Rajeev Purohit — CTO
Dynamic Engineering and Technology Leader with 24+ years of industry experience, known for driving innovation, scaling distributed global engineering teams, and delivering impactful large-scale platforms and products. Expertise spans Enterprise Mobility, Enterprise Applications, B2B & B2C solutions, Analytics, Data Engineering, and Cloud Development. Currently spearheading Platform Engineering at Freshworks, driving technology strategy and innovation to enhance connectivity, intelligence, and productivity across the Unified Customer Experience, Analytics, AI/ML, Marketplace, and Developer Platform. Leading the Neo Platform, which powers Freshworks’ entire product portfolio while serving vertical market offerings like Analytics and Marketplace. Passionate about solving complex product and system challenges to deliver optimal business and customer outcomes. Adept at building world-class software platforms and managing high-performing, globally distributed teams from the ground up. As an Agile Champion with 15+ years of expertise in Scrum and Kanban, I have successfully led Agile transformations across organizations, achieving predictable operational efficiency and significantly enhancing team productivity and delivery outcomes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Healthcare engineering leader with extensive experience in Agile methodologies.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 22 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Engineering Management
- Agile Application Development
Career Highlights
- 24+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
- Expert in driving Agile transformations and team productivity.
- Led large-scale platform innovations in SaaS and healthcare.
Work Experience
QAD
GM India and Global Head of Engineering for ERP & Supply Chain (6 mos)
Freshworks
VP Engineering - Head of Platform Engineering (3 yrs 7 mos)
athenahealth
Executive Director Engineering (2 yrs 11 mos)
Director Engineering (1 yr 4 mos)
BlackBerry
Director Engineering (1 yr 10 mos)
Senior Engineering Manager (6 mos)
Good Powered by BlackBerry
Senior Engineering Manager (1 yr 4 mos)
Engineering Manager (1 yr 8 mos)
Copiun, Inc
Engineering Manager (9 mos)
Unidesk Inc
Senior Software Engineer (3 yrs 3 mos)
Pratham Software
Principal Technical Lead (4 yrs 1 mo)
Elastic Workspace Inc.
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
Education
Engineer’s Degree at North Maharashtra University
Advanced Certificate In Software Engineering at IBM Educational Services