Kousik Kumar

CTO

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India23 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led teams generating over $1B revenue at Google.
Innovated customer experience for Amazon's Fashion Tech.
Co-founded LogBase, delivering multiple SaaS products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce expert with a strong focus on software development and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentProject ManagementFile SystemsSecurity

Other Skills

Software Project ManagementDebuggingCC++JavaJavaScriptShell ScriptingData StructuresEthernetStorageTestingUnixCSSPythonAmazon DynamoDB

About

Engineering Leader at Google, building applications at scale. Hands-on technology leader with 16+ years of experience and highly successful in directing, architecting, building & delivering robust, innovative, and scalable systems and solutions. Motivated and accomplished professional with strong technical background, excellent organizational & communication skills, and effective at managing stakeholders’ relationships. Previously was leading teams in Amazons to innovate on Product Detail Page, co-founded LogBase & worked at NetApp and Cisco Systems. Have more than a decade of experience in web application development, system programming, and software development.

Experience

23 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Google

Engineering Leader

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading Map and Waze Ads team generating >$1B revenue
Built the team ground up in Bangalore
Site lead for Bangalore Map Ads team
Delivered key features in a short span of time with the newly setup team

Software Project ManagementDebuggingSoftware DevelopmentProject Management

Amazon

2 roles

Engineering Leader

Aug 2021 – Feb 2022 · 6 mos

Lead a multiple teams, including engineer's, QAEs and TPMs, innovating on Fashion Tech for Amazon.in marketplace
1. Lead innovations in Product Detail page improving customer experience for Fashion shopping customers across various features - images, product details, product variants
2. Built features in Search and Gateway to simplify customer shopping experience and reduce cognitive load for customers.

Software Project ManagementDebuggingSoftware DevelopmentProject Management

Software Development Manager

Jun 2017 – Aug 2021 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Lead high performing teams to build and innovate on global Amazon product detail page.
1. Delivered multiple CX innovations on product detail page leading to multi-million dollar incremental revenue.
2. Built highly available, scalable services, honoring Billions of request per day with minimal latency

Software Project ManagementDebuggingSoftware DevelopmentProject Management

Logbase inc.

Co-founder & CTO

Aug 2014 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater Coimbatore Area

Lead tech developments at LogBase.
1. Built SlickPOS - a modern, scalable cloud POS.
2. Built a SaaS product - Stick, for improving delivery management.
3. Built an IOT prototype for driver behavior analysis and crash detection.
4. Built a SaaS product -Reveal, for anomaly detection on KPI's and business metrics.

Software DevelopmentDebuggingProject Management

Network appliance

MTS

Feb 2011 – Aug 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Worked as a File System Developer in WAFL (Write anywhere file layout).
1. Designed and developed various key features on Data ONTAP file system.
2. Improved mount times of file system during consistency checks which increased customer adoption for consistency check feature.
3. Improved code quality to meet system standards.
4. Mentored interns
5. Trained & provided consultation for fellow team members

CFile SystemsDebuggingSoftware Development

Cisco

2 roles

Software engineer

Jul 2007 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

Worked as a developer on Nexus 7000, an ethernet switch.
1. Worked on enhancements in security applications - licensing, public key infrastructure
2. Worked on CFSOE protocol enhancements
3. Bug fixing and improving code quality in other modules
4. Debugging critical issues - memory leaks, races etc
5. Helped bringing new team members upto speed.
Misc
a. As a Member of employee engagement council, helped organise various events.
b. Active member of Toast Master International.
c. Trainer in "New Hire Orientation".

CDebuggingSoftware DevelopmentSecurity

Internship

Dec 2006 – May 2007 · 5 mos · Bangalore

Designed and developed a parsing tool to analyse error logs of MGX-switches.

Psg college of technology

Student Assistant

Dec 2004 – Nov 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos · Peelamedu

Was a part of the "EDARS" - Environment Detection And Response System - project funded by DRDO under the guidance of Professor Dr. S. Suresh Kumar.

Psg industrial institute

Industrial Trainee

Aug 2002 – Dec 2006 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Peelamedu

Underwent Inplant training in following divisions which are a part of PSG Industrial Institute.
1. Rotating Machinery Division - Got trained in the manufacturing process of Motors and Pumpsets.
2. Electrical Winding Division - Got trained in the motor electrics and winding.
3. Foundry Division - Got trained in metal production process.