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Amit Wankawala

Chief Architect at Hipcricket

Amit Wankawala is an experienced professional with a diverse range of work experience. Starting in 2004, they worked as a Software Engineer at Artistic Software Pvt Ltd before moving on to a similar role at Diginue Technologies Pvt Ltd in 2005. At Diginue Technologies, they developed a customized CRM for the construction domain.

In 2006, Amit joined HCL Technologies as a Software Engineer before transitioning to Cisco Systems in 2007. At Cisco, they served as a Technical Lead and built EPGDesigner, a comprehensive IDE for Electronic Program Guides and Interactive Applications on the television domain.

In 2011, Amit joined Neudesic as a Sr. Consultant II and developed a product for the US health insurance giant Word & Brown. Amit worked on web and windows platforms in a highly distributed environment based on SOA.

From 2013 to 2014, Amit worked as a Technical Lead at EF Education First, where they handled offshore projects and built new tools using cutting-edge technologies. In 2014, they joined Dell as a Solutions Architect and was responsible for providing competent solutions to stakeholders and analyzing business requirements.

Since 2015, Amit has been working at Hipcricket as the Chief Architect. In this role, they lead a global engineering team in building one of the largest real-time mobile marketing platforms for telecom operators in the US. Amit is responsible for delivering engineering goals and sharing product updates with management.

Overall, Amit Wankawala has a strong background in software engineering and architecture, with experience in designing and developing innovative solutions in various industries.

Amit Wankawala attended Veer Narmad South Gujarat University from 2000 to 2005, where they obtained their Master's degree in Information Technology. In addition to their formal education, Amit has also obtained additional certifications including "Creating UX: Fundamental Design Principles" from Pluralsight, "Designing User Experience for Mobile" from Human Factors International, "MCTS - Distributed Applications" from Microsoft, "MCTS - Web Applications" from Microsoft, and "MCTS - Windows Applications" from Microsoft. The specific months and years of when these certifications were obtained are not provided.

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  • Chief Architect

    June, 2015 - present

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