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Vinu Nair

Vinu Nair

Co-founder and Director

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Engineer at ManyChat

  • Education

    • Stirling High School

      2002 - 2006
      Dux Student

    • University of Cape Town

      2007 - 2010
      BSc. Eng. Electrical and Computer Digital Systems, Process Control and Instrumentation, DSP and Broadband Networks Graduated with First Class Honours

      Actividades y grupos:IEEE, IEEE Communications Society Vice Chairperson, Golden Key, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Tutor

  • Experience

    • GenWye

      Jan 2014 - Jul 2015
      Co-founder and Director

      - Co-founded the company and led the technical design and fabrication of smart lockers similar to Pudo and Amazon delivery lockers for the South African market.- Completed prototype and showcased it to Takealot, DHL and Aramex.

    • VSpace.Technology

      Jul 2015 - Feb 2019
      Co-Founder and Director (Agile, SDLC, MERN stack)

      - Built VSpace, a software development platform that made it easy and safe to work with developers online.- Co-founded the company and worked actively in Technology, Sales, Marketing and Strategy. - Hired 3 developers, built the platform (Node.js and React).- Managed 8 development teams across a variety of products. - Built marketing automation integrated with Twitter and Sendgrid.

    • Cartrack

      Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
      Senior Web Developer (Telematics, React, PHP, PostgreSQL)

      - Developed mapping functionality to track fleet vehicles using React and Google Maps.- Transitioned to full stack development after the first 3 months.- Developed live camera surveillance module linked to geo-location tracking.

    • Noldor Technologies

      Feb 2020 - Oct 2023
      Chief Technology Officer (Leadership, Node.js, React, Firebase, MongoDB)

      Leading a team of 5 to 8 developers to expand on our property management platform, Amiti. Responsible for guiding the team to follow technical standards.Accomplishments include:- Served as a fractional CTO for 4 companies helping them survive complex technical issues until they could continue on their own.- Introduced React competency in the company.- Introduced a competency framework to motivate developers to upskill themselves in exchange for a reward.- Revamped Git process to allow for daily CI/CD builds and deployments. Mostrar menos

    • Manychat

      Nov 2023 - now
      Senior Frontend Engineer

      Working in a cross functional team to enhance and maintain the Live Chat functionality

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • EdX Honor Code Certificate for Digital Branding and Engagement

      EdX
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    • Product Management Foundations

      Reforge
      Oct 2024

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vinu Nair
      Winner of Smart Living Challenge Swedish Institute and Embassy of Sweden Dec 2014 Smart Living Challenge is an open international innovation competition designed to generate business opportunities and ideas to foster more sustainable lifestyles in cities.During their visit to Sweden, the winners took part in meetings and workshops with some of the leading exponents of innovation in the country. A total of 34 workshops were conducted, partly via Swedish embassies in 14 countries in collaboration with local partners. In all, along with contributions submitted to… Show more Smart Living Challenge is an open international innovation competition designed to generate business opportunities and ideas to foster more sustainable lifestyles in cities.During their visit to Sweden, the winners took part in meetings and workshops with some of the leading exponents of innovation in the country. A total of 34 workshops were conducted, partly via Swedish embassies in 14 countries in collaboration with local partners. In all, along with contributions submitted to smartlivingchallenge.com, more than 300 ideas from 27 countries were generated. The jury selected 15 winners from 12 countries in 5 continents that was awarded with an innovation week in Sweden. Show less
    • Awarded to Vinu Nair
      Winner of Falling Walls Lab Johannesburg Falling Walls Sep 2014 Presented the topic: Breaking the Wall of Deterring Young Engineers. Travelled to Berlin to participate in the Global event and attended Falling Walls Circle, a workshop inviting high profile people in business, government and academia to come up with solutions to pressing issues being faced in the world.
    • Awarded to Vinu Nair
      Winner - Hatch and Williams Formula 1 Global Engineering Challenge Hatch and Williams F1 Sep 2012
    • Awarded to Vinu Nair
      5th Position in SA University Business Challenge Competition First National Bank Jul 2010
    • Awarded to Vinu Nair
      Highest in Electrical and Computer 4th Year for Digital Systems Simon Winberg, UCT Digital Systems Lecturer Jun 2010

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Director

      Issued by Venture Network South Africa on Nov 2015
      Venture Network South AfricaAssociated with Vinu Nair