Ankit Gandhi

Experience

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  Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applications and Geo-Informatics

  Sept 2005 - Oct 2005

  Project Scientist

  Design and Codebase creation for PRAGATI software.

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  Infosys

  Oct 2005 - Aug 2013

  • Providing Business and Technical Solutions on existing problems in the organization.• Impact Analysis of the existing Set of Applications for the new change requested.• Writing High Level Design and Detailed Design documents as well as creation of prototypes.• Preparing code base as well as code reviews per quality standards.• Server setup and maintenance.• Creation of test plans for Unit Testing, IST and UAT.• Coding, testing, deployment and maintenance and enhancement for the existing applications and new applications.• Maintenance and Enhancement of the Database.• Regular Defect Fixes and Data Support Activities.• Quality Maintenance, Project Metrics maintenance and other Project Management Activities.• Offshore and Onsite co-ordination.• Mentoring of offshore team members.Tools & Technologies - Java, JSF, Eclipse, Oracle, SVN, WebLogic, TOAD, Mercury Quality Center. Show less • Managed and enhanced Service Intelligence WEB Portal (SIWEB).• The site monitors the performance of key measures for the Online Systems Delivery (OSD) suite of applications and helps business managers to identify performance bottlenecks related to applications. This project is an end to end application development and maintenance involving requirement analysis, designing, building, testing and implementation and support activities. This is developed in various releases and enhancements are done as per client requirements.• Executed project management functions and supervised project activities like analyzing requirements, creating design, prototyping and implementing client’s business needs and change requests.• Worked with the clients to enhance the application performance and automate reload of failed data loads.• Acted as a liaison between various departments/groups within the client organizations to get the necessary reporting data and as a single point of contact for all issues pertaining to Infosys team.• Handled resource management and work distribution within the Infosys team.Tools & Technologies - RAD, Oracle, Java, JSP, Servelts, PL/SQL, UNIX, CVS, WebSphere Application Server 7.0, TOAD, Mercury Quality Center Show less • Offshore point of contact for 2 Business Intelligence and Reporting based applications in Corporate Systems portfolio.• Executed project management functions and supervised project activities like analyzing requirements, creating design, prototyping and implementing client’s business needs and change requests, deployments.• Managing Enhancements, release cycles, Maintenance and Support activities.• Mentoring of the new team members at offshore and guiding onsite team members by virtue of previous experience.Tools & Technologies - RAD, Oracle 11, Java, JEE, Struts, JSP, Servlets, Portlets, PL/SQL, AJAX, CVS, WebSphere Application Server 7.0, TOAD, Mercury Quality Center Show less • Single Point of Contact for 3 different applications. All 3 applications are very different in nature with wide range of technologies and different client expectations.• Executed project management functions and supervised project activities like analyzing requirements, creating design, prototyping and implementing client’s business needs and change requests, deployments.• Managing Enhancements, release cycles, Maintenance and Production Support activities.• Acted as a liaison between offshore team and the client.Tools & Technologies - RAD, Oracle 11, Java, JEE, Struts, JSP, Servlets, Portlets, PL/SQL, AJAX, CVS, WebSphere Application Server 7.0, TOAD, Mercury Quality Center Show less • Development and maintenance of portlet based reporting application. The application provides a single point of access to enterprise business applications with single sign-on, profiling, secured login and administrative features for users. The application also provided access and upload functionality for various business critical reports in various formats.• Development and maintenance of Resource management application. This web based application for Project Management and Resource Allocation for Top and middle management of the organization creates a web interface which allows teams to track/maintain resource skills, review assignments of resources, view availability of resources, view existing resource allocations, assign resources and request for reports.• Involved in all stages of SDLC (End to end development).• Migration from Vignette Portal Server to WebSphere Portal/Application Server. • Responsibilities of Knowledge Management, Configuration Management, CMMi Anchor and Defect Prevention Prime at various points in the project.Tools & Technologies - RAD, Eclipse, Oracle 11, Java, JEE, Struts, JSP, Servlets, Portlets, PL/SQL, AJAX, CVS, WebSphere Application Server 7.0, SunOne Application Server, TOAD, Mercury Quality Center Show less

  • Technology Lead for Planning, Engineering and Design group for a leading US Telecom Organization

    Apr 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Technology Lead for Service Intelligence team for a leading US Telecom Organization

    Oct 2011 - Mar 2013

  • Technology Lead for Corporate Systems Applications for a leading US Telecom Organization

    Mar 2011 - Sept 2011

  • Onsite Technology Analyst for Corporate Systems Applications for a leading US Telecom Organization

    Nov 2009 - Feb 2011

  • Software Engineer for Corporate Systems Applications for a leading US Telecom Organization

    Feb 2006 - Oct 2009

  • Software Engineer

    Oct 2005 - Jan 2006
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  Cyberoam - A SOPHOS Company

