Prathibhanu Kumar

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India27 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years in software product development.
Expert in managing global engineering teams.
Proven track record in Adobe product innovations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product development leader with extensive experience in engineering management.

Contact

kumarpp@hotmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentProject Management

Other Skills

Adobe AIRAdobe Community Help clientAgileAgile MethodologiesAuto TaggingCQ5.5Day CommuniqueDistributed SystemsDynamic NavigationFlexJ2EEJavaJava Enterprise EditionOracleQ&A engine

About

 15+ successful years of experience in the Software industry managing end-to-end product/ application development cycles with cross-functional teams across multiple geographies.  Experience in both product development (1.0) projects and hosted services – Adobe Community Help, CrashReporter, Adobe Prerelease System, etc.  End-to-end management of key shared technology programs for Adobe’s Creative Suite, Acrobat, LiveCycle, and Technical Communication Suite families.  Setting up an Engg. team from scratch.  Hands-on DEV/QA project management, hiring and working with global teams  Strong analytical and communication skills to understand, and deliver on client requirements, and handle critical situations effectively.

Experience

Adobe

6 roles

Director of Engineering, Developer Platforms

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Senior Engineering Manager, Adobe IO

Promoted

Oct 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

Sr Engineering Manager, Web Platform

Promoted

Apr 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

Sr Manager, Adobe Consulting AEM

Apr 2015 – Apr 2018 · 3 yrs

Managed AEM consulting team from Bangalore for NA customers

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2009 – Apr 2013 · 4 yrs

 Built social platform for Adobe. Includes Q&A engine and Dynamic Navigation on help and support web pages on help.adobe.com with ranking engine, similarity engine, auto tagging to enable users to browse relevant content dynamically organized by content type and topic.
 Develop and multiple releases of Adobe Community Help client - the next-generation help experience built on Adobe’s platform technologies AIR/Flex that has more than one million first-time launches every month and a user base of more than 10 million.

Social platform developmentQ&A engineDynamic NavigationAdobe Community Help clientSoftware DevelopmentProject Management