Venky Pandian — CTO

An astute professional with 25+ years of solid experience in the areas of Software Development. I am a business and people leader who empowers companies of all sizes to scale and reinvent themselves. My specialities are Building & Transforming Organisations through our People, Product and Technology. Currently I am with Atlassian, as a Head of Engineering. I am the Driver for the Internal AI company level OKR [Objectives + Key Results]. One of the key objectives for the company is "Becoming AI First Company". We are in the journey of building various AI Agentic solutions to transform the way our business units are functioning [Mkg / Sales / Care / Finance / People]. One of the AI Agents [Customer360 Agent] what we designed and developed was showcased by our CEO and President in the recent Atlassian Team Conference as the Role Model Agent. Owning and Developing the people is my core strengths; that's been consistently demonstrated thru the employee engagement survey. Every single time, my org score is significantly higher than the company overall score. In addition to this role of HoE - Internal AI, I am part of the India Site Leadership Core team to drive the transformation of Atlassian India Charter. Also, I am the Interim signature authority [since Aug '23] for Atlassian India, taking care of all things to do with Indian Govt. Previously I was the Executive Director @ Intuit, where I was responsible to own and drive "One Intuit Notification Platform". This unified notification platform is an AI driven engine for Intuit business and our products to cater to various notifications. This is truly a Mission Based approach with an Inner Source Contribution as our Team Operating Model. This platform is leveraged by our Products [Quick Books / Turbo Tax / Mint] and various business units [Sales / Marketing / Care]. I was awarded with the "Scott Cook Founders Award" as the "Key Innovator". Before joining Intuit, I was associated with ADOBE as Director. Under my leadership, we established the strong bonding between Adobe Research Lab and my org to leverage next-gen ML algorithms for Lead to Order conversion [Sentiment Analysis / Emotional Intelligence]. Presenters @ Adobe Summit. Before joining ADOBE, I was associated with DELL. I Joined as a Engineer and rose to Director level. Possesses significant expertise in eCommerce [www.dell.com]. I won the Chairman Award from Mr. Michael Dell. I started my career in ISRO. Part of Indian Remote Sensor Satellite division, doing Unix/C++ programming for the Satellite temperature control.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech leader with extensive experience in AI-driven solutions and product development.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 28 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Software Development
Leadership
Ai Solutions
Product Development
Engineering Leadership

Career Highlights

Led AI transformation at Atlassian.
Awarded Scott Cook Founders Award at Intuit.
Established strong partnerships at Adobe.

Work Experience

Atlassian

Head of Engineering [Internal AI] (2 yrs)

Head Of Engineering (4 yrs 1 mo)

Intuit

Director Of Engineering (2 yrs 9 mos)

Adobe

Director (4 yrs 6 mos)

DELL

Director (1 yr 11 mos)

Senior Manager (3 yrs 11 mos)

Development Manager (2 yrs 5 mos)

Software Technical Leader (1 yr 5 mos)

Software Development Engineer (8 mos)

Microland Software Services

Senior Member Technical Staff (2 yrs 6 mos)

Indian Space Research Organization

Software Engineer (2 yrs 10 mos)

Education

Executive MBA at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Master of Computer Applications at Madurai Kamaraj University

Venky Pandian

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India28 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led AI transformation at Atlassian.
Awarded Scott Cook Founders Award at Intuit.
Established strong partnerships at Adobe.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech leader with extensive experience in AI-driven solutions and product development.

Contact

venkateswaran_p@hotmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentLeadershipAi SolutionsProduct DevelopmentEngineering Leadership

Other Skills

AI Agentic solution developmentAI developmentAI integrationAgile MethodologiesApplication developmentClient onboardingCross-functional collaborationCustomer experience reimaginingEnterprise ArchitectureGlobal DeliveryGlobal TeamsGlobal application developmentGlobal team managementIT StrategyInspiring Leadership

About

Experience

Atlassian

2 roles

Head of Engineering [Internal AI]

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Led a team in developing AI Agentic solution using ROVO and other AI products to enhance internal business teams' efficiency and productivity.
Implementing AI solutions for Marketing, Sales, Customer Care, Finance, and HR departments to revolutionize the way work is done.
Achieving seamless integration of AI technology across various business functions, driving significant improvements in operational processes.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful implementation and adoption of AI solutions within the organization.
Customer360 Agent what we designed and developed is setting the new benchmark in the company [#1 used agent - across company - across levels].

