Mahesh Venkatesh Shet
About Mahesh Venkatesh Shet
Mahesh Venkatesh Shet serves as the Director of Engineering - Productivity at Narvar, where he has worked since 2019. With a background in engineering and management, he has held various leadership roles in notable tech companies, contributing significantly to automation, quality engineering, and performance testing.
Work at Narvar
Mahesh Venkatesh Shet has served as the Director of Engineering - Productivity at Narvar since 2019. In this role, he has focused on enhancing engineering efficiency and productivity. He implemented a Single Source Of Truth - Services Catalogue for all services at Narvar using BackStage. Additionally, he created a test harness for product event generation using Magic Commands and automated ADA compliance processes. He developed a Performance Test Framework for internal services, which improved PEAK support. Furthermore, he contributed to the automation of security testing for SOC-2 audits and managed third-party tools such as Retool, Jenkins, GitHub, and CircleCI for the engineering teams.
Previous Experience
Before joining Narvar, Mahesh held several significant positions in various organizations. He worked at MobileIron as Sr. Manager - Automation and Quality Engineering from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, he was a Tech Lead in the Collaboration Business Unit at Cisco from 2012 to 2015. His career also includes roles at Flipkart Internet Pvt Limited as SDE-3 in the Cloud Platform Team, Juniper Networks as a Staff Engineer, VMware as a Tech Lead, and Tata Elxsi as a Specialist in Networking. He began his career as a Scientist SD at ISRO, where he worked for six years.
Education and Expertise
Mahesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electronics and Networking from Mangalore University, which he completed from 1994 to 1998. He furthered his education with a Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from B. M. S. College of Engineering, graduating between 2008 and 2011. Additionally, he earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Marketing from Canara Bank School of Management Studies in 2013. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in engineering and technology.
Technical Contributions
At Narvar, Mahesh has made several technical contributions that have enhanced operational efficiency. He developed tools aimed at improving efficiency metrics for developers and support teams. He also led the implementation of Salesforce CRM in Retool, streamlining processes within the organization. His work in automating security testing for SOC-2 audits has strengthened Narvar's compliance efforts. Mahesh's experience with various engineering tools and frameworks has been instrumental in advancing the productivity of Narvar's engineering teams.