Ranjith Kumar PS — CTO
Ranjith is VP of AI and Tech at Khetika, where he leads the AI and technology strategy, driving innovation at the intersection of agriculture and intelligent systems. His focus is on building scalable platforms that empower farmers, agri-businesses, and supply chain stakeholders with real-time insights, predictive analytics, and smart automation. A hands-on engineering leader with a deep entrepreneurial mindset, he combines technical depth with strategic vision to drive innovation across AI, analytics, and platform engineering. Ranjith’s past experience spans high-growth startups and large-scale platforms in Retail, OTT, Media, and EdTech. He co-founded Knappily, an award-winning editorial app recognized as a Google Editor’s Choice, and previously scaled systems 10x as Head of Engineering at SuperZop. His technical strengths span AI/ML, Node.js, React/Next.js, and mobile (Android/iOS), with hands-on DevOps expertise in Kubernetes, CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab), Terraform, Ansible, and cloud platforms like AWS and GCP. He brings deep proficiency in cloud-native architecture, microservices, event-driven design, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack. Driven by impact, Ranjith now focuses on building intelligent systems that blend traditional software engineering with the emerging potential of agentic AI and autonomous coding agents.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Agritech expert with strong AI/ML and cloud infrastructure skills.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 16 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Ai/ml
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Devops
- It Strategy
- Technical Leadership
- Software Development
- Technology Leadership
Career Highlights
- Led AI strategy at Khetika transforming agri-commerce.
- Co-founded award-winning Knappily app recognized by Google.
- Expert in building scalable cloud-native architectures.
Work Experience
Khetika
VP of AI and Technology (9 mos)
MachineHack Generative AI
Chief Technology Officer (9 mos)
Tata Elxsi
Information Technology Consultant (8 mos)
SuperZop
Vice President Of Technology (2 yrs 3 mos)
Head Of Engineering (2 yrs)
Tata Elxsi
Solutions Architect (10 mos)
The New Indian Express
Information Technology Consultant (1 yr 5 mos)
Knappily
Co-Founder & CTO (3 yrs 6 mos)
TestCracker Education
Information Technology Consultant (2 yrs 8 mos)
CA Technologies
Senior Sofware Engineer (11 mos)
Tata Consultancy Services
Software Engineer (3 yrs 2 mos)
Education
Master of Science - MS at Liverpool John Moores University
PG Diploma in Software Development at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Master of Arts - MA at Azim Premji University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore