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Experienced Product and Technology Executive, Hands-On Software Engineering Leader with a demonstrated history of success in software industry, inspiring innovation and leading change. I am passionate about building great products and innovating while maintaining strong focus on quality and execution. I have successfully transformed and re-architected several on-premise software solutions onto cloud, introduced new cloud products, predictive analytics and mobile products I am equally comfortable working for startups and large enterprises, I have helped turnaround several mid-size public software companies, as well as lead business transformation and technology convergence in the context of M&A transactions. Successfully delivered enterprise scale interoperable software solutions in wide variety of domains - from Enterprise Software and Supply Chain to CRM, Pricing Optimization and Contract Management, real-time control systems, and IoT, Big Data, Predictive Analytics in the variety of verticals: Energy and Smart Grid, Utilities, Life-Sciences, Media, Financial Services, CPG and others. I have deep Products and Technology expertise, I have designed and delivered mission-critical enterprise software solutions for major players in the industry such as General Electric, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Manugistics and others. I have a strong track record building from scratch and leading global distributed product development organizations, I have established offshore and nearshore, captive and outsourced teams in multiple regions around the world. P&L Growth | Digital Innovation | Digital Thought Leadership | Software Engineering Leadership | Product Operations | Strategic Planning | Product Line Leadership | Product Management | Go-To-Market Strategy | Industrial Internet | Digital Solutions | SDLC | Agile | Internet of Things (IoT) | Enterprise Software | SaaS | Cloud | Analytics | Mobile | New Product Rollouts | Technology Turn-Around Expertise | Software M&A | Post M&A Integration | Software Thought Leadership | Business Leadership | Global Teams Management | Professional Services | Implementation Services | GE Digital | Oracle | PeopleSoft | Startup | Turnaround
Driving software solutions innovation for a major player in utilities space Hubbell Utilities Solutions is $3.5B in revenue division of Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE: HUBB) - world-class supplier of Smart Grid/Smart Infrastructure Solutions (SIS) to more than 800 water, gas, and electric utilities globally. Hubbell's SIS offerings include smart meters and other field devices, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and software and services that enable utilities to predict and respond to conditions, leverage their distribution networks effectively and engage with their customers. As top-most software executive of the company I am responsible for leading the design, development and delivery of enterprise class cloud-native Industrial IoT solutions that enable electric, water, and gas distribution utilities to safely, reliably, and efficiently operate their networks Our cloud platform for Smart Grid provides Unified Head End functionality, Meter Data Management, Sensor Management and Advanced Grid Monitoring platform; EV Charging, Dynamic Load Control and Demand Response; Asset, Order and Inventory Management; Mobile Workforce and Project Management with advanced network and grid analytics I lead entire software product development organization including UX, Software Architecture and Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, SRE and DevOps as well as 365/24/7 SaaS operations Our teams are geographically distributed across USA (St. Louis MO, Cleveland OH, Avon CT, Herndon VA), Europe (Bilbao, Spain), India (Hyderabad) and outsourced teams in Central Europe
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Executive in charge of technology for Energy Connections Digital – bringing together all digital assets (GE Grid Software Solutions, Automation and Control, Power Conversion, Solar, Digital Marine and others) within GE Energy Connections into one Digital P&L, focused on digital transformation of the business Worked at intersection of Smart Grid, Internet Of Things, Cloud and Big Data to build Digital Solutions at GE Power Responsible for providing technical leadership and serve as the strategic functional leader for the development of all GE Energy Connections Digital Solutions, Products and Services Focused on building technology and go-to-market strategies for Energy Connections Digital Products and Services based on Predix (GE PaaS), Asset Performance Management, Geospatial and Advanced Collaborative Control Solutions, utilizing power of established solutions, Predix and machine learning; both physics and big data based predictive analytics Post M&A integration, product portfolio rationalization and product(s)/platform(s) convergence Partner with GE Ventures to identify areas of interest and focus on strategic investments and/or acquisitions, and partnerships with target companies within emerging IIoT start-up community Partner with the business leaders to drive relevant technology strategy, multi generational product plans (MGPP’s), NPI's, business/go-to-market strategy, operating mechanisms; engineering roadmap; NPI and MGPP execution
