Aashir Gandhi

Experience

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  The Bawaal Journal

  May 2015 - Oct 2016

  Co-Founder

  • Co-founded and managed a media website that included a wide range of thoughtful and unique topics, content and segments. Planned, designed and developed the web development part of the blog. • Formulated and implemented content writing, Google AdWords, SEO and social media marketing strategies. • Executed organic search marketing campaigns with focus on increasing views thereby increasing user’s engagement by 150%.

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  Skinscart

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2018

  Co-Founder

  • Brainstormed and launched this mobile phone accessories webstore company from top to bottom. Achieved self-imposed benchmark ROI increases of 75%. • Identified product efficiencies and reduced cost of production substantially. Implemented strategic marketing tactics personalized for geographic locations in order to increase sales and growth following of each client.

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  ADP

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Global Product and Technology Intern

  -My responsibilities were to analyze, design and build a new module. This was a multi-cultural project.-Created RESTful API endpoints. Used spring framework.-Developed front end pages to consume the API using React/Redux/ MDF6 / CSS.-Discussed and analyzed product design with Product Managers, UX team and Integration teams.-Used different techniques to parse and manipulate large chunked JSON data.

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  ADP

  Aug 2020 - Oct 2021

  Site Reliability Engineer

  • Part of a global shared product team that includes providing infrastructure and security for global sign-in services, enterprise-wide search, Vault technology.• Provided end-to-end consultation and project management for organizational andIT process redesign and optimization.• Refined and improved the existing project planning system, resulting in reducedcosts and resource hours totaling more than $5,000,000 annually via increasedworkplace efficiency and operational costs.• Responsible for management of multiple AWS accounts. Investigated theseaccounts and offered recommendations for optimization thereby saving in morethan $50,000 annually.• Refined and improved the existing documentation system, resulting in reducedlabor costs totaling $100,000 annually. Show less

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  Steel Industry

  Oct 2021 - now

  Project Manager

  • Responsible for the company’s strategic planning, financial, accounting control and digitization.• Performed cash management functions and overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash disbursements, payroll and bank reconciliation functions. Negotiated lines of credit and vendor agreements, as well as reviewed all financial contracts, financing agreements and insurance policies.• Managed 50+ projects as a solutions company, oversee cross-functional teams ofup to 100 personnel, develop project roadmaps, manage project budgets of over$10,000,000, and ensure alignment with business requirements.• Drive initiatives to automate manual processes for data management to reducework hours by 40 per week and save the company over $80,000 per year.• Serve as the point of contact for client stakeholders throughout the projectlifecycle, analyze business needs, and identify solutions to project roadblocks. Show less

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  Teknopoint

  Jul 2022 - Sept 2022

  Solutions Specialist

  • Implemented end to end Customer Journey Analytics and data lakes for variousclients.• Cooperated with development teams to provide middleware expertise, offeringguidance on best practices, methodologies, and performance optimizationtechniques with a 76% implementation rate.• Developed automation code for building 100+ pipelines, Kubernetes clusters,and cloud infrastructure, maximizing 60% efficiency, performance, and securitythroughout websites.

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  Croma

  Feb 2023 - May 2023

  VAS manager

  • Lead daily standups with project teams and attend meetings with seniorleadership and client stakeholders to review project status updates andmilestones.• Manage the implementation of Agile and Waterfall methodologies across theorganization to improve project delivery times by 30%.• Collaborated with 10+ security teams to implement and maintain secure codingpractices, vulnerability scanning, and compliance standards and received 100%positive feedback.