership over small-midsized IT projects from definition to delivery using agile project management methodology and using tools like MS Project, MS Visio and MS office suite resulting into process improvement and on time project delivery. • Frequently communication with clients for kickoff meetings, project requirements, status reporting and technical support to build client relationship.• Managed and coordinated with vendors, cross-functional teams and internal marketing, design and development team to effectively communicate project objectives and meet project goals and milestones as planned.• Developed and maintained project briefs, requirement document, change requests throughout the project life cycle. • Developed project budget and resource estimation. • Identified and communicated project risks to all the stakeholders in advanced to avoid unnecessary roadblocks and provided solutions to mitigate the risks.• Managed, trained and mentored a team of fifteen professionals including developers, designers, and quality analysts, which enabled them to use best practices and latest web technologies.• Involved in SEO / SMO activities for web sites to make them search engine friendly.• Designed user interface, wireframes, and system architecture for software, websites and mobile applications using Balsamiq Mockups software. • Hands on experience on Mantis issue / bug tracking tool.

Mumbai Area, India

• Hands on experience on PHP, MySQL, C#, ASP.Net, MSSQL, CakePHP, Zend Framework, Wordpress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache web server, IIS, XSL, XSLT, XML, JSON and Ajax by developing high traffic entertainment websites and web applications.• Managed a team of five web developers and actively assisted them in creating database, designing system architecture, programming and maintaining websites. • Assigned tasks to team members and provided technical help when needed. • Troubleshooting both design and technical issues on high traffic entertainment websites.• Hands on experience on Bugzilla issue / bug tracking tool.• Worked with clients for project requirement gathering, status updates, project delivery, and technical support.

Navi Mumbai, India

• Involved in client meetings regarding project requirements and technical support.• Created database on MySQL and MSSQL for websites and web applications.• Worked extensively on the programming websites and web applications using PHP, C#.Net, ASP.Net, Cakephp, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache web server, IIS, XML and Ajax.

Mumbai Area, India

• Developed websites and web applications under the team leaders instructions.• Hands on experience on C#, ASP.Net, PHP, cakePHP, MySQL, MSSQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML and Ajax.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Computer And Information Systems, A

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Information Technology, A

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering, B