Himanshu Tantia

About Himanshu Tantia

Divergent Thinking, Convergent Actions & Influential Communication - As a senior technology leader, I have brought highly innovative products to market, built product and innovation teams, globally – USA, Korea, India, Australia. I have worked on, led and delivered several digital & innovative solutions spanning across Banking/Finance, Manufacturing, Construction, TMT, Internet, eCommerce, Electronics, Retail industries in several organizations of varied scale (start-up to a large corporate) with focus on culture.Successful track record of uniquely connecting new ideas and concepts, which may not be obvious and may seem dissimilar, in meaningful ways to uncover new opportunities or potentials and execute them to create tangible solutions while being able to communicate these to a broad team (both above and below) incoherent, compelling and influential manner.I am interested in growing my career in innovation, technology and software engineering space, by creating greater impact and developing the teams around me for driving business value through delivering transformational solutions by the adoption of innovation and technology.CAPABILITIES• Ability to engage with and influence stakeholders at Sr. Director, Partner, C – Suite, VP/SVP levels• Driving engagements with end-users and cross-functional teams across the globe and various time zones• An entrepreneur and the ability to look for opportunities to innovate & growSKILLS• Strong software engineering, design and architectural skills, with a solid foundation in algorithms, data structures and design patterns with extensive hands-on experience• Experience with, and advanced knowledge of Innovation frameworks and methodologies (e.g. Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, Service Design, Rapid Prototyping, Agile, Lean Start-up etc.)• Sr. leader with a high degree of resiliency and continuous improvement mindset using 360-degree feedback• People developer, leader and mentor with strong ownership, accountability & change skills• Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and critical thinking• Knowledge in Modern Tech & IoT platforms like Chatbots, DevOps, smartwatches, AR/VR, home automation etc.• Strong interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence

Experience

1. Engineering Leader

   Tesco Bengaluru

   Jun 2021 — Present

   Engineering Leader at Tesco (2021-Present)- 4 Years of Mobile Platform Innovation at World\'s Largest Retailer. Currently spearheading Design System adoption across Tesco\'s entire mobile & web ecosystem while establishing engineering excellence standards and mentoring development teams. Year 1: Delivered business-critical \"Waiting Room\" feature for Christmas peak traffic management, serving millions of customers during slot booking chaos. Single-handedly gathered requirements and created comprehensive documentation for completely undocumented system with no product owner or clear specifications, ensuring successful deployment during high-stakes seasonal periods that could impact revenue. Year 2: Led international ROI market expansion, launching Republic of Ireland shopping app under intense marketing pressure and tight deadlines with significant campaign investments at stake. Managed complex stakeholder expectations demanding full feature parity while architecting ROI-specific application using existing UK codebase, solving backend API incompatibilities and handling region-specific checkout limitations. Year 2-3: Pioneered Platform Engineering transformation, shifting from reactive feature development to proactive holistic app improvement strategy. Founded dedicated Platform team to systematically address technical debt across entire application, driving strategic refactoring initiatives using clean coding principles and modern architectural patterns for sustainable long-term maintainability. Year 4: Architected comprehensive Design System and reusable component library using cutting-edge technology stack focused on next 5-10 years rather than legacy support. Led parallel UI refresh initiative under budget constraints that significantly improved Tesco\'s NPS and CSAT scores, earning board-level recognition. Transformed component library into full product offering with defined SLAs, structured processes, and comprehensive usage metrics tracking.

Education

• Udacity

  Nanodegree, Self Driving Car Engineer

  2021 — 2021

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

• University of Maryland

  Professional Course via edx, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

  2021 — 2021

Skills

• Jira
• Algorithms
• Mobile Applications
• Ios Development
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Swift
• Oop
• Json
• Iphone Application Development
• Software Design
• Software Engineering
• Enterprise Software
• Subversion
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Solutions Marketing
• Git
• Start-Ups
• Object Oriented Design
• Thought Leadership
• Xml
• Rest
• Application Development
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Strategy
• Objective-C
• Design Thinking
• Ios
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• User Interface Design
• Mobile Solutions
• Mobile
• Requirements Analysis
• User Experience
• Cloud Applications