Executive in charge of technology strategy for GE Grid Software Solutions Drove GE+Alstom post M&A strategy, technology synergies and integration across the business Responsible for the vision and execution of next generation grid modernization solutions for the industry, combining product convergence post-Alstom acquisition as well as aggressive Predix (GE IoT PaaS) platform adoption Responsible for identifying and evolving key architectures and product road-maps for mid-term and long-term solution offerings and developing a broad portfolio of solutions that are centered on GE's innovation in analytics, digital and Industrial Internet Collaborated with the executive leadership team to develop and implement plans for business infrastructure improvement, including personnel, processes, and systems Established technology standards and best practices for new product development and existing product enhancements Functional responsibility for the Product Development, Core Architecture, Technology Platform, Quality and Cyber Security teams
Hired by General Manager to own global engineering function and transform engineering organization from disparate extremely fragmented collection of acquired software companies into modern cohesive agile global software manufacturing. Major sites: San Ramon, CA, Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA, Melbourne, FL and Montreal, Canada; Cambridge and Livingston in UK, Canberra in Australia and Hyderabad, India Member of the Business Leadership team with responsibility to effectively plan and execute all software development activities and delivery within the framework of GE Digital Energy and the Software Solutions organizations Established and enforced interoperable solutions technology strategy to enable IoT focused, Predix-based go to market strategy, re-organized technology and engineering teams to deliver on this vision Launched several interoperable solutions and products in the area of Enterprise Mobility, Advanced Distribution Management System and Grid Analytics - ADMS (DMS+OMS) and Damage/Storm Assessment, GridIQ Insight Responsible for integration of the technology strategy of the business with GE Digital - Predix platform adoption, development of Predix Grid domain specific layer on top of the GE Digital Predix platform Drove increased efficiency across the teams, eliminated duplication, leveraged product and technology reuse across all GE software and technology organizations Responsible for the operational and financial performance of all technology and software engineering functions. Executed several major cost reduction and rooftop consolidation initiatives while delivering on customer commitments without delaying major product releases
Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC) – now Determine (NASDAQ: DTRM) is a software company that provides easy-to-use configure-price-quote (CPQ) and contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions Hired by CEO in 2010 to transform the business from struggling enterprise vendor into SaaS company and position the company for rapid growth, reorganize company's operational functions, focus on fiscal discipline and improve delivery of products and services Quickly assessed talent, recruited core management team (VP Engineering, CTO and VP Professional Services and Support, Sr. Director SaaS Operations, PMO) and hired key technical talent in engineering and services Delivered new cloud (SaaS) Configure-Price-Quote-Contract solutions as stand-alone and on Salesforce and Netsuite platforms Transformed deployment from traditional on-premise/hosted model into cloud based deployment. Established SaaS and DevOps function Increased services revenues and improved margins from negative single digit to positive double digits Established captive off-shore engineering and services delivery unit, grew it from zero to 90 people - engineering, solutions engineering (implementation services), customer support and managed services Improved software development delivery and installed global quality function and discipline Revamped global implementation model through best practices, installed a PMO function, project management and fiscal discipline which translated into reduced write downs and faster revenue recognition for the company Global customer confidence has greatly improved by evidence of increased add-on’s, new sales, and upgrades as well as converting on-premise/perpetual agreements into subscriptions Revenue (both ACV and one-time) grew first time in 10 years, shares of SLTC rose 70%, SaaS revenues grew 80% year-over-year, recurring revenues grew 35% year-over-year, and billings were up 24% year-over-year – by calendar Q2 of 2013, 100% of the revenue were subscriptions