Gaurav Kamdar [Patents,PMP,Program,Walmart,ex-Yahoo] — Technical Program Manager

INVENTOR ! -- 3 Patents Awarded by USPTO ! -- https://patents.justia.com/inventor/gaurav-kamdar; 8 Patents Filed. 10 Defensive Publications. WORK EXPERIENCE : ~ 19 years+ Turn-key hands-on Engineering Product/Technical Program Leader building high performing teams and driving large scale End-to End omnichannel (.COM+Store) global technology initiatives ranging from Millions to Billion impact. Delivered mission critical Products yielding business value, strategic impact, customer appreciation, team building and technology progression. - Inventor, passionate about Communication, Presenting, Patents, Innovation, Idea reviewing and given Talks on Patents/Innovation along with workshops. --- Sr. Manager II- Technical Program Management (TPM) at Walmart US (California): Joined WalmartLabs, Bangalore on 20th November 2013 as Manager - Enterprise Project Management and have spanned a career covering Online (E-commerce), Store Technology, Omni-Channel areas. Leading end-to-end complex high business value tech programs delivery for areas like W+, Home Page, SEO, Fashion, Customer Tools, WFS (Walmart Fulfillment Service) , GIF (Global Integrated Fulfillment) and more. --- Yahoo! Experience: 6.5 yrs + Yahoo! India R&D , Bangalore : Program Management - 10th April, 2007 --- 19 Nov 2013 Key Awards Walmart: • Bravo Award – May’23 • Spot Award – Dec’19 • Spot Award - Feb’17 • Certificate of Excellence - Aug’16 • Spot Award – Aug’15 Yahoo! • Patent Milestone Award - Jun’13 • Patent Milestone Award - Dec’12 • U Rock Award – Q2’11 • U Rock Award – Q3’10 • U Rock Award – Q1’10 Spot bonus Award in 2010 for high IP Submissions Pat on the Back Awards in Q3 2012 Specialties: Program Management, Project Management , Team building, Intellectual Property (Patents), Business Operations, Excel, Problem solving, People skills, risk analysis and mitigation, public speaking, written and oral skills, time management, leading initiatives and business analysis, JIRA.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Retail Technology expert with a strong focus on E-Commerce and Program Management.

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Experience: 20 yrs 2 mos

Skills

Technical Program Management
Stakeholder Management
E-commerce
Program Management
Cloud Architecture
Project Management
Agile Methodologies
Scrum Master
Business Analysis
Business Excellence
Recruitment

Career Highlights

Inventor with 3 patents awarded.
19+ years in technical program management.
Led multi-billion dollar e-commerce initiatives.

Work Experience

Walmart

Senior Manager II, Technical Program Management (4 yrs 3 mos)

Principal Technical Program Manager at Walmart Global Tech USA (10 mos)

Walmart Global Tech India

Principal Technical Program Manager (2 mos)

Staff Tech Program Manager (3 yrs)

Senior Project Lead (1 yr 4 mos)

Manager- Enterprise Project Management (2 yrs 6 mos)

Yahoo! R&D,Bangalore,India

Program Manager (6 yrs 7 mos)

Alp Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Senior Analyst (1 yr 8 mos)

Education

B.E at Visvesvaraya Technological University

High School at La Martiniere For Boys, Kolkata. India.

Gaurav Kamdar [Patents,PMP,Program,Walmart,ex-Yahoo]

Technical Program Manager

Santa Clara, California, United States20 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Inventor with 3 patents awarded.
19+ years in technical program management.
Led multi-billion dollar e-commerce initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Retail Technology expert with a strong focus on E-Commerce and Program Management.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Technical Program ManagementStakeholder ManagementE-commerceProgram ManagementCloud ArchitectureProject ManagementAgile MethodologiesScrum MasterBusiness AnalysisBusiness ExcellenceRecruitment

