Manpreet Didwal
Mumbai,MH
Summary
16+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE in Technology
Primary skills: Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture, Data pipelines, ML, AI,
Technology specific: AWS, TOGAF, Python, MERN, MySQL, Mongo
PSM Scrum Certified, AWS Associate Certified Architect.
I have worked on SAAS platforms throughout my career. So have a relevant experience of around 12yrs with SAAS. I have worked with startups including my own for around 6 to 7 yrs. I have also worked with companies at large scale and volume like Bookmyshow, Myglamm and Intermiles.
I am well versed with business and technology; technologies across various domains like security, architecture, dev-ops, application, cloud, databases.
I am also fairly good with the UX domain. I have worked on various domains like hospitality, loyalty, healthcare, ecommerce, entertainment, etc.
I have been handling teams since 2015 and have been in leadership roles since 2018. I have handled multiple scrum teams in Bookmyshow, Myglamm, handled various technology vendors in Intermiles and a maximum team of 40 people. I have also worked on compliance, due diligence, ISO controls, and technology vendors.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solutions Architect
TCG LIVINGSPACES PRIVATE LIMITED
11.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: TCG Living Spaces comes under The Chatterjee Group.
- I am working on SAAS platforms for around 12 years with SAAS. I have worked with startups including my own for around 6 to 7 yrs. I have also worked with companies at large scale and volume like Bookmyshow, Myglamm and Intermiles.
- I am well versed with business and technology; technologies across various domains like security, architecture, dev-ops, application, cloud, databases.
- I am also fairly good with the UX domain. I have worked on various domains like hospitality, loyalty, healthcare, ecommerce, entertainment, etc.
- I have been handling teams since 2015 and have been in leadership roles since 2018. I have handled multiple scrum teams in Bookmyshow, Myglamm, handled various technology vendors in Intermiles and a maximum team of 40 people. I have also worked on compliance, due diligence, ISO controls, and technology vendors.
- Yukio, Sirrus and Ziki are the products which comes under the same umbrella.
Solutions Architect
Ziki
11.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: A product under TCG living spaces
- Enterprise Architecture:
- Defining and implementing the enterprise architecture using TOGAF methodology. Realizing it using Archi-mate tool.
- Coordination with Business, Product, Technology and stakeholders to gather requirements on different levels for realization of the architecture.
- Defining links between various components in the architecture.
- Top down approach following TOGAF. From Inspiration to Business to Information architecture to Application and physical architecture.
- Solution Architecture:
- Defining the architecture for a new module/idea or service.
- Defining the Functional, Non functional requirements, capacity planning, HLD, LLD and UML and flow diagrams if required.
- Doing POC's and technology/tool comparison when required.
- Understanding the pitfalls in the architecture proposed and designing solutions for the same to make the system and platform as robust as possible.
- Working on SAP integration for overall financial touchpoints integration in the system.
- Working with various departments to help them optimize, automate or similar.
- Reporting to the Head of Department (Technology Architecture team)
Solutions Architect
Sirrus.AI
11.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: A product under TCG living spaces
- A Proptech platform with AI first principles solving problems and providing seamless robust capabilities for real estate and adjacent industries
Solutions Architect
Yukio
11.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: A product under TCG living spaces
- This is the third product we have launched under TCG living spaces.
VP of Technology
Shipyaari.com
09.2022 - 09.2023
- LOGISTICS DOMAIN
- I handled the whole technology domain. Managing the channel partners, technology vendors, clients and the stakeholders.
- I handled a team of 35+ people in the technology department.
- Responsibilities include system design and architecture, code review, process implementation, team handling, mentoring, stakeholder management, client management.
- System Design and Architecture:
- Taking requirements from the product team and defining the high level architecture(HLD), functional and non-functional requirements and low level design(LLD).
- Pair programming and hands-on while troubleshooting or when creating POC's.
- 2nd level code review. After review from the senior developer, reviewing the code for proper practices, space and time complexity, implementing patterns and refactor wherever required.
- Taking note of the current architecture and defining better ways to optimize the same. Doing POCs and defining the technology debt and maintaining it.
- Making sure to minimize RCA's and maintaining uptime with defined RPO and RTO.
- Process implementation:
- Implementation of but not limited to SCRUM process. Defining processes across for infra requests, code pipelines, requirement gathering, post deployment processes like documentation and refactor/optimization.
- Team handling and management:
- Having one on ones with the team members. Understanding their problems and aspirations and guiding them towards it.
- Creating proper PODs for specific definitions.
- Creating their work definitions and focusing their efforts.
