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Naveena Manohar

Director of Engineering

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands13 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Thirteen years of experience in engineering leadership.
  • Expert in platform and security engineering.
  • Proven track record in managing multimillion-euro contracts.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cyber Security and Platform Engineering expert in the E-Commerce sector.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Platform EngineeringCyber SecurityProject ManagementDevopsApplication SecurityCustomer ExperienceTechnical SolutionsNetwork Solutions

Other Skills

API ManagementAmazon CloudFrontArticulationAutomation ProjectsBitbucketCDNChange ManagementChannel SalesCisco Systems ProductsCoachingCoaching & MentoringCommunity of PracticeConflict ManagementContract NegotiationCreative Problem Solving

About

I am a seasoned engineering professional with thirteen years of industry experience. I’m a result-oriented engineering leader with extensive experience in building and managing teams with cyber security, platform engineering along with IT operations experience in diverse sectors. I have a natural affinity for the world of business and love breaking barriers between business and technology landscape with effective communication. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for platform & security engineering, as well as for product strategy and road-mapping. As such, I have consistently exceeded budgetary and performance goals, and I am adept at achieving maximum operational impacts with minimal resource expenditure. Professional focal points include application security, risk mitigation, vulnerability detection, API security management, SOC architecture, cloud networking, SecOps security standards, threat intelligence, and quality assurance. Delivering superior administration on the latter areas of expertise requires utilization of effective communication and prioritization skills, as well as critical thinking, problem solving, and data-driven decision making to support efficiency and optimal results. Currently, I am the Director of Platform Engineering with adidas. Under my leadership, I develop and implement initiatives to strengthen security readiness by building a solid security foundation which includes plans for preventing security attacks. I also create and maintain detailed roadmaps inclusive of product strategy, evolution, budget, stakeholder OKRs, and change management for platform products and cybersecurity. In addition, I liaise with senior executives, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure the company’s asset protection support structure is driving the business forward with minimal obstacles. Colleagues describe me as a progressive, driven, down-to-earth, security and platform engineering expert who can be relied on to offer superior solutions that consistently deliver desirable results. Hard Skills: Strategic Leadership | Web Performance & Content Distribution Network | DDoS | Devops | Agile Methodologies| Cyber Security Strategy | Product Roadmap | Bot Management | Contract Negotiations | Platform Engineering Strategy | Akamai | Cloud | SaaS | E-Commerce Ecosystem | Internet Principles | IT Operations | Networking Principles | Load Balancers |

Experience

Adidas

3 roles

Director Platform Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Spearhead the design and implementation of a robust platform and product security foundation alongside executive leadership while introducing elements of the future of engineering across the organization.
  • Develop and execute the overall product strategy for internal products and external market benchmarks, prioritizing quality and quantity.
  • Provide leadership and guidance to a specialized team of multi-national engineers and coach managers on creating high-performing, motivated teams.
  • Direct large-scale solution deployments to combat sophisticated security attacks, creating a phased release plan to maintain business continuity.
  • Navigate negotiations for multimillion-euro contracts, saving more than eight million euros through a people growth roadmap for new tech hubs across multiple regions consisting of recruiting, coaching, and talent development.
Platform Engineering StrategyCyber Security StrategyProduct RoadmapStakeholder ManagementChange ManagementPlatform Engineering+1

Senior Platform Lead - Cyber Security, CDN, Edge Computing

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Employed control and authorization over all phases of multiple projects, including the migration of Reebok from the Adidas ecosystem.
  • Defined and tracked product area OKRs and vendor KPIs, including security blueprint, vulnerability identification, product backlog, and application availability of 99.9%, to identify areas for improvement that directly impacted digital business.
  • Worked directly with software engineering senior executives to implement measures for gleaning the maximum value from each platform.
  • Planned and executed automation projects which involved delivering self-service capabilities for stakeholder tech teams and defining an application security blueprint for the e-commerce ecosystem.
  • Cultivated strong stakeholder relationships by fostering a culture of cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and powerful narratives.
Cyber SecurityAPI ManagementProject ManagementAutomation ProjectsStakeholder Relationships