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Handling business integration for entire IT System stack as a part of M & A.• Leading Business Integration related projects - Licensing Solution Delivery, Data Migration, Integration Project, Partner Portal Redesign.• Working using AGILE development methodology to ensure readiness for change and continuous delivery.• Managing all communications and key knowledge transfers related to legacy systems.• Recruitment for the new technology stack, training the new resource pool and making the team productive to deliver on the new technology platform.• Providing Business and Technical Solutions on existing problems in the organization by discussions with multiple stake holders across organization.• Development and Maintenance of Cyberoam Customer Portal, Appliance Registration Portal, Intranet, Cyberoam Security Center Portal, Renewal Portal, Training Portal and other key company internal applications.• Impact Analysis of the existing Set of Applications for the new change requested.• Leading a team to deliver on multiple applications with simultaneous development projects.Tools & Technologies - Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, Stash, Bamboo, SalesForce, Apex, Core Java, JSP, Struts, iBatis, Hibernate, Oracle, SVN, Apache Tomcat with clustering, SQL Developer, Jasper Reports Show less • Providing Business and Technical Solutions on existing problems in the organization.• Development and Maintenance of Cyberoam Customer Portal, Intranet and Training Portal. • Leading a team to deliver on multiple applications with simultaneous development projects.• Preparing code base as well as code reviews per quality standards.• Apache Tomcat clustering and Load Balancing.• Coding, testing, deployment and maintenance and enhancement for the existing applications and new applications.• Regular Defect Fixes and Data Support Activities.Tools & Technologies - Core Java, JSP, Struts, iBatis, Hibernate, Oracle, SVN, Apache Tomcat with clustering, SQL Developer, Jasper Reports Show less

  • IT Project Lead

    Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Tech Lead for IT-Automation Dept.

    Aug 2013 - Mar 2014
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  Sophos

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2017

  Reporting to the IT Director; responsible for IT Applications that enable Global business. This includes their continued evolution to meet business demands whilst maintaining operational stability. • Handling business integration for entire IT System stack at Cyberoam as a part of M & A by translating various business requirements in to technical specifications.• Managing people with varied skill sets in Salesforce, .NET, Java, Mobile technology capabilities, QA, Business Analyst , Project Manager, Tech Architect, etc. to create project pods and deliver as work streams.• Work consistently with Lead developers and project managers to make individuals aware about their performance aimed at managing expectation gaps, if any.• Hired and developed a team of 50+ members, which can now support a rapidly growing international business. This includes instilling the necessary rigor and process to create maturity as well as working on mechanisms to continuously improve the business knowledge of the new team.• Working to strengthen the agile approach of the team by improving the development culture & process, business engagement and tooling. The aim is to deliver truly agile, test-led development.• Manage parallel works streams (projects) to deliver business prioritized goals, aiming to align with corporate goals.• Delivered best in class applications for Channel business, with the aim to provide superior distributor/partner/customer experience.• Experience in creating and managing Partner Portal, Customer Portal, Training Portal, HRIS Portal, Inventory management as per the business specifications, aimed at improving customer experience.• Technologies Used – SFDC, Java, JSP, J2EE, JSF, Oracle, Tomcat, and Apache Web Servers• Tools Used – Atlassian Toolset comprising Confluence, JIRA, Stash, Bamboo, SVN, TOAD, Quality Center, Eclipse, Resharper, Visual Studio, Sonar, etc. Show less • Handling business integration for entire IT System stack as a part of M & A.• Managing people with varied skill sets in Salesforce, Java, Mobile technology capabilities, QA, Business Analyst , Project Manager, Tech Architect, etc. to create project pods and deliver as work streams.• Leading Business Integration related projects - Licensing Solution Delivery, Data Migration, Integration Project, Partner Portal Redesign.• Working using AGILE development methodology to ensure readiness for change and continuous delivery and also support matrix management.• Managing all communications and key knowledge transfers related to legacy systems.• Recruitment for the new technology stack, training the new resource pool and making the team productive to deliver on the new technology platform.• Providing Business and Technical Solutions on existing problems in the organization by discussions with multiple stake holders across organization.• Development and Maintenance of Cyberoam Customer Portal, Appliance Registration Portal, Intranet, Cyberoam Security Center Portal, Renewal Portal, Training Portal and other key company internal applications.• Leading a team to deliver on multiple applications with simultaneous development projects. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Applications Development, IT

    Feb 2017 - Oct 2017

  • Systems Development Manager

    Aug 2015 - Jan 2017
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  Accumn

  Nov 2017 - now

  A techno-managerial professional having a track record of delivering strategic solutions, transformational technology, leadership, operational maturity and business change.• Techno-managerial professional having extensive qualifications in all facets of project life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through development, distribution, and systems operations support helping deliver IT applications of enterprise scale.• Experience in managing a large team of 50 plus team members encompassing various skills like Leads, Devs, QAs, BA, PM, DevOps, etc. working across multiple technologies and locations. • Experience in working on large M&A projects, aiming to converge the business portfolio and deliver value to the customers at the same time; helping create the necessary inertia to support strategic business change.• Proficient in design and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance systems to address complex business problems.• Experience in security incident response, threat response, secure coding best practices, and ascertaining quick as well as long term strategies to avoid future security incidents.• Delivery and growth of the middleware platform with 100% uptime, aimed at processing thousands of order per day, generating multi-million dollar revenue for the organization.• Strong customer focus and excellent skills in Business Analysis, Client and team communication, people management, tracking and scheduling of tasks.• Successful delivery of hundreds of change management cycles with 99.99% uptime for strategic business support applications.• Extensive hands-on experience in project scheduling, quality control, cost analysis, estimation, risk analysis, resource management, customer expectation management, quality audits, business value articulation etc.• Delivering cheaper, faster, better solutions on schedule and to the utmost satisfaction of business users. Show less

  • Vice President - Software Engineering

    Jan 2024 - now

  • CIO

    Nov 2017 - Jan 2024