Apr 2017 – Apr 2021 · 4 yrs

• NASSCOM is the apex industry association for the IT-BPM sector in India. A not-for-profit organization funded by the industry, its objective is to build a growth led and sustainable technology and business services sector in the country. Established in 1988, NASSCOM’s membership has grown over the years and currently stands at 1,400. These companies represent 95 percent of industry revenues and have enabled the association to spearhead initiatives and programs to build the sector in the country and globally.
• http://www.nasscom.in
• Serve as the Chair of the Product Council for 2017-19, and reappointed for a second term 2019-21, which envisions establishing the Indian software product ecosystem as a world class source of high value, innovative, next generation products which are enjoying robust sales traction and are establishing category / IP leadership in both domestic and international markets.
• https://www.nasscom.in/deeptech-initaitives
• Also, served as member National Software Product Mission (NSPM) constituted by the Union Cabinet, Govt of India with a vision to create a robust Indian Software Product development ecosystem.
• https://www.pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1566747

Apr 2017 – Apr 2021 · 4 yrs

• Member of the NASSCOM Governing Body
• http://www.nasscom.in/our-councils/executive-council

Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs

• AI-powered API Security and Management
• http://www.elasticbeam.com
• Acquired by Ping Identity

Aug 2012 – Nov 2022 · 10 yrs 3 mos

• Algonomy (previously Manthan-RichRelevance) is a global leader in algorithmic customer engagement powering digital first strategies for 400+ retailers and brands serving customers in over 30 countries with innovations have garnered recognition from top industry analysts such as Gartner and Forrester.
• In 2021, Manthan merged with San Francisco based RichRelevance to form Algonomy. RichRelevance was the world’s leading personalization provider - https://richrelevance.com
• RichRelevance was the global leader in omnichannel personalization used by more than 240 multinational companies to deliver the most relevant and innovative customer experiences across web, mobile and in store and served clients in 42 countries from 9 offices around the globe.
• Prior to the merger, Manthan had architected AI and Analytics platforms and products for the global retail and consumer products industries used by businesses in over 30 countries.
• US based RIS News had ranked Manthan #1 in eight categories including Customer satisfaction for Tier One Retailers on their Software LeaderBoard, as well as #1 in the category "Criteria Leaders in Technology Innovation". Manthan has been cited in the Gartner BI & Analytics Platforms MQ report, placed as Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave Customer Analytics Solutions, as well as other analyst reports.
• Manthan was funded by Temasek, Avataar Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Fidelity International, IDG Ventures and DFJ ePlanet Ventures.

Jan 2011 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore, India

• Built team and drove product efforts on Yahoo's next-gen search strategy ("Answers not Links") focused on vertical intent and vertical search
• Delivered multiple vertical intent products in shopping, travel domains across multiple regions including US, EU, etc
• Established strong collaboration with Sunnyvale and Taiwan R&D centers cutting across engineering, sciences/labs, product management, user design, editorial and other cross-functional groups

Mar 2009 – Oct 2009 · 7 mos

• Led transition of engineering/technology from Motorola's Good Technology Group (GTG) business unit to Visto Corp (later rebranded as Good Technology)
• Integrated the legacy Good engineering team with the rest of the Visto organization
• In the new entity, managed engineering for the Good for Enterprise and Good for Govt businesses encompassing mobile messaging, mobile device management, mobile secure access and device security
• Delivered the Good Mobile Messaging (GMM) 6 SR1 release to market that doubled down on quality
• Spearheaded product development for upcoming Good offerings on latest industry platforms including iPhone, PalmPre (WebOS) and Android
• Led Agile adoption initiative across company as Chair of Agile Working Group transitioning the company from waterfall to scrum

Feb 2008 – Feb 2009 · 1 yr

• Headed engineering in divestiture of Good Technology Group from Motorola to Visto Corporation (later rebranded to Good Technology) in March 2009
• At acquisition time managed $15M+ budget and 120+ engineering organization across three continents and five locations including California, Texas, Hyderabad, Pune and Poland
• Instrumental in delivering Good Mobile Messaging (GMM) 6 release to market including Good Access Control as new product
• Incubated creation of highly secure Good offering for the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) organization in the US DoD to provide secure mobile messaging for millions of active serving as well as retired defense personnel
• Initially managed the Server & Infrastructure Engineering group that included all Server, Network and Infrastructure components spanning the Good product portfolio

Jan 2002 – Nov 2007 · 5 yrs 10 mos

• Led open source effort for Sun's Portal Server product line (OpenPortal)
• Sun representative on OASIS WSRP (Web Services for Remote Portlets) Standard Technical Committee
• Led WSRP implementation in Sun's Portal Server
• Led Sun - Yahoo Alliance
• Member of Sun wide SOA Strategy team
• Led Web Services strategy/execution for Sun Portal
• Led integration of Sun Portal with SeeBeyond (Java CAPS)
• Regular speaker at Sun's' Executive Briefing Center and at conferences around the world
• Led evangelism of Sun's Portal Server product portfolio among global developer and user communities

Jul 1999 – Mar 2000 · 8 mos

• Provided architectural/technical consulting to the Sun-internal Javateam community
• Developed/applied a business information modeling architecture to identify consolidation opportunities for Sun-internal applications

Jan 1997 – Jun 1999 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Designed, developed, benchmarked and deployed next generation N-Tier architecture used for deploying distributed web based applications within Sun.
• Developed reusable Java components used widely by applications within Sun - including in the area of security, user interfaces, etc.
• Supported and enhanced mission-critical internal applications in logistics/education area of SunService.

Mar 2000 – Dec 2001 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Designed/implemented Exchange Core Matching Engine in iPlanet Market Maker (eCommerce) product
• Instrumental in adoption of Market Maker product by key customers

Sep 1994 – Dec 1996 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Oct 1993 – May 1994 · 7 mos