Suresh Gupta

VP of Engineering

Berlin, Germany24 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of experience in engineering leadership.
Holds a US patent for automated test case generation.
Successfully managed cross-functional teams in logistics and consumer electronics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in logistics and consumer electronics with expertise in software engineering and product management.

Contact

sureshgupta_2000@yahoo.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipProject ManagementProduct ManagementEngineering Management

Other Skills

AB TestingAWSAgile MethodologiesAmazon AlexaAnalyticsAutomationB2B SoftwareBackend test automationBudgetingCode CoverageComputer ScienceCreative Problem SolvingData StructuresDebuggingDelivery Operations

About

~24 years (including 12+ years as people manager/team lead) of experience in the software industry across diversified fields such as Logistics (VRP), Android (HERE WeGo, Amazon FireOS), iOS (HERE WeGo), e-ink (Amazon Kindle), Web (Amazon web and device store, HERE WeGo, HERE Tracking), Backend (Tour Planning), Windows and Unix desktop software (Electronic Design Automation (EDA)), and electronic circuit design. Holding US patent for "Automated test case generation for Applications". Expertise in setting up new teams, planning, processes, project management, agile as well as waterfall methodology, UI / backend, user analytics, and end-to-end release of big and high-performing products across global markets. Quick learner, innovative, self-driven, multi-tasker, problem solver, and up for challenges all the time. M. Tech. (IIT, Delhi) and University Gold Medalist in B.E. (Electronics and Comm.).

Experience

24 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Here

Sr. Engineering Manager (Transport and Logistics, Vehicle Routing Problem)

Nov 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 7 mos · Berlin Area, Germany · Hybrid

Managing a high-performing cross-functional team of engineers working on HERE Tour Planning and Territory planning products. My team includes several Principal and lead developers. Successfully released best-in-class new-generation Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) solver to optimize last-mile deliveries for logistics use cases. Our tech stack includes Rust, Kotlin, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, React (Web), and Flutter (Driver app).
Wearing additional hats (PM/PO/Solution Arch) to make the product successful. Grew from 0 to 100s of paying B2B customers!
Currently working on HERE Tour Planning and HERE Territory Planning products.
Earlier worked on:
o HERE Last Mile: Multiplatform, end-to-end tour planning application that helps fleet managers take control of delivery operations and drivers in friction-free, on-time delivery.
o HERE Tracking: Multiplatform, end-to-end asset tracking in real-time, indoor and outdoor, providing journeys with exact ETAs.
o HERE Indoor application (Android, iOS): Indoor maps with turn-by-turn navigation within and across buildings, combined with multi-modal route planning.
o HERE WeGo (Android, iOS, Web) including key features such as indoor maps (venues), maplings, deep links, universal links, content indexing, SEO, A/B testing, Push / in-app notifications, and contextual adverts.
Successfully represented HERE Last Mile and HERE Tracking for ISO audits. Got the best practices award for customer value-based quality practices.

Vehicle Routing ProblemAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformReact+3

Amazon

Tech Manager (Amazon Kindle, FireOS)

Jun 2010 – Oct 2014 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Chennai

Managed the team working for Amazon Kindle products (eReaders, Fire tablets, device software test automation) and applications used by tens of millions of users worldwide.
Directly managed/led a team of up to 12 engineers (SDE, SDETs, QAs).
Establish developer relation group team from scratch – responsible for developing tools for ingesting premium apps on Amazon FireOS platform, testing, providing support for app developers, and finally releasing the apps on FireOS platform. Worked closely with developers from companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Electronic Arts, Rovio, Imangi, and many more. Reduce app test turnaround time by up to 90%. Filed a patent (US 9,268,672 B1). (User impact: 50+ developers, 100M+ users).
Managed application approval for all e-ink Kindle devices and the entire eco-system (SDK, developer portal, approval console, publishing, app delivery, app store widgets, campaigns, app purchase/refund, customer reviews) around it. Led/managed the team from the very first release. (User impact: 20M+ users).
Established the first specialized test automation team in Kindle org and set up the first dedicated devices lab.
Worked with Business and product marketing in developing tools to analyze user reviews and automatically convert them into actionable tickets, which helped in identifying the right things to work on and improving overall user experience.
Worked with the support team to develop analytics reports to monitor app developers and app users to establish the effectiveness of the various Kindle store widgets and features.

