Open Government Products
Harish Venkatesan is an accomplished engineering manager and co-founder with extensive experience in software engineering and technology leadership. Currently serving as an Engineering Manager at Open Government Products, Harish leads the Isomer project, creating informational websites for government agencies. Previously, Harish co-founded OMNA, a SaaS app that simplifies multi-channel retailing, and held roles at Grab and Visa where significant contributions included leading development projects and innovating payment solutions. An active writer, Harish authored over 50 articles on Medium and founded Right From Basics, a platform for mastering data structures and algorithms. Educational achievements include a Gold Medalist Master’s Degree in Computing from the National University of Singapore, complemented by a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering and training in full stack web development.
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Open Government Products
Open Government Products is an in-house team of engineers, designers, and product managers who build technology for the public good. We proactively identify areas where technology can help, test our prototypes with actual users, and bring our best ones to launch. This includes everything from building better frontend applications for citizens, to automating the internal operations of public agencies. We use and release open source software, keep a flat hierarchy, and bypass bureaucracy to focus on delivery. We work on real problems, build for the user, and push for change. Projects we have worked on include: FormSG - A form builder tool for agencies to self-service and create online forms that capture classified data, with the goal of replacing paper forms. Data.gov.sg - An open repository of all the Singapore Government’s public data. It helps people understand the data using visualizations and articles, and provides real-time APIs for developers to use. Parking.sg - A mobile app alternative to parking coupons. It lets users pay, extend, and refund their parking sessions just using their phones. Isomer - An end-to-end informational site builder for the government. We are a division in GovTech Singapore.