Abhishek Saxena
Regional Validation Manager
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAbhishek Saxena is a product and validation leader with 12+ years of experience spanning engineering, program and product management across automotive, logistics and autonomous vehicle domains. He has a proven track record driving OEM and supplier negotiations, building robust vendor partnerships, and turning complex cross-functional programs into repeatable successes at companies like Cummins, Amazon and now Waymo. Equally comfortable in the lab and the boardroom, he blends technical product validation expertise with strategic procurement and data-driven decision making to reduce risk and accelerate product lifecycles. His hands-on software contributions to prominent open-source Python projects (notably Frappe’s bench and framework) demonstrate an ongoing fluency with backend engineering and modernizing legacy systems. A mentor and team builder, he focuses on creating high-performing teams and processes that sustain continuous improvement in ambiguous environments. He brings an unusual mix of deep mechanical engineering roots, MBA-level strategy, and practical software craftsmanship to advance autonomous mobility.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering at Vellore Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering at Purdue UniversityKellogg School of ManagementPG Single Course, Accounting, PG Single Course, Accounting at Purdue Global
English, Hindi, German
Github Skills (16)
dependency-management10
frappe10
sql10
python10
cli10
testing9
web-framework9
database-administration8
databases8
git8
database8
admin8
salesforce-rest-api7
rest-api7
javascript6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
frappe/frappe
Jul 2021 - May 2022
Low code web framework for real world applications, in Python and Javascript
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 147 commits, 17 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Abhishek primarily focused on refactoring the query builder and updating existing database calls. They updated database queries in multiple files including website analytics, delete fields, build table count cache, and patches. Additionally, the user introduced and tested the query builder classes. Their contributions were focused on modernizing the codebase and improving database interactions.
cmspythonzammadfrappecommunity-management
frappe/bench
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
CLI to manage Multi-tenant deployments for Frappe apps
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Abhishek's contributions primarily involve modifying and enhancing the `bench` CLI tool for managing Frappe applications. They have worked on adapting the tool to support different Python versions and Frappe branches, as seen in their code changes related to version compatibility. The user has also introduced a dependency resolver to manage application dependencies and improve the installation process. Further contributions include testing and improving the handling of application states and branches within the bench environment.
tenantpythonsetup-benchfrappemulti-tenant
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