Ashwani Kachhwaha

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 24 years of experience in SaaS and cloud-native applications.
  • Led multiple teams through technology refreshes and optimizations.
  • Expert in accelerating product development and customer onboarding.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Development expert with a strong focus on engineering leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software EngineeringCustomer SuccessCloud DevelopmentSaasProduct ManagementEngineering LeadershipIntegration EngineeringAgile PracticesSoftware DevelopmentDeployment AutomationSecurity ImplementationInsurance Technology

Other Skills

Agile MethodologyBusiness ComponentsCloud FoundryData MigrationIntegrationJavaLDAPPerformance OptimizationQuality AssuranceQuality CenterRESTful ServicesReactJSSOASQLSalesforce CRM

About

- Delivered SaaS services, cloud native web and mobile apps building products for Sales CRM, Field Service -Salesforce, Content Management, Life sciences over 24 years. - Instituted development and release processes, led technology refreshes, infra optimisations for scalability, performance, cost optimisations. - Experienced in change management; setting up solid teams ground up, transitioning and guiding them through the periods of acquisition and disruptions. - Hastened development improving time to market leveraging AWS Services, Spring Boot, Cloud Foundry, automated deployments. - Accelerated customer onboarding, product adoption and influenced roadmap.

Experience

Leadsquared

Vice President Of Engineering

Oct 2021Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Servicemax (divested by ge digital to silver lake)

Director of Software Engineering

Dec 2018Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bangaon Area, India

  •  Leading Field Service Platform roadmap releases (Back Office, Dispatch Console, Service Flow Manager) focused on innovation and customer success.
  •  Delivered next generation Dispatch Console with performance and scale in the order of magnitude, modern navigations (ReactJS); upgraded by 250+ enterprise customers.
  •  Coaching engineers and leads by working with them through the design, implementation, production pushes and customer escalations.
  •  Co-led Salesforce DX adoption, CI/ CD implementation & refined Patch Process.
  •  Responsible for performance/ annual compensation reviews and career progressions.
  •  Hiring across different functions and retaining talent building organization excellence.

Opentext

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Jul 2015Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru

  •  Delivered cloud native SaaS Services and Web Applications on Cloud Foundry developed using Java, Spring Boot, OAuth AngularJS.
  •  Led development of first native iOS mobile application with AirWatch MDM using Hybrid model contributing to ratable subscription revenue of $120K.
  •  Enabled fortune 500 customers in moving on-premise workloads to cloud.
  •  Co-led DevOps team in defining and rolling out process resulting in frequent releases of
  • SaaS stack to production.

Dell emc

Manager Software Engineering

Jul 2010Jun 2015 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru

  •  Formed D2 application engineering team in India COE and transitioned ownership of sustenance carving capacity for innovation with product revenue ~30 million.
  •  Analyzed market requirement to expose D2 APIs through RESTful services leading to incubation of D2 Mobile and Life Sciences Express App influencing revenue opportunity.
  •  Leader responsible for engineering of Documentum web products Taskspace, Webtop, xCP ECM having multimillion license seat revenue and large customer base.
  •  Transformed engineering maturity from sustaining and module ownership to complete engineering ownership of the products.
  •  Reduced the time to deliver fixes to customers by 20% by participating in a “hotfix” process for managing releases of patches for defects reported by customers.
  •  Co-led adoption of software development methodology from iterative development to agile reducing inefficiencies and continuous delivery of products.

Symphony services

2 roles

Technical Manager

Promoted

May 2009May 2010 · 1 yr · Bengaluru

  •  Led development of Application Lifecycle Management solution and integrated it with Collabnet TeamForge (CTF) and Salesforce CRM for Misys.
  •  Influenced engineering mindset in a new technology direction focused on Webservices and integrations.
  •  Identified flaws in the software quality process and introduced automation of test cases resulting in 20% reduction in software defects.
  •  Early advocate of agile helping teams understands and practice scrum.

Technical Lead

May 2005May 2009 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru

  •  Key member of the team that developed Guideline Manager, Guideline Optimizer features for Symphony Metreo pricing product.
  •  Automated deployment of Symphony RPM on WebSphere, WebLogic app servers simplifying installation process and reduced deployment time from hours to minutes.
  •  Led team responsible for customer facing Rapid Success Programs (RSP). Responsibilities included helping deploy Symphony RPM and identifying gaps / features based on the feedback received from the program.

Melstar information technolgies ltd.

Software Engineer

May 2004Apr 2005 · 11 mos · Mumbai

  •  Developed core features for raft Radar, an operational risk product.
  •  Designed and developed Key Risk Indicators (KRI) module to collect quantitative data about the performance or risk within the business units.
  •  Implemented LDAP for authentication and extended programmatic security.
  •  Created upgrade scripts to migrate customer data enabling the transition.

Webify solutions

Software Developer

Jan 2002Apr 2004 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai

  •  Developed features for Commission Calculation and Premium Publishing application for payout cycle within ICICI Lombard for the insurance business.
  •  Developed User Interface for generating reports, capturing agent details.
  •  Developed business components for commission calculation.

Infrasoft technologies ltd

Engineer Banking Software Operations

Jan 2000Nov 2001 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai

  •  Installed, customized and supported OMNI Enterprise retail banking solution at several national and local banks.
  •  Rebranded solution as per the bank style and customized reports specific to banks.

Adhunik power systems

Field Application Engineer

Aug 1998Nov 1999 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

  •  Marketed and installed lightening and micro controlled surge devices.

Education

Karnataka University, Dharwad

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electronics & Communication

Jan 1994Jan 1998

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