Kushal Modi

About Kushal Modi

Result-oriented, proactive, and strategic Program Management Leader with 10+ years of experience in program management and systems engineering at Amazon, Samsung, OnePlus and Oppo, I successfully lead teams in identifying and defining new business opportunities while delivering the final product/service to customers. My skills as a communicator enable me to translate customer needs into product requirements and manage the entire life cycle to meet business objectives. My experience in entrepreneurial and agile environments includes collaboration and coordination of multidisciplinary teams to deliver products resulting in large revenue streams.

Experience

1. Senior Technical Program Manager

   Amazon

   Aug 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Planned and delivered Android OS/platform features on 15+ products across three cross-org verticals—Fire TV Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, and Echo Show—supporting A/V decoding, encoding, transcoding, streaming protocols, secure playback, Dolby integration, low-latency pipelines, and third-party application certification at scale.Managed YouTube and YouTube TV certifications and releases across 100+ Amazon device SKUs (127M+ active devices), navigating complex Google certification standards and coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders. Led end-to-end certification, integration, and Appstore release execution to ensure compliance and launch readiness across all devices. Designed and scaled operational mechanisms for feature intake, automated test coverage, defect triage, waiver governance, and launch readiness, aligning 10+ internal organizations along with Google and SoC partners (MediaTek, Amlogic, Qualcomm). Successfully delivered 50+ product certifications and 20+ app releases, improving resource efficiency by up to 15% while maintaining continuous compliance with Google standards.Identified inefficiencies caused by teams manually rerunning repetitive prompts for email and Slack summaries, status updates, JIRA management, and project tracking. Designed and built a GenAI solution using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to automate scheduled prompt execution. Implemented a CRON-based scheduling system to run prompts automatically and route outputs to preferred channels for leadership reporting, JIRA updates, and project tracking. Reduced repetitive manual work by 70% and significantly improved consistency and visibility of insights.

Education

• Balprasoon Vidhyalay

  12, Science(PCM)

  1996 — 2009

• NIRMA UNIVERSITY

  B.Tech, IT

  2009 — 2013