Manager Software Engineer

ABIN THOMAS

Email: **************@*****.***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-abin/

PROFILE SUMMARY

●14+ years in the IT industry as Software Engineer, Tech Lead, PM, Product Owner and Account Manager

●Founding team member of Sourcebits Technologies (www.sourcebits.com); 3rd employee

●Product Owner for Vuzix M100. The product won the BEST OF INNOVATIONS award in CES 2013

●Project Manager for various startup product ideas as well as Enterprise apps for Fortune 500 companies

●Account Manager for key accounts such as Intel and EMC (dell) for a duration of 12+ months

●Expert in Software Product Backlog Grooming and Release Planning

●Expert in JIRA workflow configurations and maintaining Sprint / Kanban boards

●Experience in driving distributed engineering teams for Mobile and Web product development

●Build release management for Apple iTunes Connect & Google Play Store

●Experience in Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies

EDUCATION

Master’s in Computer Science, 2003 - 2005

CUSAT - Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India.

Bachelor’s in computer science, 2000 - 2003

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS

SERVICE AWARD – In appreciation of 9 years of significant contribution (https://rb.gy/grilzu)

CSM - Certified ScrumMaster® Issuing authority Scrum Alliance

CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner® Issuing authority Scrum Alliance

OVERSEAS WORK ASSIGNMENTS

France - Onsite work assignment at Numads, France

Sweden - Onsite work assignment at Craft Animations™ AB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Manager – Key Accounts

DATAMATICS DIGITAL Pvt. Ltd. Oct 2019 – Present

Responsibilities:

●Sr. Manager for key accounts at Datamatics in Australia and Singapore

●Develop a trusted advisor relationship with key accounts, customer stakeholders

●Communicate the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to management

●Travel to client’s location in Australia once every quarter, and reporting to Business head at DATAMATICS.

Sr. Product Manager

SOURCEBITS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

Responsibilities:

●Executing Discovery Workshop sessions for MegaWeCare client and preparing product roadmap

●Prepare High level solution, estimation and resource allocation plans supporting the Sales team

●Introducing Agile & Kanban to Design & Engineering teams for Toyota projects

Head of Delivery and Chief of Operations

WIZMOBI Technologies Pvt Ltd. Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

Responsibilities:

●Head of delivery for Mobile and Web application projects

●New website with portfolio and service listing https://www.wizmobi.com/portfolio

Sr. Technical Product Manager

JUNE IT SOLUTIONS Pvt. Ltd. Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

Responsibilities:

●Performing technical and supervisory level duties that includes overseeing, coordinating and participating in company-wide information technology initiatives.

●Providing estimation and high-level solution approach for Mobile and Web product development.

●Product backlog grooming and preparing user stories in JIRA.

Projects: Twinning, Queuerious, Gridsutra Lite (MAC OSX)

Sr. Product Manager

SOURCEBITS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

Responsibilities:

●Product backlog grooming and coordinating sprint planning with the team

●Preparing Project WBS and Estimation, preparing resource allocation & development plan

●Managing product development for EMC

Clients: EMC Mobile, USArmy, iCelero

Project Manager

SOURCEBITS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. June 2010 - March 2015

Responsibilities:

●Managing distributed teams; Designers from London and Developers from Bangalore and USA

●Project risk mitigation plans and change request management

●Maintaining product backlog, sprints in JIRA

●Providing strategic direction during the implementation stages

Clients: Intel, Sharp, Symantec, Acorns, Acclivity, FitOrbit, Vuzix, BOMGAR, Globalstar, SAP AG

Project Lead

SOURCEBITS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Jan 2008 - May 2010

Responsibilities:

●Developed a PoC game for the first version of iPhone using OpenGL ES

●Lead developer for Windows Phone App development at Sourcebits

●Managing iTunes Connect accounts for all Sourcebits clients and releasing App Store builds

●Lead macOS X developer for the internal product development (Spoonjuice) at Sourcebits

Clients: Velib, UofIslam, GeoDatix LLC, KnockingLive, Sling Media, InsideMacGames, Sequoia Capital

Software Engineer

SOURCEBITS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Dec 2006 - Dec 2007

Responsibilities:

●Mac OS X Developer - Porting 3D pinball game from PC to Mac OS X

●Developer for Logo Design Studio Pro - A vector-based drawing app for Mac OS X

●Developed MS Outlook plugin using C# to develop a ToDo list manager for MS Outlook

Clients: Freeverse, Summitsoft, Green Print, Craft Animations

References available on request.

Contact this candidate