Usha is a seasoned Engineering Leader with 18+ years of experience with various prestigious product and service organizations.
She is a Senior Engineering Manager at Linkedin currently leading the charter of 2 highly performant products Linkedin Lite mobile web and Lite Android App which spearheads growth in user retention and engagement. She has also led the Growth charters with a focus to improve quality growth and engagement of members on the platform.
Prior to Linkedin, she was heading Engineering for an events based Startup - Inksedge where she built the team from scratch and architected the entire technology landscape to launch the event communications product. She was featured in Economic Times for it.
At Tesco, she was responsible for building the seller marketplace website from inception to launch and also revamped the search and recommendations platform.
Key Strengths
Building and scaling products globally.
Engineering leadership
Building High performance teams
Topic Title: Innovation Through Experimentation
Abstract: Experimentation is a key ingredient for innovation. Making data driven decisions through experimentation is an extremely important part of the culture at LinkedIn. It’s deeply ingrained in our development process and is a core part of Linkedin’s DNA. We test everything from the product features, to relevance algorithm changes and even infrastructure upgrades. Our core value at LinkedIn is Members First. We’re committed to earning and keeping our Members’ trust in everything we do. This experimentation culture helps us innovate faster, grow and evolve our products and helps us serve our members better. This presentation would focus on the key aspects of Data Driven Innovation Framework and how this culture helped in building an amazing product Linkedin Lite and its journey of scaling globally.