Sheena Wadhwa

CTO

Toronto, Ontario, Canada14 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

Proven track record in managing global engineering teams.
Expertise in Agile methodologies and process improvements.
Strong focus on customer-centric leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Engineering Leader with a strong background in Agile and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Team ManagementSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesStakeholder EngagementProject ManagementSdlcJavaWeb Development

Other Skills

People ManagementCross-team CollaborationProcess StandardizationQuality AssuranceSQLMicrosoft OfficeBusiness StrategyWeb ServicesFinancial ServicesJava Enterprise EditionDatabasesC (Programming Language)JIRASharePointCustomer Service

About

I've extensive experience in managing globally distributed engineering teams across B2B & B2C products. I enjoy contributing to the product strategy & executing technology projects through strategic planning & process improvements. Self-starter with a track record of achieving quality deliverables through customer focussed & servant leadership philosophy.

Experience

Priceline

2 roles

Sr Director of Engineering & Site Lead

Promoted

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Team ManagementPeople ManagementSoftware DevelopmentAgile Methodologies

Director of Software Engineering

Jan 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

Trustpilot

Engineering Leader - Consumer Product

Dec 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr · Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Tulip retail

Software Development Manager

Oct 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Arcesium

Engineering Manager

Dec 2015 – Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Responsible for IT projects catering to asset managers & investment firms in North America. Client cadences, stakeholder management, vendor management, roadmap/backlog management, cross-team collaboration for process standardization etc are major part of this responsibility.
Strengthened the Agile methodologies in the team. Implemented few effective processes in the teams to increase overall productivity by 20%.
Worked closely with testing team for building of automated regression suite to improve stability by over 40%.

Agile MethodologiesStakeholder EngagementCross-team CollaborationProcess Standardization

The d. e. shaw group

2 roles

Project Lead

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

Lead the project of building in-house Contact Management System (CMS) for investor prospecting and reporting and eliminated the need of 3rd party software for our growing scale & usage.
Executed SDLC of multiple projects in this tenure using waterfall model. Was closely involved in designing as well reviewing of the builds for quality delivery of the project.

Project ManagementSDLCQuality Assurance

Software Developer Positions

Jun 2009 – Dec 2013 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Hands on experience in developing web applications catering to Investor Relations & Reporting.
Designed & implemented complex & scalable Java & SQL based fee calculators of financial products.
DevOps – Experience in investigating production issues, resolutions and change management processes.

JavaSQLWeb Development