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Akash Gaur

San Diego,CA

Summary

Results-oriented enthusiastic technologist experienced in developing products and solutions , including 20+ years of experience in management roles for high-level technical teams in R&D and engineering departments .

Accomplished digital transformation leader with proven ability to build and grow teams.

Experienced entrepreneur with key role in a startup from inception to exit.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Software Engineering, The UPS Store

UPS
03.2020 - Current
  • Developed high-performing global teams that manage tech stack for network of 5300 stores that processes over 1M retail transactions/ day, almost $6 billion dollars in retail sales in 2024.
  • Cultivated programming positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.
  • Improved project efficiency with strategic planning, resource allocation, and time management practices for my globally distributed team of 40 employees and 20 contract workers
  • Facilitated for improved decision-making processes within greater UPS IT organization.
  • Managed 50 Million+ budgets effectively to ensure optimal use of CapEx and OpEx resource buckets while maintaining financial stability.
  • Tasked with enabling successful migration of on-prem infrastructure to Microsoft Azure and other public cloud providers.
  • Identified risks and provide guidance regarding remediation of gaps to facilitate hardened and sustainable cloud environments.
  • Lead all security efforts for integration of infrastructure and business solutions
  • Became principle voice in guiding technology direction
  • Proactively identified potential risks and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize negative impacts on projects or business operations.
  • Established culture of continuous improvement by fostering open cross-functional collaborative communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
  • Obsessed with hiring and retaining human capital - evaluated employee performance objectively using established metrics, leading to fair compensation adjustments based on meritocracy principles.

Software Engineering Manager

Prometheus Labs
06.2018 - 03.2020
  • Created and managed 4+ global teams of developer and vendor teams in 2 countries to build cloud (server and serverless) and on premise applications for Azure and Mule
  • Performed reviews for direct reports and coordinated yearly budget for technology and solutions group.
  • Achieved and exceeded HIPPA, TEFCA and FHIR standards for seamless EPHI data interoperability.
  • Project involves rewriting and refactoring internal and external LIMS-dependent applications and maintaining their existing functionalities at the same time.
  • Innovated company’s first API-led micro-services framework to connect data to applications through reusable and purposeful APIs.
  • Halted development of 3 additional modules during inception stage because business value could not be established.
  • Client apps included Angular Portals, Headless APIS, HL7/FHIR, iPad apps and other smart devices.
  • DevOps management via Azure with emphases on monitoring and operations in production.
  • Led development on three simultaneous programs, multi-tasking across several deliverables while remaining in direct control of development paths.

Principal R&D Team Lead

BD
07.2015 - 05.2018
  • Accelerated and systemized agile development & release process that optimized development team’s release cycle from 1-2 launches/year to 1-2 launches/month.
  • Implemented Agile development methodology using XP, Scrum and Kanban/Continuous Flow in FDA regulated settings with 510K submissions.
  • Delivery management via TFS.
  • Reorganized 3+ global teams, totaling 20+ members, in 4 countries to direct projects based on converting outdated ASP.NET web form based portal apps to novel MVC based frameworks on CQRS patterns.
  • Experience working in heavily concurrent development where multiple branches of code are simultaneously developed.
  • Participated in various cross-company initiatives to improve code reviews, security standards, and blogs.
  • Enhanced security policy infrastructures at application and system level.

Software Engineering Lead

Teledyne RDI
10.2011 - 05.2015
  • Established team of software developers to develop projects on desktop (post-processing WPF/MVVM C# & Qt C++ real-time) and mobile (client-agnostic SPA HTML5 & native) applications, overseeing their launch in app stores.
  • Spearheaded adoption of agile development methodologies to coordinate agile scrum and cross-functional team of developers, testers, and writers that successfully helped monetize software products, maximizing revenue from data and services.
  • Administered project to increase overlapping of application stack that runs on hardware devices (using AWS with Dynamo DB).
  • Standardized C++ API as core service framework running on primary embedded/local clients/cloud platforms.
  • Led team of engineers to meet aggressive deadlines, ensuring on-time delivery of high-quality products.

Software Development Manager

YSI/Sontek
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Developed, mentored and led team of 12 personnel (employees and contractors) consisting of developers to define and deliver highly flexible and scalable KOR Application Framework using Microsoft (.Net 3+) technology.
  • This framework was for EXO Series of hardware in Phase 1 on handheld (Win CE) and wintel desktop platforms.
  • All software releases were on schedule and within budget.
  • Products designed with sensitivity to scalability and usability.
  • Released two versions of product in short span of time.
  • Implemented Extreme Programming methodology to increase productivity & quality.
  • Reported to Vice President of Engineering.
  • Offered technical guidance for five projects during development meetings.

Founding Partner

Analyze Software
01.2003 - 01.2009
  • Built fully lender integrated mortgage servicing software package, customized to lenders business models while replacing well known siloed commercial products.
  • The adaption of this package by the mortgage services providers increased their sales by 30% and increased their profit margin per customer by 40%
  • Gained international experience through extensive travel for customer acquisition and support in UK, Europe and Asia region
  • Secured valuable contracts through effective negotiation tactics, fostering long-term relationships with key clients.
  • Increased company profitability with innovative product development and cost-saving measures.

Education

MBA - Management Information Systems

University of Poona
India
1996

Bachelor’s Technology, Computer Engineering -

University of Poona
India
1994

Skills

  • Strategic thinking and innovation in business and technology - Roadmaps , Execution with focus on Managerial Finance
  • Design to scale , low latency, very high availability
  • Scaled Agile development, team building and people management
  • Versed in global development model , x-shoring, vendor & partner relationships
  • Achieved millions of dollars in CAPEX savings by migrating solutions and services to public cloud
  • As entrepreneur, supported sales process by authoring RFP responses and engaging with large global operators and OEMs

Timeline

Director, Software Engineering, The UPS Store

UPS
03.2020 - Current

Software Engineering Manager

Prometheus Labs
06.2018 - 03.2020

Principal R&D Team Lead

BD
07.2015 - 05.2018

Software Engineering Lead

Teledyne RDI
10.2011 - 05.2015

Software Development Manager

YSI/Sontek
01.2010 - 01.2011

Founding Partner

Analyze Software
01.2003 - 01.2009

MBA - Management Information Systems

University of Poona

Bachelor’s Technology, Computer Engineering -

University of Poona
Akash Gaur