Vinesh Shah | RemoteHub

About

Key Skills Digital Product Strategy: Lead multi million\year initiatives; owned ideation, prioritizing and evangelizing strategic opportunities, presenting value proposition and associated KPIs to SVPa and C-suite. Defining budgets, negotiating resourcing requirements, product POD’s quarterly Objective & Key Results(OKR), and facilitating overall delivery of Minimum Viable Products (MVP). AI and Machine Learning: Built competencies in Deep Learning platforms and modeling including Exploratory Data Analytics (EDA) and optimizations, Tensorflow, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Reinforcement learning. Obtained certification on AI Business Strategies and Applications certification from U.C. Berkeley Haas, TensorFlow certification and currently pursuing Post-graduate degree in AI and ML at UT-Austin Portfolio/Program Leadership: Creation and facilitation of a Product Portfolio Strategy and Governance process for executives to enable prioritization and management of projects within the portfolio. Lead program management and reporting, contract definition, vendor management, operational impact planning, training and rollout. Leadership: Regarded by all as a facilitator and servant-leader who listens, embraces what-is, defines best possible move forward strategy, to brings teams together in focusing on achievement of shared goals. Lead nested Product PODs and delivery teams consisting of 50+ product team members by promoting a flat team structure and providing operational freedom, coupled with open communication to mentor team members as well as offer required support when needed. Change Management: Excel at building trusted advisor relationships across all levels of a matrixed organization, vendors and partners. Lead definition and execution of change management and communication plans. Software Delivery: 15+ years track record at managing diverse software delivery including waterfall, Agile, hybrid. Taught classes on Agile methodology to transition internal skill set; lead culture and change management activities to enable organizational pivot from waterfall to teams’ applying Agile methodology. Technology: 15+ years of hands-on design, coding (Java, Python) and defining architecture in various technologies and platforms. Enjoy getting hands-on with evolving technologies and proactively looking for opportunities at applying them to achieve positive business outcomes.

Experience

Hilton Worldwide Corporate

Feb 2013 – Jul 2020

Addison, Texas

Digital Product Strategy and Delivery Management - Consultant

> Owned multi year, 20+ million dollar product strategy and program portfolio management for hilton.com rebuild. Initiative delivered under budget, on-time and continuous to meet/beat KPIs: 1) Achieved a significant increase in online conversion, improvement in usability and reduction in performance. 2) Teams pivoted from a waterfall model to an Agile delivery model while applying product management strategy of build-test-learn and measuring success based on OKRs. All this resulted in an improved product focus and leaner development cycles. 3) Built out a more usable, profitable and extendible In-language translations site for global users. Responsibilities included product strategy (OKR and MVP) definition, alignment, delivery and measurement across several PODs; ongoing ideation, prioritization and communication management across executives, stakeholders and engineering teams; overall success management, progress update and visibility across Executive Leadership and Global stakeholders. > Day in life included leading by being the go-to person across multiple levels of the organization and teams to build cadence and cohesion, creating communications processes, providing tools for self-service visibility and check/balances, ensuring the team’s were constantly applying the principles of MVP and A/B testing to identify customer needs, innovating to define solutions, delivering with minimal effort and turnaround time and continuously validating results through measurable outcomes and iterating. > Primary owner for definition of Enterprise IT PMO and Agile processes and Training 150+ global team members. > Product owner for Web for end-to-end delivery of several global web product enhancements and releases. Owned defining Product management team structure, best practices, templates and success measurement strategies.

Expedia Inc

Sep 2009 – Dec 2012

Dallas, Texas

Digital Product Strategy and Program Management - Consultant

> Led a 3+ year Global Product Strategy through Adoption for optimizing global call center sales and service platforms accounting for 30% of organizational lodging revenue share and line of business growth. > My team in collaboration with global stakeholders delivered a feature rich lodging platform that resulted in double digit increase in hotel booking Conversion, ~25% decrease in call center Average Handle Time and significant increase in Average Nightly Rate per booking. > Lead cross functional product, development and QA teams responsible for cost-benefit, requirements analysis, design, development, testing, and rollout of applications ensuring timely and quality delivery of multi-year initiatives. > Led customer advisory forums, understood market requirements, identified inefficiencies, and implemented opportunities for technology innovation. Negotiated with business stakeholders and technology teams to prioritize and develop a roadmap for strategic transformation. > Presented to EVPs and Executive sponsors the value proposition, regular progress updates and demonstrated measurable improvements. Build a ‘trusted-advisor’ relationship with stakeholders. > Worked in close collaboration with software development and business leadership teams to establish and execute new and incremental product portfolio strategies as well as individual product road maps and release plans.

Pariveda Solutions

Sep 2007 – Aug 2009

Dallas, Texas

Engagement Manager

> Owned consulting portfolio with multiple simultaneous programs, facilitating definitions of objectives, plans and processes; balanced priorities, developed and presented budgets. > Led the definition of short and long term Product and IT strategy; Developed proposals and closed engagements; navigated business and technology stakeholders through the program and budgetary intake cycle. > Led Program/Project teams that executed to a timely delivery, set expectation on plan, managed scope, ensured constant and honest communications, identified and mitigated project risk through appropriate methods. > Mentored direct reports and delivery teams. Conducted performance reviews; developed training plans necessary for employee growth and promotion recommendations. Performed resource planning with resource justifications while managing budget and overall P&L.

Education

University of Texas, Austin - McCombs

Sep 2020 – Mar 2021

Post Graduate Program, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

University Of California - Berkeley

Jul 2020 – Dec 2020

Exec-Ed, Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications

University Of Texas

Sep 2004 – Jul 2007

M.B.A, Business Administration

Arizona State University

Aug 1994 – Jun 1996

Master's , Computer Science and Engineering