Resume: Navjot Pawera

Website

http://www.navjotpawera.com

Email

navjotpawera@gmail.com

Phone

+65 96246234

Location

Singapore

Profile Summary

A usability and interaction design evangelist with over 7 years of product management experience at creating and launching web products.

Skills

Product Management

Adept at creating products with focus on minimal interfaces and strong user experiences

Mobile Web Technologies

Exhaustive knowledge of web and mobile development and design methodologies

Tech Evangelism

Internationally experienced public speaker and conference organiser

Experience

June, 2011 - Present

Sr Product Manager, Bubble Motion Pte Ltd - Singapore, Singapore (http://www.bubblemotion.com/)

Product Manager behind Bubbly — a voice based social platform for celebrities.

Oct, 2010 - Present

Co Founder, Extra Thought Pte Ltd - Singapore, Singapore (http://www.extrathought.com/)

Silent partner at the Singapore based User Experience Design Consultancy.

Nov, 2010 - May, 2011

Product Manager, buUuk Pte Ltd - Singapore, Singapore (http://www.buuuk.com/)

Incharge of new delivering new in-house mobile products and also mobile applications for some of the biggest businesses in Singapore. Managing products on all major mobile platforms including Apple iOS, Android, Blackberry & Windows Phone 7.

• Weatherlah: Created the UI and managed development. App has stayed at the top of it's category since launch, with around 50,000 active daily users.
• Other clients: Straits Times & The New Paper (Singapore Press Holdings), National Environment Agency (NEA), NTUC & Singtel.

Sep, 2007 - Apr, 2010

Product Manager, Opera Software - Oslo, Norway (http://www.opera.com/)

Took charge of the new products and contributed to the biggest innovations by the company in the past 4 years, including:

• Opera Unite: Led three successful internal releases, co-ordinated the final public launches and managed the Product Marketing team; clocking way more downloads than anticipated (numbers internal).
• Opera Widgets: Delivered mobile widgets specifications used for the final product.
• Opera Mail: Negotiated deals with partners and delivered guidelines for product redesign.

Jan, 2007 - Jan, 2009

International Liaison, The Web Standards Project - Chandigarh and Bangalore, India (http://www.webstandards.org/action/ilg/)

Established and maintained the Indian chapter of International Liaison Group for The Web Standards Project (WaSP) aimed at the growing developer community.

Jun, 2006 - Sep, 2007

Web Evangelist, Opera Software - Chandigarh and Bangalore, India (http://www.opera.com/)

Started and led the Developer Relations department in India. Evangelised and educated developers on open web standards. Was the main spokesperson for Opera Software at a number of events; including:

• Conferences and seminars focussed around the web (including Barcamps and Momos)
• Media (print, web and tv, see: http://www.navjotpawera.com/events.html)

Jul, 2005 - Apr, 2006

President Web Development/Engineering, CueBlocks Technologies Pvt. Ltd. - Chandigarh, India (http://www.cueblocks.com/)

Started the web development and SEO company with 2 partners and handled all web development related projects.

Education

Aug, 2001 - Jun, 2005

Bachelor in Technology of Computer Sciences - Punjab Technical University (India)