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Sandip Kolpakwar

Sandip Kolpakwar

Director of Engineering
Pune

Summary

  • Techno-functional Product Engineering and Delivery Leader with 22 years of extensive experience in developing and successfully launching custom/new Products, and leading complex transformational delivery programs.
  • Versatile leadership experience in Product Development / Engineering and IT Services
  • Most recent achievements:
  • Developed and rolled out first multi-million dollar SaaS product for Clinical Feasibility in top CRO with the highest profit margins ever seen in history of Innoplexus
  • The success of the product paved way for Innoplexus to win $25M+ contract for additional products for the same CRO
  • Simultaneously leading engineering of a product with AI / Gen AI based actionable insights to optimize research in drug discovery / development
  • 10+ years of experience in leading engineering for core business products involving data analytics and AI/ML based aggregated insights for customers across the globe
  • Technology experience: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Python, Node JS, React JS, MongoDB, Elastic Search, SQL Server, Java, DB2
  • Jointly led the System Design and System Architecture for 4+ products
  • Excellent program & team management skills; managed large (80+ FTEs), diverse and cross functional teams
  • Set up new Saas / PaaS delivery unit and lead it to grow to 8+ accounts / projects with annual revenue of $10M+
  • Domain experience:
  • 14+ years of experience in Insurance - Property & Casualty (Certifications: AINS - Associate in General Insurance), Life & Annuity (Certifications: LOMA-281) and Healthcare
  • 2+ years of experience in e-Commerce
  • 5+ years of experience in Life Sciences
  • Received prestigious 'Client Delight' and 'Delivery Excellence' awards for successful rollout of business critical products
  • Took lead for enhancing productivity and improving predictability of product development and delivery practice
  • Consistent and positive feedback from clients for responsiveness, bottomline and resolve to deliver
  • Proficient in client communication, client relationship management, scope management and program planning
  • Other skills and contributions - System Design, Delivery Management, Portfolio Management, Product Management, Agile, Cloud, SaaS, Proposals / Contracts, Capacity Planning and Program/Account/Unit Financials (P&L)

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages

Work History

Director of Engineering

OpenGov
07.2024 - Current
  • Company Overview: Provider of cloud-based solutions that help governments become more efficient and transparent.
  • Built strong teams through selective recruitment and post-hire mentorship of junior / senior engineers.
  • Streamlined engineering processes for increased efficiency leveraging AI, leading to faster project completion and reduced costs.
  • Led 3+ successful product launches involving multidisciplinary teams
  • Collaborated closely with sales teams to develop customized solutions that met client needs while driving revenue growth.
  • Championed innovation, encouraging new ideas from team members and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Associate Vice President

Innoplexus Consulting Svcs Pvt Ltd
Pune
07.2019 - 07.2024
  • Company Overview: AI and Machine Learning champion specializing in data driven insights for Life Sciences organizations.
  • Product Engineering and Delivery Head for custom / new Products with AI and ML based features for top Pharmaceuticals and Clinical Research Organizations
  • Credited for the first successful and profitable multi-million dollar product roll out for the most important client of Innoplexus; got promoted to AVP in record time
  • Currently leading a team of 40+ FTEs including designers, application developers, data engineers, data validators and quality assurance testers
  • Engineered products those process heavy structured and unstructured data from different public and pvt sources
  • Received 'Client Delight' award for efficient client relationship management and the repeat business
  • Stabilized the product development and delivery practice and brought execution predictability through sound scope management, requirements definition and system designs
  • Significant contributions in most of the proposals, contracts and new initiatives
  • New / custom products delivered to different clients in last 5 years - a) Data and insights driven Site and Investigator shortlisting for clinical feasibility b) AI driven Business Development Partner Prioritization c) Emerging Key Opinion Leaders for a given indication (disease) and geography d) AI/ML based Clinical Trial Protocols Extraction and Visualization Platform
  • Recently taken additional responsibility of Product Management for a new product
  • AI and Machine Learning champion specializing in data driven insights for Life Sciences organizations.

Group Software Manager / Delivery Head

Majesco Limited
Pune
02.2015 - 07.2019
  • Company Overview: Leading provider of software products/solutions for Insurance carriers, agencies and brokers.
  • Delivery Head for Digital1st Business Unit which focuses on creating Digital solutions for insurance organizations
  • Lead team of 80+ engineers for development of 8 custom digital solutions
  • Earlier worked on engineering new Insurance Collections platform for one of the Fortune 100 Life Insurance carriers, received 'Delivery Excellence' award for the program
  • Also managed program for delivering customized Policy Administration System to North America client
  • End to end portfolio responsibilities including project management, portfolio/unit P&L, capacity planning, roadmap coordination and people management
  • Customer Relationship Management for all customers of Digital1st
  • Lead pre-sales activities for potential customers involving POCs, estimations, proposals and contracts
  • Additional responsibilities included organization initiatives, trainings and process compliance audit
  • Leading provider of software products/solutions for Insurance carriers, agencies and brokers.

Project Manager / Program Manager

Cybage Software Pvt Ltd
Pune
01.2013 - 02.2015
  • Company Overview: Technology consulting organization specializing in outsourced product engineering services.
  • Delivery manager for Merchant Server application for merchant onboarding and order management for the largest e-Commerce company of Japan serving 0.5M+ orders every day
  • Successful back-to-back roll-outs in-spite of language and other demographic challenges
  • Technology stack - Ruby-on-rails, PostgresSQL
  • Technology consulting organization specializing in outsourced product engineering services.

Project Manager / Program Manager

INFOSYS LIMITED
Seattle
06.2003 - 12.2012
  • Company Overview: Global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.
  • Started as Developer and progressed to Programmer Analyst, Project Manager and Program Manager roles for application services programs of Fortune 100 insurance clients
  • Worked from United States between 2005 to 2011 and lead Infosys's engagement with prominent General Insurance client in Northwest America
  • Managed development, enhancement and maintenance of member enrollment application, the bread-and-butter system for fortune 100 client
  • Managed development, enhancement and maintenance of agency application for fortune 100 client, played pivotal role in integrating three agency applications which existed due to in-organic growth of client over the period
  • Global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.

Education

B.E. - Electrical Engineering

National Institute of Technology
Durgapur, WB
07.1998 - 05.2002

Higher Secondary -

C P & Berar Junior College
Nagpur, India
06.1995 - 03.1998

Secondary -

Raje Dharmarao Highschool
Nagepalli, India
02.1995 - 03.1995

Skills

  • Product Engineering

  • Product Development

  • Technical Delivery Management

  • Account / Portfolio Management

  • System Design

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Machine Learning

  • Data Analytics

  • Insurance - P&C, Health, Life

  • Life Sciences

  • GovTech

Certification

Associate in General Insurance, AICPCU, 03/01/18, 07/31/18

Timeline

Director of Engineering

OpenGov
07.2024 - Current

Associate Vice President

Innoplexus Consulting Svcs Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 07.2024

Group Software Manager / Delivery Head

Majesco Limited
02.2015 - 07.2019

Project Manager / Program Manager

Cybage Software Pvt Ltd
01.2013 - 02.2015

Project Manager / Program Manager

INFOSYS LIMITED
06.2003 - 12.2012

B.E. - Electrical Engineering

National Institute of Technology
07.1998 - 05.2002

Higher Secondary -

C P & Berar Junior College
06.1995 - 03.1998

Secondary -

Raje Dharmarao Highschool
02.1995 - 03.1995

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