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Rijo Thomas

Rijo Thomas

Product Owner
Pune

Summary

Astute professional with 8+ years of experience in payment domain seeking to use intensive leadership skills with a strong interest to learn new technologies and work in a fast-paced technical environment. Proficient in liaising with multiple stakeholders & senior leadership to optimize processes, facilitate sound decision-making & deliver compelling business values to clients. An effective communicator with excellent analytical and negotiation skills.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Owner, Petro Integrations

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
Pune
11.2021 - Current
  • Collaborate and manage all new Gas-Station Integrations at Aurus
  • Work with strategic partners to gain domain knowledge and design new architecture from scratch.
  • Works with scrum team to define, prioritize and manage product backlog to deliver on product vision, goals and roadmap
  • Participate in discussions with SMEs and customer to understand their requirements to create sequence flow diagrams.
  • Own product roadmap and ensure it aligns with strategic goals
  • Manage implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
  • Contact all stakeholders to share changes to project scope and timelines
  • Work with team leads to resolve project roadblocks
  • Interact with customer on weekly basis to share development, certification and QA progress.

Product Owner, IOS AESDK

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
Pune
05.2021 - Current
  • Leading on-going work with development/scrum team and other POs through all product/ project lifecycle, while reporting to Product/ Project Manager/ Lead PO
  • Translate product requirements into user stories
  • Own and prioritized product backlog to align with strategic goals
  • Overseeing iOS SDK Integration of new and existing customers from initial discussions to final release.
  • Manage team resource usage on parallel integration work, enhancements and bug fixes in production and UAT environments
  • Interact with customers and POS Integration partners on 2-3 times daily/weekly to understand challenges, build roadmap for upcoming features and track open items.
  • Increased overall productivity of team by practicing agile methodologies

Integration Manager

Aurus Tech Pvt
Pune
05.2017 - 04.2020
  • Establish process across various teams within organization to ensure timely on-boarding of new stores and meet their roll out timelines.
  • Handled 3 calls per day to address customer inquiries and concerns.
  • Kept track of various CCT applications rolled out and ensure that each device is upgrade to latest OS, Firmware and Application.
  • Tackle clients during production issues and provide quick resolutions.
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.

Senior System Analyst

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
Pune
05.2016 - 04.2020
  • Created all troubleshooting documentation and distributed it to team members and key stakeholders.
  • Completed software development lifecycle from requirement gathering to test planning, test case development and test execution.
  • Designed, developed and integrated software solutions based on business requirements and objectives.
  • Communicated and explained business requirements to team members to understand and implement functional demands.
  • Participated in client calls on daily basis to discuss on open items and new enhancements.

System Analyst

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
Pune
03.2015 - 04.2016
  • Integrated Aurus EMV solution into Heritage POS making changes across all existing Borland C++ modules
  • Fixed multiple issues raised by client on regular basis which was tracked and maintained using defect tracking tool ISYS.
  • Provided support and fixed production issues.
  • Worked on Visual Source Safe tool to manage code check-in and check- out, maintain different code versions by branches and labeling.
  • Provided 24x7 support to customer during release phases.
  • Implemented Salted Password Hashing technique to meet PCI norms across all modules.

Software Engineer

Persistent Systems Ltd
Pune
10.2013 - 03.2015
  • Worked on PMR Resolution and Defect Fixing by analyzing issues and implementing required changes in C++ modules.
  • Worked on DCR (Design Change Request) which involved understanding requirements, creating Design Document and implementing feature.
  • Coordinating with client on requirement gathering.
  • Helping QA team for defect verification and test data creation.
  • Ensured increased defect resolution count per week.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Christian College of Engineering And Technology
Chhattisgarh
06.2009 - 04.2013

Skills

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Certification

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) from Scrum Alliance® – valid till May 2024

Software

C Builder 101 Berlin

C Builder 6

Visual Studio 2012

SVN Tortoise

Visual Source Safe 2005

MySql

XCode

Drawio

Basecamp

Interests

Strength Training

Long Distance Motorcycle Touring

Timeline

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) from Scrum Alliance® – valid till May 2024
05-2022

Product Owner, Petro Integrations

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
11.2021 - Current

Product Owner, IOS AESDK

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
05.2021 - Current

Integration Manager

Aurus Tech Pvt
05.2017 - 04.2020

Senior System Analyst

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
05.2016 - 04.2020

System Analyst

Aurus Tech Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 04.2016

Software Engineer

Persistent Systems Ltd
10.2013 - 03.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Christian College of Engineering And Technology
06.2009 - 04.2013
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