Nirav Parikh
Software Engineer, Small Business Owner, and Consultant in Coimbatore
I am a software engineer, small business owner currently living in Coimbatore. A technocrat who likes to nibble around tools focussed on “Tech for non-tech”. I am also interested in entrepreneurship, personal finance, and hiking.
My personal background
I am basically a Gujarati, I was born and raised in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. I have done my Graduation ( Bachelor of Engineering - Specializing in the field of Computer Science ) from Karunya University at Coimbatore.
I am a Software developer by profession, amateur investor by passion!
Career highlights
I started my career with Infosys where I was working as a backend developer for almost 3.5 years, then I moved on to Cognizant where I continued for the next 7 years working as a full stack developer.
- Part of ESWAT team powering maintenance schematics for Boeing 787 aircraft with “The Boeing Company”
- Worked on prestigious projects along with Ratings services teams from “S&P Global Inc. and Portfolio Management Services with SEI Investments.
- Microsoft certified Azure Solutions Architect - AZ-304 - Year 2021
- Maintainer of Paralus - Open Source CNCF Sandbox Project which helps with k8s access management.
What I do here
I am the engineering lead at Improving, working in various projects ( Environment Manager, Paralus ) and overseeing a few others.
My interests
I like watching movies, sitcoms whenever I get time. I try to keep myself fit given the work requirements of our industry, I try to do that by going for a cycle ride, an evening stroll.
I consider myself an amatuer investor and am actively involved in tamil nadu investors association - coimbatore chapter.
My personality
I am a mix, over the period of time I have improved my outgoing skills from being an introvert.
What I value the most
I value transparency, trust and mutual respect the most.
How I like to think and make decisions
I gather all necessary information from relevant parties, like in case I need to decide on upcoming features for a release - I understand the efforts required from folks, I understand customer priority, I understand other commitments of folks involved and come up with a list which is practically achievable.
My preferred communication channels
emails, asyncronous messages, scheduled meetings
My way of communicating
Soft, regular, considerate, listener