AI Agentic solution developmentCross-functional collaborationIntegration of AI technologySoftware DevelopmentLeadership

Head Of Engineering

May 2020 – Jun 2024 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Atlassian is in the journey of building a brand new commerce platform. As part of that new commerce mission, one of the core demand is "reimagining the buyer and seller experience". Two critical channel at which Atlassian enables these experience is thru our Customer Advocates and our Partners Channel.
Our partners brings 1/3rd of company revenue. My team is excited to build set of brand new platforms for our Advocates and Partners. These are meant for our high touch customers. But, thru advanced technology we are trying to achieve self serve for high touch customers. This new experience platforms are going to be the game changer for our $10B revenue dream.
I own the core engineering team for these Platform development. It's truly a global team spread across US / Australia / India.

Platform developmentCustomer experience reimaginingGlobal team managementSoftware DevelopmentLeadership

Intuit

Director Of Engineering

Aug 2017 – May 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

As part of Intuit's transformational journey, we are in the journey of bringing all our eco systems together to serve our customers in an outstanding manner. One of the critical need is, "Next Gen Notification Platform". As a Steward, I am responsible to own and drive "One Intuit Notification Platform". This includes both Product as well as Engineering. This unified notification platform is the target platform for every single product and business unit across Intuit to cater to the following needs;
1. Product Experience Notifications
2. Transactional Notifications
3. Marketing Notifications
4. Strategic Partner Notifications
Key Call Outs...
1. I own this initiate for Intuit globally [Stewardship responsibilities - Product & Engineering]
2. Mission Team approach [Boundary-less Leadership]
3. Inner Source Methodology [Open Source within Intuit]
4. ~3 Billion customer notifications annually
Following are my critical responsibilities as a Steward and Product Development leader;
1. Defining the Guiding Principles
2. Ideal State Architecture
3. Rationalizing the existing solutions
4. New Capabilities and Client On-boarding
5. Modernizing the Offerings thru ML / AI
6. People Development / Engineering & Innovation Culture / Growth Mindset
One Intuit Notification Platform team won the Scott Cook [Founder of Intuit] Innovation Award for the year 2020. I was the "Key Innovators".

Next Gen Notification PlatformProduct and Engineering stewardshipMission Team approachProduct DevelopmentEngineering Leadership

Adobe

Director

Jan 2013 – Jul 2017 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

➢ Managing the platform development of Marketing / Sales / Commerce [Org of 150 People]
➢ Managing the Marketing platform development using Adobe Digital Marketing Cloud
➢ Managing the Enterprise Sales platform development using SalesForce.com
➢ Commerce and Order Management applications development
➢ Managing Adobe.com / Web Platform [Adobe Experience Manager] – www.adobe.com
➢ Customer Zero stories
➢ Innovation – by establishing the partnership with Adobe Research Lab
➢ Vendor Management and Strategic Relationship
➢ Building the High Performing Team
➢ People Management and Development [org size of 150+ full time employees and 50 Contractors]
➢ Hiring and Retaining the Top Talent
➢ OHRP and Succession Planning

Platform managementVendor managementTeam buildingSoftware DevelopmentLeadership

Dell

5 roles

Director

Promoted

Jan 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

Engineering Leader - Dell.com & Order Management - Organization of 250 People
➢ Made vital contributions to the set up of the Bangalore & Hyderabad Development Centers
➢ Heading the Dell.com Direct Sales & Order Management Development / Delivery
➢ Managing the Order-To-Cash Life Cycle Applications Deliverables
➢ Building the Integration Foundation Pack product suite using Oracle AIA / Fusion Platform.
➢ Driving IT simplification across the enterprise at DELL. Leading strategy formulation and execution of simplifying the Integration Architecture of Packaged / Custom Applications.
➢ Portfolio Planning, Budgeting, Road Map Prioritization, Head Count Finalization, Hiring, Mentoring, Succession Planning, IT Architecture Strategy, and Org Level Initiatives.

Order Management developmentIntegration architecturePortfolio planningSoftware DevelopmentLeadership

Senior Manager

Promoted

Feb 2007 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

➢ Building and managing the core Enterprise Architecture and Development group.
Contributing to the creation and adoption of re-usable Enterprise Business Services strategy.
➢ Handling on boarding of the clients to Enterprise Business Services.
➢ Spearheading the development of global applications across Product Configuration, Personalisation, Cart, Check-Out, and Order Management (www.dell.com).
➢ Designing and Developing the Integration Platform for DELL Direct and Retail Sales Order Management Systems.

Enterprise ArchitectureClient onboardingGlobal application developmentSoftware DevelopmentLeadership