Manij Shrestha is a mobile-first engineering leader with over 14 years of hands-on experience and 17+ years in technology leadership, currently heading mobile engineering at Vanguard after senior leadership roles at Lowe’s and Target. He has led large consumer mobile and e-commerce teams through tech transformation and hyper-growth, delivering native Android and iOS experiences while championing Kotlin Multiplatform and Server-Driven UI innovation. Known both for strategic delivery and people development, he builds high-performing teams through hiring, mentoring, and hands-on career coaching. Early open-source work includes Android-focused PhoneGap plugin contributions that fixed notification bugs and improved platform integration, reflecting a pragmatic, detail-oriented engineering mindset. Based in Charlotte, he combines deep mobile architecture experience with a track record of driving measurable digital shopping improvements at scale.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Masters in Software Management, Information Technology, Masters in Software Management, Information Technology at University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business
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Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Accounting, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Accounting at Luther College
Masters Degree, Software Systems, Masters Degree, Software Systems at University of St. Thomas
Contributions summary:Manij primarily contributed to the `StatusBarNotification` plugin, focusing on Android platform implementation. Their work included updating JavaScript and Java files to add notification features, such as `notify` and `clear`. They addressed a bug related to clearing notifications and updated the plugin to extend `CordovaPlugin`. They also incorporated Android-specific notification flags for more control.
Contributions:2 releases, 19 commits, 8 PRs in 2 months
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Manij Shrestha - Head Of Mobile Engineering at Vanguard