- Reporting to the Co-founder and COO initially and later on CPTO.
Associate VP Technology
CoutLoot
02.2021 - 04.2022
- ECOMMERCE Platform
- Driving the Technology. Handled a team of 25+ members in the technology team.
- Understanding the product issues, funnels, product roadmap, etc. Helped define the solutions proposed in the pipeline.
- Architecture optimization, new solutions implementation. Also defining the technology roadmap and technology debt.
- Hands-on for POC's, troubleshooting, problem solving with the team.
- Third party integration solutions.
- Helping with compliance and due diligence.
- Help implement process.
- Team building.
- Mentoring and leading the team.
- Defining job definitions and guiding team members.
- Growth:
- Got a chance to drive the product as a technology leader for the first time. Understood a lot more on the business, growth hacking and product side of things as well working closely with the stakeholders and cross functional teams.
Technology Manager
InterMiles (Jet Privilege Pvt. Ltd)
05.2018 - 02.2021
- LOYALTY platform with multiple domains
- As a Technology Manager for managing end to end technology of the system, I was responsible for providing solutions which include:
- Adding or optimizing the Architectural components across vendors.
- Streamlining the technology process, for example standardizing things like API and Log structures.
- Adding and streamlining missing Dev-ops components.
- Overlooking the architecture for new systems introduced in the Eco-system.
- Additional responsibilities:
- Working with the stakeholders to understand the future scope of the project and leading the team.
- Working with other teams to ensure every API build is successful and at par.
- Tech stack: Spread out.
- Application: Mule-soft Enterprise middle-ware ESB, Micro services, API driven applications, NodeJS.
- Dev-ops and Infra: AWS, ELK, Jenkins.
- Growth:
- Led multiple teams/vendors including Architects and senior members. Streamlined a lot of things on the technology side. Was involved with the business as well.
- Reason for leaving:
- Though it was a lot to explore in a vendor driven company and handling so many people and teams, it was difficult to work with my style coming from a product based background. Hence a leadership position at Coutloot was something I was looking for in my next phase.
- Reason for leaving: Compensation.
Technology Architect
MyGlamm
06.2017 - 05.2018
- BEAUTY & WELLNESS Domain
- As a Technology Architect I was helping to Bootstrap the foundation for the future infrastructure of MyGlamm.
- Worked on solutions like Suggesting optimum technology stack and hands-on with the same for implementation.
- Implementing continuous integration, Stateless server architecture
- POC for microservices on choreography pattern.
- High availability DB clustering, etc. using AWS and standalone technologies.
- Scheduled and Auto scaling.
- Implementing CI/CD
- DB mirroring.
- High availability architecture.
- Working towards implementation of containers to isolate the environment.
- Helping implement scrum and agile process.
- Being in touch with the business end to understand the future decisions to be made accordingly/proportionally.
- GROWTH: Got a good grip on cloud technologies and got certified in the process. Was involved actively in implementation of the Architectural decisions taken along with team handling and management.
- SOFT SKILLS: People management, Beauty and wellness domain, Understanding business purpose & co-ordination
- Reason for leaving: In a very short stint of time I worked on a lot of things.. Due to good support I was able to pull off a lot of them. The experience I got was fantastic, but I wanted to be a part of something more. Intermiles was offering a role to handle multiple vendors and multiple technology domains apart from Cloud and infra.
Assistant Engineering Manager
BookMyShow
02.2015 - 06.2017
- ENTERTAINMENT Domain
- I was involved with Recommendation engine and Seat Occupancy(Business penetration analytical project).
- Responsibilities include:
- Making decisions regarding the technology stack to be implemented and hands-on implementation of the same with the team. 35-40% hands-on.
- Scrum implementation.
- Creating optimal Architecture and doing POCs for the same.
- Implementation of ML for recommendation engine using KNN classification algorithm.
- Dealing with large data sets and making sure database servers are working par acceptance tolerance.
- Managing project and resources.
- Planning and implementation of Big-data and Real-time streaming for Business Analytics.
- GROWTH: Understood SCRUM process and implemented it, got certified in the process. Further grew my people management and project management skills.
- Got exposure to technologies like NODE-JS, Go-Lang, C# .Net, SQL, Cassandra, Redshift, Aerospike, Docker, Bamboo, JIRA, confluence.
- SOFT SKILLS: Scrum management, Project management, large organization experience
- Reason for leaving: The journey as surreal as it was on such a scale, I wanted to do something to get to the next level and personal growth. The only thing I thought that I was rather short at! I wanted to take my architecture skills to the next level. Although BMS gave me an option to join the App-ops team(R&D and Dev-ops in BMS); I wanted to drive something that will give me total control and freedom to explore, that was MyGlamm!
