Experience

Seamless Distribution Systems AB

• Sweden
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Product Management

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  • Conceptualized, developed, and launched a microservices based digital platform, enabling services such as mobile financial services and physical distribution of products throughout the telecom distribution chain for some of the leading telecom companies in Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. • Generated a revenue of $5 million with new products in their first year. • Designed and developed from scratch products such as Order Management, Inventory Management, Logistics & Delivery Management, Field Force Management. • Responsible for managing a portfolio of products throughout their entire lifecycle within the organization and ensuring clarity of prioritization, alignment to strategy, and financial return. • Developed a modular product strategy that enabled faster delivery, due to reusability of modules, and reduced the overall development effort by 25%. • Directly managed a team of 10+ Product Managers and indirectly 30+ product resources. • Responsible for product strategy, vision, roadmap & execution, including agile sprint management. • Made tough decisions on priorities in the product portfolio, working in conjunction with technical counterparts, Solution Group, and the Leadership team. • Identified cases where products should be retired, built the business case to do so, and ensured agreement to the plan across the organization. • Mentored and developed the team to build and strengthen their capabilities for the organization's future success. Show less



Vconnekt

• India
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder Director | Chief Product Officer

  • Apr 2016 - Sep 2019

  #Vconnekt- The Learning App to Find Online Courses, Experts and Free Learning Resources. Learning on the go! #Vconnekt- Your Personal Learning Assistant! • Conceptualized, developed, and launched a social learning platform, enabling easier access to mentors/experts and learning resources in a more engaging way, using social media technology. • Created the overall product vision, product strategy and product roadmap for Vconnekt. • Hired and developed “high performing” in-house product team consisting of product owners, developers and marketers. • Conducted market research and competitor analysis to identify trends and new opportunities. • Worked closely with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches and updates. • Conducted user testing and feedback analysis to continuously improve the product. • Engaged external contractors and collaborated with them using agile methodologies to build the first version of Vconnekt. • Using lean development philosophy built Vconnekt mobile apps (Android and IOS) in flat 6 months with 4 member team. • Led marketing initiatives both digital and physical to kick start user acquisition that led to 70k+ user in 5 months starting with zero. • Achieved a rating of 4.4 on Google Play Store. • Responsible for product backlog management, leading daily stand-ups and sprint planning. • Overall accountable for Vconnekt business operations. • Led Vconnekt to the finals of "All India level" Business Plan competition. Show less



Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

• India
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Full time one year MBA, IIM A, PGPX 2015-2016

  • Apr 2015 - Mar 2016



Airbus

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Transformation Leader | Product Lead | DMU Manager

  • Sep 2007 - Apr 2015

  Product Development: • Led development of a strategic PLM IT product connecting in-house engineering to extended enterprise (supply chain) that resulted in a savings of $430k/year. • Won Airbus business award for developing an IT product that led to improvement in landing gear digital model validation process leading to a recurring savings of $1 million per annum. • Transnational PLM IT product focal point for landing gear center of competence, CoC • Responsible for business validation of new IT processes, methods & products applicable to landing gear CoC Digital Transformation: • Championed business digital transformation by evangelizing new digital initiatives. • Setup & headed a department to implement digital transformation business process, saving $1.5 mn. Delivery: • Led a digital integration team to support multibillion dollar A380 and A350 aircraft programmes • Responsible for recruitment, performance management and development of the team • Strategized new organization structure to enable multi-skilled engineering saving $225k/year Programme Management: • Successfully influenced senior executives for budget allocations to the tune of $1.2 mn per annum for 5 years in a row for digital transformation group. • Responsible for agreeing earned value milestones, delivery timelines & quality indicators with programme team Design validation & integration: • Ensured consistency of design content between different products: Master Geometry (MG), Design Principles (DP), Frontier Model (FM), Space Allocation Mock-up (SAM) and Geometrical Reference Mock-up (GRM) • Ensured consistency between DMU (Digital Mock up) & design intent of Request for Change (RFC), Technical Repercussion Sheet (TRS), and Modification (MOD) Supplier Management: • Led team to ensure appropriate working relationships with suppliers & stakeholders are achieved • Led supplier quality improvement initiative resulting in rejection rates falling from 70% to 30% Show less



Infosys

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Consultant

  • Apr 2004 - Apr 2007

  • Active support to PLM IT product development by managing product backlogs, testing of new features and final business approval. • Managed relationship with client as a focal point and created leads for three IT projects with legacy aircraft programme teams • Improved business processes of design data quality check by using innovative technology leading to 98% efficiency gain • Responsible for maintaining Product Data Management to Product Lifecycle Management compliance. • Implemented best practices, in line with Airbus requirements, for modelling in CatiaV5 • Reviewed and approved models generated by team members to ensure required quality is achieved. Show less



Alstom

• France
• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Product Owner | Technical Specialist

  • Jun 2007 - 2007

  • Acted as influencer to promote digital transformation of business processes within the group. • Led a virtual product management team. • Influenced design teams successfully to improve compliance of local digital design directives by 50%. • Coached designers on Virtual Product Engineering. • Acted as influencer to promote digital transformation of business processes within the group. • Led a virtual product management team. • Influenced design teams successfully to improve compliance of local digital design directives by 50%. • Coached designers on Virtual Product Engineering.



DCM CONTAINERS (DCM HYUNDAI LTD)

• India
• Boilers, Tanks, and Shipping Container Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee

  • 2003 - 2003

  HVG, DCM Shriram + Hyundai joint venture HVG, DCM Shriram + Hyundai joint venture



GE

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee

  • 2002 - 2002