Kevin Gonsalves

Experience

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  Wipro Ltd. - India

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Summer Intern

  Developed an ATS module for resume keyword scanning to assist the recruitment team in batch-processing candidate applications across various job domains.Tech: Java, CSS, HTML

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  National Instruments

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2019

  - Built out a technical project brief and developed an iteration of the NI Motion Controller application focused on feature sets for single-arm 3D motion control.- Introduced Scrum frameworks to the R&D India team in collaboration with project leadership at NI Headquarters in Austin, TX.Tech: .NET - 4.5, C#, Azure DevOps - Developed software activation workflows for single and multi-seat licensing models using Model-View-ViewModel architecture.- Designed and developed in-house tooling to automate license configuration file generation for Software Products across the NI Software suite.Tech: .NET Framework 4.5, C#, C++, XAML, HTML, CSS Designed and developed an in-house developer tool plug-in for MS Visual Studio for developers to assist in debugging tasks while building the LabVIEW application.Tech: .NET Framework - 4.5, C#, XAML

  • Staff Software Engineer

    Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Software Engineer

    Jun 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Intern

    Jan 2015 - May 2015
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  Best Buy Canada

  Aug 2019 - now

  - Leading a global team of data & analytics professionals across the BI development, data engineering, analytics, and Dev-Ops disciplines, in service of multiple business units.- Led the data engineering and analytics efforts on the Best Buy Express initiative, to handle data volumes from 167 new Best Buy Express stores across Canada, and build downstream reporting and analytics.- Led a cross-functional team of analysts and engineers in the rapid development of a first iteration of a Customer Data Model and deployment of customer analytics dashboards, while ensuring compliance with customer privacy legislation. Show less - Led a team of Data Analytics Engineers in the implementation of a Cloud Data Warehouse in Snowflake, with a focus on sales and customer data.- Designed and implemented data transformation and obfuscation processes for sensitive data in D&A systems, in collaboration with the Architecture, Legal and Compliance teams.- Optimized incident response and system stabilization processes across the teams’ on-shore and off-shore operations engineers, leading to a 30% overall reduction in data quality incidents YoY.- Managed annual budgets for team operations including third party software licensing, permanent and contract employee hirings, and training & development. Show less - Worked with Data Engineering Leadership to lead efforts around Enterprise Data Governance as a proof of concept in readiness for Data Privacy Laws in Canada (i.e. Law 25).- Coached over a dozen teams at various levels of Agile maturity, and implemented a structured continuous improvement model that has resulted in significant improvements to team velocity and predictability metrics.- Developed planning processes at scale to synchronize multi-team deliverables at various levels of granularity, ranging from quarterly roadmaps to two week sprints. Show less

  • Data & Analytics Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Data Engineering Manager

    Jan 2022 - Jul 2023

  • ScrumMaster

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2022