Oct 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore

• HomeLane.com is revolutionizing the home setup services market in India using Technology. Core member of the leadership team responsible for the business plan and growth. End to end responsibility for the tech footprint of the organization. As CTO, transformed the company from sales driven to product engineering focused and data-driven organization.
• Core member of the team to define the strategy and execution of the business idea including fund raising activities of $11.5M so far. Instrumental in growing the company revenues by 13X in the first year of inception. Helped the company operations expand into 6 different cities using market place model and become the market leader in Home Interiors space using Technology as the backbone.
• Built the technology team of size 50+ from scratch, established software development, release management, monitoring and escalation procedures.
• Defined and executed the complete technology and product roadmaps for the organization.
• Fostered the culture of Innovation through HL Labs and launched first of its kind products using 3D visualization, VR and AR techniques for Home Interiors industry.

Jul 2007 – Jun 2014 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore, India

• Playgroundonline.com is one of the leading e-commerce sites in India exclusively focused on sports goods, apparel, footwear, fan merchandise, health and fitness accessories, nutrition supplements. It's listed in the top 20 e-commerce sites in India.
• As CTO, held complete responsibility for the design and implementation of the e-commerce website, back-end administration & content management applications, vendor application and all the technology aspects of the company.
• As Co-Founder, defined the vision and strategy for the company, developed the business plan and execution strategy, set up processes across various functions of the organization. Raised and managed funds from private and angel investors.

Aug 2004 – Jul 2007 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

• As Director of Engineering, was responsible for building various teams with expertise in J2EE and open source technologies. Recruited and managed a team of 100+; and set up product development processes for delivering Ketera’s suite of on-demand spend management solutions – eProcurement, Spend Analysis, and Contract Management.
• As part of the Supplier Services team, conceptualized and built 3 products (Supplier Portal, Invoice Management, and Supplier Content Management) from scratch which brought in additional revenue to the company.

Oct 2003 – Aug 2004 · 10 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Responsible for overall program management of Global Operation Center (GOC) for a start-up company named diCarta Inc., San Carlos, CA. Built an Engineering team of size 40+ and established a suitable delivery program that contributed revenues of $1.2M to the company.

Nov 1998 – Sep 2003 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Santa Clara, CA

• Core member of the Engineering team for their flagship product getAccess, an Identity and Access Management SSO product. Built CORBA services for entitlement and multi-domain support.
• Based on the need of the hour, moved out of core Engineering team to set up the professional services organization and worked with key customers like BoA, Chase, and Sprint in customizing and integrating getAccess into their Enterprise applications. As part of Professional services team, designed and delivered training program on getAccess product to registered customers, partners and new employees.

May 1995 – Nov 1998 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Santa Clara, CA

• Member of the team that designed and developed new suite of products WebMerchant and WebGateway targeting power trading companies as part of energy de-regulation in California.
• As a Software Engineer, worked on ABB’s Energy Management System (EMS) Software. Responsible for data engineering and Automatic Generation Control modules. Was part of the EMS implementation team for the customer Electricity Authority of Cyprus.