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Avinash Girish

Product Head - E Commerce Platform
#111, Sai Poorna Heights, Somasundara Palya, HSR Layout Sector 2, Bangalore 560102

Summary

Strategic Senior Product Manager bringing exceptional skill in increasing client acquisition and maximizing revenue opportunities. Focused and sales-oriented with a proven history of driving product awareness illustrated over 5+ years of success within the sales landscape.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Product Head - E Commerce Platform

Bosch Mobility Platform and Solutions India
07.2023 - Current
  • Achieved consistent growth in annual revenue through strategic planning and execution of sales initiatives.
  • Managed financial operations to ensure fiscal responsibility, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
  • Drove revenue growth with innovative sales strategies, understanding customer needs and market trends.
  • Implemented cutting-edge technology solutions to enhance operational productivity and customer engagement.
  • Boosted revenue by identifying new business opportunities and diversifying product offerings.
  • Secured long-term sustainability of the business through prudent financial management practices such as cash flow optimization, cost control, and strategic investments.

Product Head - Mobility Marketplace

Bosch Limited
07.2021 - 06.2023
  • Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
  • Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
  • Set goals and formalized policies to maximize team performance and keep project on-task.
  • Boosted customer base penetration using creative promotional approaches.
  • Directed planning and budgeting efforts.
  • Documented user stories, specifications and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
  • Assessed costs and estimated production capabilities to evaluate economic viability.
  • Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape.
  • Compiled product and customer data to generate informed profit projections.
  • Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Thrived in fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build product roadmap.

<p>Engineering Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
01.2017 - 06.2021

Responsibilities:

  • Business growth through new project acquisitions and retention of existing customer accounts
  • Delivery excellence in projects under Connected Services and Automotive Aftermarket portfolio
  • Strive towards best quality and productivity from the team
  • Establishing state of the art engineering practices and tool chains within the project teams
  • Content review of specific engineering artifacts
  • Mentor the team towards adopting new technologies in line with the industry
  • Career development and motivation of the team
  • Maintaining optimum staffing model towards achieving Department profitability targets
  • Ensuring Bosch process for Solution/Product development are followed including adherence to Security Engineering practices
  • Ensuring Open source compliance

Achievements:

  • Acquired customer project with leading MNO in India bringing revenue to the tune of 50 Mio USD to Bosch India
  • Technology partner for leading MNO in India
  • Build a team ground up in the Connected Mobility space reaching revenue inflow of 1 Mio USD to Dept within one year
  • Developed the strategic Mobility Cloud platform where existing and new customer projects in Bosch India could be onboarded
  • ParkZeus solution for Mobility Solutions Project house aimed at catapulting Bosch from supplier to Integrator and Aggregator
  • On time delivery of IT application portals - Equipment Configurator and License Manager - for Beissbarth Sales team
  • Best Associate Survey score across the Business section in AS-2017
  • Created succession plan from members who are second-in-line in my team

<p>Group Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
11.2014 - 12.2016

Responsibilities:

  • Business growth through new project acquisitions and retention of existing customer accounts
  • Scaling up business with Bosch-India in Mobile and Web Application development
  • Delivery excellence in projects under Automotive Aftermarket portfolio - Connected Workshop and Vehicle Diagnostics

  • Strive towards best quality and productivity from the team

  • Content review of specific engineering artifacts
  • Career development and motivation of the team
  • Ensuring Bosch process for Solution/Product development is followed including adherence to Security Engineering practices

  • Ensuring Open source compliance

Achievements:

  • Established Connected Workshop as a new sub-vertical in the department with multiple project acquisitions
  • IWorkshop - Comprehensive workshop management solution - Go Live
  • Release of NDDM (New Gen Download data manager) which replaced the ESI[tronic] DVD distribution with Online releases
  • Acquired project KTS250 - New Generation diagnostic product development with Bosch Germany
  • Achieved 30% business growth YoY in consecutive years - 2015 and 2016
  • Best Associate Survey score across the Business section in AS-2015

<p>Senior Project Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
10.2010 - 10.2014

Responsibilities:

  • Complete Software Project management responsibility for ESI[tronic] product line
  • Planning and execution of Quarterly software product releases  for KTS200, KTS340, ESI 2.0, ESI-Truck, HUB, Mac Tools and AA-Patrol
  • Leading a development team of 28 members
  • Adherence to CMMI L5 processes defined by the organisation
  • Completion of Quality Gates
  • Baselining and tracking of Key Parameter Indicators for project success
  • Presenting monthly Cockpit chart to counterpart in Germany and to Senior Management within RBEI