Other Skills

Omni-Channel FulfillmentAgile DeliveryOperations ManagementKanbanInnovation StrategyData AnalysisClient HandlingMentoringPlanningProcess ImprovementHuman ResourcesStart-upsTeam ManagementRecruitmentsRecruiting

About

Experience

20 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs

Average Tenure

5 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Walmart

2 roles

Senior Manager II, Technical Program Management

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Technical Program Management leader in Walmart+ (W+) leading a team of amazing TPMs to deliver a great experience for Members and customers.
Earlier: Home Page, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Fashion.
E-Commerce Omni-Channel Fulfillment Domain for USA, Canada, UK, MX; (PCI-Payment Card Industry, Process Optimization, E-com+Store Tech)- worked closely with Store+FC teams
1) Leading e-Commerce teams - Home Page, Fashion, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
1) Lead the Walmart Fulfillment Service (WFS) $B Business/Initiative/Program for International Markets
2) Roadmap, Strategy, Planning, Stakeholder Management, Release/Execution, Build teams.
Engineering-Product-Program Synergy for Successful Releases and Value (Roadmap planning), prioritization, budgets, KPI, Metrics, On-Call triage
Global Product Agile Delivery Planning for Multi-tenant scalable eCom- Fulfillment with focus on lowering Production issues, on-time delivery, High Availability/DR and Global Platform approach
Design Thinking – Customer Centric– Risk Management
Enterprise Strategy and Operations – Process, People and Branding
Innovation (Intellectual Property development – Ideas/Patents review)
Omni-channel Leadership – Digital and Physical [.COM + Store Tech]
Lead E2E with Engineering/Tech/Architecture, Compliance, Security- SSP, Market Business, Data, Product, Program, Operations and Fulfillment Centers+Stores. Stakeholder Management at all levels/Leadership
People Manager, Collaborative Leader and lead teams across domains

Technical Program ManagementStakeholder ManagementE-CommerceOmni-Channel FulfillmentAgile Delivery

Principal Technical Program Manager at Walmart Global Tech USA

Mar 2021 – Jan 2022 · 10 mos

GIF Engineering Program lead, E-Commerce Omni-Channel Fulfilment Domain for USA, Canada, UK, MX; (PCI-Payment Card Industry, Process Optimization, E-com+Store Tech)- worked closely with Store+FC teams
Lead E2E with Engineering/Tech/Architecture, Compliance, Security- SSP, Market Business, Data, Product, Program, Operations and Fulfillment Centers+Stores. Stakeholder Management at all levels/Leadership
1) Leading the Omni-channel and Fulfillment initiatives for International Markets.
2) Walmart International Leadership team. Located at Walmart HQ.
3) Program and Product Portfolio. Strategy, Planning, Roadmaps and Delivery.
4) Digital and Physical: E-Commerce with Store technology.
5) Passionate about Ideation, Technology, Patents and Delivering critical products for high efficiency and great customer experience at a global scale.

Operations ManagementProgram ManagementStakeholder Management

Walmart global tech india

4 roles

Principal Technical Program Manager

Promoted

Dec 2020 – Feb 2021 · 2 mos

Global Integrated Fulfillment and Omni-Channel Program Management portfolio for International Markets
Lead Omnichannel+GIF (ecom) portfolio for International Markets
Lead GIF on Azure Cloud (GIF2.0)- ReArchitecture- Program globally
GIF 2.0 - Pilot at UK, Canada, Sam’s MX and USA achieved – Large Scale - Delivered key features for Markets and lead COVID ramp-up for GIF
Delivered UK Optima Algorithm for efficient Pick Walks (~15%+ faster)

Operations ManagementProgram ManagementCloud Architecture

Staff Tech Program Manager

Nov 2017 – Nov 2020 · 3 yrs

E-Commerce Multi-Channel Fulfilment Domain for USA, Canada, UK, MX
Payment Card Industry, Pick Walk Optimization, Quality Check, E-com
Driving Integrated Fulfillment : E-Commerce to Stores.
Global Product Delivery Planning for eCom-Fulfilment [~$ 8B+]
Product-Program Synergy for Successful Releases and Value
Scrum Master – Agile [JIRA] – CI CD – Lean (Value-Driven)
Design Thinking – Customer Centric Approach – Risk Management
Enterprise Strategy and Operations – Process and People; Branding
Innovation (Intellectual Property – Ideas/Patents review)
Leadership – Digital and Physical bridge [.COM + Store synergy]
(Enterprise Project Manager Ecom to Sr. Project Lead to Program Manager)