Test AutomationFireOSeReadersDevice SoftwareEngineering ManagementProduct Management

Cadence design system i pvt. ltd

Member of Consulting Staff - Team Lead

Apr 2004 – Jun 2010 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Noida Area, India

Led/manage the team responsible for Cadence’s flagship enterprise PCB design entry software and related tools, used by most of the top electronics companies across the world including Intel, Samsung, IBM, HP, Ericsson, GE, Fujitsu, Cisco, Huawei, Tektronix, Siemens, Motorola, and more.
Directly managed team of up to 5 Software Engineers.
Products:
1. Allegro Design Entry HDL
2. FPGA system planner
3. Allegro Library Editor
4. Allegro Design Workbench
Accomplishments:
1. (Organisation Level Award) Established test automation framework, lab, and automated test run process. Automated almost all automatable test cases, achieved 70%+ code and 80%+ functional coverage.
2. (Organisation Level Award) Integration with the 3rd party (FPGA System planner) with PCB software. Achieved the highest rate of customer adoption for any new product developed by the business unit without any critical issues reported.
3. (multiple Excellence in Execution awards) Led enterprise front-end PCB schematic design software releases for 5 years. Achieved company’s best quality milestone among all major products by reducing external bugs by 50% YoY. The tool became the highest revenue-making PCB frontend tool.
4. Developed the automation test failure debug and auto-update tool. It reduced weekly failure analysis/maintenance time from ~2 days to less than an hour.
5. Worked with Product Management, reviewed the product requirements and helped in developing specifications.
6. Assisting product, business, marketing, and support teams in understanding the tools, flows, and developing campaign and training material.
8. Interviewing, hiring, managing, appraisal of a team of engineers

PCB DesignTest AutomationSoftware DevelopmentEngineering ManagementProduct Management

Ge- india business center

Design Engineer

Jun 2003 – Mar 2004 · 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Products:
1. Intrusion and control system
Accomplishments:
1. (Excellence in Execution awards) Electronic designing of Intrusion and control system (security systems) and successfully passed all compliance tests in first prototype itself. Able to complete the whole project well before the target date.
2. Completed feasibility study, Implementation & documentation, Component selection, Circuit and PCB designing, Prototyping, testing and proving the functionality
3. EMI / EMC and security testing and debugging as per relevant CE standard and to prepare respective Test Reports.
4. Provided support to Dublin (Ireland) manufacturing team.
5. Successfully completed two Six Sigma green belt certifications (DMAIC, DFSS) - became the first person to complete both in less than a year!

Electronic DesignPrototypingTestingEngineering Management

Secure meters limited

Design Engineer (R&D Core)

Jul 2001 – May 2003 · 1 yr 10 mos · Udaipur Area, India

Products:
1. AddCheck - Power line communication device
2. Low Power Radio (LPR) based meter
3. APEX - grid metering product
Accomplishments:
1. Electronic design for first of its kind Low power radio (RF) based meter reading module. One of the most successful product, which was manufactured in 1M+ meters.
2. Electronic design and compliance testing of high-end Grid metering modules (Apex). Completed feasibility study, hardware design, and manufacturing support.
3. Implementation & documentation as per ISO (ISO 9001:2000) procedures. The project was audited and successfully able to get certification for the company.
4. Electronic component (microcontrollers, memories, logic ICs, discrete) and Vendor selection
5. Electronic circuit, PCB designing, Prototyping, testing and proving the functionality
6. Hardware - firmware system testing in various abnormal and stringent field conditions
7. EMI/EMC & meteorological testing
8. Leading hardware design team and CAD designers in the project team
9. Assisting manufacturing for development the testing jigs and approvals