About

Manav Sharma is an experienced Sales Engineer at Datadog with a technical background in computer science. He is a skilled project manager with expertise in product, engineering, and solutions. Manav has been on the front lines of taking inbound prospective customer calls, presenting solutions curated for specific situations, and demonstrating new product initiatives to a variety of audiences. Manav is constantly trying to expand his knowledge by working on different projects, whether it's integrating a payment API for fun or just writing a Python script to scrape product info off Shopify websites. He is always open to new opportunities and cool projects that he might be interested in working on. Currently, Manav is working as a Software Solutions Engineer at Turing. He is sought out inefficiencies in their product and led initiatives by working out project specifications on how to change. These changes often provided a boon in terms of operational efficiency and reduction in manual overhead. He has managed multiple projects simultaneously by collaborating with remote software engineers, ensuring project success by running daily stand-ups, identifying blockers, and resolving issues promptly in order to meet deadlines consistently, utilizing Scrum methodologies. Manav has assisted with manual testing, debugging, and troubleshooting in the test environment. He has also assisted in platform expansion from the top of the sales funnel all the way to customer success and helped grow & maintain several successful ongoing collaborations. He has worked with clients to gather feedback about currently used products in order to prioritize backlog and further build out the roadmap. He has supported clients with walkthroughs of their platform along with assisting with any technical issues that arose. Manav has previously worked as an Analysis Intern at Abaxis, Inc. where he streamlined the company's QA operations by transitioning from over 48,000 hard copy employee files to electronic versions (MasterControl). He was also in charge of going over essential document change orders, ensuring they were FDA compliant and properly approved prior to implementation. He has also worked as a Field Energy Advisor at Sunrun, where he educated high electricity consumption homeowners on the benefits of converting to solar energy and trained new employees to the extent where they may canvass efficiently and independently. Manav has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has a strong technical background in Python, QA, and test. With 4.45 years of relevant experience, Manav is a valuable asset to any team.