Achievements:

  • ESI 2.0 Diagnostic Product release which was targeted for a Global customer base of ~100,000
  • Successful release of 'HUB' and 'Mac Tools' Diagnostic products for Europe and US Markets
  • Successful release of Diagnostic product for Automobile Association - UK
  • Appreciation from counterparts in Germany for on-time release and Product quality
  • Assessment Team Member in CMMI L5 appraisal team which re-certified RBEI at Level 5


<p>Project Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
04.2007 - 09.2010

Responsibilities:

  • Project Manager for Diagnostic software development for OE Diagnostic Tester (Porsche brand)
  • Project Manager for Diagnostic software development (McLaren brand)
  • Leading a 7 Member team providing Quarterly DVD release for Porsche OE tester

Achievements:

  • Quarterly Diagnostic software release for Porsche Diagnostic Testers

<p>Onsite Resident Coordinator in Germany<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Plochingen
09.2006 - 09.2007

Responsibilities:

  • Resource Cost tracking of all projects between Bosch Automotive Aftermarket Services (AA-AS) - Plochingen and RBEI/EAA Department
  • SPOC for all associates deputed to Bosch AA-AS for both technical and non-technical matters
  • SPOC for Project Managers and Group Managers in Bosch AA-AS for any non-technical topic related to RBEI
  • Onsite Technical Coordinator for 'Porsche Diagnostic Tester' project

Achievements:

  • Resource ramp-up in 'Porsche Diagnostic Tester' project due to positive feedback on work done by team
  • Successful handling of non-technical issues for onsite associates (peak associate count ~20)

<p>Various Positions - Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer and Project Leader<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch India Limited,Bangalore
12.2000 - 08.2006

Responsibilities:

As Project Leader

  • Estimation of tasks for release along with team
  • Scheduling of tasks in MS Project in accordance to project plan
  • Supporting team in technical and domain related topics

As Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer

  • Responsible for tool development to analyze resources used by ECU
  • Software development for IAM and OEM vehicle diagnostic testers (KTS and Porsche Testers)

Achievements:

  • Deputation to Germany two times for onsite technical support - overall duration of 1 year
  • Single-handedly developed diagnostic tester application to test Head Unit ECU for Robert Bosch Malaysia
  • Documentations created as ready reckoner for team on various diagnostic protocols
  • Appreciated by knowledge management team @ RBEI for training associates on vehicle diagnostic protocols

Education

Marketing

Indian Institute of Management - Kozhikode, Master of Business Administration (Executive), 2017
Kozhikode, KL
12.2013 - 12.2016

B-Tech - Computer Science

Kannur University
Kasaragod, KL
06.1996 - 06.2000

Skills

Business model innovation

Business case development

Business development

Cost control and budgeting

Product vision and strategy

Customer Orientation

Resources allocation

Strategic Decision-making

Certification

Bosch Certified Product Engineering Leader

Software

Engineering Tool chains: GitHub, JIRA, HPALM, Crucible, Bitbucket, SONARQube, Jenkins, JMeter

Management Tools: MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook, MS Project, Mindmap,

AWS and Azure - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

Internet of Things

Machine Learning

Big Data

Interests

Business Strategies

Technology trends

Web 30

Reading

Timeline

Product Head - E Commerce Platform

Bosch Mobility Platform and Solutions India
07.2023 - Current

Product Head - Mobility Marketplace

Bosch Limited
07.2021 - 06.2023

Certified SAFe Product Manager

06-2021

Certification in Machine Learning - Simplilearn

03-2019

Bosch Certified Product Engineering Leader

04-2018

<p>Engineering Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
01.2017 - 06.2021

<p>Group Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
11.2014 - 12.2016

Marketing

Indian Institute of Management - Kozhikode, Master of Business Administration (Executive), 2017
12.2013 - 12.2016

<p>Senior Project Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
10.2010 - 10.2014

<p>Project Manager<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Bangalore
04.2007 - 09.2010

<p>Onsite Resident Coordinator in Germany<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch Gmbh, Plochingen
09.2006 - 09.2007

<p>Various Positions - Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer and Project Leader<br /></p> <p></p>

Robert Bosch India Limited,Bangalore
12.2000 - 08.2006

B-Tech - Computer Science

Kannur University
06.1996 - 06.2000
Avinash GirishProduct Head - E Commerce Platform