Lokraj Ghimire

• Provide strategic direction for the engineering department, aligning technology initiatives with business goals and objectives. • Collaborate with executive leadership to contribute to overall company strategy and decision-making. • Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Oversee recruitment, training, and professional development of engineering staff. • Drive the successful execution of engineering projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and meet quality standards. • Implement and maintain effective project management processes and methodologies. • Collaborate with product management, Business/System Analyst, and other cross-functional teams to ensure seamless coordination in the product development life cycle. • Act as a bridge between engineering and other departments to facilitate effective communication and collaboration. • Establish and maintain robust quality assurance processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products. • Implement testing methodologies and best practices to identify and resolve issues early in the development process. • Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement and optimize continuous integration and deployment pipelines. • Develop and manage the engineering budget, ensuring optimal resource allocation for projects. • Monitor and control costs while maximizing the efficiency of engineering operations. • Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices.

• Develop comprehensive project plans, outlining scope, timelines, resources, and deliverables. • Execute projects in accordance with established plans, ensuring adherence to deadlines and quality standards. • Lead cross-functional, diverse project teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. • Effectively communicate project objectives, roles, and responsibilities to team members. • Communicate regularly with project stakeholders, providing updates on project progress, milestones, and potential risks. • Manage expectations and address concerns to ensure stakeholder satisfaction. • Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks proactively. • Develop and implement risk management strategies to minimize potential project disruptions. • Allocate resources efficiently, ensuring the optimal utilization of team members’ skills and expertise. • Implement and oversee quality assurance processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality project outcomes. •Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and issue logs. • Encourage team members to provide feedback and contribute to process enhancements.

• Led and managed teams to achieve on-time and on-budget project completion. • Proactively identified and resolved issues to maintain project focus. • Oversaw hiring and management of IT personnel and developers. • Developed and implemented yearly business technology plans and financial goals. • Analyzed business requirements, and crafted solution architectures for corporate clients. • Organized and facilitated release and sprint planning. • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer requirements. • Managed overall operations of Nepal’s office, including projects and operations

•Guide and coach the Scrum Team on Agile/Scrum principles and practices. • Organize and facilitate Scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives. • Foster a self-organizing, cross-functional team culture that encourages continuous improvement. • Remove impediments and obstacles to the team's progress to ensure successful completion of tasks. • Work closely with the Product Owner to prioritize and maintain the Product Backlog. • Assist in writing and refining user stories and acceptance criteria. • Monitor and report on team performance metrics, such as velocity and burndown charts. •Promote a culture of continuous improvement through regular retrospectives and feedback loops.