Advait Samant
Pune
Summary
Entrepreneurial professional offering progressive experience in leadership. Skilled at identifying and implementing process improvements to drive efficiency and productivity. Motivating leader with proven success in managing cross-functional teams.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder and Consultant
Anishk
Pune
11.2023 - Current
- Drove strategic initiatives in cloud adoption, agile methodologies, and automation to fast track delivery and manage cost
- Assisted clients in ramping up projects through native AWS services adoption and monolith deconstruction.
- Led change management programs to boost employee engagement and delivery.
Software Development Manager
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Bengaluru
06.2023 - 10.2023
- Led tech teams in designing, developing, testing, automating, and releasing next-gen mobile applications for consumer banking.
- Managed 45+ engineers across frontend, backend, QA, and automation disciplines to achieve unified goals.
- Delivered initial release of consumer banking mobile application and coordinated planning for subsequent releases.
- Implemented improvements in architecture, security, DevOps, dependency management, and agile transformation.
- Collaborated with talent acquisition team to recruit key personnel at all levels, including FTEs and CTRs.
- Oversaw vendor management and negotiated competitive rate cards to optimize costs.
- Utilized tech stack including React Native, Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Oracle/Postgres, Appium, Redis, and Kafka.
Director Of Engineering
Integral Ad Science
Pune
03.2022 - 12.2022
- Led IAS reporting platform development as part of India leadership team.
- Established three scrum teams targeting advertisers, publishers, and programmatic users.
- Collaborated with product management to deliver features and architecture enhancements quarterly.
- Recruited talent from universities and the market, including six-month internship programs.
- Organized Hack-a-Thon events at three Pune colleges, resulting in job offers.
- Utilized tech stack including React, Java, Spring Boot, Oracle/Postgres, Redis, and AWS.
Delivery Manager
Xoriant
Pune
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Managed delivery for multiple engagements with Cisco, ensuring alignment with client needs.
- Gathered requirements from application sales team to drive Webex integration projects.
- Established three scrum teams for Webex integration with Notion, Hubspot, and TeleHealth app.
- Oversaw architecture and delivery of integrations, enhancing client engagement and pre-sales activities.
Technical Manager
NICE Ltd
Pune
05.2017 - 05.2021
- Served as Technical Manager for three products: Workforce Management, Customer Loyalty Services, and Employee Engagement Manager.
- Built eight self-managed Scrum teams to enhance project delivery efficiency.
- Led complex feature deliveries including legacy ACD integration and cloud-native service adoption.
- Oversaw a team of 40+ engineers, comprising 26 HCs and more than 15 CTRs.
- Secured investment in Automation Test suite for Employee Engagement Manager, reducing release time by several weeks.
- Fostered a culture of innovation, resulting in multiple patents filed by engineering teams.
- Contributed to site initiatives such as campus hiring, hackathons, and monthly forums.
Software Engineer to Technical Manager
Avaya
Pune
07.2006 - 05.2017
- Directed development and automation test engineering for Avaya Intelligent Customer Routing and Proactive Outreach Manager.
- Planned, designed, developed, and delivered enterprise contact center products.
- Facilitated coaching, people management, and Scrum ceremonies to enhance team performance.
- Designed and delivered agent routing and outbound dialer components.
- Managed roadmap execution and total quality management initiatives.
- Utilized tech stack including Java, Spring Boot, JSF, Hibernate, MongoDB, Oracle/Postgres, and Hazelcast.
Member of Technical Staff
Persistent Systems
Pune
01.2005 - 07.2006
- Designed and developed bioinformatics applications utilizing Struts and multi-threading ETL.
- Served as point of contact for IDM connectors POCs employing SPML and JNDI for LDAP integration.
Education
Post Graduate Program in AIML - AIML
The University of Texas At Austin
Pune01-2026
Executive PGDBM - General Management
Symbiosis International University
Pune06-2013
Master of Science - Computer Science
Pune University
Pune06-2005
Skills
- Engineering Management
- Software Architecture and Development
- Agile methodologies
- Talent acquisition
- Employee engagement
- Vendor management
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master
- Sun Certified Java Programmer
- Agile Leadership Open
Awards
- Business Group Achievement Award
- Club stellar Award winner For Individual excellence
- Club stellar Award winner For Customer excellence
- APAC President's Award
Websites
Languages
English, Professional Working
Timeline
Founder and Consultant
Anishk
11.2023 - Current
Software Development Manager
Kotak Mahindra Bank
06.2023 - 10.2023
Director Of Engineering
Integral Ad Science
03.2022 - 12.2022
Delivery Manager
Xoriant
06.2021 - 01.2022
Technical Manager
NICE Ltd
05.2017 - 05.2021
Software Engineer to Technical Manager
Avaya
07.2006 - 05.2017
Member of Technical Staff
Persistent Systems
01.2005 - 07.2006
Post Graduate Program in AIML - AIML
The University of Texas At Austin
Executive PGDBM - General Management
Symbiosis International University
Master of Science - Computer Science
Pune University
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