Deva Reuben Simmasalam

About Deva Reuben Simmasalam

Product Manager with a strong passion for deconstructing business challenges using design…

Experience

1. Product Manager Creation and Product Development

   Firmenich

   Nov 2017 — Present

   Product manager of new Digital Predictive Product Development Tool in support of Savory Business Unit Sales increase of 9 Million CHF surrounding use-case of Salt-Reduction and Savory Optimization\\\\n\\\\n-Product manager of new Digital Predictive Product Development Tool supporting potential for 300 Million CHF growth within the Beverage & Sweet Goods Business Segment.\\\\n\\\\n-Product manager of first graph based solution (Neo4J) POC in order to perform higher order predictive analysis for portfolio optimization in support portfolio simplification, cost minimization and agility to respond to regulatory changes and raw material shortages.\\\\n\\\\n-Stream Leader on a global initiative to digitalize traceability of product supply chain from Seed (Farmer) to End Consumer with a focus on testing and commercializing Blockchain and Predictive Analytics based solutions.\\\\n\\\\n-Innovation Champion on the Digital Team managing POC Sprints in farming communities (Oregon) to evaluate new technologies (IOT, Remote Sensing, Blockchain) and develop corporate disruptive technology implementation best practices.\\\\n\\\\n-Collaborate with research, product development, commercial teams, senior management and users to deeply understand, document, analyze, and synthesize user needs into user stories, prioritize, and manage the backlog\\\\n\\\\n-Authored white papers and investment analysis on the Ag-Tech and Digital Traceability Startup Space.\\\\n\\\\n-Innovation Champion utilizing Design Thinking, Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup Methodologies with Business Units in order to develop & deliver digital solutions to support strategic targets.\\\\n\\\\n-Designed and managed transition of digital solutions from POC/incubation state into commercialized solutions.\\\\n\\\\n-Manage team of full stack developers, data scientist, change managers within the framework of agile product life cycle management\\\\n-Manage long term strategic planning for the continuous improvement of digital products within business vertical portfolio\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Skills

• Requirements Gathering
• Project Management
• Research
• Policy Analysis
• Sap
• Microsoft Project
• Stata
• Leadership
• Microsoft Visio
• Macroeconomics
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Financial Analysis
• Software Documentation
• Visual C++
• Finance
• Quantitative Analytics
• Business Analysis
• Sharepoint
• Bloomberg Terminal
• Visual Basic
• Business Process Improvement
• Economics
• Requirements Analysis
• Html Scripting
• Business Process
• Peoplesoft
• Econometrics
• Data Analysis
• Erp
• Ms Project
• Sdlc
• Javascript
• Access
• Risk Management
• Microsoft Office
• Time Series Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Business Intelligence
• Vendor Management