Vamsee Krishna
Director of Engineering at Self
LinkedIn profileSeniority
11 Years
Hierarchy
Executive
Management Experience
I am Vamsee. Having graduated from IIT, I am currently the Director of Engineering Ops at Securly. I worked in Microsoft, Amazon, Chegg before in Hyderabad, Seattle and San Jose. I have been SDET, SDET lead, Dev Lead, Architect, PjM in the software world and a film director, film editor, film writer, film sound recorder, sound editor, soccer player in the hobby world. At Securly, we ship Student Network Security products with a mission of keeping kids safe online and stopping suicides in US schools. I wear Architect Hat, Project Manager hat, Ops Manager hat, core UX reviewer hat , VP of QA hat and everything in engineering that no-one else owns. Hit me up if you want to meet for a quick chat online or in person in SJC, CA, US.
Hey, I'm available every Wednesday at 4:00 PM (GMT)
Next time slot available
July 22, 2020
4:00 PM (GMT)
Stories
Vamsee Krishna details his reasoning for waiting two months before bringing on a new hire into a startup.
Vamsee Krishna
Director of Engineering at Self
Vamsee Krishna describes the struggle of having multiple roles at work and how he simultaneously operates them.
Vamsee Krishna
Director of Engineering at Self
The mentor talks about the process he used to gain the trust and respect of a team member who saw him as a direct threat.
Vamsee Krishna
Director of Engineering at Self
The mentor explains how he took a novel approach to recruiting a number of people rapidly, by treating each role he was hiring for as a Project with a Project Manager.
Vamsee Krishna
Director of Engineering at Self
Experience
Tech Co Founder
InstaBob
Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
Film Director
Bollywood Filmy
Nov 2013 - Feb 2015
Senior Software Dev Eng, Virtual Lead
Lab126
Feb 2011 - Nov 2013
software development engineer in test
Microsoft
Jan 2006 - Jan 2010
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