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Summary

Well rounded professional with more than 12 years of experience in software development, business development, customer engagement and operations.

As founder of a few startups and co-owner of a successful business, I have been fortunate to be involved in various aspects of running and growing a business including operations, hiring, sales, marketing, people management, project management, delivery management alongside software development.

Work experience

2010Present

Co-Founder & CEO

Sopan Technologies
  • Developed and built the business from start-up to generate 6 figure (USD) sales revenue annually.
  • Hired, trained and supervised a highly motivated team of developers and designers.
  • Established business processes and workflows to ensure efficiency and standardisation.
  • Generated over 40% of new business via referrals in last 3 years.
  • Started www.40dollarlogo.com in 2012 to provide low cost branding solutions for startups and small businesses. In less than 3 years, it now contributes 60% of the annual sales revenue.
  • Bootstrapped skill sharing platform knowledgebunch.com. Later pivoted to classified model.
20042010

Lead Engineer

Motorola
  • Was responsible for driving WiMax and GSM network management (NM) development efforts for multiple clients across the globe. 
  • Between 2006 and 2008, took care of level 3 (development) support for live GSM and WiMax deployments in EMEA and North America regions.
  • Deployed network management applications in EmbraTel (Rio) and MenaTel (Bahrain) for WiMax network.
20032004

Scientist 'B'

Defense Research & Development Organization
  • Developed and deployed Launch Pad Computer (LPC) program for movable missile launch platform.
  • Coordinated with the remote hardware team (Larsen & Toubro) for interface specification development.

Education

20112012

Executive Management Program

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
19992003

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering

National Institute of Technology, Bhopal

Skills

Consulting

Proven experience in providing consulting and development services to Internet startups.

Applications Development

Over 12 years experience in developing and driving large scale custom web application projects.

Project Management

Driven and delivered over 200 web based projects successfully.

Agile Methodologies

Hands on experience working on agile methodologies such as scrum.

Customer Engagement

Over 8 years experience in customer acquisition and retention.