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
India1996
Bachelor’s Technology, Computer Engineering -
University of Poona
India1994
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
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