Nov 2019 – Nov 2024 · 5 yrs · Greater Bengaluru Area

• I lead AppDynamics engineering for commercial SaaS and On-Prem offering that drives hundreds of millions of ARR with a strong team of 320+ member Global R&D Centers at AppDynamics - Bangalore, Noida, Prague and Krakow.
• AppDynamics is a global market leader in Application Performance Management and Business Performance Management (8 years in a row in Gartner Magic Quadrant) with 2500+ customers worldwide. AppDynamics is disrupting the performance monitoring space by building next generation Unified Monitoring and AIOps/ML Platform. We provide comprehensive visibility from user experience, back-end applications, databases, infrastructure and networking monitoring to provide end-to-end business performance. Our products can dynamically instrument every single line of code whether it is hosted on-premise or on-cloud across the world with negligible overhead in production and providing precise & actionable insights on business performance in near real-time.
• AppDynamics R&D centers have independent ownership and we have end-to-end teams (Product, Design, Dev, QE, Perf, Ops, and CX) that work on customer problems on global scale. We are always looking for technical leaders, architects and principal engineers interested in working on challenging problems and building global SAAS products that are highly scalable.

Nov 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• I manage the full stack (Product, Dev, QE, DevOps, and Support) for multi billion dollar Amazon Associates (Amazon Affiliate Marketing) Program that is currently live in 14 countries. Managed end-to-end delivery of the program comprising of Associates Central Portal, Analytics, Payments, Recommendations, Risk Mgmt, Product Advertising API, Data Feeds, Support Engg, and DevOps.

Jul 2015 – Nov 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• SayPay Technologies is an innovative mobile payments start-up that is disrupting how consumers pay bills, make e-commerce purchases, and authenticate themselves on-line. SayPay is the first-to-market to offer a solution that fuses mobile payments with voice biometrics. SayPay's Voice OTP provides financial institutions the ability to confirm the identity of the customer for transaction approvals.

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Led the Quikr's Verticals initiative for Real Estate, Cars, Jobs, Services, and Goods. Built a 100+ member team from scratch in Bangalore. The Verticals initiative is a ground-up rebuild of these categories on desktop, mobile web and mobile apps to establish Quikr as the leader in each of these verticals.

Jul 2010 – Dec 2014 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore, India

• Managed Yahoo Media Finance and Commerce (Autos, Homes, Travel) sites. Prior to that, I’ve managed Yahoo Media Entertainment (Movies, TV, Music, OMG), Lifestyles & Games. I’ve built this team from ground-up to 70+ member team by taking over ownership from Sunnyvale and managed these global sites generating more than $150 million/yr completely from Bangalore. Responsible for roadmap, strategy, hiring, and delivery for my portfolio.
• Kick-started and managed innovation forum by organizing multiple hack events and ID8 sessions. Spearheaded the incorporation of a number of such hacks/ideas into Yahoo products generating additional revenue.

Jan 2008 – May 2010 · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed the technology team responsible for development and support of Java, PeopleSoft CRM, and BI/DM solutions for Private Banking business group (part of Wealth Management Group).
• Led the SOA strategy for Master Data Management (MDM).
• Played a key role in Wells Fargo & Wachovia merger integrations for WMG applications.
• Agile coach/mentor for the team.
• Active role in the Agile Advisory Council & Data Architect Council.

Apr 2005 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed multiple Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse applications. They include Verified by Visa (VbV), Visa-Vue Online (VVO), Asia-Pacific Information Program (APIP), Global Merchant Chargeback Monitoring Program (GMCMP), etc.
• Managed multiple risk applications that include Advanced Authorization Workstation (AAW), Duplicate Transaction Identification (DTID), etc.

Apr 2004 – Dec 2004 · 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed the development of Genentech’s Sales Force Automation (CRM) application.
• Customer facing position that include product evaluation, design of technical architecture, application integration, managing development processes, project scheduling, resource allocation, setting up customer expectations, etc.

Dec 2002 – Apr 2004 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked on the core platform (collection of enterprise beans & utilities) used by applications throughout the company.
• Worked on the application that facilitates EDI Outsourcing for major retailers.

Aug 1999 – Sep 2002 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Worked on the design and development of Supply Chain Collaboration (also called TradeMatrix) that enables companies to deploy B2B e-commerce portals.
• Developed adapters for RosettaNet integration.
• Developed integration services using WebMethods
• Played a key role in successful implementation at Dell.

Jul 1998 – Aug 1999 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Designed & implemented workflow management system using Java, CORBA, ASP, COM, C++.
• Led successful implementation for clients Verizon, Sprint, Edward Jones, etc.