Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Apr 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Developed and executed comprehensive product strategies and roadmaps, aligning with company goals and industry trends.
• Defined and prioritized product features and requirements by gathering customer feedback, conducting market research, and considering business objectives.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including engineering, UX, data science, sales, and marketing, to ensure seamless product launches and continuous enhancements.
• Worked closely with engineering teams to ensure technical feasibility and successful implementation of product features.
• Conducted thorough market research and competitive analysis, utilizing customer feedback and data insights to identify key customer needs and market opportunities.
• Effectively communicated product vision, strategy, and progress to internal stakeholders, including executives, development teams, and sales teams.
• Led user feedback loops and rigorous testing processes to ensure high product quality and usability. • Process improvement and implementation during product development and execution.
• Identifying and implementing process which can speed of the product development and its delivery.

Apr 2016 – Apr 2022 · 6 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• Led SLES 15 SP3 porting initiative for OES 2022 release, ensuring seamless platform compatibility
• Drove NSS resource unloading improvements, enhancing platform stability and resource management
• Implemented CIFS file system event notification mechanism, enabling real-time protocol monitoring
• Developed protocol interface driver for tape login functionality in NSS filesystem
• Delivered VM Shrinker and VFS enhancements in NSS filesystem, optimizing memory usage and performance
• Resolved 100+ storage bugs including critical kernel defects, significantly improving platform reliability
• Led daily scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, and cross-functional Agile execution across engineering teams
• Authored comprehensive product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for storage features
• Identified and mitigated project risks while maintaining delivery timelines and quality standards
• Conceptualized infrastructure enhancements and documented new features/strategies for enterprise adoption
• Managed stakeholder communications, providing regular project status updates and technical roadmaps
• Key Technical Leadership:
• Owned end-to-end delivery of 5+ major storage filesystem features
• Architected production kernel components with enterprise-scale impact
• Drove Agile process excellence across multi-team storage platform development

Mar 2013 – Mar 2016 · 3 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Delivered robust, production-ready code for cluster, recovery, failover, and failback modules with minimal production issues
• Architected key features across high-availability cluster infrastructure, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability
• Led research and development for Virtual Tape Library and Cloudlanes monitoring solutions
• Built proof-of-concept demonstrating Docker containers in high-availability configurations
• Enhanced existing software systems for performance optimization and new feature delivery to meet evolving customer requirements
• Collaborated directly with customers to gather requirements, validate usability, and drive feature prioritization

Sep 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Developed LIO framework interface for target-mode storage driver (Sanmina), implementing 6 core features: storage configuration, hooks/sessions/LUNs management, and session binding
• Ported PATH MANAGER components to support upcoming OS releases, ensuring forward compatibility
• Enhanced installer, packaging, and application usability while driving significant product performance improvements
• Supported 3rd-party HA Cluster Suite integrations, enabling high-availability deployments
• Conceptualized error information capture mechanisms to accelerate debugging and root cause analysis
• Mentored junior developers, increasing team productivity through knowledge transfer and technical guidance