Amrish Thakkar
About Amrish Thakkar
šššš”š§š¢ššš„ šš±ššš„š„šš§šš šš§š šš§šš„š®šš§šš: ā¢ Credible technical leader with proven track record of building a trusted advisory relationship with customers and stakeholders. ā¢ Strong focus on Product Roadmap Planning, Operational Excellence and Lean Execution. ā¢ Leading the team by example - Industry certifications, including AWS Certified Security Specialty. ā¢ Successfully drive vision and strategy working with multiple executive and senior level stakeholders in creating a clear, convincing technical strategy that aligns to business priorities and objectives. ā¢ Technology evangelist and established public speaker with speaking engagements at large events like AWS Re:Invent and Technical Summits, Customer events and workshops. Business ššØš¦š¦š¢šš¦šš§š šš§š ššš«šššš š²: ā¢ Work closely with Business and technical stakeholders within AWS to understand business priorities, industry and segment focus. ā¢ P&L owner with focus on product go-to-market and scale. ā¢ Experience leading large-scale complex engineering initiatives, delivering high stakeholder value šššØš©š„š ššš§šš šš¦šš§š šš§š šššš¦ šššššš«š¬š”š¢š©: ā¢ Experience building a high performing team of diverse technical Builders (Engineering Managers, Engineers, Product Managers, Architects) ā¢ High focus on coaching the team using a growth mindset and leading by example. ā¢ Oversee onboarding of the new team members by developing highly focussed onboarding plans and drive clarity around the role and associated responsibilities. ā¢ Outside of direct reports, actively mentoring the next generation of Builders (University hire and Intern programs) šš©ššš¢šš„šš¢šš¬: ā¢ Engineering Management, Product Development, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture ā¢ Digital transformation, Strategy, Leading Strategic Change Initiatives ā¢ Cloud Computing, AWS, Cloud Transformation, Cloud Center of Excellence, Practice Building ā¢ CI/CD, DevOps, DevSecOps ā¢ Enterprise and E-commerce Search (Apache Solr, Lucidworks Fusion and ElasticSearch) ā¢ Knowledge Management using KANA Enterprise. ā¢ Others: Chatbots and Natural Language Processing (NLP) using api.ai, Microsoft Luis, Amazon Alexa and Amazon Lex. RESTful Webservices development with node.js and java jersey. Ecommerce tools like Elasticpath, SAP Hybris and Broadleaf. ITIL, IT Service Management & Operations, Sales Incentive Compensation using Callidus cloud (TrueComp & TrueInformation)