May 2025 – Nov 2025 · 6 mos · Bangalore Urban

• Built and validated a technology product focused on automation, insights, and operational improvement for engineering teams.
• Owned end-to-end product execution including discovery, design, team workflows, delivery planning, and stakeholder validation.
• Drove GTM experiments, customer interviews, and early-stage product strategy; paused venture due to funding constraints.
• Gained hands-on experience in product leadership, execution management, and early-stage operations.

Nov 2024 – Apr 2025 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Oct 2021 – Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Led multi-team engineering execution across high-growth products, ensuring predictable delivery, operational efficiency, and alignment with business goals.
• Strengthened team processes, accelerated release cycles, reduced operational risks, and improved engineering throughput.
• Enabled reliable, high-volume systems through improved planning, governance, and cross-team coordination.
• Partnered with product, operations, and leadership teams to guide priorities, manage dependencies, and drive execution clarity.
• Key Achievements
• Improved delivery speed and team throughput by 30% by optimizing processes, reducing bottlenecks, and strengthening collaboration.
• Enabled high-scale product launches supporting 30× traffic growth during major events.
• Reduced operational issues and escalation rates through proactive governance and streamlined incident workflows.
• Delivered significant cost efficiencies (62%) through resource planning and better utilization.
• Improved organizational execution by standardizing planning, communication, and review mechanisms.
• Reduced business-impacting risks (fraud, leakages, inconsistencies) by introducing proactive monitoring and clearer ownership models.

Apr 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

Feb 2019 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Mar 2016 – Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Owned end-to-end automation initiatives for backend workflows, API quality, and CI/CD integration, accelerating product delivery and platform stability.
• Achievements:
• 1. Reduced release validation time by building automation infrastructure simulating backend workflows.
• 2. Improved deployment velocity and stability by embedding validation checkpoints across CI/CD pipelines.
• 3. Extended automation to mobile clients and browser extensions, ensuring consistent multi-platform behavior.
• 4. Drove process changes which helped in go-to-market time by streamlining pre-release testing and coverage.
• 5. Mentored peers on debugging, tooling, and automation best practices, raising engineering quality across the team.

Nov 2012 – Mar 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Pune

• Key Achievements:
• 1. Led functional, integration, and regression testing for e-commerce platforms, resulting in 98% defect-free releases.
• 2. Automated regression suite using Selenium and Java, reducing test effort by 50%.
• 3. Championed test design reviews, improving overall test quality and team alignment.

Aug 2008 – Nov 2012 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

• Key Achievements:
• 1. Performed performance testing using JMeter, contributing to 20% improvement in API response times.
• 2. Utilized Splunk to analyze real-time logs and drive test coverage based on user behavior.
• 3. Executed cross-platform testing including iPad apps for enterprise healthcare solutions.

Mar 2007 – Aug 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos · Pune Area, India

• Key Achievements:
• 1. Authored detailed functional and regression test cases ensuring 95% test coverage.
• 2. Built and maintained traceability matrices, enhancing transparency and compliance.

Sep 2006 – Feb 2007 · 5 mos · Pune Area, India

• Key Achievements:
• 1. Conducted manual testing cycles, identified high-impact bugs early in SDLC.
• 2. Collaborated with developers to reduce defect turnaround time by 30%.