HIMANSHU KHONA
A/51, sita sadan, kandivali,-
Mumbai,
Maharashtra
400067
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CERTIFICATIONS
1) Sun certified Solaris systems administrator
2) Sun certified network administrator
3) Brain bench certified UNIX Systems administrator.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am an IT and Sales professional with over 18 years of experience. I am a technology expert
with great business sense. I have experience in working in India as well as USA. I was
pioneer of cloud computing space in India. I have great breadth of experience across
cloud computing. In the most recent opportunity, I have managed to take sales of Product
Company from 1000USD to 50000USD per month single handed.
My current aspiration is to head Cloud Pre Sales or Sales to leverage my past skills and
future interest.
SKILLS
Operating Systems: Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows
Server side softwares: Iplanet Directory server 4.12 & 5.1, and databases Siteminder
4.51, 5.5, 6.0, Openldap, Oracle, veritas volume manager, 3tera, NFS, Apache, Mongo
DB, Mysql
Protocols: TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP, SSL, LDAP
Languages: Perl, shell scripting, awk, sed
Cloud Technologies: EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, Docker, Kubernetes
Tools: Trello, Slack, GitHub, ClubHouse, Jenkins.
Frameworks: Node.js, React.js, Angular.js.
Monitoring and Management tools: Nagios, HP
WORK HISTORY
APRIL 2017-CURRENT
Principal Consultant | CompuCloud Solutions | Mumbai
Contribution:
I worked for several companies like DHL, M for Millet and AllDayPharma Pvt Ltd. I played roles
at several levels right from technology to hard core sales.
1. Creating ERP solution for Millet products end to end.
2. Project Management involving 3 different teams with hardware and software components
for DHL.
3. Setting up all infrastructure on AWS with high availability.
4. Designing Mobile Applications for monitoring driver efficiency and rewards.
5. Scaled AlldayPharma Pvt ltd from sales of 1000USD per month to current run rate of
45000USD per month in pharmaceutical and herbal products.
6. Creating multiple e commerce website with SEO and ranking of competitive key words.
7. Managing corporate sales for very innovative Millet products.
8. Creation of multiple sales channel and distribution networks.
Technologies and tools:
Wordpress, Woocommerce, Yoast, Trello, slack, AWS EC2, AWS
RDS.
Project(s): Mobile Applications development, ecommerce portal, SEO, Sales
Key Learning:
1. This was my first sales Job where I took a pharma/herbal products company from
1000USD to 50000USD.
2. Creating multiple sales channel and distribution networks.
3. Product Design and Development.
JUNE 2016-MARCH 2017
India Head | Heady India technologies Consultancy Pvt Ltd | Mumbai
Heady Was a mobile agency based out of Newyork, they wanted Head of India center. I had the
right background and ability to grow the development center in India. I was HR, Admin,
Product Design, almost everything while growing Heady in to great potential.
Contribution:
1.
Set up HTCPL including company setup, office setup, administration, and payroll.
Responsible for India P & L for HTCPL.
2.
Developed work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
3.
Pre-sales and Proposal Preparation for web and mobile solutions
4.
Coordinated with systems partners to finalize designs and confirm requirements.
5.
Streamlined and enhanced the corporate accounting and operations system.
6.
Set up project mile stones.
7.
Setting up development processes.
8.
Setting up QA team and its processes.
9.
Review and approve design.
10. Guide development team with technologies and frame works. Setting up Automated
Deployments.
Technologies:
PHP, Android native, iOS native, Mysql, react.js, angular.js, node.js
Project(s): OakNorth bank, Raise, CurbSide, ProspX
Key Learning:
1. Setting up HTCPL from scratch in Mumbai India from registration of the company to growing
team to 10 people. This equipped me to learn complete business cycle end to end.
2. Recruit people at right salary levels and provide for their growth over next few years.
3. HR/Admin/Accounting responsibilities
JANUARY 2013-JUNE 2016
COO | Done Solutions Pvt Ltd | Mumbai
Done was one of fast growing start-ups on food tech space. I gained significant insights in to
running a product company from scratch. I build the entire product suit along with running
sales, operations as COO of the company.
