Khelan Modi
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Project Manager and Developer
Indianapolis, IN, United States
Toptal member since January 18, 2024
Khelan has demonstrated excellence in shaping next-generation technology solutions as a strategic leader for over 20 years. His track record includes leading software development processes using the Agile methodology from concept to launch, providing critical leadership over the development lifecycle to meet essential requirements and expectations. Khelan has a proven history of generating multimillion-dollar revenues by successfully bringing new products and features to the market.
Portfolio
Experience
- Change Management - 15 years
- Problem Management - 15 years
- Software Project Management - 15 years
- Software Development Management - 15 years
- Release Management - 15 years
- Engineering - 15 years
- Agile Software Development - 10 years
- Collaboration - 10 years
Preferred Environment
Microsoft 365
The most amazing...
...project I've delivered is an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) for the launch of the Jeep Grand Cherokee model in the 2021 vehicle line.
Work Experience
Engineering Team Manager
Aptiv
- Provided strategic guidance and fostered the growth of a 20+ member engineering team, encompassing software program management, release management, change management, problem resolution management, and resident engineering.
- Led the recruitment efforts to meet the increased workload demands for new software development programs.
- Conducted performance reviews and ensured team members aligned with software quality metrics for ASPICE compliance, driving the team toward achieving ASPICE level 3 compliance as mandated by senior leadership at Aptiv.
- Deployed the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) for four vehicle platforms to production over three years of development, resulting in a top revenue division for the company.
Software Program Owner and Manager
Aptiv
- Directed and coached software development teams to achieve customer-agreed milestone deliverables for level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), including the domain controller and radar systems to Stellantis using Agile processes.
- Collaborated with software project owners, auto scrum coordinators, product owners, and scrum masters to facilitate effective communication and coordination among all team members.
- Coordinated release content with the customer and the multiple engineering competency leads to ensure the timely delivery of the software, meeting the Aptiv and customer quality criteria.
Software Project Manager | Systems Release Manager
Aptiv
- Achieved software release objectives by effectively implementing continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, closely collaborating with Basic Software (BSW) development teams, software leads, and software Integration leads.
- Released 100+ software releases to the customer for multiple vehicle lines for customer milestones. This included the plywood buck (PWB), vehicle prototype (VP), production start (PS), start of production (SOP), and field service software releases.
- Executed strategies for release planning and software delivery dates based on project milestones, delivering software releases to the customer and tracking customer requirements and change requests using the requirements management tool Polarion.
- Led over 100 resources working towards a common goal in Mexico, Egypt, Poland, Germany, and India.
- Managed the transformation from the Waterfall to the Agile software development lifecycle methodology. Conducted Scrum sync meetings to allign product owners and teams.
- Designed Jira project configuration, including setting up various dashboards for management reporting and scrum teams.
- Overcame challenges posed by COVID-19 restrictions and successfully launched the advanced driver assistant system (ADAS) engine control unit (ECU) software for production in May 2021, resulting in multimillion-dollar revenue for Aptiv.
- Ensured compliance with Automotive Software Process Improvement Capability dEtermination (ASPICE) and functional safety requirements for software releases through documentation review with the subject matter experts.
Experience
Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Modules Software Delivery for 2022 Grand Cherokee
Advanced Driver Assistance System Modules Software Delivery for 2022 Grand Cherokee
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration
Indiana University - Bloomington, IN, United States
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Bradley University - Peoria, IL, United States
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Gujarat University - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Skills
Paradigms
Management, Agile Software Development, Agile, Agile Project Management, Change Management
Languages
SQL, C++, C, VHDL
Storage
Database Modeling
Other
Microsoft 365, Operations, Engineering, Agile Coaching, Mentorship & Coaching, Collaboration, Agile Program Management, Software Release Management, Software Project Management, Technical Project Management, Software Development Management, Release Management, Problem Management, Software, Performance, Communication, Program Increment Planning, Agile Sprints, Jira Administration, Finance, Programming, Waterfall Modeling, OSI Model, Digital Signal Processing, Hardware Design, Device Drivers, Electrical Engineering, Recruiting, Customer Support, CI/CD Pipelines, Complex Problem Solving
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