Nikhil Singhal

Current

• Director of Web Development at Groundspeak

Past

• Software Architect at Open Text
• Principal Development Manager at TelSpace
• Development Lead at Microsoft

• Senior Software Engineer at Openmarket Inc
• Team Leader at Digital Equipment Corporation
• Software Engineer at Verifone Inc

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Education

• Harvard University
• Bangalore University
• St. Johns School

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Recommended

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Connections

426 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog

Nikhil Singhal’s Summary

Highly accomplished leader with 14 years of experience in multi-million dollar enterprise and web software development projects. Expert software architect with mastery in all aspects of software development life cycle.
- Certified SCRUM Master
- Certified SCRUM Product Owner

Nikhil Singhal’s Specialties:

Technical Excellence with a Passion for People Management

Nikhil Singhal’s Experience

• Director of Web Development

  Groundspeak

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  December 2008 — Present (1 year )

• Software Architect

  Open Text

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; OTEX; Computer Software industry)

  October 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 3 months)

• Principal Development Manager

  TelSpace

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)

• Development Lead

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2003 — April 2007 (4 years )

• Senior Software Engineer

  Openmarket Inc

  (Computer Software industry)

  July 1999 — April 2003 (3 years 10 months)

• Team Leader

  Digital Equipment Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 1997 — July 1999 (2 years 3 months)

• Software Engineer

  Verifone Inc

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 1996 — May 1997 (8 months)

Nikhil Singhal’s Education

• Harvard University

  Master's Certification , UNIX Systems Programming, Java Distributed Computing , 2002 — 2002

• Bangalore University

  BS , Computer Science and Engineering , 1992 — 1996

• St. Johns School

Additional Information

Nikhil Singhal’s Websites:

• My Blog

Nikhil Singhal’s Groups:

•    International Association of Software Architects
•    VeriFone Alumni
•    DEC Alumni
•    Linked:Seattle
•    Geocaching
•    Open Market Alumni
•    GEOCACHING.com
•    Microsoft - Alumni and FTEs (Official)
•    Open Text Group
•    Agile Project Managers
•    NWEN - Northwest Entrepreneur Network
•    Senior .NET Developers
•    Geocachers
•    Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA)
•    The Document Imaging Group
•    Microsoft - Current and Former Employees
•    nPost
•    Microsoft Management Excellence Community
•    SolutionsIQ Agile Training Attendees
•    Seattle 2.0
•    United States - Java /J2ee Professionals
•    Seattle Area Startups

Nikhil Singhal’s Honors:

* Microsoft Gold Star award for excellent performance
* Above & Beyond award Q3 2006
* Multiple Patents and defensive publications filed
* Microsoft Excellence Leadership Team(MELT) member
* First prize for Best AJAX enabled web part in a division wide competition
* Mentoring and Managing people within Microsoft and outside

Nikhil Singhal’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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