Darshan Nagavara
Summary
Hybrid Product + Engineering Leader with 8+ years of experience delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions and managing full product lifecycles. Currently working as a Product Manager and Solutions Architect at Intersect, building research tech products used across major Australian institutions. Former CTO at GoHock. Proven strengths in Python, cloud architecture (AWS, OpenStack), and team leadership. Adept at bridging the gap between technical delivery and business value.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager – Technology Products
Intersect Australia
07.2024 - Current
- Drive strategic execution for high-impact research tools across multiple institutions.
- Define vision, roadmap, and KPIs; coordinate cross-product dependencies.
- Represent Intersect on ARDC committees; manage user feedback and deliver proposals.
- Manage products such as a Dashboard for OpenStack infrastructure, data acquisition tool, research data management platforms, training management systems.
- Mentor team members and influence product growth across technical verticals.
Chief Technology Officer
GoHock
01.2021 - 08.2023
- Defined product vision and led development of e-commerce and logistics platform.
- Built data ingestion and scraping tools; improved geographical coverage by 80%.
- Engineered delivery calculation tools, optimised AWS stack, and improved UI/UX.
- Launched sales analytics dashboards; improved merchant retention and insight delivery.
Research Software Engineer / Technical Solutions Architect
Intersect Australia
01.2017 - 07.2024
- Architected software and cloud stack for DPIRD, UNSW ,WSU, and research clients.
- Led Development of SCMN(Seasonal Conditions Monitoring Network): Collected farm data and delivered dashboards for end users.
- Built Enhanced Drought Indicator System (handling data from BoM, and sensor data from farms) for NSW farmers. So that a farmer can see latest soil conditions in their area.
- Designed DataBolt: A secure data acquisition tool that collected over 20+TB collective data from instruments like Mass Spectrometry machines and Soil moisture probes.
- Delivered Banking Risk Simulator (Uni of Sydney) with student data simulations.
- Developed plugins for WordPress apps, and an international online database called Heuristic hat is mostly used by the librarians.
- Developed health data applications for ANZARD and ANZNN with secure backend integrations.
Education
Master of Information Technology - Software Development
University of Technology Sydney
01.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University
01.2014
Skills
- Product Strategy & Roadmapping
- KPI tracking, Project planning, Product lifecycle management
- Full-Stack Development (Python, Flask, Django, FastAPI)
- Cloud Architecture (AWS Certified, OpenStack)
- Data Pipelines (Airflow, HPC, Postgres)
- DevOps (Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes)
- UX Stakeholder Engagement
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, CartoDB
- Tools: Git, JIRA, Tableau, LDAP, Certbot
- Stakeholder management and Business development
- Wireframe design
Certification
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate
- ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level
Highlights & Community
- Awards: CEO Award (2022), Achiever (2018, 2019), Solver (2020), Deliverer (2018)
- Projects: E-commerce (Gabsandra) based in Tanzania.
- Organiser: Sydney Kannadigas Meetup (1080+ members) from India for quarterly social gatherings and activities.
Timeline
Product Manager – Technology Products
Intersect Australia
07.2024 - Current
Chief Technology Officer
GoHock
01.2021 - 08.2023
Research Software Engineer / Technical Solutions Architect
Intersect Australia
01.2017 - 07.2024
Master of Information Technology - Software Development
University of Technology Sydney
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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