Oct 2022 – Mar 2023 · 5 mos

Jan 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

• I believe my term as CTO of Zensar was successful because, me and my team connected with all the business leaders on regular basis and heard from them about market demands. We together created some very cool and cutting edge technology solutions based on customer demand.
• Head of Zensar's research labs: ZenLabs (AI, Deep Learning, Blockchain, Metaverse, Quantum Computing)
• Responsible for scaling up the AI/ ML business, as well as delivery.
• Won large AI based contract based on computer vision & deep learning.
• Created comprehensive offerings and playbooks that resonated very well with customers.
• Nurtured a team of AI architects
• Connect with larger eco-system on innovation charter
• Connect with Academia, Analyst Firms, Partners etc.
• Innovation Charter for the company
• Engaging with customers for business development and consultancy
• AI Driven Business Process Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Technology Vision
• Start-up Collaboration

Oct 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · New Delhi, NCR

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs

• Build a portfolio of multi horizon (H1, H2, H3) AI platforms, and demonstrate business benefits
• Demonstrate thought leadership, evangelization function, and win anchor customers
• Understand customer demand, provide consultancy for process transformation via AI
• Review product strategies, Conceptualize newer offerings,
• Product Management and Collateral Creation
• Mentor and evaluate research team in different streams
• Research in Knowledge Graphs and Semantic AI
• Product engineering, Professional services for PoCs and deliveries
• Technology and Domain
• Optical Character Recognition and Process Automation
• Service Desk Transformation, Digitization via AI
• Conversational Systems, Knowledge Management for amplification of SMEs
• Deep Learning, Python, Angular JS, CICD pipeline, Test Automation, Design Thinking
• Retail, Banking, Insurance, Professional Services, Governments, Airlines
• Achievements
• Won large deals and demonstrated thought leadership to customer executives
• Program Committee Applied Track ACM KDD, and Demo Track ACL
• Research Papers: NLP & Semantics – 6

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs

• Define the research agenda for subsequent quarters / year, Define point of view for customers
• Mentor research team, Research in Deep Learning and Data Science
• Campus Recruitment from top universities in India
• Technology and Domain
• Conversational System, Knowledge Management, Deep NLP [started in TCS]
• Sensor Data Analytics: Time Series Anomaly Detection, Remaining Useful Life [Manufacturing, Automobiles]
• Process Automation using Deep Reinforcement Learning in [Logistics]
• Deep-Learning and AI: RNN, LSTM, GRU, CNN, RBM, VAE etc. on Keras, Tensorflow, Python
• Achievements
• TCS Distinguished Engineer Award
• Program Committee of Applied Data Science of ACM KDD
• Research Papers: Deep Sensor Analytics - 9, Data Science - 2, Process Optimization - 3, NLP & Semantics - 4

Sep 2010 – Dec 2015 · 5 yrs 3 mos

• Started Sensor Data Analytics group, demonstrate deep understanding of subject to customers
• Customer co-Innovation projects, Research in Data Science and Information Fusion
• Technology and Domain
• Big Data Analytics: Map Reduce, Machine Learning;
• Sensor Data Analytics: Event detection, Anomaly detection, Motif Detection;
• Data Science: Bayesian Methods, Frequent Itemset, Subgroup Discovery;
• Big Data Technologies: Apache Hadoop, HBase, Giraph, Hive, Mahout; Data Visualization: D3
• Achievements
• TOGAF 8 Certification, Tata Innovista Winner
• Research Papers: Information Fusion – 8, Data Science – 5, Sensor Data Analytics – 5, NLP & Semantics – 2
• Started learning - how to write a research paper

Jun 2005 – Aug 2010 · 5 yrs 2 mos

• Manage an engineering and professional services team comprising of 20 people
• Developed TCS' first model driven interpretation based product
• Technical Architecture, and Development Operations, Sprint Planning and Feature prioritization
• Technology and Domain
• JEE, Apache JBoss, Apache Tomcat, Apache Struts, Ext4J, Protovis, JavaScript, HTML
• Achievements
• Tata Innovista Finalist, TCS Young Researcher Award
• Research Papers: Model Driven Interpretation – 2 Collaborative software development - 4

Jun 2004 – Jun 2005 · 1 yr

• Corporate open source reference architecture framework [JOA]
• Implement the best practices of technical architecture learned
• Nurture a community of architects, and be a technical mentor for the community
• Technology and Domain
• Apache Struts, Hibernate, JEE, Apache JBoss, Apache Tomcat
• MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redhat Linux
• Achievements
• Research Papers: Model Driven Software Engineering, Collaborative Development

Jan 2004 – Jun 2004 · 5 mos

• Create traceable vision starting with business and IT drivers for various organizations
• Enterprise IT architecture: Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Architecture
• IT Strategy & Reference architecture for PCFC
• Technology and Domain
• TOGAF, Zechman framework, Enterprise Consulting using TCS framework IMPACT

Dec 2002 – Dec 2003 · 1 yr

• Non-functional and Core Application Requirements Gathering
• Feasibility Analysis, Technical Proof of Concepts
• Build Technical Architecture, Manage Development Operations
• Technology & Domain
• J2EE, Apache Struts, JFC, JNDI, Web Services, JSP Tag Libraries
• Oracle 9i, Oracle9i Application Server, HP UX

Jun 1998 – Nov 2002 · 4 yrs 5 mos

• Technical architecture of large application, Reference architecture of future projects
• Managed Development Operations, Database administrator
• Analysis of change request requirements, Create High Level Design specifications
• Worked with British customer on regular basis
• Technologies: [Shipping and Logistics]
• C, Pro*C, Pro* COBOL, Unix Shell Script, AIX Unix
• Java, J2EE, Apache Struts, JProbe, JMeter, Java Script, HTML, CSS
• Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i App Server, Apache Tomcat, Apache JBoss, HP-UX, LoadRunner
• Configuration management, release management and SDLC