May 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led the engineering team in building Intel Trust Platform as a Service—a highly secure infrastructure utilizing confidential computing, distributed consensus, and attestation protocols to ensure end-to-end trust for data management. This platform serves as a foundation for AI and other data sensitive applications, safeguarding confidentiality, integrity, and verifiability through advanced distributed ledger technology.
• Built and managed a development team in India while collaborating with globally distributed teams in the US and Israel to successfully deliver multiple releases. Enhanced agile practices and implemented process improvements across releases to boost overall productivity.
• Drove proof-of-concept initiatives for emerging technologies, delivering several core capabilities for the platform. These include enabling confidential computing using Intel SGX/TDX, implementing bootstrap and attestation protocols, advanced key and data management, and performance tuning for cloud-based secure distributed ledger services.

Oct 2022 – May 2023 · 7 mos

• Led a team of highly skilled engineers in developing VMware’s core blockchain platform, Concord—a highly secure, reliable, and byzantine fault-tolerant enterprise-grade blockchain platform for executing smart contracts on various engines like Ethereum and DAML.
• Drove the design and development of several core features from key management for encryption, redesigning the execution engine framework, data management, and performance (TPS) tuning to meet customer requirements with a focus on quality across multiple releases.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless onboarding, integration, and issue resolution for clients such as Digital Assets and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).
• Contributed to design and code reviews, mentored team members to foster a growth mindset, and encouraged innovation.

Apr 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Actively contributed and led development of core features including execution engine separation, config management and security enhancements for VMware Blockchain platform which is based on Byzantine fault tolerant state machine replication system.

Jul 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked as a core developer in VPN and Zero Trust Access based network security solutions. Hands on experience in implementing features and enhancements in SSL, DNS, L3 tunneling, IPSec and network performance.

Nov 2013 – Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked as a core developer in PKI providing solutions for digital certificate lifecycle management. Involved in code enhancements , debugging, defect fixes , security vulnerability analysis and upgrades.

Aug 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked as module owner and lead a team.
• Was a part of re-designing, feasibility study and development of Technician's Menu in Slot Machines for next generation linux based Bally OS.

Mar 2010 – Dec 2010 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked as developer in core team for linux based OS development in Slot machines for Bally, one of the world leaders in the Casino Gaming industry.
• Worked on development of new features/ enhancement and defect fixes to support G2S communication protocol and integration of Note acceptor hardware using USB based protocol in Bally OS.

Sep 2006 – Mar 2010 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked as developer for multiple SIP based applications and solutions for IMS networks.