Avishek Chandra

Avishek Chandra

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Head of Payments, SE Asia

  • Education

    • Visvesvaraya Technological University

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      BE Electronics Engineering First Class with Distinction

      Activities and Societies: Vice President of Electronics and Telecommunication Association

    • Indian School of Business

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      PGPM Strategy and Leadership

      Activities and Societies: • Executive council member of ISB Toastmasters Club - won the Distinguished Club status (given to <1% of all TM clubs worldwide) • Executive council member of the ISB Photography Club Runners up in ITC Case challenge 2010; devised a market entry strategy for ITC into the deodorant market in India

  • Experience

    • Texas Instruments

      Oct 2004 - Feb 2005
      Internship

      Developed a communication protocol using RS-232/UART to test SoCs (Software on a Chip) using SoC Simulator. o Reduced the time to market for new SoCs from 24 weeks to about 4-6 weeks by simultaneously testing them before the actual chip is out of fabrication

    • Infosys

      Nov 2005 - Dec 2007
      Software Engineer (Enterprise Applications & Web development)

      o Held various anchor roles including the CM bar raiser and Knowledge Management lead (project rated at CMM - Level 5)o Java, C, C++, VB, SQL, Business Objects and JavaScript. [OS: Unix and Windows]

    • Mondelēz International

      Dec 2007 - Mar 2010
      Tech Program Management, Master Data Management and Governance

      • Business Process Redesign project for a large CPG client, awarded Certificate of Appreciation by client CIO; WW roll out in 50+ countries• IT Transformation - Post-merger Integration project involving Kraft and Cadbury o Modified the algorithm for product creation to resolve bar code clashes originating as a result of the merger; Impacted the entire finished goods catalog (150,000+ SKUs). o Led a team of 2 analysts and 8 developers across 3 continents; directly reported to Assoc. Director of the Client IS team Show less

    • Deloitte Consulting

      May 2011 - Nov 2013
      Senior Consultant, Strategy & Operations, Technology Risk Advisory Services

      • ICD-10 compliance for over 200+ data extracts for one of the largest health benefits company in the US • Fraud determination, risk assessment as part of a $400M Foreclosure review for one of the top 3 large US banks• Competitive analysis and Vendor Assessment for a large Australian bank to choose their preferred IAM security solution partner across 250+ core requirements • Led a team of 11 consultants & BIEs

    • 42Hertz

      Sept 2011 - Aug 2013
      Product Management (Freelance)

      Windows 8 App for Dynamics AX 2012• Designed a Windows 8 app for enterprise customers using AX 2012 to efficiently view reports on a touch enabled deviceBuilt CompNShop.com – a comparison-shopping site for books along with founder, led monetization efforts by managing affiliate partnerships.

    • Amazon

      Dec 2013 - now

      I currently am in a General Managerial role leading a team of product, program and marketing managers and business analysts covering 4 broad portfolios:1) SG and CN Payments2) Cash acceptance - WW3) Payments Marketing across APAC Stores and WW Digital Payments (Prime Video/Prime)4) UXT and BIE Led the Amazon Maps product & tech program management space for Last Mile delivery operations. Maps product is primarily 3 verticals - 1) Maps Data which powers the underlying algorithms and display experience, 2) Maps Navigation and turn-by-turn service and 3) Maps pathing engine. Was one of the first team members and helped conceptualize, build and launch the product from scratch in 10+ countries WW Amazon Maps, Last Mile Tech (2017 - 2019)Automated Selection Expansion (worldwide Retail and 3P) (2015-2017)

      • Head of Payments, SEA

        Oct 2021 - now
      • Head of Product - Amazon Maps

        Oct 2019 - Oct 2021
      • Sr. Technical Product Manager

        Apr 2016 - Oct 2019
      • PM III

        Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
      • PM II

        Dec 2013 - Mar 2015
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • HAM License (Grade 2)

      Indian Institute of HAMS
    • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

      Mar 2012
    • ISO 27001 Lead Implementer

      British Standards Institute (BSI)
      Jun 2011
    • Basics of Retailing

      NRF Foundation
      Nov 2008
    • Programming in Python - MITx

      EdX
      View certificate certificate
    • Human-Computer Interaction

      Coursera
      Nov 2012
      View certificate certificate