
Timeline
About me
Digital Program Manager | Technology enthusiast | Technical Program Management | Digital Engineering | Solution Architecture | Ecommerce | DevSecOps | Pre-Sales
Education

Hvv
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Institute of technology and management
2001 - 2005Bachelor of engineering (be) computer science
Experience

Hcl technologies
Jan 2005 - Jan 2012Associate Project Manager
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012Project Lead
Jan 2009 - Jan 2011Lead Engineer
Jan 2007 - Jan 2009Software Engineer
Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

Gsi commerce
Jan 2009 - Jan 2010Consultant
Hcl technologies
Jan 2013 - Jun 2021• Strategize, implement, and maintain program initiatives that adhere to customer objectives• Review architecture and design on various aspects like extensibility, scalability, security, design patterns, etc. and ensure that all relevant best practices are followed• Build and lead a product development team to deliver projects that meet business objectives and solve critical user problems• Collaborate with stakeholders, business, Partner Solution Architects, and Technical Architects to ensure that the Solution is accurate to deliver outcomes to the client and is reliable from a technology perspective• Provide leadership for planning, recruiting and managing product development and application engineering team delivering world class enterprise solutions• Provide leadership to and is accountable for the performance of managers and/or architects• Leading a cross functional team of 65 including Architects, Full Stack engineers and automation testers• Evangelize the DevOps and automation culture across the engineering teams Show less • Achieved a steadfast progression helping HCL win and deliver large scale multi-million-dollar deals• Excelled as a digital commerce expert in all the pre-sales engagement with customers across the globe• Architected solutions based on key propositions like Headless Commerce, Subscription Commerce, Digital Marketing, Code Automation, DevOps, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Continuous testing• Responsible as Solution lead of 3 internal solutions/IPs within Digital Commerce Practice Show less • Participation in Requirements Analysis, Design, and Development.• Active participant in defining the technical scope and finalizing solution approach with the clients engineering team• Review and raise project risks appropriately. Plan mitigation and track actions to closure• Managing the customer relationship• Played role of LSA (Lead Solution Architect) for any upcoming business opportunity to prepare and present the RFP response to the customer• Setting up the tight QA processes and ensuring the adherence to HCL quality processes for enhancing the customer satisfaction Show less • Key contributor to product roadmap creation• SME who identifies cross-functional dependencies in project delivery• Active participant in defining the technical scope and finalizing solution approach with the clients engineering team• Accountable for the end-to-end e-Commerce solution involving multiple systems and 3rd party applications• Demonstrated team capability through proof of concept models and best practices• People Management with emphasis on expectations management, team motivation level, grooming the next level. Show less
Associate General Manager
Oct 2019 - Jun 2021Solutions Architect
Jul 2017 - Oct 2019Senior Technical Manager
Jan 2016 - Jun 2017Technical Manager
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

Wipro
Jun 2021 - nowSolution director• Understand client business needs, lead solution teams from lines of business and partners to create a compelling, seamless value proposition and solution for a client, focusing on deals over $30M TCV• Accountable for designing solution approaches and blueprinting • Accountable for effort estimation & creation of differentiating commercial models for managed & transformation deals• Accountable for arriving at an optimized solution and performing detailed planning for customer workshops• Anchoring client visits and delivering compelling customer presentation• Handshake with Sales and delivery leadership on deal reviews for solution finalization and submission Show less
Licenses & Certifications
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Generative ai fundamentals
Google cloud skills boostJun 2023 
Agile subject matter expert
Hcl technologiesJan 2012
Customer advocacy
Hcl technologiesJan 2012
Professional retail business credential (nrf-prbc)
National retail foundationJan 2011
Sun certified java programmer
Sun/oracleJan 2007- View certificate

Cloud digital leader
Google cloudAug 2022 
Safe 4 agilist
Scaled agile, inc.Jan 2018
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO9 League of Extraordinary award HCL Technologies 2016
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO8 League of Extraordinary award HCL Technologies 2015
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO7 League of Extraordinary award from HCL Technologies - 2014
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO6 League of Extraordinary award from HCL Technologies - 2013
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO5 League of Extraordinary award from HCL Technologies - 2012
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO4 League of Extraordinary award from HCL Technologies - 2011
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO3 League of Extraordinary award from HCL Technologies - 2010
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaO2 League of Extraordinary award from HCL Technologies - 2009
- Awarded to Salil ChawlaAwesome Attitude Award (AAA) from HCL America, Inc. - 2008 For innovative thinking
Languages
- enEnglish
- hiHindi
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