Tanay Sai

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in engineering enterprise AI products.
Proven track record in launching successful SaaS platforms.
Strong leadership in managing large engineering teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a MarTech and SaaS expert with a focus on AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud-native ApplicationsAi/mlDevopsCloud ComputingSoftware Development

Other Skills

AI AgentsAJAXAgentic AIAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaBack-End Web DevelopmentCMSCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Content Management Systems (CMS)Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)CrewAIDatabasesDrupal

About

I engineer enterprise AI products that drive real business value, constantly seeking to solve complex challenges in ambiguous problem spaces. When I'm not immersed in large-scale AI, I'm launching micro SaaS experiments for fun, exploring new ideas and technologies. I thrive in uncertainty, quickly figuring things out on the fly, and I'm not afraid to put my credibility on the line to achieve audacious goals. Expect me to challenge norms, take unconventional paths, and move fast. I have a strong bias for action and little patience for anything that doesn't move the needle. 🎯

Experience

Nielsen

2 roles

Senior Engineering Director - Nielsen Sports

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Senior Engineering Director - International Television Audience Measurement

Feb 2025 – May 2025 · 3 mos

Comviva

CTO - MarTech (Loyalty & Digital Marketing)

Jan 2022 – Feb 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Started as CTO for Factoreal (www.factoreal.com) - a Cloud-Native Omni Channel Marketing Automation SaaS platform, incubated by Comviva
Further took on responsibility of engineering for a suite of MarTech products in Comviva -
CTO for two Comviva group products - MobiLytix™ Rewards, MobiLytix™ Digital Marketing, MobiLytix™GenAI Design Studio
MobiLytix™ Rewards (MR) platform is an end-to-end engagement marketing solution designed to create reward-based promotional campaigns and loyalty programs. These, in turn, are aimed at enabling enterprises to achieve their business KPIs throughout the consumer’s lifecycle journey.
MobiLytix™ Digital Marketing (previously Factoreal™) is an Omni channel costumer engagement platform with state-of-the-art AI/ML and GenAI features.

Cloud-Native ApplicationsAI/ML

Globant

Technical Director

May 2021 – Dec 2021 · 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Led architecture, solution, and implementation for a pharma giant in building an intranet solution with 50,000+ users concurrency and multiple Machine Learning features.

DevOpsContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cloud ComputingMicrosoft AzureSoftware DesignAgile Methodologies+6

Acquia

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager, R&D

Jan 2017 – May 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Led engineering for Campaign Studio (Mautic) and Campaign Factory Products

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cloud ComputingSoftware DesignAgile MethodologiesFull-Stack DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)+3

Manager, Technical Services

Jan 2013 – Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Led a team of 50+ engineers for Acquia Professional Services in India
Technical delivery lead for all Professional Services projects for Acquia in India
Accountable for quality of delivery, estimation accuracy, requirements discovery, and day-to-day management of projects
Responsible for vendor shortlisting, evaluation, onboarding

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Software DesignSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)SoftwarePeople ManagementSoftware Development

Ibee solutions & harvest technologies

Technical Project Coordinator

Dec 2010 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hyderabad

Started as a web-developer. Delivered multiple projects. Transitioned to the role of technical manager and project coordinator, managing a team of 10 developers delivering small to medium-sized projects for multiple customers.
Handled all customer communication, expectation setting, escalations, onboarding new customers, streamlined processes in the organization. Led the efforts to successful ISO certification for the organization.

Tata consultancy services

Assistant Systems Engineer

Aug 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Started as a QA analyst and later moved to the development team. Was an individual contributor in a team responsible for migrating USAA.COM’s databases from IMS to DB2 and building Interface that runs on Mastercraft © (a proprietary framework of TCS used in banking and insurance domain)

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Freelance Consultant (while pursuing graduation)

Mar 2006 – Mar 2008 · 2 yrs · Hyderabad

Built small to medium sized web applications leveraging Drupal content management system and similar frameworks, while I pursued graduation. Customers include www.saco.in , Bomma media. Built MVPs for multiple products on LAMP stack. Sold web hosting to small companies under the brand GenieHosting.com. This was later acquired by an Australian GenieHosting.com.au. Overall, generated north of USD 25K revenue during graduation.