Kaushik Acharya

Senior Director, Product & Engineering Development at Xolv

Kaushik Acharya has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Kaushik is currently serving as the Senior Director of Product & Engineering Development at Xolv Technology Solutions since September 2021. Prior to this, they worked as the Director of Engineering at Business Wire - A Berkshire Hathaway Company from April 2018 to September 2021.

In 2017, Kaushik held the position of Senior Manager of Professional Services Engineering at Ridecell for a year. From 2014 to 2016, they worked at RentPath as an Engineering Manager for API Services. During their tenure, they successfully led their team through a major platform change and achieved a measurable increase in productivity.

Before joining RentPath, Kaushik served as the Software Engineering Manager at Slashdot from July 2012 to September 2014. Kaushik also worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Rent.com from June 2008 to July 2012, and as a Senior Developer at Intercasting Corporation from December 2006 to May 2008.

Kaushik began their career at Yahoo in August 2004 as a Developer, where they worked until November 2006. Kaushik also gained programming experience at MP3.com from November 1999 to December 2003 and Vivendi Universal as a Programmer from 1999 to 2003.

Kaushik Acharya attended Georgia State University Perimeter College from 1994 to 1996, where they studied engineering. Kaushik completed their education at this college but did not obtain a degree. In terms of additional certifications, Kaushik has obtained several certifications in the field of computer science and coaching. Kaushik completed the "Using Databases with Python" certification from Coursera in August 2019, "Using Python to Access Web Data" certification in March 2018, "Algorithmic Toolbox" certification in December 2017, and "Python Data Structures" certification in February 2017. Additionally, Kaushik completed the "Inside Out Coaching" certification in September 2015, but the institution where they obtained this certification is unknown.

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  • Senior Director, Product & Engineering Development

    September, 2021 - present