Gaive Gandhi

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India18 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

14+ years of experience in software engineering.
Expert in managing cross-functional teams and stakeholder expectations.
Proven track record in delivering complex software projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Fintech and Software Engineering with expertise in Big Data and DevOps.

Contact

gaive.gandhi@celebaltech.com +919820409923 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Big Data EngineeringProject ManagementDevopsProduct ManagementSoftware EngineeringSolution ImplementationQuality Assurance

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAmazon DynamodbAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache FlumeApache HBaseApache HDFSApache HiveApache MapReduceApache OozieApache PigApache Spark CoreApache Spark MLlibApache Spark StreamingApache SqoopApache Storm

About

14+ Years Of Hands-On Experience In Software Engineering Mostly With Software Product Based Companies Experience Working In Different Job Functions Like - Product Development - Product QA - Product Implementation And Delivery - Product Management - Product Support - DevOps Have Been Hands-On As Well As Have Lead Teams Across All The Above Job Functions Hands-On Knowledge Of Java/JEE, Big Data Technologies And Cloud Computing Successfully Delivered Multiple Projects Of Different Technical And Functional Complexities Worked With Different Cross-Functional Teams And Have Successfully Managed To Exceed Stakeholder Expectations Including Of Business Users Passion For Owning And Driving Software Features From Ideation Stage To Final Delivery Have A Fine Balance Of Technical And Leadership Skills Excellent Communication, Project Management And Recruitment/Training/Mentoring Skills Agile Practitioner With Experience On Scrum And XP Practices Active Contributor At Quora And Github Email: gaivegandhi@gmail.com Phone: +919820409923

Experience

Celebal technologies

2 roles

Senior Director

Promoted

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Principal Consultant

Nov 2021 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

During my tenure as Technical Delivery and Account Manager at Celebal Technologies, I was responsible for the successful delivery of multiple Big Data Engineering Projects, including Migration and Modernization projects for large BFSI customer accounts.
Celebal Technologies is a premier Data and AI services company where traditional enterprise meets modern cloud innovation. Celebal Technologies has deep partnerships with prominent hyperscalers and data platform giants like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Databricks, Sigma, and SAP Datasphere.
Responsibilities:
Develop Proposals And SoWs Including Scope, Timelines, And TCO For Multiple Client Engagements
Successfully Plan And Execute Multiple Releases Across Multiple Project Tracks
Periodic Project Status Updates To Customers And Partner Teams
Ensure High Quality, Profitable, And On-Time Delivery Of Multiple Projects
Nurture Multidisciplinary High-Performing Agile Teams
Establish Operational Excellence And Industry Best Practices
Customer Relationship Building And Account Management
Conduct / Participate In Technical And Project Management Workshops

Big Data EngineeringProject ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementAgile Methodologies

Crewscale

Delivery Manager

Mar 2021 – Oct 2021 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

During my tenure as Delivery Manager at Crewscale, I was responsible for the delivery of multiple projects of Open Banking implementations for customer Tarabut Gateway.
Tarabut Gateway is a Bahrain based fintech startup providing Open Banking products and services in the MENA region.
Responsibilities:
Develop Scope And Budget For Multiple Projects
Successfully Plan And Execute Multiple Project Tracks
Periodic Project Status Updates To Customers
Ensure High Quality And On Time Delivery For Customer Success
Nurture Multidisciplinary High Performing Agile Teams
Establish Operational Excellence And Industry Best Practices
Customer Relationship Building And Account Management
Work With Product Team For Product Engineering Workshops
Conduct / Participate In Technical And Leadership Workshops

Open BankingProject ManagementAgile Methodologies

Emtec inc.

Project Management Consultant

Feb 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

During my tenure as Project Management Consultant at Emtec Inc, I was responsible for managing the DevOps activities of customer Puma Energy.
Puma Energy is an global energy company. I was deputed at customer site - Mumbai for managing the DevOps activities of ePUMA - a global digital transformation program.
Responsibilities:
Create And Implement Strategies For Source Code Management
Create And Implement Practices For Release Management
Create And Manage Environment Delivery Plans
Ownership Of End-to-End Environment Delivery
Lead Effort For Issue Resolution And Escalation Management
Maintain And Manage Environment Inventory
Lead Teams Across Different Vendors For All DevOps Operations
Be The Single Point Of Contact For All DevOps Projects
Publish And Present Weekly Status Report To Higher Management At Client Site