Contribution:
1. A platform (CRM + WEB + APP) for online food ordering.
2. Run Pre-sales, Sales and Post sales Account management.
3. On boarded 50+ customers with recurring revenues.
4. Partnered with delivery players for automated order transfer to them.
5. Point of Sale development.
6. Ran Business, operations, product management as CEO of Done.
7. Got business evaluation of 12 crores in 1.5 years for funding.
Key Learning:
1. Ability to hire fresh engineers with sharp minds.
2. Getting funding for start up.
3. Taking P & L responsibility along with sales.
DECEMBER 2011-JANUARY 2013
COO | Movivation Labs Pvt Ltd | Mumbai, Maharashtra
Movivation Labs Private Ltd was a services company in mobile applications development space.
We developed mobile applications for Indian enterprises, Indian Start-ups and US based startups at idea stage.
Contribution:
1. Creating sales and marketing plan for Movivation labs pvt ltd.
2. Heading sales for regional and international market.
3. Doing Pre-sales, Customer Engagement for web and mobile solutions.
4. Heading technology for all projects along with project management.
5. Setting up systems and processes for development team to deliver the projects.
6. Technologies: iOS, Android, Cloud Deployments, PHP, MySql, Java/Hibernate.
7. Tools: Redmine.
Key Learning:
1. Drive services business revenue.
2. Key multiple roles at the same time.
3. Smart hiring to control the costs.
SEPTEMBER 2007-OCTOBER 2010
Sr Engineering Manager | Netmagic Solutions Pvt Ltd | Mumbai
Netmagic was the pioneer in data center technologies. I was the first one to launch cloud
based on 3tera and Microsoft hyper v in India.
Contribution:
1.
Set up Engineering department for innovation and new technologies
2.
Setting up systems, tools and processes for the development team.
3.
Architecting Solutions for technology and development stack.
4.
Project Management.
5.
Performance reviews.
6.
Heading Weekly team meetings.
7.
Project Reviews with customers.
8.
Build first 2 versions of cloud for them using 3 tera and Microsoft Cloud Stack.
9.
Remote infrastructure Management for Netmagic.
10.
Architecting and Set up of Cloud for Netmagic Solutions. Automating server, storage
and network deployment.
11.
Building portal for end clients for provisioning.
12.
Linking entire back end to billing systems.
13.
Support product management team to roll out new services.
14.
Technologies: 3tera, Cloud, SMTP, LDAP, Mysql, Ec2, S3, Remine.
Key Learning:
1. Managing team of systems engineers and developers.
2. Vendor management
3. Launching new products with new revenue streams.
MARCH 2004-SEPTEMBER2007
Web Security Support | Computer Associates | Ohio, USA
CA technologies acquired Netegrity which was one of the best IAM softwares deployed in large
financial institution. I was on site premium support engineer at JPMorgan Chase Bank
supporting their highly critical infrastructure.
Contribution:
1. Onsite support management for Siteminder suite of products.
2. Deploying new IAM instances as and when required.
3. Configuring and Managing LDAP installations
4. Supporting IAM infrastructure
5. Participating in management meetings to review and enhance IAM infrastructure
6. Managing escalations with regards to siteminder suite of products.
7. Root Cause Analysis on all issues with IAM software
Key Learning:
1. Work experience onsite with most critical USA client
2. Working with management team of JPMorgan chase.
3. Managing customer’s expectations.
JANUARY 2001-March 2004
Sr Systems Engineer | Multiple Employers | Mumbai, Maharashtra
I have worked for start-ups and multiple MNCs at multiple levels during this tenure:
1. Systems administration for Linux, Redhat, Solaris.
2. Storage configuration and management.
3. Configuring remote management tools for enterprise clients.
4. Email configuration and management
5. Web server and Directory server administration.
6. Tape Library management for backup and restore.
7. Web security management.
8. Basic Router configuration.
9. Identity and Access Management using site minder.
10. Technical Account Management for premium clients.
Key Learning:
1. Managing customer expectations.
2. Being a team player.
EDUCATION
2000 B.E: Mumbai University
2000 Diploma in advanced computing:
PG. Diploma in advanced computing Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
Interests
I have great interest in writing. I run a blog and write on medium.com
https://mylittleexperiences.blogspot.com
https://medium.com/@himanshukhona