Platform Lead - Cyber Security, CDN, Edge Computing

Jan 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Formed, developed, and led a dedicated team of DevOps engineers across multiple vendors and
  • time zones, enabling a distributed, yet unified, team.
  • Established the inaugural product vision and roadmap for CDN and Application Security for Adidas.
  • Utilized a goal-oriented approach to manage escalations, set stakeholder expectations, and prevent outages with the potential for revenue loss.
  • Deployed advanced cyber security features which provided high-level governance to web and mobile applications, consumer engagement, and other critical e-commerce value streams.
  • Created and maintained a detailed knowledge base and security training materials in Confluence to coach new members, software engineers, and other stakeholders on self-service.
DevOpsApplication SecurityTeam ManagementCyber Security FeaturesKnowledge Base Creation

Appviewx

Senior Solutions Engineer Pre-Sales

Sep 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Prepared and presented product demonstrations to partners which enabled them to deliver automation to their clients.
  • Bridged communications and aligned objectives with Product Engineering and Customer Support teams to optimize the customer experience.
  • Educated the Channel Field SEs and Partner sales teams on the product and its value proposition as well as oversaw Proof of Concept and facilitated labs and hands-on workshops.
  • Adapted product roadmaps to address and resolve the biggest pain points and business use cases for customer success
Product DemonstrationsCustomer Experience OptimizationProof of Concept ManagementChannel SalesCustomer Experience

Akamai technologies

Technical Solutions Engineer

Nov 2014 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Designed and delivered faster and more effective solutions to customer problems and optimized customer networks and web experience by deploying XML code changes.
  • Trained, mentored, and motivated new members of the team, delegating tasks and sharing process knowledge.
Customer SolutionsNetwork OptimizationMentoringTechnical Solutions

Unisys india

Technical Solutions Specialist

Feb 2014 – Nov 2014 · 9 mos · India · On-site

  • Designed and delivered faster and more effective solutions to customer problems and optimized customer networks and web experience by deploying XML code changes.
  • Trained, mentored, and motivated new members of the team, delegating tasks and sharing process knowledge.
  • Created and streamlined daily reports that identified the root cause for ticket backlog, reducing the backlog by 50% in just 2 months.
  • Led the maintenance for mission critical applications.
  • I excelled at customer engagement and rapport building so much so, I was tasked with overseeing the critical customer problems
Customer SolutionsNetwork OptimizationMentoringTechnical Solutions

Cisco

Network Technical Analyst

Jun 2013 – Jan 2014 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Solved customer poroblems related to Cisco products such as VPN, Connected Backup, Cisco routers and switches, Cisco RSA for the Enterprise users
  • Spearheaded the on-boarding of Cisco Anyconnect VPN within the organization and migrate thousands of systems to Anyconnect from RSA
  • Led the problem solving efforts on Cisco Webex application, video conferencing applications for various Operating Systems
  • Performed way above targets, receiving awards and appreciation for very quick issue resolution and empathetic enterprise customer engagement.
Customer Problem SolvingVPN SolutionsCustomer EngagementNetwork Solutions

Firstsource

Internet Network Specialist

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Gained positive stakeholder feedback on all the issue resolution calls and my calls were used to illustrate and train the peers and new joiners as an ideal debugging call, regardless of this being my first ever job
  • As a network specialist for a service leader, I steered performance and speed test efforts for SKY broadband and their enterprise users during my time here.
  • Effectively solved stakeholder issues by careful debugging of network connectivity issues, IP address conflicts
  • Hard skills acquired include Networking principles, ISP, Routers and protocols such as DHCP, TCP and UDP, WLAN, configuring DNS and perform line tests using Internal tools
Issue ResolutionNetwork ConnectivityDebuggingNetwork Solutions

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

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