Shashank EL

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led a high-performance team of 70+ engineers.
Architected solutions for major healthcare providers.
Co-founded a startup focused on chatbot technology.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Healthcare solutions architect with extensive experience in team leadership and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesProduct DevelopmentSoftware Project ManagementSolution ArchitectureProject Management

Other Skills

MicroservicesUser AuthenticationNotification servicePayments and ReconciliationMicro FrontendsDeveloper APIAnalyticsA/B TestingCI/CDRequirements AnalysisChatbot DevelopmentCustomer AcquisitionMVP DefinitionDesign SprintCustomer Support

About

Experienced Engineering Leader with a demonstrated history in building Software Products. Skilled in Microservices, AWS, Java, Javascript, Go, Python, Web Applications, Mobile Applications , REST API, Agile methodologies, WebRTC, Linux, Android & iOS. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Engineering focused in Electronics and Communications Engineering from PES Institute of Technology.

Experience

19 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Halodoc

2 roles

Senior Director Of Engineering

Promoted

Jun 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

Director Of Engineering

Apr 2019 – Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Started as the lone leader for backend platforms. Slowly scaled up the team by hiring more leaders and effectively onboarded them to take up ownership across business.Currently running a High performance team of 70+ Engineers focusing on core businesses
Core Products: Medicine delivery B2C pharma aggregator, Medicine B2B marketplace for distributors, Teleconsultation and Medical records, Diagnostics Labs, Doctor and Medicine Subscriptions.
User acquisition and retention: Micro apps, Nudge platform, Covid-19 bots, incorporating tools like AppsFlyer, CleverTap for retention, targeting, and retargeting.
Platform components: User Authentication, Notification service, History Service, Payments and Reconciliation, Micro Frontends, LiveConnect, Developer API, Tooling such as NFMonitor, Transporter, Analytics, and A/B Testing, CI/CD across platforms.
Strategy: Team Topologies, Internationalization, Hiring, and cross-pollination across verticals
Concept-to-Launch: Midwives initiative was a startup within the startup sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Defining and refining problem statements for Midwives and adopting a HOOKED model to solve for the same.

MicroservicesUser AuthenticationNotification servicePayments and ReconciliationMicro FrontendsDeveloper API+5

Prion technologies

Co-Founder, Head of Engineering

Apr 2018 – Mar 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Co-founded a startup for rapid prototyping and building chatbots. Evangelizing and marketing chatbot for multiple clients and delivering
As a co-founder boot strapped the company from ground up dawned multiple hats starting from company setup, manage the company financials, customer acquisition and initial roadmap
Hiring: Hire the founding team with diverse background to ensure the launch of MVP
Design sprint: Running design sprints for customers for IT support, Digital Concierge, and Customer support use cases
Delivery: MVP definition and delivery of our proprietary rapid bot builder platform Botmage. Manage the company financials
Customer Launch: Rollout of chatbots built on Botmage to our customers OneAssist, Shangrila & Comfort INN

Chatbot DevelopmentCustomer AcquisitionMVP DefinitionDesign SprintProduct DevelopmentSoftware Project Management

Cisco

Solutions Architect

Mar 2014 – Mar 2018 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Architect, Deliver and launch Cisco Patient Connect across various devices and platforms for some of the largest Hospitals in the USA
Built, Managed, Architected, and developed a suite of solutions/products with multiple stakeholders and platforms. API platform, SIP-based A/V call, HL7 integration, EMR integration, Nurse dashboard, multi-tenancy, In-room patient TV App, Co-Browsing, WebRTC based App for screen sharing, iOS App, Android App & Analytics platform were the prominent features.
Managing and Mentoring a team of 12 Engineers
Hiring and reskilling strategy for various tech verticals
Own and execute the modernization roadmap

API DevelopmentSIP-based A/V callHL7 integrationEMR integrationWebRTCSolution Architecture+1

Happiest minds technologies

Senior Architect

Apr 2012 – Mar 2018 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Mindtree

Technical Lead

Sep 2006 – Apr 2012 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

Lead application development and management initiatives for multinational enterprise Unilever & Burger King
Lead Architecture, delivery, and rollout of Global Trade Promotion Management System to 20+ countries in Asia, Europe, and South America for Unilever
Strategy definition: Consolidation strategy of different trade promotion management tools used in different countries in Unilever
Key developer for the design and development of Globalization framework for helping globalize 30+ applications, sales data collection, and management app for 10000+ franchise restaurants across the globe, and loyalty management platform BK Crown Card for Burger King
Key developer for support and maintenance of 30+ applications ranging from POS, Real estate development tracker to Franchise management tools.

Application DevelopmentArchitectureGlobalization FrameworkSoftware DevelopmentProject Management