Ashok Karani — CEO
*** Organizational Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Strategist and Center Head experience *** • 28+ years of IT industry experience with 12 years hands-on technologist and 16 years in leadership • Global work experience, US 3 years (Silicon Valley) and Singapore 3 years • Strong experience in leading Global Software teams spread across India, US, France, China, Singapore and Malaysia. Experience in leading large product engineering teams with focus on quality and execution. • Developing and executing Long Term Strategy and Multi-Year Roadmap for technology organization • Engineering Operations leader for the 1700 strong Technology Organization with 120 technology staff, 20 product groups and 100+ new product introductions for the global market. • Conceptualization and execution of Analytics, Cloud, Platform, IOT, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning software development teams • Setup software development organization and grew it from 0 to 400 people. Very experienced in hiring top talent from premium institutes in India like IIT, NIT. Special interest in mentoring and people grooming. • Major contributions in engineering organization governance, innovation, productivity and simplification of process. • Expertise in methodologies like Agile, FastWorks. Expertise in complete software development life cycle (SDLC) for New Product Initiatives (NPI). Very knowledgeable about FDA and ISO quality certification procedures and faced both audits. • Experience in Healthcare, Telecom, eCommerce domains
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Software Leader with extensive experience in global product development and engineering management.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 33 yrs 1 mo
Skills
- Software Development
- Global Software Leadership
- Digital Services Technology
- Iot Solutions
- New Product Innovation
- Digital Strategy
- Electronic Medical Records Implementation
- Product Development Management
- Project Planning
- Product Development
Career Highlights
- 28+ years of IT industry experience
- Led global software teams across multiple countries
- Expert in Agile methodologies and SDLC
Work Experience
GE Healthcare
Senior Director - Global Software (6 yrs)
Senior Director and Engineering Site Leader (2 yrs)
General Manager - Technology & Medical Innovation (3 yrs 5 mos)
Program Director - Singapore (2 yrs 7 mos)
Director Engineering (5 yrs 11 mos)
Portal Software (now Oracle)
Senior Engineering Manager (5 yrs 3 mos)
Verifone
Project Lead (4 yrs 2 mos)
XLNet Software Systems
Software Engineer (3 yrs 8 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
12th Grade (Pre-University College) at MES College Bangalore
10th Grade at VVS Sardar Patel High School Bangalore