Aug 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Product Manager for Harman Connected Services, consulted on projects in Healthcare, Retail, Consumer Insights and Enterprise Mobile Apps

Jul 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Took a year sabbatical from full time jobs to create my own micro-business (www.bangaloremakespace.org) that engaged in Emerging Technologies Research in addition to conducting Hands-on Workshops for corporate employees and others wanting to upgrade themselves to the latest technology trends (e.g. 3D Printing, Internet of Things, Creative Coding, Embedded Systems)
• Have managed to create India's (in fact Asia's) largest "digital meets physical" community of Makers, Hackers and Startups based out of Bangalore
• Co-created projects and initiatives in everything from Internet of Things, 3D Printing and Advanced Fabrication to Drones/Aerial Robotics and Physical Computing/Creative Coding
• This micro-business still runs on the side and is supported by volunteers and the larger community

Feb 2017 – Jul 2017 · 5 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Visiting Faculty Member for Human Centered Innovation and Experience Design for Srishti Labs (http://srishti.ac.in/centers-and-labs/srishti-labs)
• Served as an Innovation Coach for 4th year Product Design Students as part of an Industry Collaboration project between Philips Healthcare India and Srishti Labs based in Yelahanka, Bangalore
• Guided students on best practices of using emerging technologies and low-cost embedded system platforms (such as Arduino) to create solutions for out-of-clinic healthcare use cases

Mar 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Mar 2013 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr · Greater Bengaluru Area

Mar 2013 – Dec 2013 · 9 mos · Bangalore, Karnataka, India

• Served as the primary and principal contact for the Content Shared Platform and Content Acquisition divisions of Thomson Reuters' Financial and Risk business. Analysed and created maps of complex data flows between legacy and strategic information systems to identify potential areas of overlap in data acquisition practices, leading to subsequent time and cost savings for the Investment, Content and Analytics sub-business process.

Oct 2012 – Feb 2013 · 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Requirements Analysis and Elicitation for an enterprise-wide Data Management Platform; Use Case Analysis, Composed extensive training materials for Regional Change Champions and relevant business end-users.

Aug 2011 – Jul 2012 · 11 mos · Bangalore, India

• Worked as a Business Process Consultant/Analyst for Solutions Management and Client Support. Single-handedly composed and authored extensive technical architecture documents pertaining to the flagship product, having gone through multiple rounds of system testing and user testing. Assisted the Client Support and Management division in streamlining issue resolution procedures and conducted several process training workshops for relevant teams.

Oct 2010 – Aug 2011 · 10 mos · Bangalore, India

• Created strategy maps, go-to-market planning docs, straw man proposals and
• project discovery artifacts for long term business planning initiatives; Authored Vision, Scope and Executive Firm Profile documents; Helped prototype new feature characterizations using various mock-up techniques; Gained exposure to US Healthcare, Financial Services and US Title Insurance domains.

Oct 2009 – Sep 2010 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked with Tesco.com's Grocery and InStore functional units

Apr 2009 – Oct 2009 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Served as the primary contact for requirements reconciliation within the realm of online grocery delivery offered by Tesco.com

Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 · 0 mo

• Represented CMU in Shanghai, China and Kyoto, Japan for a 10-day Globalization Symposium for emerging world leaders.

Dec 2004 – Sep 2008 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Directly assisted PhD staff and Faculty members at the Language Technologies Institute and Robotics Institute in the area of Business Analysis, Research Design and Project Delivery. H1-B holder from 2005-2008.

May 2004 – Jun 2004 · 1 mo · Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

• Designed the company's first website while on a summer internship obtained through IAESTE USA