Product Manager with proven delivery capability in a global matrixed organization, reinforced by a rich background in process automation industry, a strong command of software development processes and further enhanced by a Master’s in Business Administration. I enjoy the product ideation to delivery process to resolve customer problems.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sr. Offering Manager
HCI
11.2019 - Current
Drive product strategy, roadmap and scope for the transformation of the Alarm & Process Safety Management portfolio to a modern cloud-based multitenant offering with a SaaS business model
Successful transformation of two legacy product modules to SaaS, including end to end commercial model
Annual $25M + revenue with 8% CAGR and maintaining industry number one ranking for category software for 3 straight years
Setup vigorous cadence for Customer Advisory Board with 11 top customers across Refining, Chemicals and Mining to help align industry digitalization strategies with portfolio roadmap
Launched first AI/ML based product in the alarm management category converting early pilots into scalable product architecture with end-to-end commercial framework.
Industrial MES Product Line Leader
Honeywell Process Solution
06.2018 - 10.2019
Directly managing a team of 4 Product Managers & 6 Scrum teams; responsible for product strategy and delivery of annual portfolio business of $ 60M+ for MES solutions
Full end to end ownership for the commercial success of product line portfolio, including Portfolio P&L, portfolio strategy, sales pipeline health, marketing campaigns, new product development programs & customer satisfaction scorecard
Leading a global cross functional team of Product and Technology Managers, Solution Consulting, Customer Support and MarCom
Successfully onboarded two new product managers into the team.
Product Manager
Honeywell Process Solutions
08.2014 - 05.2018
For software products in the industrial production management space (MES) for Refining, Mining and Petrochemicals
Key accomplishments include:
Flawless market introduction of 3 new products ( Production Accounting, Production Forms & Production Analytics) with a 3 year order pipeline of $ 22 Million and orders booked before product launch
1.6M enterprise order booked prior from a global metals major to product launch for production accounting app
Ensure portfolio booked order grew 10% YoY in difficult economic conditions
Serve and protect installed base customer through targeted platform updates resulting in an annual order of $ 3 million through license and service enablement
Create and successfully orchestrated branding campaign for integrated portfolio.
Technical Product Owner
Honeywell Process Solutions
04.2008 - 08.2014
Led requirements discipline for a global team of 30+ developers, and ensure rapid market introduction of 2 product releases per year in this period
Ed the transition from iterative based development to an agile scrum based development process
Ey responsibilities included: -
Identify the problem statement for the release and gain agreement on the product vision with external stakeholders.-
Elicit requirements from subject matter experts, determine the overall project requirements in terms of Use Cases, Features and Non-Functional requirement and manage these in RequisitePro
Collaborate with the Software Architect and Program Management to identify technical risks and plan work per iteration
Detail use cases and collaborate with the Design Architect, Information Architect and Test architect to ensure that the requirements are correctly understood and implemented
Work with designers to come up with User Interaction Designs.-Certified Mentor for imparting requirements management training.
Sr Advanced Test Engineer
Honeywell Process Solutions
12.2004 - 04.2008
Led the Software quality assurance team for the Advanced alarm management suite of applications through several releases for customers such as Shell / Exxon Mobil
Responsible for understanding requirements, designing test specifications and setups to ensure total coverage
Providing system level view of the system, mentoring new resources and being the single communication channel between the developement and test team to ensure seamless co-ordination
Conceptualized, designed and engineered the first integrated test environment for 12+ products in the Advanced Applications domain
This was the first time an exact replica of the customer environment was reproduced in entirety
Assistant manager
Reliance Industries
12.2000 - 12.2004
Responsible for managing and maintaining the instrumentation related activities for the Crude Complex - Hydrotreater operations
Ensure 100% Uptime and supervise instrumentation maintenance activities from field to control system are addressed safely and in time
Planning and execution of shutdown activities, participating in expansion projects and debottlenecking activities
Configuration and management of varied control system software, i.e., Foxboro DCS, Allen Bradley PLC, Bentley Nevada 3500 Machine Monitoring system & Triconex ESD
Senior Engineer
Nicco Corporation
01.1999 - 12.2000
Project Engineering and Support: Estimation of Sales proposal through diligent review of tender specifications
Collaborating with client/client’s consultant during design engineering stage to ensure compliance to specifications and interacting with instrument vendors during execution stage to ensure conformity to product specification.
Education
MBA - Software Enterprise Mgmt
Indian Institute of Mgmt
06.2008 - 03.2011
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Instrumentation
Mumbai University
06.1994 - 06.1998
Skills
Product Strategy
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Timeline
Sr. Offering Manager
HCI
11.2019 - Current
Industrial MES Product Line Leader
Honeywell Process Solution
06.2018 - 10.2019
Product Manager
Honeywell Process Solutions
08.2014 - 05.2018
MBA - Software Enterprise Mgmt
Indian Institute of Mgmt
06.2008 - 03.2011
Technical Product Owner
Honeywell Process Solutions
04.2008 - 08.2014
Sr Advanced Test Engineer
Honeywell Process Solutions
12.2004 - 04.2008
Assistant manager
Reliance Industries
12.2000 - 12.2004
Senior Engineer
Nicco Corporation
01.1999 - 12.2000
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Instrumentation