Avinash Pillay
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I had the pleasure of working under Avi, who has consistently taken on a role similar to that of a Project Manager
within our team. He has done an exceptional job coordinating across different areas o...
Full Stack Engineer (Backend-leaning) | Suitely Core Dev | Master's in CS | AI & Blockchain | 5+ yrs experience
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Chengwen worked with Avinash on the same team If there's one person who has completely transformed my professional journey, it's Avinash Pillay. We started as colleagues at Koii Network, but before lo...
Data-Driven Project Manager | PMP® Certified | Data Engineering, Automation & Analytics | Web3 & Al Operations | Business & Community Scaling
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Pranav reported directly to Avinash Avinash is an outstanding leader who combines technical expertise with exceptional people management skills. He has a rare ability to break down complex projects in...
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Tim worked with Avinash but on different teams
Avi is a one-of-a-kind uber team-player. He's extremely positive and enthusiastic, and does a great job of
everyone feel welcomed and valued in his group...
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Avinash ("Avi"), is the rarest of creatures - a technical mind with amazing soft-skills, blended with a robust work-ethic, a deep understanding of business development, coms and operations, and a fant...
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Allora Labs
Technical Project Management Lead
May 2025 - Aug 2025
● Project Planning & Execution: Define project scopes, milestones, and timelines for
AI, Web3, and infrastructure initiatives.
● Cross-Team Coordination: Act as the bridge between engineering, research, and
product teams to align development efforts.
● Agile & Scrum Leadership: Implement agile methodologies, run stand-ups, sprint
planning, and retrospectives.
● Risk Management: Identify potential roadblocks and proactively work on solutions to
keep projects on track.
● Technical Oversight: Understand system architecture, AI models, and blockchain
integrations to facilitate effective decision-making.
● Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates, reports, and
documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.
● Tooling & Automation: Leverage JIRA, Notion, GitHub Projects, or other tools to
streamline workflows and improve productivity.
Guidepoint
Mobile Apps and Monetization Consultant
Dec 2022 - Aug 2025
- Aiding institutional investors in accurately assessing the mobile apps markets
- Helping clients understand various aspects of mobile app monetization
Koii
Director of Operations
Mar 2025 - Jun 2025
Leading strategic operations in Developer Relations, Product Management, and Project Management to drive growth and innovation at Koii Network.
- Developer Relations Leadership: Managing and scaling developer engagement initiatives, fostering community growth, and advocating for developer needs to enhance product adoption.
- Product Management: Defining product vision and strategy, leading the product lifecycle from ideation to launch, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure product-market fit.
- Project Management Oversight: Coordinating and supervising project timelines, resources, and deliverables to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives.
- Community Engagement: Building and maintaining strong relationships with developers through events, online platforms, and direct interactions to drive community involvement.
- Content and Education: Overseeing the creation of technical content, including blog posts, tutorials, videos, and documentation to empower developers using Koii's products.
- Event Management: Leading participation in developer events such as meetups, hackathons, and training sessions, including presenting technical sessions and demos.
- Feedback and Improvement: Gathering and analyzing feedback to drive continuous product and community improvements, advocating for developer needs with product and engineering teams.
- Partnership Development: Building strategic relationships with industry influencers, partners, and open-source contributors to drive joint initiatives and ecosystem growth.
- Metrics and Reporting: Tracking and reporting on community engagement, product performance, and project milestones, leveraging insights to refine strategies and drive growth.
- Strategic Leadership & Other Duties: Leading cross-functional teams and initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, and performing other strategic tasks as assigned by the executive team.
Koii Network
Developer Relations Engineer
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
Fostering strong relationships with developers, advocating for
their needs, and supporting them in utilizing our products effectively.
- Community Engagement: Building and maintaining relationships with developers through
events, online platforms, and direct interactions.
- Content Creation: Producing technical content such as blog posts, tutorials,
videos, and documentation to help developers use the company’s products effectively.
- Developer Support: Providing technical support and guidance, conduct workshops and
webinars, and create resources like sample code and SDKs.
- Event Management: Organizing and participating in developer events, including meetups,
hackathons, and training sessions. Present technical sessions and demos.
- Feedback and Improvement: Gathering and analyzing developer feedback, advocating for
their needs with product and engineering teams, and participating in beta testing.
- Partnership Development: Building relationships with industry influencers, partners, and
open-source contributors to drive joint initiatives.
- Metrics and Reporting: Track and report on community engagement and content
performance, analyze impact, and refine strategies based on insights.
- Internal Collaboration: Advocate for the developer community within the company,
collaborate with marketing, sales, and customer success teams, and provide internal
training on developer-related topics.
- Software development & other duties as assigned by the employer.
Vigilance Digital Media
Co-Founder
Aug 2020 - May 2025
Working together with my team to create remade realities for our consumers.
- A-Z Production on a mobile game (Inner Imp) and a board game (Archetypes: Origins).
- Developing professional relationships with contractors, working with contractors to establish quotes/budgets/contracts
- Designing games, concepting/whiteboxing, and creating production pipelines
- Writing and submitting for: grants from the Nova Scotia Provincial Government, tax credit applications from the Digital Media Tax Credit, grants and loans from the Creative Media Fund, opportunities from InvestNS, grants from NSBI
Halifax Water
Data and Analytics
May 2024 - Jul 2024
The Innovation Grid Virtual Assistance And Solutions
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Nov 2023 - Jul 2024
- Finetune and implement GPT-style chatbots to complement product development process and reduce overhead
- Data Analysis: Standard and ML analysis of consumer data, data visualization
- Redesign and implement production pipeline
- Oversee product development, product management, and product quality
- Develop and implement marketing plans and data solutions at all levels
- Develop and ship novel product lines
Gogii Games
Producer
Feb 2022 - undefined NaN
- Run/organize sprints, planning meetings, and retrospectives
- Bring products from conceptualization to full release
- Creating pipelines and documentation to facilitate the development of iterative products
- Estimating scope and deliverables, creating roadmaps and burndown reports
- Facilitate effective communication to mitigate blockers and project stalls
- Learning the strengths and weaknesses of various team members and applying that knowledge to understand how it will affect estimations and product development
Ubisoft Halifax
Producer
Jun 2020 - Jan 2021
Scotiabank
Revolving Credit Specialist
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018