VP of Engineering
Vishwesh (VJ) Jirgale
VP of Engineering, Angel Investor, Ex-Slack, Astro, Microsoft, Acompli, Quickoffice.
OnDeck Fellow
LinkedIn Profile - in.linkedin.com/in/vishweshji
VP of Engineering, Angel Investor, Ex-Slack, Astro, Microsoft, Acompli, Quickoffice.
OnDeck Fellow
LinkedIn Profile - in.linkedin.com/in/vishweshji
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Experience
Head of Engineering, India
Advisor
Principle Engineering
Working on building Better Email ! Working as part of Outlook for Android and iOS team. Head the Pune IDC operations
Exit
Acompli
Lead R&D India Operations
Exit
Quickoffice
Lead Architect
Exit
Good Technology
Employee
Mentor
HoofitNow
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Employee
Advisor
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Education
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About
Achievements
Vishwesh Jirgale is a VP of Engineering at MindTickle where he leads the engineering organization responsible for User Facing Applications and Practices. Vishwesh has deep domain expertise in building productivity technologies and scaling engineering teams. Prior to MindTickle Vishwesh was a Site Lead, EM for Slack’s Pune office. Before that Vishwesh also worked at Microsoft as Engineering Lead, he led engineering teams for Outlook on iOS and Android.
In 2008 he started with Quickoffice, a productivity startup, and quickly advanced to Management Role, building and managing a large team in Pune to develop various Quickoffice products. In 2012 Quickoffice was acquired by Google!
In 2013 he started as an early engineering leader at Acompli helping them build a remote engineering team in Pune. Acompli got acquired by Microsoft (for $200 M) and Acompli email app got rebranded as Outlook Mobile on Android and iOs
For more details visit - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishweshji/
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If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?
Pretty much the same thing I am doing today. I love where I am today!
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
It's okay to fail, It's okay to fall, whenever you fall pick up something!
What's the most creative thing you've ever done?
I have done a lot of work in theatre and stage shows which is creative. Workwise conceptualizing the complete idea behind Hoofit and making the initial working prototype was creatively satisfying!
Which founders or startups do you most admire?
All the founders I had worked with, in the past - Founders of Persistent Systems, Azingo (who are now founders of Walnut), Quickoffice, Acompli, Astro, Slack
Founders/Startups I admire a lot
Postman, Gumroad, Calm, Airmeet, Zerodha, Airtable etc.
What's your super power?
Integrity!
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
Email - [email protected]
What words of wisdom do you live by?
Strive for value, not success!
What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?
Building teams, working with curious minds.
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
Zero to One
What's your favorite non-business book?
Man's search for meaning
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