Operations ManagementAgile MethodologiesProject Management

Senior Project Lead

Jun 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

Managing the Product delivery from a Project Management / Scrum Master / Kanban Lead point of view. Current portfolio includes driving teams that are primarily influencing the connect between Digital and Physical technologies/approach/strategy at Walmart.
Exposure to Payment Card Industry (PCI), Item Quality Check and Store Dispense Tech forms the Product horizontals that I cover.
Buzz Words - Technical Project/Program Management, Online Card Add Application, Store Order Details/Search/Lookup, POS (Point of Sales), Order Quality Check and E-Commerce Integration are few of the essential touch points in my daily routine. Tools like JIRA and Confluence are readily used as enablers.

Project ManagementScrum MasterKanban

Manager- Enterprise Project Management

Nov 2013 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Reported to the Head of Ecom and MD of WalmartLabs, India - Chief of Staff
Innovation Strategy, Business Analysis as per Goals and Operations [ Program Management ]
Enterprise Strategy and Operations – Process and People; Branding
Innovation (Intellectual Property – Ideas/Patents review)
Drive Engagement via Tech and Non-Tech Forums

Program ManagementBusiness AnalysisInnovation Strategy

Yahoo! r&d,bangalore,india

Program Manager

Apr 2007 – Nov 2013 · 6 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

Program Manager profile entails handling of data from various Business Units towards a final analysis which is a numerical representation of the company's growth and future prospects. Lots of analytical thought process and presence of mind :)
Engineering Business Excellence, Agile adoption, Proof of Concept Engineering solutions, Innovation, Strategy and Operations at Center level - Innovation drive – Patents review – YoY 200%+ in Filings from India
Balanced Scorecard: KPI, Metrics – Quarterly Business Reviews
Engagement, Headcount Management and Process
Technology Product Program Management for Content Platform – Abuse filter driving Engineering, Operations, Support and Business
Yahoo! Experience: 6.0 yrs+ [ Hadoop + People Programs (IP and Tech Initiatives) + Business Analysis/Operations (Business Excellence ) + Product Management(Content Platforms) ]
Since : 2nd May, 2010 - 20 November 2013
Role: Program Managing for the following initiatives:
1) Complete Events portfolio ( Internal and External )+Team Resource Management [ till Sept 2011 ]
2) Planning , Strategy and Execution with the Events team for all Events [ till Sept 2011 ]
3) Program Managing for the IP Council. Leading the Intellectual Property (IP) agenda for India. Achieved Record results over the last 1.5 yrs with remarkable Submissions and Patents from India
4) Drive the CSR Initiative (YEFI) for India
5) Business Group Reviews and planning the analysis areas for quarterly reviews : Driving the Business Excellence Program for Yahoo! India R&D, Bangalore. Based on 'Balanced Scorecard'.
6) Work with various Departments in Yahoo! and achieve the results charted by the CxO team
7) Handled a migration project in the Hadoop Team. Strategize, Plan, Execute, Monitor and Control and Closing were driven and appropriate Risk Assessment was done too
8) Enhance my Excel and Twiki skills to facilitate info and also create a synergy

Program ManagementBusiness ExcellenceData Analysis

Alp management consultants pvt. ltd., bangalore

Senior Analyst

Aug 2005 – Apr 2007 · 1 yr 8 mos

I worked as a Senior Analyst doing recruitments for clients like Google , Yahoo! , Amazon , Akamai and so on. Total technical requirements handled and core expertise in sourcing and client handling.

RecruitmentClient Handling