Kartic Grover

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India19 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in driving digital transformations across industries.
  • Proven track record in building high-performance product teams.
  • Strong leadership in managing global engineering teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecom and Fintech expert with a strong focus on product management and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital TransformationProduct ManagementEngineering ManagementProduct DevelopmentAgile Project ManagementSystem ArchitectureAndroid DevelopmentTelecommunications

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAndroid FrameworkAndroid NDKAndroid SDKCore JavaDigital StrategyExecutive LeadershipIT Enabled Business TransformationJ2MEOperations ManagementPre-salesProcess ImprovementProduct DesignProduct InnovationProduct Launch

About

Accomplished IT, Engineering, and Digital Executive with a proven track record of driving successful digital transformations and delivering innovative solutions across diverse industries. Deep expertise in building and scaling high-performance product teams within telecom, fintech, and consumer technology. Skilled in overcoming engineering challenges, optimizing operations, and leading global teams to achieve exceptional results. Key strengths include: * Strategic leadership: Developing and executing comprehensive digital strategies aligned with business objectives. * Product innovation: Identifying market opportunities and driving the development of innovative products that meet customer needs. * Team building: Building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams capable of delivering complex projects. * Technical expertise: Deep understanding of emerging technologies and their application in product development. * Operational excellence: Optimizing processes and systems to ensure efficient and effective product delivery. * Global leadership: Leading and managing distributed teams across multiple geographies to achieve shared goals. Proven ability to: * Accelerate digital transformation: Successfully implementing digital initiatives to enhance business performance and customer experience. * Scale product teams: Building and growing engineering teams to support rapid product development and growth. * Overcome engineering challenges: Identifying and resolving technical obstacles to ensure project success. * Optimize operations: Streamlining processes and systems to improve efficiency and reduce costs. * Lead global teams: Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams across different cultures and time zones.

Experience

Airtel africa digital labs

2 roles

SVP IT & CIO

Promoted

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Responsible for all Digital IT solutions in 14 different geographies of Airtel Africa.
  • This includes Product Management, Product Development ,and support.
  • Leading a team of Stellar Engineering & Product Managers, Architects, Business Analysts, Data & AI and Software Engineers spread across multiple geographies working on:
  • 1. Consumer Products and Platforms for Telecom and Fintech customers
  • 2. Enterprise Products for Customer Acquisition, Customer Service, Sales, Distribution etc.
  • 3.Telecom Digital Platforms
  • 4. IT Apps - Digitising employee processes
  • 5. Data and AI Platforms for Customers and business processes
Product InnovationDigital TransformationProduct DevelopmentSolution ArchitectureExecutive LeadershipEngineering Management+4

Vice President of Engineering

Mar 2019 – Oct 2023 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Head of Engineering leading Engineering, Product Management and SRE teams for all Inhouse Products and Platforms deployed by Airtel Africa in different geographies.
Product InnovationDigital TransformationProduct DevelopmentIT Enabled Business TransformationEngineering ManagementProduct Management+1

Exotel

2 roles

AVP and Head of Product Development

Promoted

May 2018 – Feb 2019 · 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Led the Product Development team at Ameyo which included Developers (iOS, Android, Web and Backend), QA, Devops, Scrum Masters, Technical Writers and L4 support.
  • Led Technical Program management team; also responsible for Product release planning and delivery management.
  • Managed select few premium customers.
  • Setup Engineering Effectiveness team to build tools and processes needed by Development teams.
  • Led Drishti’s Agile Governance team and was responsible for Process Improvement in Development, QA, Support and Project Delivery teams.
Product DevelopmentProcess ImprovementEngineering ManagementProgram ManagementAgile Project ManagementProduct Launch

Director - Product Development

Sep 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Tuwheelz

Head Of Engineering

Sep 2015 – Aug 2016 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Product Architect for complete Tuwheelz bike taxi and bike pool solution.
  • Leading Product Management and Product Development teams to define and deliver Tuwheelz consumer application, driver partner application and Fleet Management Solution.
Product DevelopmentEngineering ManagementProduct ManagementProduct Design

Nextgen innovation labs

Engineering Manager

Jan 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Engineering Project Management and Program Management for the development of FalconSmart Hand held solutions.
  • Software Collaboration and Integration with Vendors and Partners.
System ArchitectureAndroid DevelopmentEngineering ManagementWeb DevelopmentTelecommunications

Google

Software Development Consultant

Oct 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Worked on creating POCs for new application ideas.
  • Developed Android applications for Google's social networking products.
  • Developed products for Google TV and also developed Second Screen solutions for TVs and phones.
iOS DevelopmentAndroid Development

Globallogic

Lead - Android Apps.

Jun 2010 – Oct 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Worked on products to provide integrated mobile content solutions and License management for mobile devices.
  • Worked on developing Android products/solutions for different customers.
  • Built and managed teams of mobile developers and QA engineers for different customers.
iOS DevelopmentAndroid Development

Samsung mobile

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2010 – Jun 2010 · 5 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Worked on developing Mobile applications for Samsung's Galaxy platform.
  • Contributed in developing new native middle-ware components which were used across different mobile platforms.
  • Developed POCs for new application ideas.
Android FrameworkCore JavaAndroid DevelopmentAndroid SDKAndroid NDK

Capgemini engineering

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2006 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Worked on IMS Application development for different platforms which included Android, Windows Mobile, linux etc.
Android FrameworkWindows PhoneSession Initiation Protocol (SIP)Android DevelopmentJ2MESymbian+4

Education

Department of Computer Science, University of Delhi

MCA — Computer Science

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006

Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University

B.Sc(H) — Electronics

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004

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