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Work History
Education
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Apoorva Kakde

Nagpur

Summary

  • Lead and mentor for development teams, fostering Agile best practices to deliver solutions aligned with business needs.
  • Drive requirement gathering sessions with stakeholders, translating business needs into clear technical specifications.
  • Provide innovative solutions by leveraging updated knowledge of internal systems and emerging technologies.
  • Establish strategic direction for teams, developing and executing plans to meet current and future state visions.
  • Provide leadership on Agile methodologies, refining processes and validating solutions to meet business needs.
  • Develop and implement cost-saving initiatives and performance improvement processes to optimize business outcomes.
  • Conduct functional testing to ensure that solutions meet both business and technical criteria.

Work History

Agile BA/Scrum Master

Tata Consultancy Services
  • Company Overview: TCS Internal Product | Agile BA/Scrum Master
  • Collaborate with users and product owners to understand problem statements and define clear requirements
  • Lead PI planning and sprint planning sessions with stakeholders at the start of each quarter and iteration
  • Developed prototypes for upcoming sprint requirements and formulated user stories
  • Allocated requirements to developers, ensuring clarity on functionality
  • Ensure team alignment through regular Scrum facilitation
  • Validated requirements with thorough functional testing
  • Facilitated sprint reviews with stakeholders for progress demonstrations
  • Worked closely with Product Owners to refine backlogs and define sprint goals for project alignment
  • TCS Internal Product | Agile BA/Scrum Master

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (AI & ML)

Automobile Mobility Solutions company
  • Analyzed client concerns and established requirements
  • Develop concepts and review them with clients
  • Finalized approach and provided accurate estimations
  • Develop team post-SoW agreement
  • Generate comprehensive architectural plans for solutions
  • Initiated and managed weekly meetings to discuss progress, address challenges, and strategize future actions
  • Oversee team management offering continuous technical support
  • Completed detailed evaluations and confirmed successful outcomes for clients

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (AI & ML)

Automobile Mobility Solutions company
  • Mapped camera and LiDAR data for precise integration
  • Analyzed requirements to suggest performance-enhancing solutions
  • Designed Proof of Concept, ensuring technical feasibility
  • Coordinate team efforts for PoC projects
  • Achieved 95% client satisfaction through iterative enhancements

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (Platform Solutions)

Automobile Manufacturer
  • Defined scope for automation
  • Facilitated client discussions to finalize scope
  • Developed targeted solutions as per scope requirements
  • Outlined detailed implementation plans
  • Validated solutions directly with clients
  • Offered support for team's execution and issue resolution
  • Conducted comprehensive evaluations for end-stage projects

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (Platform Solutions)

Automobile Manufacturer
  • Identified automation scope through vendor-assisted understanding of VectorCast
  • Facilitated conversations between clients and vendors to determine project specifics
  • Establish technical specifications and comprehensive execution strategies
  • Secured client approval for proposed solutions
  • Lead team in implementation efforts

Engineer (Platform Solutions)

Automobile Manufacturer
  • Recommended appropriate modifications to optimize existing code implementations
  • Facilitate client discussions to assess changes
  • Create comprehensive design and scope documentation
  • Collaborated on problem-solving for debugging issues

Education

M.E. - Wireless Communication and Computing

G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering
Nagpur, India
07.2015

B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication

Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
Nagpur, India
07.2013

Skills

  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum)
  • Requirement Gathering and Analysis
  • Roadmap Planning Expertise
  • User Stories and Backlog Management
  • Presentation skills
  • Leading and coaching
  • Public speaker and trainer
  • Data Science and Machine Learning
  • Python, C, C, C#, VBA, Java, HTML, AngularJS

Accomplishments

  • Industry Expert talk at Symbiosis Institute of Technology Nagpur, 07/01/24
  • Keynote speaker at Google Build with AI Nagpur, 05/01/24
  • Featured in Analytics Vidhya Success story as a data scientist, 04/01/23
  • Hosted a webinar on 'Applications of Machine Learning in Self Driving cars' at Analytics Vidhya, 11/01/22
  • Conducted Co-Teaching sessions for Machine Learning Course at RCOEM, 10/01/21
  • Active IEEE member and technical speaker at IEEE e-ISSP, 01/01/20
  • Design thinking sessions at SVPC, 06/01/20

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading
  • Mandala art

Timeline

Agile BA/Scrum Master

Tata Consultancy Services

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (AI & ML)

Automobile Mobility Solutions company

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (AI & ML)

Automobile Mobility Solutions company

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (Platform Solutions)

Automobile Manufacturer

Team Lead, Senior Engineer (Platform Solutions)

Automobile Manufacturer

Engineer (Platform Solutions)

Automobile Manufacturer

M.E. - Wireless Communication and Computing

G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering

B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication

Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering

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