Co-Founder & CTO
MyDocAssist
01.2014 - 12.2015
- HEALTHCARE Domain
- This was my own start-up originally created to help solve a problem with Homeopath doctors; later on it went on to become a more generalized product as the journey progressed.
- This was a product in the healthcare domain designed to create an Eco-system for the Doctors, patients and eventually other elements like Pharma companies, medical outlets, etc.
- Got valuable experience as an Entrepreneur from here. It was quite a journey!
- I created the blueprint and architecture for the product and implemented on web and recently on mobile platform.
- I created the whole product from scratch with a web and a mobile application(hybrid) launched on Android.
- I also understood business end of things for creating the pitching deck to the investors or potential partners.
- Also went on the field to understand the grass-root level of the business by interacting with the potential clients.
- GROWTH: Sense of Entrepreneurship, Hands-on full project life-cycle, User interaction, Business understanding and feedback, Involved in creating pitching deck for investors. Also got exposed to mobile technology by creating an app for the product myself.
- TECHNOLOGIES USED: MERN, AWS cloud, soft Dev-ops, Android, Ionic
- In the end we acquired up-to 88 customers onboard. But due to lack of resources and training, we failed to show enough traction to raise any funds!
Software Engineer
Rinira Technologies Pvt. Ltd
08.2012 - 01.2014
- SERVICE COMPANY for products and IOT
- I worked on HR system. I was involved and took ownership of the project called Equalpro.
- I started the project alone and took full ownership. Later a senior member and a fresher was added to the team as the project was building up.
- GROWTH: Took ownership of the project. Understood design patterns here.
- TECHNOLOGIES: Python, Flask, Mysql, Javascript, Jquery, Bootstrap, nginx
- SOFT SKILLS: Project ownership, hands-on development, HR domain
- Reason for leaving: The product I was hired to work on was taken in-house, so lack of work and challenge.
Sr. Developer, INNsight Interactive Pvt. Ltd.
INNsight Hospitality Group, LLC
01.2009 - 08.2012
- HOTELS & HOSPITALITY Domain
- A hotel industry startup similar to ibibo, hotels.com.
- I was involved with the product from the starting days and played a major role in shaping up the product.
- The company later pivoted from becoming an aggregator to a company providing standalone solutions for hotels and INN's powered by INNsight platform.
- GROWTH: Exposure to a product startup. Working on all aspects of a project from front end, back-end, testing using use cases and more.
- TECHNOLOGIES USED: Python, Flask, Java
- SOFT SKILLS: Startup culture experience, wearing many hats, hotel industry
- As the company pivoted from its core platform, it became rather monotonous with the standalone sites.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering(BE) - Electronics and Telecommunication
University of Mumbai
01.2008
Skills
- Architecture
- Microservices architecture
- Application security
- Machine learning integration
- Systems design
- Regulatory compliance
- Business solutions
- MERN Stack
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Stakeholder management
- Solution optimization
- Technical architecture
Certification
- Sun Certified Web Component Developer ( SCWCD )
- Professional Scrum Master - 1 (PSM-1 Scrum Certified)
- Sun Certified Java Programmer ( SCJP )
Languages
Punjabi (Native or Bilingual)
Japanese (Elementary)
Hindi (Limited Working)
Marathi (Limited Working)
Gujarati (Elementary)
English (Full Professional)
Timeline
Solutions Architect
TCG LIVINGSPACES PRIVATE LIMITED
11.2023 - Current
Solutions Architect
Ziki
11.2023 - Current
Solutions Architect
Sirrus.AI
11.2023 - Current
Solutions Architect
Yukio
11.2023 - Current
VP of Technology
Shipyaari.com
09.2022 - 09.2023
Associate VP Technology
CoutLoot
02.2021 - 04.2022
Technology Manager
InterMiles (Jet Privilege Pvt. Ltd)
05.2018 - 02.2021
Technology Architect
MyGlamm
06.2017 - 05.2018
Assistant Engineering Manager
BookMyShow
02.2015 - 06.2017
Co-Founder & CTO
MyDocAssist
01.2014 - 12.2015
Software Engineer
Rinira Technologies Pvt. Ltd
08.2012 - 01.2014
Sr. Developer, INNsight Interactive Pvt. Ltd.
INNsight Hospitality Group, LLC
01.2009 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Engineering(BE) - Electronics and Telecommunication
University of Mumbai
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