Seasoned product leader with a track record of building innovative, best-of-breed internet products and growing exceptional teams of PM’s, UX designers & engineers. Passion for Mobile Commerce & Payments, Big Data analysis as well as business applications.
SVP Product @ Vantiv is a leading, integrated payment processor differentiated by a single, proprietary technology platform. Vantiv offers a comprehensive suite of traditional and innovative payment processing and technology solutions to merchants and financial institutions of all sizes in the U.S., enabling them to address their payment processing needs through a single provider. We build strong relationships with our customers, helping them become more efficient, more secure and more successful. For more information, visit www.vantiv.com. From November 2014 to Present (1 year 2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVP Product @ Led Mobile Commerce for US market for SK Planet - a spinoff of SK Telecom, Korea's 3rd largest company.
Envisioned and helped build Slyde - an extremely convenient, rewarding and personal shopping experience. Responsible for merchant solutions, consumer app as well as infrastructure. From July 2013 to November 2014 (1 year 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaChief Product Officer @ Lead Product Management and User Experience for GoPago. GoPago, a Mobile Payments company in San Francisco, is re-imagining the way consumers and brick & mortar businesses use mobile devices for commerce.
Drive product vision and roadmap, competitive positioning, complete product requirements, UX flow and design, and ultimate product delivery. Leverage Big Data analysis of consumer behavior to devise smart loyalty programs, consumer offers and promotions.
Drove creation of:
* GoPago POS: A tablet based Point-of-Sale system that lets merchants take orders & payment from customers, as well as manage orders from mobile users.
* GoPago Mobile Storefront: A smartphone app that lets users browse, order and pay for local good & services. Launched in San Francisco - 100K+ users.
* GoPago Merchant Portal: Onboards merchants on to the GoPago system, enables creation & maintenance of menus and financial information. From January 2012 to June 2013 (1 year 6 months) Head of Product - Mobile News @ * Founded initiative to provide a rich Google News experience on high-end mobiles and tablets. Drove UX & feature design, publisher partnerships and engineering of the apps.
* Drove Google+ engagement features and integration with News across all devices & platforms. From January 2010 to January 2012 (2 years 1 month) Head of Engineering - Mobile Social, International Search, News @ Managed a group of 27 Google engineers innovating across the following areas:
* Search: Leveraging all capabilities of a Mobile device, provided the best possible Search experience.
* Social: Led the mobile version of Google's social strategy. Team developed native mobile applications, webapps and integrated experiences.
* Google Mobile App: Central Distribution package for all of Google's mobile apps. From October 2006 to January 2010 (3 years 4 months) Engineering Mgmt @ Managed Server-side Engineering (Adapters, Data Management, Human Workflow) as part of Oracle Integration: Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), BPEL, BPM, Oracle App Server. From March 2003 to October 2006 (3 years 8 months) Architect, Eng Manager @ Led the design and development of company’s flagship product – an Expense planning and Budgeting solution. Established Closedloop’s offshore development in Bangalore. From May 1999 to January 2003 (3 years 9 months) Senior Software Developer @ Led the development of Trilogys E-commerce solution for Insurance. Created thin-client sales application components using Java Servlets and DHTML, and Business objects on top of Trilogys Java Backbone. Designed and developed a telecom switch Sales Workbench for a major U.S. telecom equipment manufacturer. From June 1996 to May 1999 (3 years)
BS, MEng, Computer Science @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 1990 to 1996 BS, Management Science @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management From 1990 to 1996 Navneet Singh is skilled in: Mobile Payments, Product Management, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Applications, Social Networking, Web Technologies, SOA, Agile Methodologies, Strategy, Engineering Management, Product Development, Business Intelligence, Java Enterprise Edition, Analytics, Middleware