Harish Shindhe

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India27 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

Proven track record in solving business problems with technology.
Passionate about building high-performing teams.
Strong blend of technology and people skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and IT Management expert with a strong focus on team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingProject ManagementService ManagementSoftware DevelopmentJava Development

Other Skills

Cloud productsRelease planningScoping of featuresResource estimationEffort estimationSchedulingRisk managementProcurementArtifact reviewsCustomer sustenanceHiringTrainingVendor managementService Portfolio managementJava

About

As a Director, Engineering I have a proven track record of solving business problems with technology. Building high performing teams is my passion. Having a mix of technology and people skills enables me to enhance the teams that I lead to excel. I have had the unique opportunity to have worked in early stage startups as well as well established global giants in their domain. I have strong beliefs in • Solve business problems without over engineering. • Innovation for a better product can happen at all levels. • Transparency and open culture. • Improving oneself and learning is a continuous journey. • As a Leader, one has to be a player and a coach at the same time. I hold a Executive General Management Program certificate from IIM Lucknow, PGDST from NCST Bangalore and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from St Joseph's college Bangalore. I am also PMP certified, Certified Scrum Master, SCJP, Brain Bench certified for Java.

Experience

27 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Sabre corporation

2 roles

Snr. Engineering Director

Promoted

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Director, Software Engineering

Nov 2015 – Apr 2024 · 8 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cisco

2 roles

Engineering Manager

May 2011 – Oct 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As a Engineering Manager I am responsible to build Cloud products that help our customers to optimize their IT spend without compromising on the efficiency they expect from IT infrastructure to sustain and grow their business. This I do by getting involved in
Release planning of the product.
Scoping of features, Proof of concepts for technology use.
Resource estimation, Effort estimation, Scheduling, Risk management and Procurement.
Artifact reviews.
Customer sustenance.
Hiring and Training.
Vendor management.

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Development Manager

Oct 2005 – Apr 2011 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Was responsible for Delivery of a Service Portfolio management product line that helped customers to optimize IT spend by smart budgeting. Was involved in
Release planning of the product.
Scoping of features, Proof of concepts for technology use.
Resource estimation, Effort estimation, Scheduling, Risk management and Procurement.
Artifact reviews.
Customer sustenance.
Hiring and Training.

Service Portfolio managementRelease planningScoping of featuresResource estimationEffort estimationScheduling+8

Centrata software pvt ltd

Tech Lead

Jan 2004 – Oct 2005 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Design and Development of modules using Java / J2EE technologies for the Centrata Product suite in ITIL domain.
Requirement Analysis.
Design, Reviews, Development, Testing and Training.
Hiring.

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