Vikas Slathia

Nova Sco a, Canada -; -- Vikas Slathia Product Manager SUMMARY SKILLS  16 years of experience in so ware development with 7 years in product management using agile methodology / scrum  Managed line of products and standardized product development across the    Blockchain Agile Methodology organiza on Waterfall Mentored and provided direc on to group of product managers to achieve common goal. Inculcated result based approaches in organiza on like OKR and KPIs Jira & MS Office Launched blockchain based products like wallets, be ng and streaming apps. Introduced gamifica on and crypto exchange interac on with home grown products Confluence nd Exceeded OKR: Achieved monthly target on 2 day: 1000 users on day 2 of the launch Sprint Ceremonies Process Improvement SQL & Core Java Have been leading an op miza on and goal based career. Achieved:  Reduc on in project budget by 25%  Decreases release cycles of complex product from 6 to 4 months Crypto currency exchange  Apart from product management, exper se in technical aspects like DBMS, API, web and mobile based apps, automa on and blockchain AWARDS  Exposure of working with industry giants like Microso , Samsung, Mastercard, Apria Health care, NTT Data and Dell year 2014 (Company's Top   Regularly authors ar cles that are published by ‘Product Management Insider’ publica on in Medium.com. Other publica on includes 9k+ reads in Dzone.com Dell Champion Award in the Award) Associate Performance Award in May 2006 (Company's Top Award) &  Managed products with teams & users spread across various me zones various spot awards  Collaborate with stakeholders from product conceptualiza on, client interac on to technical requirement discussion with engineering team and product scaling CERTIFICATIONS  Awarded company’s best performance award couple of mes Cer fied Scrum Master  Excellent feature priori za on a er detailed discussions with technical and business team Automa on: Selenium Web EDUCATION Master of Computer Applica on Jul 2002 - May 2005 Bachelor of Computer Applica on Jul 1999 - Jun 2002 Driver Professional Sun Cer fied Java Professional EXPERIENCE DETAILS @ Samsung Ads [June 2021 - Till Date]  Managing a ribu on analysis product. Working on product strategy and roadmap  Enhancing Samsung Ad’s repor ng product Trader. Adding usability and feature priori za on @ eSolu ons Group, a GHD Limited Company[May 2020 – June 2021] Product Manager  Product Manager for Ci zen’s portal (A cloud based product) from concep on to launch  Create and maintain product roadmap, priori ze backlog and define sprint goals based on product increment  Exceeded OKR: Achieved monthly target on 2nd day: 1000 users on day 2 of launch  Collaborate with UI/UX designers and the development team to create engaging and dynamic user experiences  Leverage analy cs, surveys, compe ve analysis, and user interviews to iden fy areas of opportunity or improvement. 50+ user sessions to collect feedback on usability  Standardized product development across the organiza on by introducing roadmaps, es ma on, release tagging  Close collabora on with users, engineering team, sales, marke ng and support @ Peerplay Blockchain Standard Associa on [May 2018 – May 2020] — Product Manager & Senior QA  Product Management of blockchain applica ons of PBSA  Involved in backlog grooming and other sprint ceremonies  Involved in gamifica on of peerplays wallet and streaming video apps  Constantly working with the marke ng team to understand the changing requirements as per market trends @NTT Data [Jun 2005 – May 2018] Client: MasterCard, UK — Product Manager Feb 2015 - May 2018  Implemented innova ve process improvement plans which reduced the project budget by 25%  Reduced the con nuous product upgrade release from 6 months to 4 months  Responsible for se ng the product strategy and roadmap  Point of contact for product related ques ons from UK Banks and internal stakeholders  Responsible for crea ng user stories and tracking sprint/release progress  Maintenance of project financials and metrics. Discussing them with Board members. Implemen ng the sugges ons  Successfully aligns the team on conten ous topics and work closely to achieve desired goals Client: Microso — Project Manager Jun 2013 - Jan 2015  As a Manager, responsible for leading a team of 27 across all the Skype supported pla orms: Mac, all Windows OS (XP, Windows Phone, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1), Android and iOS  Received Company’s Top Award ‘Dell Champion Award’ during this s nt  Involved in regular communica on with the client teams spread across 4 countries/ me zones(USA, Sweden, Estonia and Prague). The project involved Live digital video and audio communica on Other Project Ac vi es at NTT Data Jun 2005 - May 2013  Individually & proac vely evolved the Generic Por ng Tool concept, which dras cally reduced efforts required to port any SurfKitchen applica on. Efforts got reduced to less than 30% of its original me of comple on