Kaustav Biswas

Worked primarily in the areas of Agile Project Management and Product Management in the Analytics Domain (B2B SaaS)

Product Management
Carried out competitor benchmarking and market research and developed GTM Strategy.
Coordinated with stakeholders to define product strategy and product features.
Managed development of the features by collaborating with developers.
Designed the Product using Figma, keeping in mind the UX aspects.

Agile Project Management
Standardized the project management practices of an account - 21 teams and 120 people.
Formulated strategy and implementation of new QC process, reducing effort put in by 81.25% and of new Jira Process, which tracked previously un-captured effort up to 50%.
Formulated strategies in the areas of capturing recurring work, improving Quality Control, Visibility Issues, Code Review Systems and Version Control Systems.
Developed a Machine Learning POC focussing on Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Team Lead of development and support work in the Architecture Team of a product-based company.

Agile Project Management
Carried out end-to-end project/defect tracking using Jira and Agile Methods.
Managed development of the solution and facilitated meetings to solve problems.
Collaborated with 9 different teams to assess project outcomes and identify dependencies.
Orchestrated projects into small parts and estimated the time/effort needed for each part.
Revamped training programs for new joiners reducing onboarding time by 90%.

Client/Stakeholder Management
Managed stakeholders in both India and US by communicating key insights.
Coordinated status reports and presented solutions to the Governance teams.
Conducted needs analysis and consulted with the clients and stakeholders.

Design/Development
Designed, developed and delivered solutions in areas of Java Full Stack.
Worked on Machine Learning solutions focusing on Natural Language Processing (NLP).
Upgraded the Technical Infrastructure of the whole product as part of Tech Currency projects.

Worked as a Full Stack Developer using the Java Stack for a major Swiss Bank.
Designed, implemented and delivered solutions in areas of Java Full Stack.
Implemented and setup patterns for teams which reduced development time by 40%.

Computer Science Engineer - Database, Java, etc.