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.

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Skills

Core Skills

Big Data EngineeringProject ManagementDevopsProduct ManagementSoftware EngineeringSolution ImplementationQuality Assurance

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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 2023Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Principal Consultant

Nov 2021Sep 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 2021Oct 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 2018Jun 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 2015Jul 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 2011Feb 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 2009Jun 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 2004Jul 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
Quality AssuranceTesting

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Post Graduate Progam in Big Data Engineering — Big Data

Jan 2017Jan 2018

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat

Bachelor's Degree — Bachelor of Computer Application

Jan 2000Jan 2003

Sir J J High School

High School — High School Certificate

Jan 1999Jan 1999

Sir J J High School

High School — Secondary School Certificate (SSC)

Jan 1997Jan 1997

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