DevOpsProject Management

Nseit

Project Manager

Sep 2015 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

As Program Manager - Technology at NSEIT, I was responsible for managing all the business software solutions developed and maintained for the Digital Examination Services division.
NSEIT is a software product and IT enabled services based company. The Digital Examination Services division provides turnkey solutions for its customers by conducting Online Examinations across India. The Examination Software is engineered and maintained as a Software Product. The software provides rich set of features which can be customised as per customer requirement.
I was responsible for leading a diverse team of software engineers who were involved in Requirement Analysis and Development, Testing and Production Support activities.
Responsibilities:
Product Management And Customer (External / Internal) Interfacing
Program Management And Product Delivery
Product Release Management And Deployment
Production Support And Issue Escalation Management
Presales Support And RFP Bidding
Recruitment, Training And Mentoring Of Software Engineers At All Level
Vendor Management
Dotted Line Of Reporting To Executive Leadership (CxO)

Program ManagementProduct Management

Aurea software

Principal Software Engineer II

Jun 2011 – Feb 2015 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

During my tenure as Principal Software Engineer at Aurea Software, I was responsible for leading the following teams:
Product Development Team (L3 Support)
DevOps
Under Savvion Product Development, my team was responsible for addressing customer issues for all the released versions of the product. The team was responsible for delivering HOTFIX for customer defects. The team was also responsible for resolving technical queries raised by Product Support team on behalf of the customer.
Responsibilities:
To review and reproduce customer issues
To create / review workarounds or out-of-the-box solutions for customer issues
To create / review a patch fix for customer defects
To write / review regression tests for the customer defects
To plan, execute and deliver HOTFIX releases across multiple versions of the Savvion product
To negotiate / communicate the HOTFIX release scope and deadlines with Support team
To certify new platforms / product enhancements on already released versions of the product
To manage escalations and resolve them in time
To establish / maintain Agile software development practices within the team
To manage and prioritize team's tasks
To train and mentor the team
To participate in support and customer engagement meetings
To present Engineering Value Assessment demo to the Executive team, every month
The DevOps team was responsible for addressing the DevOps requirements for all products owned by the company.
DevOps Scope:
Software Product Installer Management
Release Management
Build Management
Issue Tracking System Management
AWS VDI Infrastructure Management
Responsibilities:
To maintain and administer the following production server systems:
JIRA, TeamCity, WIKI, Amazon VDI
To create / maintain / upgrade product installers
To participate in release management activities
To resolve technical queries / challenges for the team
To manage and prioritize team's tasks
To train and mentor the team

Agile MethodologiesDevOpsSoftware Engineering

Progress software

Senior Professional Services Consultant

Jul 2009 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai

During my tenure as Senior Professional Services Consultant at Progress Software, I was responsible for addressing the customer's IT requirements by implementing solutions using the Savvion Business Process Management product.
Savvion Professional Services team was responsible for implementing solutions for customer requirements using the Savvion products. Savvion was leading BPM software used by the global Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies across the globe. The product was developed in JEE and was supported on a variety of platforms. The Savvion professional services team used to act as the solution implementation provider.
Responsibilities:
To understand the customer's business requirements and develop a solution using the product
To map the business requirements to a process model
To design and simulate the process model
To develop and automate the process model
To integrate legacy systems with the solutions developed
To deploy the solutions in Dev / UAT / Pre-Production / Production systems at off shore as well as on-site
To provide post production support
To resolve customer's production issues
To customize the product to adhere to specific customer requirements
To migrate the customer's solutions / systems from an older version of the product to a more recent version
To participate in pre-sales demos for new customer engagements

Business Process ManagementSolution Implementation

Savvion

Lead - Product Quality

Jun 2004 – Jul 2009 · 5 yrs 1 mo · India

During my tenure as Lead - Product Quality at Savvion, I was responsible for leading QA activities for all Savvion products.
The Savvion product QA team was responsible for testing all the Savvion products on different platforms before the Beta / GA releases. The team use to perform different types of tests like Functional tests, GUI tests, Load / Stress tests, Localization tests, Configuration / Customization tests, API tests, Use-case based tests and Migration (Application/Data) tests. The team was responsible for logging defects and verifying them once they were resolved.
Responsibilities:
To create / review / maintain the scope of all Savvion products
To create / review testing artifacts like
Test plans
Test results
Test automation
To implement testing processes, policies, guidelines
To take leadership in testing projects
To train / mentor team members