I oversee government digital services at GovTech. Ask me anything!

NOTE: This AMA has ended. Find the Q&A with Parimal in the comments.

Hi TIA Community!

I’m Parimal Aswani, director of government digital services at GovTech. I lead the design and development of digital services and platforms for the Singapore government.

Prior to joining GovTech, I was involved in providing technology leadership and managing software development teams, including a stint as director of technology at DreamWorks Animation. I started my career at startups in an engineering leadership capacity, building products across different domains like digital cinema, medical imaging, and gaming.

I am a proponent of open source, agile development, and devops practices. I’ll also be speaking at GovTech’s first ever developer conference – catch me if you’ve got the time!

Feel free to ask me anything! Here are some examples of questions I’d love to answer:

• What is it like to be a software/devops engineer or designer at GovTech?
• Why are we using agile and devops to deliver user-centric design and services? What does devops mean for an organization like GovTech?
• What problems are we trying to solve? What are some of the exciting projects we are working on?
• How are we using open source in the government and why should your organization do that too?
• What kind of skills or culture is required for a team to be successful in your area of work?

Note from Putra, TIA’s head of community content: The host may choose at his preference to not answer particular questions. The AMA is moderated by the community managers, so let’s keep the questions friendly. 🙂