Development Manager
Woolworths Group
Total years of experience :22 years, 10 months
Devise software development and resource plans; Coordinate delivery of software developed within a program into production; Manage IT delivery to time, budget and quality; Ensure appropriate quality checks are in place on all IT Deliverables; Identify and proactively manage risks and issues for the project; Lead a team of developers both onshore and offshore; Resource management / delegation of work to teams; Work in close association with project manager by taking the end to end accountability of technology solution.
Operational management of Corporate Development Center (CDC); Devise software development & resource plans; Projects Completion & Delivery; Ensure Quality Checks for IT deliverables; Build strong relationships with key stakeholders; Management of scope, budgets, financials, risks, issues and actions; Responsible for business critical internal software systems (intranet, internet, mobile apps); Team Mobilization & Performance management; Drive continuous improvement of Agile & Iterative delivery processes.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
* Development and production of 50+ critical applications on ASP.NET, SharePoint, HTML5/Angular, Oracle, SQL Server, Xamarin & Ionic
* Successfully running 15-20 new/active projects each year. Project Sizes ranging from 500-to-25000 man-hours
* Successfully collaborated with 10 key Business domain managers (internal stakeholders) in planning and delivering projects as per agreed roadmaps.
* Establishment and management of a budget of up to USD 5.5 million
* Recruitment and management of a large multicultural team, 12 nationalities peaking at 53 engineers
* Completed 8 technology foundation & dev platform upgrade projects - latest: upgraded intranet project technology introducing HTML5/CSS3, Angular & TypeScript
* Introduced Mobile Apps (iOS, Android & Windows) using Xamarin and Ionic Framework
* In-housed Enterprise Application Integration team skilled to work in BizTalk and SSIS within a quarter.
* Ensured Zero process non-compliances on all projects conforming with CMMi L3 standards
* Expanded team skills by organizing and running 4 technical and 3 soft skills-based training
* Won TechnipFMC Innovation Awards for Responsive Web App solution to improve Ergonomics of Industrial Plant Engineering & GIS-based Navy Security System
Responsible of design and development of new intranet and internet solution plaforms. To enhance current solution architectures to implement web applications and portals. Integrate the web-based applications with legacy applications.
To design and develop web/desktop GIS-based solutions. This involved providing value-added services over interactive mapping systems. Responsible for software development, testing, integration and deployment of projects.
1) Responsible for timely execution and quality implementation assigned projects.
2) Part of an on-site and offshore team that travels to Europe/UK and the US for software development and integration projects.
Stood First in the course with 80% overall percentage.
This is a four-year engineering degree course under the University of Pune. I have done specialization in communication systems and system programming. Obtained first class all four years. FIRST Class Degree holder.
Completed schooling in Dubai