Jan 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• As Architect/Program Manager for feature deliveries for Visa's BNPL/Installments service with
• (1) Merchant solution to simplify integration for using Visa BNPL service with both UX and processing support
• (2) Design and delivery of cross country feature in Visa BNPL service for Visa
• As Engineering manager, lead the teams delivering the above projects.

Nov 2015 – Sep 2021 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Sr. Technical Program Manager guiding design and owning delivery for the multi-year projects
• (1) Migration of existing payments traffic to a new scalable payments stack
• (2) PSD2 compliance in EU credit card traffic with customer facing MFA support and updates to all credit card processors to support authentication data.
• (3) Design and deliver increase in availability of payments service when some internal services are down

Mar 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Creating an agile game development approach by
• adopting and applying the scrum model
• continuous improvement
• emphasizing a DevOps culture by creating and recruiting for a core DevOps team
• identify and expand the usage of automation tools, particularly for testing
• Directed the live services development of Theme Park, Monopoly Bingo and Monopoly Slots, with over 10 client releases across 3 mobile platforms.
• Collaborated with external partners in understanding and guiding the integration of analytic and mobile marketing tools.

Dec 2012 – Mar 2013 · 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Managed a team comprising of web and DB developers plus QA in the development, testing and deployment of remote control and monitoring software for temperature controlled cargo containers for lead partner Maersk.
• Maintained the roadmap and release planning with focus on risk management due to relationship with "monitoring hardware" software releases.
• Recruited and mentored project team members.

Jun 2011 – Aug 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Finland

Nov 2009 – Feb 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos · Tampere, Finland

• Defined and drove the feature roadmaps for future software experiences for Nokia smartphones involving licensed assets and Nokia’s services offering. Took lead in aligning software plans of the various units involved.
• As part of the investment planning activity, developed the process and tools to accurately identify 3rd party software components in Nokia smartphones to ensure accurate and auditable data for payments to software license holders. Defined and drafted the process and metrics for comparing a 3rd party software offering against in-house development covering feature level and cost planning.

Nov 2008 – Oct 2009 · 11 mos · Tampere, Finland

• Complete ownership and responsibility in steering, from specification to delivery, 12 geographically spread projects across 2 overlapping programs, delivering to planned Nokia smartphones. Provided operational and process support to project managers and project status summaries and program level metrics to steering and delivery management boards.
• Key member of the team updating the agile based software delivery process with particular focus on simplyfying delivery gating criteria targeting focs sales ready software releases. As a providing process training as well.

Jan 2006 – Oct 2008 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Tampere, Finland

• Successfully managed the implementation and delivery of Japanese operator DoCoMo's iMode variants of Java (DoJa), browser, audio plug-in and video player for Nokia’s Symbian iMode smartphones. This 5 Million Euro project involved an internal team, 4 partners and 2 subcontractors spread over 8 sites in 4 countries.
• Supported the subcontractors and partners in their development needs and worked to ensure frictionless collaboration between them and Nokia. Additionally provided technical and QA support by analyzing operator specifications, reviewing architecture and design documents and specifying testing environment and setup.

Oct 2003 – Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Tampere, Finland

• Prepared and presented a technical study on DoCoMo's Mobile Java (DoJa) specification vis-à-vis Nokia Symbian Java for implementing and integrating DoJa in Symbian.
• Prepared a technical study on the differences between the then existing J2ME implementation on Symbian and specifications from operators like AT&T, Vodafone and Orange for operator variant conformance.
• Created conformance statement and implementation plans for Symbian's J2ME implementation against the J2ME Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) specifications, both subset and full.
• Drafted the architecture and design specification for the mobile OSGi framework implementation, a solution to Mobile Java, for Nokia’s Symbian platform. Drafted and proposed mobile specific native interactions that became a part of the OSGi release 4 Mobile Specification.

Jan 2000 – Sep 2003 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Tampere, Finland

• Led a team of five persons that developed carrier class call execution engine, built on Call Processing Language (CPL) and SIP, for the Service Execution Environment (SEE) of Nokia’s IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).
• Prototyped and designed new approaches for implementing Universal Mobility Server (UMS) for Nokia IMS using Linux and CORBA.
• Developed a Windows based Base Station Controller (BSC) for a mixed VoIP and GSM system over a carrier and company intranet, providing intranet mobility to users and reducing costs.

Mar 1997 – Dec 1999 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Noida Area, India

• Developed the BSC software for an IS 136 TDMA Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) system for Harris WAD (Calgary, Canada) as part of the team developing the core access controller for the system. Worked onsite at client’s premises for integration and testing in collaboration with Harris and the suppliers of the base station. Project was completed successfully.
• Developed connectivity software for on the move workforce using ruggedized Windows CE devices.

Aug 1996 – Mar 1997 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, India