About

Dhaval Jariwala is a Senior Software Development Manager with over 15 years of hands-on experience in software design and development. He has a strong background in managing software engineering teams and developing technical direct reports. Dhaval is an upbeat, self-motivated team player with excellent communication skills. He loves to dig into customer problems and solve them with technology. Dhaval started his career as a software developer writing SAAS-based software products and got opportunities to work extensively on multiple Java Enterprise Technologies. For the past several years, he has enjoyed working with different industry segments like Telecom, Healthcare Insurance, Procurement and Order Management, and Scientific Research industry. His rich experience has cultivated a well-rounded skill-set, including first-rate leadership and collaboration skills. Dhaval's major experience lies in leading cross-functional teams to bring about fundamental change and improvement in strategy, process, and profitability – both as a leader and expert consultant. He is skilled at building relationships with employees across all levels of an organization. He excels at implementation and maintaining development best practices, driving decision-making across simultaneous projects, ensuring optimal project progress and product stability for end-users, and executing big ideas with given constraints. Dhaval is constantly learning because he never settles in learning, stays calm when faced with adversity, and focuses on making high-quality decisions. Currently, he is working as a Chapter Lead/Sr Software Development Manager at Telstra. He is leading multiple teams to deliver on the strategic goal of digitization of critical business processes within the chapter area and helping Telstra to simplify business operations. He is responsible for hiring, leading, and growing talent within the team, and helps build a vision that facilitates organizational growth. In the past, Dhaval has worked with companies like Amdocs and Zensar, where he was responsible for leading technical consultants, mentoring junior engineers, and building and maintaining digital healthcare systems. Dhaval has a Bachelor of Information Technology degree from Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology and a Graduate Certificate in Technology & Public Policy from The Takshashila Institution. Dhaval's tech stack includes Software Engineering, Java, Microservices, Product Management, Research Science, Kubernetes, Docker, and Spring.