Mountain View, California, United States
“Always be learning”
Led the engineering efforts and played an active role in planning and Strategy at SmugMug for Growth, Data and Native Apps teams. Worked closely with Product, Marketing, Data, QA , Native Apps, and Our Heroes (Customer teams).
Working with the awesome team of Smugmug+Flickr 😊 Got the opportunity to lead an awesome team of engineers working on various product teams including native apps (mobile) team at SmugMug. Currently acting as Head of Engineering, Growth. Have been playing an active role in defining the strategy for our platform and Native app teams - defining the roadmap and acting as a product manager helping with prioritization. Worked with the team to cut the AWS cost down tremendously. This included coming up with the backlog of projects and prioritizing them with the biggest impact on the cost. On the Native apps team (SmugMug has 5 platforms we support - IOS app, Android App, Windows App, MacOS app and Apple TV app) also playing a very heavy role to define their roadmap, vision and strategy and execution of the team. Focussed on balancing feature work with the tech debt that we have accumulated for last several years and working with the team actively on the plan to pay the debt in a meaningful and effective way. Leading a mix of very senior and mid level engineers and enjoying the journey while growing as a leader every single day. Worked with senior executives and leadership team in restructuring the teams around business goals and metrics in a very thoughtful way bringing people together with a common goal and vision. In my day to day role I collaborate very closely with cross functional teams - product , design and marketing and internal teams like Ops and QA.
At Auction.com (subsidiary of Ten-X) I was focused on : Biggest achievements: - Helped move from monolith app to microservices. - Came up with processes to improve communication and visibility between cross functional team. - Improved and enhancement multiple release processes to provide stability in fast-moving releases. - Helped convert 95% Manual QA team to 100% Automation engineers by providing training as well as hiring more Automation engineers. - Introduced Speaker Series where we bring influential and experience folks from outside the company to have presentations or fireside chats. - Up-leveled and mentored the team - Hired and came up with the onboarding plan - Strategize and roadmap.
Simppler got acquired by Teamable in 2018 https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/23/teamable-the-tinder-for-hiring-raises-5m-and-acquires-simppler/
I started at LinkedIn Pre-IPO and have been fortunate to witness and experience the growth of the company at a different level. I was responsible for the most visited pages on the site - Profile and Registration and later responsible for managing mobile products at LinkedIn (Flagship app, Connected App) I was also an active member of the Hiring committee playing an active role in hiring great talent.
http://www.techwomen.org/ TechWomen is an Initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. TechWomen empowers, connects, and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Africa and the Middle East by providing them the access and opportunity needed to advance their careers, pursue their dreams, and inspire women and girls in their communities. Through mentorship and exchange, TechWomen strengthens participants’ professional capacity, increases mutual understanding between key networks of professionals, and expands girls’ interest in STEM careers by exposing them to female role models. I have been a Professional Mentor and have enjoyed it thoroughly. Though not currently an official mentor but still supporting the organization in 2014.