Neil Lasrado is a product and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building business software and scaling deep-tech startups from product to market. As Head of Product at SwitchON he drives AI-powered vision inspection products used by major manufacturers like Unilever and P&G to eliminate defects on the factory floor. A hands-on developer at heart, he has significant open-source contributions to the Frappe/ERPNext ecosystem across backend, frontend and framework work, and built an ERP used by 10k monthly users for non-profits. He has run engineering teams, founded and exited companies, and combines product strategy with low-level Python and web framework expertise to ship robust, enterprise-grade systems. Neil also invests his time in collaborative non-profit projects, reflecting a practical commitment to social impact alongside commercial success.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Lok Kalyan Public School
Product & Growth Bootcamp, Business Administration and Management, General, Product & Growth Bootcamp, Business Administration and Management, General at GrowthX
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Mumbai
Free and Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:531 commits, 286 PRs, 9 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Neil primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the ERPNext platform. They focused on adding features related to accounting, project management, and stock management, with modifications including adding tax rules, allowing income accounts in cost centers, and resolving time log calculations. Furthermore, they addressed issues in item variant attributes, test cases, and preventing infinite loops within item templates. The user demonstrated proficiency in Python and the Frappe framework.
Contributions summary:Neil primarily contributed to the backend logic and data models within the Frappe HRMS system. They added and modified features related to expense claims, including auto-fetching fiscal years, implementing validations to prevent employees from reporting to themselves, and introducing new functionalities such as the "Make Bank Voucher" button and expense claim reimbursement status. The user also worked on fixes and improvements across different HR modules, specifically in the areas of Appraisal, Offer Letter, and Leave Application, showing a broad understanding of the application's functionality.
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