Apr 2024 – Jul 2024 · 3 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Sep 2023 – Apr 2024 · 7 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

• Original art inspired merchandise, based on my own art.

Mar 2021 – Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Setting up Exotel's Co-Creation team to build custom solutions to meet our customer requirements on top of Exotel's core platform.
• Leading various 3rd-party integrations for Exotel Platform to increase customer adapatability

Feb 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Responsible for starting the India Technology practice of US-based Full Potential Solutions Inc. including setting up of the physical infrastructure
• Provide Leadership in Chennai across multiple teams handling Product Management, Software Development, Software Engineering and Quality Assurance
• Put together Product Management and Software Delivery Process based on Agile Methodology across all aspects of SDLC
• Handled, managed and advised HR team in policy definition and decisions
• Directed multiple critical products, tracked high-level status and drove mission-critical deliverables
• Work closely with CPO to proactively build and sustain the India team
• Successfully hired top notch candidates for a brand new entity, purely through personal networks and social hiring and scaled rapidly
• Prominent contributor to two new lines of business in FPS
• Managed multiple products and delivered at short turnaround of time with minimal resources
• High performant people manager with great track record of extremely low attrition under testing circumstances
• Well-versed in local compliances, laws and highly connected with various agencies to get a successful start-up/enterprise up and running at extremely short turn-around
• Excellent stakeholder manager and great listener displaying empathy to all parties to arrive at a win-win situation most times.

Jun 2016 – Dec 2024 · 8 yrs 6 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Zeekh is a data-based, personalized, and continuous activity management system for consumers to perform, manage and monitor their activities in order to maintain a balanced lifestyle. Mostly app driven, Zeekh also plans to offer a subset of its services on its website as well.

Oct 2015 – Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Provide Technology Consulting Services and process re-engineering solutions as an independent consultant across domains.
• Services include :
• 1. Process due-diligence, process re-engineering and automation - Convert currently manual processes into an automated workflow through efficient and optimal use of Information Technology
• 2. Business Analysis, Technology Due Diligence - Studying Processes and current IT systems in organizations.
• 3. Open Source Software Implementation Strategies to cut down IT costs - Suggesting better and cheaper alternatives - Application & License Consolidation
• 4. Custom Application Development - Content Management Systems, Workflow Automation, MIS systems across Desktop, Web and Mobile
• 5. Web-enabling decentralized systems in large organizations
• 6. Recruiting, team building, training and mentoring of IT teams in non-IT organizations.
• Skills and experience
• 1. Deep understanding of application development across multiple technical platforms (.NET, Java, PHP), across different domains (IT, HR, Publishing, Risk Management, Auditing, Financial Services, Commodity Trading, Media & Entertainment)
• 2. High impact data understanding and architecture based on the business and application needs
• 3. Communication and liasoning with clients throughout the hierarchy and presenting to top management on the best technology strategy for a given problem.
• 4. Requirements Gathering, Project Planning, Project Management following Agile Methodology of SDLC, Scope Definition and Effort Estimation
• Notable Clients:
• 1. Laserwords Pvt. Ltd.
• 2. Aptara
• 3. Olam Information Services
• 4. Cholamandalam Finance
• 5. RVK Associates

Apr 2015 – Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Apr 2014 – Mar 2015 · 11 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Oct 2011 – Jan 2012 · 3 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Sep 2011 – Jan 2012 · 4 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Oct 2011 – Oct 2015 · 4 yrs · Greater Chennai Area

• Founded Proyojana Business Consulting and have been managing it till date ever since its conception.
• I'm solely responsible for all technology decisions and strategy of Proyojana's products and projects.
• I handle all new business development, client management and day-to-day operations of Proyojana.

Jun 2009 – Oct 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Lead Mobile application development efforts and enterprise product development ; Manage and lead teams handling Sales/Pre-Sales Support

May 2009 – Jun 2009 · 1 mo

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr

• Written Articles on Indian Classical Music - these include previews, reviews, interviews with top musicians and general articles on music.

Aug 2006 – Apr 2009 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI. Developed the logo, content and design of the website.Also designing for print media , viz. brochures, invites.
• Clients include :
• KNS Dance Company - MD,USA
• SM Chempower Pvt Ltd - Chennai
• Modurm Furniture Art - Chennai
• Delhi P.Sunder Rajan - Violin Artiste , Chennai