- Principled manager in Product Management and Program Management.
- Software Engineering architect, manager and leader.
- Product conceptualization and management of software products - -Product Management and Program Management.
- Creating vision, architecting, designing and delivering platforms and products.
- Deep experience building online advertising, commerce and business platforms.
- Distinct ability to lead cross-functional software engineering teams to deliver innovation to the market in an agile manner.
Specialties: Large scale Payments, E Commerce, Distributed Order Management, Inventory Management, Catalog Management, Supply Chain Management, Supplier Collaboration, Contract Management, Procurement, Replenishment, Fulfillment, Logistics, Invoicing and Settlement.
Online Search Advertising, Campaign Management, Customer, Account and User Management (Authentication and Authorization).
Group PM in Payments, Commerce and Ads Platform @ Major infrastructure and business initiatives in Payments division including Wallet App launch.
Major initiatives in Ads Infrastructure impacting Big Data transactions and analytics.
Large innovation in Ads business impacting several divisions. From April 2011 to Present (4 years 9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaPrincipal Technical Program Manager @ Program Management and Inbound Product Management of eCommerce Platform Services. From September 2010 to April 2011 (8 months) Greater Seattle AreaPM > Sr. PM > Senior Lead PM in Ads and Commerce platforms @ Inbound Product Management and Program Management.
Manage product roadmap, strategy, architecture, design and execution of platform services.
Lead PMs, Dev and Test and collaborate with cross functional teams. Understand customer needs and evolving industry patterns, collect and prioritize requirements, design features, develop functional specifications, define the Interface, develop community.
Innovate on new capabilities and enable downstream systems, improve customer satisfaction, grow customer base, improve KPIs. From December 2002 to September 2010 (7 years 10 months) Greater Seattle AreaProduct Manager > Senior Product Manager in Commerce Platform @ Architecting and designing products. Engaging with customers. Gathering, defining and prioritizing requirements.
Designing workflows, state models and interfaces. Working with and monitoring development and test.
Managing product roadmap, marketing collateral, supporting sales cycles and delivering executive briefings. From 1999 to 2002 (3 years) Corporate Banker @ Project finance, managing credit exposure, financial analysis, modeling and research. From 1997 to 1999 (2 years) Software Development Engineer @ Developing telecom software for Digital Cellular Network Management From 1992 to 1995 (3 years)
MBA @ Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad From 1995 to 1997 B. Tech, Computer Science and Engineering @ Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi From 1988 to 1992 12th @ Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram From 1986 to 1988 Ankur A. is skilled in: Distributed Systems, E-commerce, ERP, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain, Procurement, Order Fulfillment, Logistics, CPFR, Product Management, Enterprise Software, Agile Methodologies, Cloud Computing, SaaS, Software Project Management
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