Gangatharan Ekambaram
Manager
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record, excelling in cross-functional team management and problem-solving abilities. Expert in boosting software reliability and enhancing team efficiency through mentoring. Achieved significant improvements in project delivery and quality control, demonstrating exceptional multitasking and communication skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manager
Vantiva India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
09.2022 - Current
- Manage, motivate and mentor employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving disputes promptly, maintaining open lines of communication, and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
- Controlled costs to keep business operating within budget and increase profits. Participatingting in the planning and selection of the structure, systems, and frameworks for a software application or solution.
- Acting as Project Delivery Lead, engage with both QA and Dev team for on time quality delivery.
- Work with Product Management Team, Project Management Team to get the requirements.
Manager
Technicolor
Chennai
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Involves in planning, developing and executing the project aligning with the organization goal and timeline.
- Motivate team to keep the deliverables on time and take the tasks accountable.
- Mentor engineers to develop their personal skills.
- Collaborate with multiple timezone teams.
- Manage both Internal and ODC team.
Principal Software Engineer
Technicolor
Chennai
07.2019 - 03.2021
- Diligent collaboration with cross-functional teams on feature development and bug resolution.
- Mentored junior engineers to strengthen their technical skills and improve overall team efficiency.
- Code debugging, software troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and program reviews.
- Boosted application reliability by designing robust error-handling systems and automated testing procedures.
- Implement platform agnostic software design.
- Arrange multiple technical sessions within team to promote knowledge sharing among team.
Staff Software Engineer
Technicolor
Chennai
11.2015 - 07.2019
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products on schedule.
- Improved software performance by identifying and addressing bottlenecks in the codebase.
- Performed root cause analysis on reported issues, swiftly resolving bugs while minimizing disruptions to users'' experiences.
- Mentored junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices and fostering professional growth.
- Consistently met deadlines, prioritizing tasks effectively and maintaining open lines of communication with stakeholders.
Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
05.2007 - 10.2015
- New Platform (STB) bring-up.
- Customer issues support.
- Documenting all the works for others to refer for future projects.
- Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
- Presented technical findings to stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of project status and goals.
- Provided input to team lead regarding areas for process and procedural improvement.
- Involved in code reviews and design reviews.
Embedded Engineer
Omne Agate Systems
02.2007 - 04.2008
- Designed, developed and tested software for energy meter.
- Debugged software at rudimentary signal level, analyzing performance.
- Support customer issues.
- Involved in developing application software along with the embedded project.
Embedded Software Engineer
Digitech Systems
05.2006 - 02.2007
- Developed software for energy meter and implemented modbus protocol
- Improved system quality and worked on calibration of energy meter to get certificate.
Embedded Engineer
Eclat Technologies
07.2005 - 05.2006
- Developed Finger print senor based attendance system.
- Involved in demo to customer.
Education
Master of Arts - Psychology
Madras University
Chennai, India 01.2019 - 01.2021
Master of Science - Computer Application
Institute of Road And Transport Technology
Tamilnadu 01.2002 - 01.2005
Skills
Verbal and written communication
Expectation setting
Cross-functional team management
Problem-solving abilities
Multitasking Abilities
Team building
Quality Control
Communication Skills
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 17 in the development of Cable Gateway, Cable Modem projects in parallel.
- Submitted Patents and got approved by internal patent committee.
- Handled other managers projects till new manager onboarded into project.
Timeline
Manager
Vantiva India Pvt Ltd
09.2022 - Current
Manager
Technicolor
03.2021 - 09.2022
Principal Software Engineer
Technicolor
07.2019 - 03.2021
Master of Arts - Psychology
Madras University
01.2019 - 01.2021
Staff Software Engineer
Technicolor
11.2015 - 07.2019
Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
05.2007 - 10.2015
Embedded Engineer
Omne Agate Systems
02.2007 - 04.2008
Embedded Software Engineer
Digitech Systems
05.2006 - 02.2007
Embedded Engineer
Eclat Technologies
07.2005 - 05.2006
Master of Science - Computer Application
Institute of Road And Transport Technology
01.2002 - 01.2005
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