Debbani Kundu Naskar

About Debbani Kundu Naskar

Innovative leader and strategic thinker with a proven track record of transforming ideas into enterprise scale software and services. Passionate about use of design thinking principles and using new technologies to build products that operate at scale. Experienced customer advocate with a track record of increasing customer engagement. Expert at identifying technical solutions to solve complex business problems and drive innovative solutions, from an end-to-end user experience point of view.Over 15 years experience in managing, building and growing full-stack software engineering teams across cross-site locations along with the ability to drive business transformations. Oversee a multi-functional business unit comprised of over a 100 software engineers, architects, project managers and QA professionals. Experienced in working with cross-functional and cross-organizational team of product managers, user experience researchers and designers, information developers and release managers. I have won multiple awards for Technical Achievement in product development.Core Competencies: Exceptional skills in leadership, multitasking, relationship building, interpersonal and cross-functional communication, building high performing teams, delivering quick, high quality solutions resulting in measurable business value.Technology Background: SaaS offerings, Hyperconverged Systems, Kubernetes, Hybrid Cloud, Database Technologies, Data Virtualization, User Experience, REST APIs, Application and Tooling development, Agile Methodologies, JDBC, Java, ReactJS

Experience

1. Director of Engineering, Slack

   Slack

   Nov 2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Slack Productivity is a collaborative space where teams create, organize, and share information. My responsibilities include- Currently leading Slack Lists and Huddles engineering teams. Previously led the Slack Canvas editor and mobile engineering teams- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize features and define technical roadmaps- Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation within the engineering team- Ensure scalability, reliability, and an exceptional user experience.

Education

• Santa Clara University

  MS, Computer Engineering

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Executive Program in Management

  2018 — 2019

• UC San Diego

  BS, Computer Science

Skills

• Test Automation
• Testing
• Software Engineering
• Unix
• Web Applications
• Quality Assurance
• Integration
• Eclipse
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Test Planning
• Java
• Software Quality Assurance
• Ajax
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Distributed Systems