Vinit Kulkarni

Director of Engineering

Pune, Maharashtra, India25 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 25 years in software product development.
Expert in managing global engineering teams.
Proven track record in stakeholder and vendor management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with extensive experience in software engineering and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementTechnical Leadership

Other Skills

Global Cross-Functional Team LeadershipVendor ManagementCommercial AwarenessInterpersonal SkillsStrategic ThinkingPeople ManagementSite ManagementAgile Project ManagementTechnical DirectionTechnology TrendsTeam BuildingTeam ManagementAgile MethodologiesRequirements AnalysisSDLC

About

My professional objective is to leverage and enhance my management expertise in a dynamic and productive environment. I am passionate about solving tactical and strategic business challenges by building and managing an organization as if it were my own business. I have over 25 years of experience in software product development and professional services. Throughout my career, I have gained extensive hands-on experience in various roles, from coding to managing a global engineering business unit My expertise and strengths include: - Building and growing global product development organizations - Stakeholder management - Executing high-visibility investment projects - Partner and vendor due diligence and relationship management - Capacity planning and team balancing - Cost management - Project management - People management - Effective communication - Recruiting (talent acquisition, campus drives) - Mentoring and career development - Public speaking - Negotiation and persuasion - Result-oriented execution - Proactivity - Active listening

Experience

25 yrs

Total Experience

4 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

14 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Aci worldwide

2 roles

Director, Software Engineering and Site Lead

Promoted

Oct 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 7 mos · Pune Area, India

During the senior leadership roles I have played over multiple years, I led large global organizations including software product engineering, product customization, professional services and support organization. My organization consists of professionals such as directors, senior managers, architects, engineers, scrum masters, testing and automation team and project managers.
In this leadership role, my key achievements include:
Leading software product development (Cloud Native, R&D and Roadmap) using Agile and Kanban
Delivery execution of product services and implementations (Customization and Support)
Travelled to various customer locations to represent product organization
End to end planned and executed, Budget (CapEx, OpEx) and cost management exercises
Successful customer, stakeholder, and vendor management
Planned and executed global strategy sessions (year on year) with product and technical leadership
Result oriented performance management, along with coaching and mentoring
Establishing larger teams and helped them to become an excellence center
Handled cross-product, cross-team collaborations along with conflict resolutions while needed
Managed senior managers and architects from various global locations
Leading campus drives – giving presentation to students, led hiring initiatives, etc.
My focused business domain areas are:
Banking and intermediaries (Acquiring, Issuing, Card Production)
OMNI Channel (Acquiring, Issuing, Certification, etc.)
EFT and Payment Switch
As part of my expanded responsibilities, I am the site leader for ACI Pune, India software excellence center.

Global Cross-Functional Team LeadershipVendor ManagementCommercial AwarenessTechnical LeadershipInterpersonal SkillsStrategic Thinking+7

Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

Feb 2012 – Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Pune Area, India

Enablement of strategical products (dynamic team, tools, training setup and ramp-up)
Capacity planning
Budgeting and costing
3rd Party / Vendor management
Setting up new delivery processes for the highly responsive organization
Process design and roll out
Metrics generation and reporting into Operations
Deliveries on Postilion and Universal Payment Platform (UP Hub)

Technology TrendsInterpersonal SkillsStrategic ThinkingTeam ManagementTechnical DirectionProject Management+1

S1 corporation

3 roles

Delivery Manager

May 2009 – Feb 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Prime responsibility is to look after the delivery and execution of professional services on top of Postilion merchant and retail solutions.

Technology TrendsInterpersonal SkillsTeam ManagementProject Management

Product Development Manager

Promoted

Jan 2008 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos

Setting up and improving the delivery processes in Pune team
Coordinating with stakeholders for the projects and resourcing.
Point of escalation
Pre Sales activities (RFP reviews and estimations)
Processor (Partners) and Client Management.
End to end project management
Training and Competence gaining for the team.
Performance Appraisals and Merit Increase process.
People Management (Working towards fulfilling individual Career Paths, Expectation Management, etc)

Technology TrendsInterpersonal SkillsTeam ManagementProject Management

System Analyst

Mar 2004 – Oct 2005 · 1 yr 7 mos · Pune Area, India

Working on Enterprise Platform product, Key responsibilities are: Development in Java / J2EE Framework.

T-systems

Project Lead

Oct 2005 – Dec 2007 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune Area, India

Leading the execution of the various Telekom projects for the T-Com, T-Mobile and T-Online. Primary responsibilities include: Onsite project management, project feasibility and due-diligence, Use case designing and develop implementation plans, off-shore team selection, co-ordination.

Technology TrendsInterpersonal SkillsTeam ManagementProject Management