Vidyavachaspathi Kabbinale

Vidyavachaspathi ( Vachu ) Kabbinale #A201, ‘Fortuna Blue Wings, Basava Nagar, Bangalore 560037 Email:-Mobile :- Objective: Alumni of NITK Surathkal and IIM Bangalore. A highly motivated, energetic, and committed leader who successfully led multiple technical programs in software industries with Product Development, QA, Program Management teams with the emphasis on operational excellence across the functions, led execution strategy and built customer loyalty. Delivered business outcomes strategizing with proven ability while building and retaining high performing teams. Education: • • • Master’s degree in Power Systems Engineering – NITK, Surathkal, 1996 Bachelor's degree in E & E Engineering - NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte, Mangalore University, 1994 Executive MBA (General Management) – IIM Bangalore, 2010 Technical Skills: • • • • • Domain: System & Application Software, SaaS, DevOps, IOT, Azure Cloud Operating Systems: Embedded Linux, UNIX (Tru64/Solaris/HP-UX), Windows, VMS Webservers & Frameworks: Weblogic, Websphere, Tomcat , NodeJS, AngularJS ,ReactJS, PLs: C, C++, C#, NET, Python, Java JDK/ J2EE, HTML, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB Platforms & Utilities: JIRA, easyBI, MS-Project, CI/CD: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure Summary of Experience: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Over two decades of experience in S/W Industry providing Technical Leadership, Strategic and Tactical directions Delivered products that delight customers while managing complex projects with the adequate resources Dive-deep into the forefront of the modern & emerging technologies, and strategies them to evaluate, prototype and add them to the future roadmaps Collaborated with Product Management to build Product Roadmap, Execution Strategy aligning it to the Business. Consistently demonstrated, directed product and technology teams to conceptualize from prototype to general availability, customer success, working effectively with distributed teams around the globe. Demonstrated expertise in adoption of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Sprint Planning, deliverables and release management. Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance. Experience in building out a strong functioning team with product and engineering excellence to deliver on short term & long-term business capabilities Partnered with key stake holders. Demonstrated experience developing relationships and influencing technical decisions at all levels of an org, functional heads and has experience working with diverse teams located across geographies in a matrix reporting structure. Was a first point of contact for strategic requests from a technology perspective, and an escalation point for issues not resolved at a lower level in relation to the delivery of technical components and challenges in day-to-day operations. Led the team of Senior Managers, Senior Architects/Technologists and delivered over 10+ projects end to end Developed talents through effective hiring, mentoring and coaching. Enhance and deliver against the business strategy to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization. Took initiatives to enable alignment to a improve operational efficiencies or execution effectiveness Sabbaticals Program: Certified on Succession Planning and Creating a Strategic Leadership Development Program Site level initiatives: Created IP Focus Group within the Business Unit and drove innovation related events such as Innovation Bazaar, Hackathon, Patent Day @ WDC Employment History: Director of Engineering @ HME (GCC) through ANSR, Bangalore (Jan 2024 – Nov 2024) • • • • • • • • • Heading the Software Engineering teams. Responsible for the Building & Leading high-performance teams, define product roadmaps, Engineering Deliverables which include, applications hosted on Azure Cloud (SaaS), Data Warehouse and Embedded IOT platform products as well as AI/ML/GenAI for Drive-thru solutions. Products development & deployment of micro-services in Azure Cloud platform Experience in a growing, technology focused GCC that is part of a global organization from ground up. Working with and managing cross-functional teams with a strong background in Technology, Operations and strategic planning in matrixed organization and has the ability to work with individuals across the organization. Regular communication with all stakeholders such as Product Development, IT, Operations, HR, Finance, Legal, Demonstrated experience as a highly collaborative leader with excellent judgement capabilities Excellent negotiation and communication skills Ability to build strategic plans but also operate tactically to drive execution Inclusive leader who understands and respects the uniqueness of individuals and respect others perspectives Engineering Director @ SanDisk/ Western Digital: (Aug 2014 – June 2023) • Led Client and Enterprise SSD firmware product development teams. Participation and contribution to SSD design and architecture Monitoring & tracking the deliverables, Code reviews, Dev & QA dashboard reviews Created a strong echo system to interact with Product management and Program Managements on day -today basis • Led storage management S/W Development, Failure Analysis & Debug Tools for Enterprise Storage, Defined roadmap and made several product releases on time. Experience in Test automation. o Participation and contribution to Debug Tools design and functional reviews o Monitoring & tracking the deliverables, Code reviews, Dev & QA dashboard reviews o Created a strong echo system to interact with Product management and Program Managements on day -today basis o • Led the SanDisk Flashsoft program which is a server-side caching software for HDD based storage infrastructure, where applications benefit from IOPs and latency. o Project transition planning which includes product development, QA as well as product support functions. o Involved in transitioning technologies, understanding product features, Development/QA methodologies, o Monitoring & tracking the deliverables, Code reviews, Dev & QA dashboard reviews o Built a 30+ members high performing team to develop and qualify the Flashsoft product. Managed DevOps and Business Operation Teams. o Held multiple roles as a technical manager, program management lead, and customer success manager. Engineering Director @CalsoftLabs - Cloud Platform (Gateway) Development , (Feb 2013 – Feb 2014). o o o • • • Heading the Panzura storage offshore development unit. Distributed File system, CIFS, NFS, RESTFull APIs with multi-cloud support which include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud. Hybrid Cloud NAS / Leverages the cloud for the single source of truth while ensuring secure, global access throughout the enterprise across the geographies. Global File Distribution / Rapidly distributes files through a global namespace, leveraging local caching services for performance that’s second to none. Engineering Director @ Oracle India – OCS, EM Development (July 2007 – Jan 2013). • • • Managed Global Engineering teams of Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM) product which provides a comprehensive monitoring and management solution for Oracle Database and Engineered Systems deployed in cloud and customer data centers. Customers can run Enterprise Manager on-premises and in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Involved in Product Development, Code reviews and team management Led team of highly talented engineering teams worldwide. Engineering Manager @Hewlett Packard, UNIX File systems , LSM, Dev & QA (Sep 2004 – July 2007) Project Leader @ Adaptec Inc, RAID Array Firmware Development, Bangalore (June 2003 – Sep 2004) Senior Software Engineer @ TATA Elxsi (India) Ltd., [UNIX File systems (AMASS, DataMgr), Windows CIFS/SMB clients] Whitefield, Bangalore. (Jan 2000 – June 2003) [Client: ADIC/Quantum Corporation] Software Engineer @ Digital Equipment Corporation [Hewlett Packard], [Archive/Backup Systems for VMS, UNIX and Windows (CIFS/SMB) clients], Storage Division, Bangalore (Dec 1997 – Jan 2000). Software Engineer @ Nelco Automation, Bangalore , SCADA S/W for Steel Plants (April 1996 – Dec 1997) Awards / Certifications: US Patent granted for “Function tracking for source code files”; ID: 10,528,342 Granted Trade Secrete reward for the publication on “SMART SSD” LinkedIn Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidyavachaspathi-kabbinale-771a0b2/ CSM Certification: https://certification.scrumalliance.org/accounts/--vachu-kabbinale/certifications/--csm Leadership Development: Certified on Succession Planning and Creating a Strategic Leadership Development Program OCI Certification: Completed OCI Foundation certification