Experience
BraveNewTalent
Product Engineer
October 2014 – Present
SanFrancisco Area, USA
▪ Built a completely revamped product from scratch with limited dev resources in 6 months
▪ Gathered user requirements for new admin panel, designed UI mockups in Balsamiq and prioritized product features
▪ Researched and designed new customer analytics solution with keen.io
▪ Scoped out functionality and implemented messaging solution in Django
▪ Scoped out search functionality and implemented full text search in Django
▪ Helped Design and implement new backend architecture for user facing website
▪ Researched product architecture and implemented entire admin panel backend in Django
▪ Practiced growth hacking techniques to improve key business metrics on an ongoing basis
▪ Researched and Integrated solutions such as UserVoice that handled customer support and product feedback
▪ Researched and Integrated video conferencing solution with Zoom
BraveNewTalent
Growth Hacker Intern
June 2014 – September 2014
SanFrancisco Area, USA
▪ Doubled user signups and engagement metrics for new and existing users
▪ Organized extensive split testing with Optimizely to understand user behavior and took relevant product decisions
▪ Revamped architecture of legacy platform and iterated rapidly on the product to stabilize back end
Vicarious
Cofounder
November 2012 – March 2014
Greater Boston Area, USA
• Cofounded Vicarious, an online platform for virtual realtime video campus tours that helps college admissions.
• Managed Product development for website and mobile application with the team and engaged with raising funds and new customer acquisition
Ascent Capital
Summer Intern,Private Equity
June 2013 – August 2013
Bangalore, India
• Researched and prepared a report on typical Private Equity deal cycle for Indian PE firms• Analyzed past investment of portfolio company in IT from its investment to exit and prepared an investment analysis report
• Analyzed business model and investment potential of a new business unit in existing portfolio company
• Developed a business plan for expansion of education related portfolio companies offerings into infrastructure
TopSource
Babson Consulting Project
January 2013 – Present
Greater Boston Area, USA
• Involved in feasibility study and Business plan for TopSource Reclamation service
Progress Software
Software Engineer - II
December 2009 – April 2012 (2 years 5 months)
Hyderabad Area, India
• Worked with a 4-member initial development team in India for Progress Apama, a pioneer in Capital Markets domain, and expedited the team ownership of the product.
• Developed Apama Studio Product’s two major and four minor release features leading to a 33% increase in sales; coordinated in various stages of design, development and testing, successfully transitioning Apama Studio Product team ownership to India in a span of 7 months.
• Interacted frequently with product teams across international locations and completed the integrated tasks on time, reducing cost for company and customers.
• Recognized for smart awards twice: (1) for ‘Smart Patentable Ideas’ in Progress Software and (2) for prototyping debugger and instrumentation features that decrease the development time and cost involved for the customers.
• Performed and delivered research work consistently in the product; was awarded Spot Recognition awards and promoted to Software Engineer -II.
• Analyzed competitor products to gain insights into their business and recommended enhancements to existing Apama product features and develop roadmap to Apama product.
• Mentored and stimulated new Joiners in the company in Java training to improve Product domain knowledge
Verizon Data Services India Ltd
Software Engineer
August 2009 – December 2009 (5 months)
Hyderabad Area, India
• Involved in the production department for the CVCD (Contract Viewer and Contract Description) project that built the contracts initiation and viewing tool for Verizon business Contracts.
• Resolved customer issues, bugs and accessed sensitive customer data in the restricted clean room in production.
BraveNewTalent
Product Engineer
October 2014 – Present
SanFrancisco Area, USA
▪ Built a completely revamped product from scratch with limited dev resources in 6 months
▪ Gathered user requirements for new admin panel, designed UI mockups in Balsamiq and prioritized product features
▪ Researched and designed new customer analytics solution with keen.io
▪ Scoped out functionality and implemented messaging solution in Django
▪ Scoped out search functionality and implemented full text search in Django
▪ Helped Design and implement new backend architecture for user facing website
▪ Researched product architecture and implemented entire admin panel backend in Django
▪ Practiced growth hacking techniques to improve key business metrics on an ongoing basis
▪ Researched and Integrated solutions such as UserVoice that handled customer support and product feedback
▪ Researched and Integrated video conferencing solution with Zoom
BraveNewTalent
Growth Hacker Intern
June 2014 – September 2014
SanFrancisco Area, USA
▪ Doubled user signups and engagement metrics for new and existing users
▪ Organized extensive split testing with Optimizely to understand user behavior and took relevant product decisions
▪ Revamped architecture of legacy platform and iterated rapidly on the product to stabilize back end
Vicarious
Cofounder
November 2012 – March 2014
Greater Boston Area, USA
• Cofounded Vicarious, an online platform for virtual realtime video campus tours that helps college admissions.
• Managed Product development for website and mobile application with the team and engaged with raising funds and new customer acquisition
Ascent Capital
Summer Intern,Private Equity
June 2013 – August 2013
Bangalore, India
• Researched and prepared a report on typical Private Equity deal cycle for Indian PE firms• Analyzed past investment of portfolio company in IT from its investment to exit and prepared an investment analysis report
• Analyzed business model and investment potential of a new business unit in existing portfolio company
• Developed a business plan for expansion of education related portfolio companies offerings into infrastructure
TopSource
Babson Consulting Project
January 2013 – Present
Greater Boston Area, USA
• Involved in feasibility study and Business plan for TopSource Reclamation service
Progress Software
Software Engineer - II
December 2009 – April 2012 (2 years 5 months)
Hyderabad Area, India
• Worked with a 4-member initial development team in India for Progress Apama, a pioneer in Capital Markets domain, and expedited the team ownership of the product.
• Developed Apama Studio Product’s two major and four minor release features leading to a 33% increase in sales; coordinated in various stages of design, development and testing, successfully transitioning Apama Studio Product team ownership to India in a span of 7 months.
• Interacted frequently with product teams across international locations and completed the integrated tasks on time, reducing cost for company and customers.
• Recognized for smart awards twice: (1) for ‘Smart Patentable Ideas’ in Progress Software and (2) for prototyping debugger and instrumentation features that decrease the development time and cost involved for the customers.
• Performed and delivered research work consistently in the product; was awarded Spot Recognition awards and promoted to Software Engineer -II.
• Analyzed competitor products to gain insights into their business and recommended enhancements to existing Apama product features and develop roadmap to Apama product.
• Mentored and stimulated new Joiners in the company in Java training to improve Product domain knowledge
Verizon Data Services India Ltd
Software Engineer
August 2009 – December 2009 (5 months)
Hyderabad Area, India
• Involved in the production department for the CVCD (Contract Viewer and Contract Description) project that built the contracts initiation and viewing tool for Verizon business Contracts.
• Resolved customer issues, bugs and accessed sensitive customer data in the restricted clean room in production.
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