Harshal Kolambe

Technology Lead (Extended Reality)
120000 / month
September 25, 1990

About Candidate

Harshal is an Extended Reality (AR/VR/MR) Technology Lead & Industry 4.0 Consultant at Infosys Ltd Pune. With over 9 years of IT industry experience focused towards technology innovation and developing Digital Immersive solutions for fortune 500 clients. I am a seasoned Sr. Software Developer, AR / MR / VR Specialist and Game Developer with expertise in working across multiple platforms incorporating ground-breaking technologies like XR and IoT and working with clients, from the concept and proposal phase, to planning and building and ultimately to the delivery of solution across diverse industries including Banking, Education, Medical, Automobile, Real-Estate, Manufacturing, Retail, Entertainment, Healthcare, Advertisement, Marketing, Training, Military, and Aviation, etc.

I have a good range of experience working with large-scale cross functional teams with projects across geographies and domains. I have expertise in developing and leading the XR products/projects across end to end scale : from Pre-kickoff Research, Prototypes to Deliverable experiences.

My current focus and interest areas are Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Unity 3d, and Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning.

I like meeting new people over a cup of coffee in person or virtually on any video meeting platform. Feel free to reach out at [email protected] or DM on LinkedIn.

Education

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Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

2008-2012
North Maharashtra University

Skills

Unity 3D Game Engine
95%
Unreal Engine 4
60%
Augmented Reality
90%
Virtual Reality
90%
Mixed Reality
85%
WebXR
60%
OOPS
98%
Product Development
85%
Game Programming
90%
Game Optimization
85%
Game Monetization
95%

Awards

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Gold 🥇 Award for Excellence 2021

2021
GOLD 🥇 Award at Infosys AFE2021 event under the #BeTheNavigator Category for . For contributing towards the successful implementation and leading the development of "Virtual Reality Platform for Immersive Collaboration", as a Technology Lead. It is the most important and prestigious award that one can receive at Infosys, akin to the Oscars!
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Insta Award 2020

2020
Insta Award for contribution of my work towards developing Hatch VR application along with leading the team for the same and development of XR platform along with guiding the team in regards to Computational Geometry, 3D, Unity and XR – AR,VR, MR space.
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Insta Award 2019

2019
Infosys Insta Award in recognition of my stellar contribution towards delivering one of the first of its kind immersive experience for Australian Open (AO) See more in gallery section at --> https://www.infosys.com/australian-open/
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Dream Team - Infosys Inspire Award 2018

2018
Dream Team - Infosys Inspire Award 2018 for being the best team in Infosys Center for Emerging Technologies and Solutions
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Outstanding Innovation Award at TMForum

2018
#Winner's - Outstanding Innovation Award: Blade Runner Catalyst #MixedReality #HoloLens Project #TMFDigital https://twitter.com/tmforumorg/status/996750193105219584?s=19
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Smart Employee Award 2015

2015
I was the best performing employee of the year 2015 - Got this award for my contribution of work for mentoring junior team members for games development and my contribution in developing mobile 1st of its kind multiplayer endless runner game and research and development in AR/VR space using vuforia and Oculus DK1.
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Smart Employee Award 2013

2013
I was the best performing employee of the year 2013 who developed 2 free to play mobile games for Android and iOS which had over a million downloads and was trending in top 10 at the time on respective stores.