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Vinay N.

Vinay N.

Software Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Product Leader (MBA, Engineer) | 10+ Years in Senior Management - responsible for scaling product and engineering teams in high growth environments, first hand entrepreneurial experience building series A startup

  • Education

    • Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management

      2015 - 2016
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management, General First Class Honours

      Activities and Societies: Societies: Entrepreneurship, Consulting Activities: Case Study, Market Research, Market Analysis, Sustainability Project Modules: Strategic Operations Management, Identifying Customer Needs, Project Management, Managing Strategic Innovation

    • Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering

      2003 - 2007
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering First class with Distinction

      Activities and Societies: Placement Co-ordination Semiconductors, Embedded Systems, Assembly level coding, Digital Signal Processors and Architecture

  • Experience

    • Analog Devices

      Jul 2007 - Feb 2009
      Software Engineer

      - Managed customer onboarding, troubleshooting customer issues, training on product usage and documentation - Developed sample codes, liaised with customers to adapt product for their specific use case while debugging key issues - Led stress testing, production of release notes to highlight key capabilities and missing product features

    • Royal Mysore Walks

      Apr 2009 - Aug 2012
      Head of Growth

      - Scaled the team to five times its original size, achieving 25% YOY growth over 3 years - growing beyond the founding team to an independent business - Managed end to end operations of the organisation, establishing standard processes including onboarding, career growth, training and expansion of operations - Developed key partnerships to build the sales pipeline, networking and representation in areas such as Tourism Dept, Confederation of Indian Industries, Govt of Karnataka, etc - Led marketing strategy - managing PR, and advertising strategy to achieve presence in Trip Advisor and Google Reviews and increasing online visibility Show less

    • InsightsonIndia

      Jan 2012 - Aug 2015
      Product Manager

      - Led 0 to 1 product launch of Ed Tech platform - developing product strategy, Go to Market strategy, business case creation, requirements gathering and MVP development process - Monitored product usage for incremental development, identifying enhancements to drive revenue and strategic growth - Managed product roadmap, stakeholder communication, product announcements, and customer communication to provide transparency in product development - Owned and delivered sprint ceremonies, release cadence and documentation, backlog grooming, developing user stories and acceptance criteria Show less

    • Data Solver

      Aug 2016 - Feb 2019
      Founder, Head of Product

      - Built Series A startup with £1.5Mn fundraising, £279K in Innovate UK, numerous grants for product development - Building the product and engineering teams, end to end responsibility for 0 to 1 product development, customer testing and product expansion - Creating long-term roadmap, go-to-market strategy, defining product business cases, OKRs, and success criteria to create high-performing teams with a revenue focus - Led thought leadership, trade shows, use of AI in managing sensitive data, Cyber UK delegations, startup and entrepreneurial mentorship Show less

    • Grosvenor Systems

      May 2019 - Jul 2022
      Head of Product

      - Led product and development team, increasing size by 50% to produce 20% YOY growth - Developed long-term product roadmap, owning marketing and sales strategies, defining OKRs, building product business cases and creating in-house and offshore teams to reduce development costs - Led change management to establish agile practices, outcome-based development, and product strategy - coaching and mentoring product practices - Led product partnerships for payments, use of AI for scanning invoices, cloud strategy to attribute to 15% uplift in added revenue for ARR - Overall responsibility for development budget, team management, growth strategy and building the business unit Show less

    • Orgvue

      Jul 2022 - Dec 2023
      Group Product Manager

      - Led 0 to 1 product development, producing business cases, overall responsibility for financial success - go to market strategy and product development - Defined platform strategy to revamp product approach creating long-term roadmap, defining key financial drivers and business cases for customer adoption - Overall responsibility for product team - defining business cases, incremental and innovative product roadmap, defining OKRs and KPIs for revenue drivers - Leading change management for growth strategy, reorganising teams to focus on value deliverables, supporting budget management for product and engineering teams - Coaching and mentoring product practices for 0 to 1 product development, running user discovery, managing customer testing, and feedback and refining product development Show less

    • CRU

      Jan 2024 - now
      Group Product Manager

      - Responsible for performance of the portfolio of products, overseeing platform roadmap, developing business cases, establishing OKRs and KPIs for reporting - Establishing product practices, change management into product led culture, coaching and mentoring to standardise product development processes - Managing innovation portfolio including development of business cases, MVP strategy, processes for 0 to 1 product development - beta customer testing, developing go to market strategies etc Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vinay N.
      Thing big, Grow Fast Award Orgvue Ltd Apr 2023 Recognition for driving innovation, developing prototypes and early customer adoption strategies for new/Greenfield product
    • Awarded to Vinay N.
      Winner of Innovate UK R&D grant fund - £279000 Innovate UK - Gov.UK Nov 2018 Winner of £279,000 grant fund from Innovate UK.These awards are given to UK business leaders to deliver game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.
    • Awarded to Vinay N.
      Represent Cyber UK Delegation to Baltimore, USA Department of International Trade Oct 2017 Selected to represent Cyber UK trade delegation to Baltimore through Department of International Trade. The opportunity was invited to 18 companies in UK to represent UK Trade Delegation to Baltimore, USA
    • Awarded to Vinay N.
      Dept of International Trade, Greenlight Letter - Recognition for leading a unique business Department of International Trade Dec 2016 Greenlight Letter identifying Data Solver as a unique disruptive technology of exceptional global potential, being led by a professional management team
    • Awarded to Vinay N.
      Winner of £15,000 from Cranfield centre for entrepreneurship Bettany centre for Entrepreneurship Sep 2016 Winner of £15,000 to develop the business idea and create MVP, to build market validation. The award is given to select business ideas each year. These business ideas go through a competition in Cranfield University where the best ideas are selected by a panel of experienced entrepreneurs and director of the centre for entrepreneurship .
    • Awarded to Vinay N.
      Certificate of Excellence 2013,14,15 Trip Advisor Jun 2015 For excellent service quality and customer satisfaction. The achievement demonstrated consistent quality of customer service and continued recognition as one of the top service providers in Mysore, India
    • Awarded to Vinay N.
      Innovative Approaches to Tourism, 2015 Tourism Vision Group, India Jun 2015 For developing a strategic plan to improve travel industry in South India. The award included inclusion of Royal Mysore Walks into Strategic vision for the development of tourism in Karnataka India as a part of the vision 2020 programme.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer Staff

      Issued by Girlguiding on Apr 2023
      GirlguidingAssociated with Vinay N.

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Aashayein Foundation on Jan 2009
      Aashayein FoundationAssociated with Vinay N.

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Divyadeepa Trust on Aug 2007
      Divyadeepa TrustAssociated with Vinay N.