Anvay Kumar

Experience

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  Airports Authority of India

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

  Trainee

  • Worked as a Trainee in the GAGAN project which aims at providing a navigation system for all phases of flight over the Indian airspace and in the adjoining areas. • The project is being implemented by the Airports Authority of India with the help of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) space technology.

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  The University of Auckland

  Mar 2014 - Nov 2014

  Student Coordinator (Post Graduate)

  • Member of Student Staff Consultative Committee. • Work included dealing with issues ranging from academic concerns of individual students to discussion of policy-making within the university.

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  Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

  Physics Tutor

  • 1-on-1 Physics tuitions covering Year 11, Year 12, and Year 13 students (both NCEA and Cambridge syllabus).

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  Kumon Australia & New Zealand

  Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

  Tutoring Assistant

  Main roles and responsibilities: • Teaching- Instruct and monitor students’ performance and record relevant data to assess progress. • Administrative work

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  Vista

  Aug 2015 - now

  Leadership• Lead in a way that fosters and encourages a culture of teamwork and unity, quality, and continuous improvement• Mentor direct reports• Ensure that team members are performing their roles effectively and to the required Vista standard, including addressing any issues in a timely, effective, and appropriate manner• Prepare and conduct staff performance and salary reviews• Be visible internally and externally in the Software Engineering space, advocating for and explaining our collective strategy to improve the status quoSoftware Engineering• Provide input into the formulation and fine-tuning of Vista’s overall software development strategy• Work with the Heads of Engineering to execute the combined (engineering and product work items) backlog to ensure that software and service quality, reliability, and observability are optimised while controlling management and operating costs• Advise upon and implement the strategy to make Vista a world-class place for software engineers to work and refine their craft• Proactively implement and inform the ‘you build it, you run it’ culture across Engineering teams, including liaising with the Product Support Manager and Head of Cloud Operations to establish on-call rosters• Act as an escalation point for on-call personnel• Determine future resource requirements and recruit and select team members as necessary• Ensure that team members are developing their skills and knowledge (technical, Vista product-related, business skills, other), including providing coaching and mentoring, or recommending additional training where necessaryCommercial• Work with Heads of Engineering to manage the current budget and assist with annual budget preparationGeneral• Contribute to developing internal processes and best practices, and lead the adoption and implementation of these by example• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Vista products and releases • Travel to visit customers and prospects as required Show less • Onboarding and guiding new squad leads across the Engineering department • Assisting the P&C team and Engineering Managers with the recruitment of new squad members covering all aspects of the recruitment process• Working with Engineering Managers to decentralise responsibility for the release process from the build team and establishing the same within engineering squads and tribes• Actioning staff feedback and providing input on areas identified for focus and improvement• Organising, facilitating and contributing to the overall success of company-wide activities like staff reviews, Innovation Cup (Vista's annual hackathon), and mission process• Scheduling and running staff reviews with an Engineering Manager and establishing careerprogression pathways and initiatives• Driving PDPs with squad members• Redefining the BA role within the company through workshops and discussions with the BAs, Project Managers, and Product Directors• Overseeing all projects in the squad to ensure Vista's brand promise of providing world-classcinema management software Show less Software Design and Analysis: • Gathering requirements from project stakeholders and translating them into a software design that fits within the existing Vista framework.Proposal and Specification writing: • Developing functional and system design specifications. Identifying critical issues and challenges and proposing effective and workable solutions. • Understanding user interface design principles and being able to design intuitive and easy to use interfaces using mock-up tools.Communication: • Scheduling and chairing meetings to discuss and present solution requirements. • Initiating and monitoring the Specifications Approval Process in collaboration with the Product Design Manager to ensure its timely completion. • Collaborating across different areas of business like Product Managers, QA team, Technical Writers and Developers. Liaising with international offices as necessary regarding their requirements.Vista Application Knowledge: • Developing familiarity with full range of Vista applications and a high level of expertise in selected Vista applications as directed by the Product Design Manager. • This includes expertise in functional features of product, customer use of product and product installation. Show less Team Leadership:• Motivate and lead the team in a positive way including assisting them to become self - organised and take ownership of the products they work on • Work with the scrum master to encourage healthy team collaboration and communication processes such as code reviews, test shares, design discussions etc.Recruitment:• Assist the appropriate Manager with recruitment of new team members• Arrange induction into the team and mentoring of new members to ensure they are well integrated, trained, and supportedCommunication:• Act as a communication point to the team for other stakeholders in the business• Represent team issues and concerns on the team council and to external stakeholders such as Product Owners, Production Manager, Development Manager etc.• Champion the SDLC process agreed by the production leadership team, provide honest feedback and contribute to these process designs, when requested• Report team progress to the Development Manager as requiredSupport to Management Team:• Contribute to team member performance reviews by providing honest and detailed feedback, and attend reviews as requested• Ensure team coverage is adequate during critical times and periods of leave Show less • Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, backlog groomings and software demonstrations.• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members.• Be proactive in monitoring sprint progress, resolving issues and escalating/reporting up when things are not looking so good.• Ensure Sprint Velocity is accurately calculated based on planned leave for the upcoming sprint and performance history.• Near the end of each sprint, identify the stories that will be completed and demoed in the sprint review, organize presenters, and send an invitation email with details to prospective attendees of the Sprint Review. Show less Test Planning and Test Execution: • Specify, develop and write test plans and test scripts, produce test cases and carry out regression testing to test the behaviour, functionality and integrity of systems, and document the results of tests in defect reports and related documentation.Vista Application Knowledge• Develop expertise in Vista Applications and assist QA Manager and Senior Test Analyst to review Release Notes prior to release for selected product areas.Testing Process and Tools Improvement: • Take an active part in projects aiming to improve the testing process (automation, virtualisation, test management tools). Show less

  • Engineering Manager

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Senior Squad Lead

    Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Business Analyst - Software Design

    Nov 2017 - Jul 2022

  • Development Team Lead

    Oct 2018 - Jun 2021

  • Scrum Master

    Aug 2016 - Sept 2018

  • Test Analyst

    Aug 2015 - Nov 2017