Sep 2014 – Mar 2025 · 10 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Led global engineering organizations, driving key wins spanning multiple dimensions...
• Transforming Engineering Platforms:
• As Sr. Director of Consumer Engineering Platforms, pioneered a paradigm shift in application development through the adoption of No Code development powered by Server-Driven UI (earning a patent for this innovation). Introduced advanced personalization capabilities and reduced development efforts by 3x.
• Driving Customer-Centric Solutions:
• Launched and scaled the global adoption of Value Added Services, a novel value proposition for a payments company. Expanded the features across 60+ countries and as a result reduced customer churn by 30%.
• Innovating Payment Solutions:
• Led the international expansion of Pay After Delivery—a precursor to Buy Now Pay Later—which generated $3 billion in Total Payment Volume.
• Bridging Technical and Business Perspectives:
• Adept at presenting complex ideas to senior leadership, product/program management, and engineering teams in a relatable and impactful manner. As Site Leader for PayPal’s Bangalore center—one of the company’s largest with 4,000+ employees— drove CXO initiatives in collaboration with Engineering, Operations and Customer Service functions.
• Championing Culture and Talent Development:
• Built and led globally distributed teams across diverse tech stacks, from data engineering to mobile app development. Focused extensively on grooming and developing teams, enabling career growth for scores of engineering leaders and architects. Fostered a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence, with teams achieving top engagement scores and delivering high-quality products consistently.

Jul 2013 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Built a senior development team for the Location Intelligence product and launched the next generation application of Map Info – The biggest revenue driver of the company.

Nov 2010 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Led the launch of Shine.com and grew it to become the number 2 job portal in India in a matter of 1.5 years.
• Hands-on MongoDB evangelist – Handled the entire data migration, data modeling and production deployment for the NoSQL DB. This was one of the earliest No SQL production setup. Architected data pipelines for Solr indexing of candidate and recruiter data.

Sep 2008 – Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• I led the Engineering team of Rediff Business Solutions - The second highest revenue generating product at Rediff. This enables online booking and management of Domain, Professional and Enterprise versions of Rediffmail and Website hosting for direct users and for the Rediff Business Associates [reseller network].
• Revamped the legacy batch processes to approach real-time domain booking and set up an in-house team.

Oct 2005 – Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

• Owned the development and maintenance of a key feature used across multiple CRM products: Contacts, Calendar and Tasks. Created History / Favorite browser like feature for the CRM client

Feb 2005 – Oct 2005 · 8 mos

• Was part of the team that built the first Seibel India development center.

Jun 2000 – Feb 2005 · 4 yrs 8 mos

• Developed features for automating manufacturing processes in CATIA product used by Automotive and Aerospace majors like Boeing, Renault, Toyota, and DaimlerChrysler.