Hrithu Olickel

Experience

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  Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

  Nov 2012 - Dec 2012

  Active player in inter-school tournaments of Kendriya Vidyalaya ( largest school network in the country). Maths Exhibition ( national level - week long) in commeration of Sreenivasa Ramanujan's 125th Birthyear.Presentation on - The Fibonacci Series and Golden Ratio.

  • Chess - State level player

    Jan 2009 - Dec 2012

  • State first, National Level Participant

    Nov 2012 - Nov 2012
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  Kendriya Vidyalaya

  Dec 2012 - Dec 2012

  National Science Representative - State level school representative

  Research and Paper presented on - Making Solar Energy affordable to middle income families

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  AMMINI SOLAR PRIVATE LIMITED

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

  Intern

  Month long internship, learning methods of Mass production, Quality control & circuit development of products utilising Solar Energy.

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  CETAA CET

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

  Volunteer - Hope Empowerment Camp

  HOPE is a scholarship scheme under the College of engineering, Trivandrum Alumini Association for the empowerment of students with high academic standings from poor financial background. Helped in conduction of events for the 3 day Empowerment camp held at Kochi.

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  Disha 2017

  Feb 2017 - Feb 2017

  Co - Convenor

  Coordinated over 70+ competitions for fresher's weekAnchor for Disha Concluding night celebrations

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  IEEE

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2017

  Ideated and implemented the first VR maze solving event in India. Developed video streaming quasi-VR system for the event 16 hour quick response conflict resolution leader for Amazing race event

  • Ideator and Event Head - IEEE V R Chakrayuh

    Apr 2017 - Apr 2017

  • Mentor and Volunteer - IEEE Amazing Race

    Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
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  Perfomatix

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  IoT Developer

  Developed 15 sensor array plan for detailed office automation systems for creating/establishing the department at the company and worked on developing XBEE communication network prototype for sensor array.

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  IEEE Power & Energy Society

  Jul 2017 - Feb 2018

  Founding Vice Chair

  - Established the Power and energy society at College of Engineering, Trivandrum - Grew membership from a starting no of 35 to over 120 through marketing and event driven initiatives

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  IEEE

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2019

  LINK - REPRESENTIVE

  Campus Liaison for IEEE Kerala Section, handling communication for over 10 IEEE societies on campus

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  ANERT - Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Design Assistant

  - Designed Solar rooftop Renewable energy systems of various sizing- Worked out primary resource study for Solar - Wind hybrid Microgrid at Ponmudi, Trivandrum

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  ABB

  Jul 2019 - Oct 2021

  Project Manager

  Handled delivering long term high value turn-key projects delivering industrial process automations based on medium voltage drives and motors. This involved all steps from order to delivery to installation & service till end of warranty for industries in and outside India.Highlights : - Developed 16 projects (portfolio worth: 4.4MUSD) including the complete ABB MV drives project portfolio for ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India - Won Trailblazer Award 2020 for customer impact for timely delivery & hitting revenue targets during COVID-19- Resolved a 2-year pending customer issue tactfully releasing $26000, reforging customer trust and securing future projects.- Pioneered new frameworks and redefined OKRs' leading to measured KPI improvements of ~5% cost reductions & to ~15 hrs time-save per project. Show less

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  Primer

  Nov 2021 - Jun 2023

  Product Manager

  Steered the building of a B2B SaaS Product that combines fragmented data to help marketers create their target audiencesHighlights : -Led the transition of internal product to a self-serve on-market product from alpha to final market launch resulting in $12M in Series A funding as the companies sole product manager.- Managed 9 engineers across 8 nationalities - oversaw Agile-based engineering allocation, 6-month product roadmap and execution, maintaining a > 90% on-time delivery rate.- Established “Shape up” methodology based market research, feature discovery process and engineering management framework for the company- Worked extensively in product discovery and crafted bug management & feedback process framework Show less

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  Self Employed

  Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

  Product & Operations consultant

  - Identified various startups requiring streamlining of product operations for revenue growth through effective networking.- Developed product and operational framework for 3 startup organisations in strategy consulting, SaaS and Environmental NGO space

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  TripStax

  Apr 2024 - Sept 2024

  Product Manager & Product Governance Consultant

  - Designed the first-ever product centric governance framework for the team of 50+ employees converting the engineering into developing customer-facing & research backed product solutions- Established the product governance operations for the company through resolving pain points and building consensus at the C-suite level and sales & engineering departments- Led the product strategy, market study, roadmapping & implementation for 3/12 products simultaneously.

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  University of Cambridge

  Sept 2024 - now

  Cambridge MBA 2024