Siva Kumar — Co-Founder
Three decades of leadership experience heading Product Engineering divisions across India’s top tech companies led me to one profound realization: True engineering leadership demands staying close to the 'metal'—not just spreadsheets and strategy decks. This conviction fueled my shift from the corporate structure to a hands-on, entrepreneurial role. My career trajectory has been intentionally dual-track: The first half mastering the code, and the second half mastering the people who write it. I have personally scaled teams, delivered global products, and navigated the full evolution of the Indian software ecosystem. Who I Am Now I am a veteran leader who has returned to First Principles. I have stripped away the administrative layers to reclaim my core technical identity. I am just as comfortable discussing organizational design and team culture as I am debugging a complex block of code. What I Deliver I specialize in offering a unique vantage point to founders: I know how to write the code, and I know how to build and scale the high-performance team that writes it. I partner with companies to set up, architect, and scale high-performance product organizations, transforming chaotic development environments into streamlined, high-output engineering realities.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in FinTech and SaaS product engineering.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 28 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Saas Development
- Java Enterprise Architecture
- Fintech
Career Highlights
- Three decades of leadership in product engineering.
- Expert in scaling high-performance engineering teams.
- Deep understanding of both code and team dynamics.
Work Experience
Pivotrics
Founder, Director (7 yrs 8 mos)
Aptean
Center Head (1 yr 1 mo)
Verifone
Site Director (10 yrs 9 mos)
HP
Project Manager / Solution Architect (2 yrs 4 mos)
IFlex
Project Manager (1 yr 2 mos)
Hewlett-Packard
Sr.Software Engineer (2 yrs 6 mos)
VeriFone
Software Engineer (3 yrs 3 mos)
Education
at Madurai Kamaraj University