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Hello, I'm Vikash

Survey Programmer & Consultant

Passionate about setting up, testing, deploying, and automating B2B & B2C research surveys across SaaS-based research data collection platforms.

6+ Years Experience
5 Platforms Mastered
3 Companies
Vikash Shalot
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💻 Survey Dev
🔬 Research Tech
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Work History

Most of my experience has been within implementation teams, supporting sales and delivery through client onboarding, pilots, prototypes, and platform migrations across enterprise SaaS platforms.

2023 — 2025 Omnicom

Technical Consultant — SP

📍 Gurugram

Served as individual contributor within the Market Research implementation team, leading end-to-end setup and deployment of primary research projects on Forsta and Dynata CMIX for healthcare and media clients. Partnered with sales and delivery teams to drive client onboarding, pilot execution, and platform migrations. Led process improvements and developed automation POCs to reduce manual effort and improve delivery efficiency.

Forsta Confirmit Dynata CMIX Healthcare Media & Advertising Automation
2021 — 2023 Sermo

Survey Programmer

🌐 Remote

Worked within the Mexico team responsible for setting up and deploying healthcare market research surveys on Forsta Plus (Confirmit). Delivered end-to-end survey scripting, UI customization to enhance respondent engagement, and response validation using JavaScript and Confirmit library functions. Collaborated with PM and QA teams to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.

Forsta Plus Confirmit Healthcare HTML CSS JavaScript
2019 — 2021 Toluna

Associate Survey Programmer

📍 Gurugram

Joined as Survey Programmer Trainee and was promoted to Associate Survey Programmer within one year. Worked in the Retail Survey Programming team, responsible for setting up, testing, and deploying Retail & FMCG market research surveys on Forsta Plus (Confirmit). Collaborated cross-functionally to ensure on-time delivery with high CSAT scores.

Retail FMCG Forsta Confirmit HTML

Academic Background

2015 — 2019
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Bachelor of Technology

AKTU, Lucknow

Specialized in Computer Science Engineering. Graduated with distinction.

B.Tech CSE
2012 — 2014
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Higher Secondary

CBSE, Delhi

Studied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer Science.

PCM + CS
2010 — 2012
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High School

CBSE, Delhi

Built strong academic foundations with emphasis on mathematics and science.

Foundation

Featured Work

Showcase of tools and extensions built to solve real-world survey programming challenges.

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Chrome Extension

Survey Tester QuestionPro

Chrome Extension for Survey Professionals

A productivity-focused Chrome extension designed for survey programmers and market research professionals working within the QuestionPro ecosystem. It streamlines QA and survey testing workflows by automating repetitive checks, accelerating navigation across complex logic, and enabling faster debugging.

HTML CSS JavaScript JSON Google Cloud API Firestore AI

Skills & Tools

Technical Skills

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • XML / JSON
  • RESTful APIs
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Platforms & Tools

  • Forsta (Decipher)
  • Forsta Plus (Confirmit)
  • QuestionPro
  • Dynata CMIX
  • Survey Programming
  • Primary Market Research
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Domain Expertise

  • B2B & B2C Research
  • Healthcare & LifeSciences
  • Retail & FMCG
  • Change Management
  • Project Migration
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Get In Touch

Have a project in mind or want to discuss an opportunity? I'd love to hear from you.