D.V. Avinash

Co-Founder

Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India16 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years of experience in program leadership.
Expert in designing systemic interventions for social impact.
Proven track record in capacity building and ecosystem development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Education and Social Impact sectors with a focus on program design and capacity building.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program DesignSocial ImpactProject ImplementationRecruitingConsultingOrganization AnalysisTraining & DevelopmentEducational LeadershipEvent ManagementInnovation ManagementUser InsightsLearning DesignLearning ExperienceCapacity DevelopmentCollaborative LeadershipProgram ManagementTalent DevelopmentTeacher Training

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsB2C MarketingBudget ManagementBudgetingBusiness InnovationCapacity BuildingCommunicationCommunity DevelopmentComplex problem solvingConveningCustomer EngagementDevelopment ProgramsEducationEmerging TechnologiesExecutive Visibility

About

Avinash is a Program Leader with 15+ years of experience working with IT, Education, Ed-Tech Non-Profit , Start-Up, and Government organizations. Throughout his career he has focused on solving structural problems and worked to strengthen ecosystems. Currently as part of Progsys Consulting, he supports organizations in social impact, program design, training design and delivery, organization analysis, building ecosystems for peer learning, collaboration, and innovation. He loves to design systemic interventions to unlock outcomes. Some of the levers he uses are- -> ecosystems for peer learning and collaboration, -> enhancing flow of knowledge and capacity , -> nurture initiatives, individuals, and problem solving, ->support individual well-being and foster a sense of community , -> improve solution design iteratively through feedback loops. Avinash is open and eager to work with diverse organizations and individuals on challenging problems. He can be reached at dv.avinashraju@gmail.com.

Experience

16 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Progsys consulting

Founder, Director

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Supporting organizations in Program Design, Learning and Development, Organization Development, and Collaboration and Innovation Ecosystems.
Some of the Key Projects:
1. Cuemath Learning Labs: Improve existing Teacher recruitment by alternate recruitment process , recruit 50 Math teachers for their US program.
2. Reap Benefit: Consult with the CEO and leadership team of Reap Benefit on organization analysis, fund raising, team capacity building . Community learning 'Addas' based on Durbar model for climate change & civic problem solving.
3. Odisha Govt Teacher Trainer training: Training of master trainers across the state, with Odisha Govt Education Department and UNICEF on Jigyansa program by Inqui-lab foundation for building curiosity and scientific temperament in school children.
4. Samsung Innovation Bootcamp: Innovation Bootcamp for Youth (Grade 10-12) category finalists of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow in association with Inqui-lab foundation, FITT- IIT Delhi, and Samsung R&D India.

Project ImplementationEmerging TechnologiesRecruitingStrategy ExecutionCommunicationDevelopment Programs+22

Wipro foundation

Organizational Design Fellow

Jan 2022 – Feb 2022 · 1 mo

Whitehat jr

2 roles

Associate Director - User Insights and Learning Design

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

Recruit, lead, train and manage teams of size up to 20 people for user insights across multiple product categories( 1:1, 1:4, India, Australia, US, CBSE, Common Core) in K10 segment.
Shared upto 200 reports, analyzing over 4000 classes, of 5000 teachers sample, for improvement on teacher quality, teacher recruitment, user learning experience, pedagogy, content, tech, and marketing demos.
Collaborated with leadership across multiple teams for org level changes essential for improved user learning experience. Improved learning experience by 50%.
Created learning design prototypes for Auto-Solver - guided and independent math learning of students.

Customer EngagementRecruitingVendor ManagementExecutive VisibilityNegotiationBudget Management+13

Senior Manager - User Insights and Learning Experience

Sep 2020 – Apr 2021 · 7 mos

User testing for development and improvement of Create With Math curriculum and Teacher Quality. Oversee the stages of creation to launch of 400 classes.
Create, design, monitor, and improve templates on a weekly basis for assessing quality, and iterative improvement of teacher, content, tech, pedagogy, org structures.
Share Insights and recommendations on multiple factors to the leadership for improvement of user learning experience.

Strategy ImplementationOrganization SkillsEducational LeadershipProgram ImplementationUser InsightsLearning Experience

Durbar project

Founder, Coordinator

Jul 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Hyderabad Area

Durbar is an offline platform where individuals can share their knowledge, skills and interests with each other.
Durbar facilitates peer learning, collaboration, capacity building, support for initiatives, and accelerates systems change in organizations.
Initiated as Fellow Durbar in Teach For India in 2015 and later expanded to various other organizations and communities. It has catered to audience over 5000 people, 40 coordinators , 1000 performers ,and 100 projects & communities of practice.

Capacity DevelopmentRecruitingInstructional DesignOperations ManagementProgram ManagementCollaborative Leadership+8

Teach for india

3 roles

Senior Manager - Design & Training - National Alumni Team

Promoted

Apr 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Led alumni team projects and coordinated with City Alumni Managers in 7 locations of Teach For India to foster collaboration, innovation among fellows, staff and alumni.
Led the track of BTCP (Be the Change Project) track nationally, designed modules for fostering communities of practice(COP’s), catering directly to over 80 projects and COP’s
Supported leadership in program and alumni verticals of the organization in planning and execution of interventions for overcoming challenges and achieving higher outcomes.

Team ManagementCapacity BuildingProgram ManagementTalent DevelopmentWorkshopsNon-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)+2

Manager - Collaboration & Technology - National Alumni Team

Promoted

May 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Created project management, monitoring and iterative improvement structure for Alumni team projects.
Organized the work of National Alumni Team in 20 areas into 6 projects. Supported city alumni regional teams with solutions and prototypes. Improved cumulative effectiveness of the projects by 2 times.
Created the blueprint for intranet of the organization and supported the Technology Team in analyzing solutions for the tech needs of the organization.
Conducted training for members of the national and city alumni teams on systems thinking, monitoring & continuous improvement, complex problem solving.

Fellow

May 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Taught students of grade 4 , 5 in an under resourced private school in the Old city area of Hyderabad. Informed classroom practices in accordance to the guidelines in National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005) to foster holistic learning in children and achieve educational equity in classroom.
Initiated and supported multiple projects for improving educational outcomes in children, fostering capacity building, collaboration and innovation within the communities of children, parents, teachers, fellows, alumni and government. Projects include Fellow Durbar, 1000 Smiles, SCERT Interest Group(S.I.G), Arts Project, Prayag, Drama, PT, Badam Project.

Infosys

2 roles

Systems Engineer

Promoted

Jun 2009 – Mar 2014 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

ETL developer, Business analyst in BI ( Business Intelligence) practice for the clients Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo Brokerage Management, Blue cross blue shield. Part of Systems Integration( SI) at Infosys.
Developed, tested mappings and workflows between data warehouses(DW) and operatonal data sources (ODS) using the tools of Informatica, Oracle, SQL and Unix .
Liaised with testing and onsite teams for improving understanding of requirements and delivery time as part of the offshore development team. Conducted training for the development and testing teams on Agile methodologies.

RecruitingMobilizationStudent LeadershipSocial ImpactK-12 EducationStakeholder Management+4

Intern

Jan 2009 – Mar 2009 · 2 mos · Mysuru Area, India

Built a Java based tool for automation and streamlining of the 'Evaluation of Trainee Assessments' for the Education and Research department at Infosys, Mysore.
Worked on database design and development using Oracle, SQL and front end programming using Java.
Got trained in J2EE technologies & IBM Mainframes.