Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• DhakDhak is our Made In India Short Video Application developed for the Indian and global market. . Apart from entertainment and earning opportunities, the DhakDhak app serves as a career opportunity to DhakDhak Stars in the entertainment industry.
• Responsible for corporate strategy, technology, operations, and for identifying and realizing the biggest and highest return growth opportunities in Indian and new markets, new categories, and channels through acquisitions, strategic alliances, new investments, and restructuring with a longer-term vision and enterprise-wide execution of strategy.

Dec 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Pune Area, India

Mar 2016 – Dec 2016 · 9 mos · Pune Area, India

Jan 2015 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Pune Area, India

• Responsible for Delivery Operations at Smartcloud Infoservices, delivering full spectrum of services from expert consulting to complete product development responsibility.
• Lead the design, development and strategy of cutting edge Mobile Applications for the global markets. Manage mobile application development across the entire mobile eco system including IOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows.
• Handling Team of 50+ including Project Managers, Team Leaders, Developers, Designers and QA
• Keeping track of Delivery Milestones and taking necessary actions to achieve on-time delivery
• Project Management of Mobile / Web Projects
• Planning of Risks Management and Change Requests Management
• Clients Requirements Gathering and Analysis of Scope of Work
• Identification of Risk Issues and Efforts Estimations
• Projects & Resources Allocation
• Recruitment

Jun 2014 – Dec 2014 · 6 mos · Pune Area, India

• ✓ Monitor and oversee all production activities of a Studio of +50 employees;
• ✓ Manage different Mobile Games and Applications programs and teams;
• ✓ Supervise various kinds of Creation projects on iOS, Android, Web, Windows, Mac, BB platforms.
• ✓ Follow up the production status of each program and team; giving instructions or support, to anticipate and prevent potential issues;
• ✓ Ensure that the projects are delivered on time and match game industry quality standards, implementing quality-control programs;
• ✓ Improve production process, product quality, organization, communication and coordination, as well as productivity in all programs;
• ✓ Draw up production schedules and discuss & negotiate production plans for the Studio.
• ✓ Forecast the need of human and material resources in order to ensure a smooth development of the games and apps. Optimize resource utilization by implementation of an effective production organization.
• ✓ Ensure coaching to identify/develop talents and to raise up the teams’ level to be able to cope with current and new challenges;
• ✓Review the performance of subordinates; Track competencies of subordinates and provide leadership and development as required to achieve the objective;
• ✓ Work with managers to implement the company's policies and goals.

Feb 2012 – May 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

• ✓ Manage a Division of 3 Teams and more than 25 Employees in the Development of Games and Applications for Smartphones and Tablets (Android OS).
• ✓ Schedule and Manage Projects from the early Stages of Production (ALPHA) to the Delivery (GOLD). Develop project Goals, Objectives, Milestones, and Deliverable per Business Requirement.
• ✓ Drive smooth day-to-day Operational Aspects of a project and Scope to ensure that Quality Requirements and Deadline will be met.
• ✓Anticipate, Identify, and Troubleshoot issues on a proactive basis and ensure that plans are put in place and executed in order to provide timely resolution.
• ✓ Improve Working Processes, Management Methods and Coordination between the teams and the studios to maximize the productivity, improve the quality and ensure that issues are given visibility and that support is in place as needed.
• ✓Suggest areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions.
• ✓ Manage the Resources and Projects Assignation in the best possible way to maximize the Production of the division. Ensure that resource requirements are anticipated in advance in order to be in place when needed.
• ✓ Be the KEY Contact between the Production Team, Business Teams and the Clients.
• ✓ Conduct Regular Team Meetings with Studio Manager, Producer, Developer, Game Designer, Artists or QA to improve the Productivity and Quality and Coordinate the workload between the teams.
• ✓ Management of the Planning of the Teams (Macro & Micro).
• ✓ Lead Weekly Report Meeting to update Management on the status of current Projects.
• ✓ Experienced in Negotiating Deadlines with Clients and Higher Management.

Jul 2011 – Mar 2012 · 8 mos · Pune Area, India

• Job Description:
• I was responsible for delivering game experience across multiple mobile platforms with a strong team of 30+ game developers, Artists, Game designers and QA. As a studio manager, I’m accountable for the overall health and efficiency of product development team.
• Role and Responsibilities:
• Executive Studio Leadership, Deal Negotiation, Strategic Planning, Budget Planning, Relationship Management with Publishers, Licensors and Developers, Recruiting, Team Mentoring, Partner and Vendor relations, Contract negotiation, Location development, IT and Networking, Proposal writing, Technical Design and Architecture Analysis, Game Design, Project Management (SCRUM, Agile).

Aug 2009 – Aug 2011 · 2 yrs

• Project Management, Responsible for production of catalogue titles on new devices, Set up North America handset launch function at EA Hyd.Gaming, devevlopment of games.

Jan 2009 – Jul 2009 · 6 mos

• Software Development, Game development, Business development, Project management,Resource allocation, budgeting, Day to day working affairs of the company with team strength of 42 employees.

Sep 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Worked as a software engineer on Symbian OS. Software Development in Symbian C++, Game development in symbian C++.