Sep 2018 – Jul 2025 · 6 yrs 10 mos · United States · On-site

• Led the 0→1 build and scale of a mobile banking platform serving 1M+ users and generating multimillion-dollar revenue, defining both the product and engineering roadmap from MVP to full-market release.
• Owned the strategic direction across architecture, cloud economics, performance optimization, security, regulatory compliance, resiliency, and observability, ensuring enterprise-grade scalability on Azure Cloud while aligning technology investments with business growth objectives.
• Partnered cross-functionally to establish a modern product-engineering operating model, delivering:
• 55% reduction in operational cloud spend
• 80% reduction in vendor API spending
• 35% improvement QoQ in software quality
• 40% reduction QoQ in Sev1/Sev2 defect leakage
• 90% release predictability with sustained 75–80% sprint velocity
• Led the 0→1 build and scale of a mobile banking platform serving 1M+ users, generating multimillion-dollar revenue. Owned the full product roadmap and engineering strategy from MVP to full market release, spanning AI integration, cloud economics, security-by-design, regulatory compliance, and reliability engineering on Azure.
• Owned end-to-end AI product strategy from product-market fit validation and MVP definition through go-to-market launch, translating customer discovery and SQL-driven operational data into a prioritized backlog and measurable release outcomes.
• Integrated Azure ML and Hugging Face models into production delivering NLP-powered user sentiment analysis, budget summarization, and intelligent downtime detection and established early LLMOps practices for AI-assisted user story generation, embedding data intelligence into engineering workflows.
• Led beta programs and user research feedback loops to validate product direction conducting A/B testing and SQL-based cohort analysis to surface actionable insights and drive rapid iteration. Maintained 75–80% sustained sprint velocity.

May 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

• Owned product strategy and technical execution for large-scale IoT smart energy deployments across global enterprise portfolios at the intersection of hardware, software, cloud analytics, and data intelligence.
• Defined product roadmap and go-to-market strategy for IoT platform deployments across global enterprise B2B portfolios, validating product-market fit through direct enterprise customer engagement and iterating on positioning based on field feedback.
• Translated enterprise objectives into scalable product architectures, aligning API-first, cloud-native analytics platforms with edge device integration and digital dashboards into cohesive production-grade solutions.
• Leveraged IoT telemetry and data analytics to drive product optimization decisions, delivering 60% revenue uplift and enabling 50% reduction in client energy costs through data-driven platform improvements.
• Served as primary technical product advisor and cross-functional stakeholder lead to enterprise customers globally, managing requirements, mitigating delivery risk, and ensuring regulatory and safety compliance.

Mar 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

• I led global product execution strategy across the Echo, Kindle, FireOS, and Home Automation portfolios, partnering closely with product and engineering leadership to translate roadmap ambition into scalable, predictable global delivery. Supporting both U.S. and India regions, I built and guided a 15–20 member cross-functional organization responsible for 3–4 major launches annually serving Amazon’s global customer base.
• My focus extended beyond launch coordination to strengthening the operating model behind product delivery. By introducing structured release governance and clearer cross-functional decision frameworks, we accelerated time-to-delivery by 40%, enabling faster realization of product value. We reduced post-launch defect rates by 60% per quarter by embedding systemic quality controls and root-cause-driven engineering discipline, elevating customer experience and platform reliability. SLA adherence improved by 80%, increasing execution predictability and reinforcing stakeholder trust across regions.
• During peak seasonal cycles, I led cross-functional war-room operations to safeguard launch integrity and customer experience, reducing incident response time by 30% and strengthening operational resilience during high-demand windows. At the organizational level, I prioritized leadership development and succession depth, mentoring and promoting three engineers within two years to ensure long-term capability growth.
• At its core, my mandate was to align product vision, engineering systems, and operational scale, ensuring that innovation did not outpace execution, and that execution consistently translated into customer and business impact.

Jan 2014 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

• Led cross-functional product and engineering teams delivering scalable web and mobile platforms, aligning technology strategy with business objectives and long-term growth priorities. Owned end-to-end delivery governance across the SDLC, instituting execution frameworks that strengthened quality, automation maturity, and performance optimization at scale. Designed operating rhythms and performance dashboards that improved predictability, reduced delivery risk, and enhanced stakeholder confidence.
• Partnered with senior leadership to translate business goals into actionable technology roadmaps, balancing speed, cost discipline, and system resilience. Built and mentored high-performing engineering teams, led strategic hiring initiatives, and fostered a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement that elevated both technical capability and organizational maturity.

Feb 2006 – Dec 2013 · 7 yrs 10 mos · India, Australia, Finland · On-site

• Advanced from software engineer to technical lead roles while contributing to large-scale, distributed enterprise systems across global teams in India, Finland, and Australia. Designed and delivered scalable, performance-optimized applications for Fortune 500 clients in banking, telecommunications, and product industries, operating within complex, multi-tier architectures and high-availability environments.
• Advanced from software engineer to technical lead across large-scale, distributed enterprise systems in India, Finland, and Australia. Delivered scalable applications for Fortune 500 clients in banking, telecom, and product industries.
• Designed and delivered API integrations and enterprise platform foundations for Fortune 500 banking and telecom clients, building scalable backend services using Java, Python, .NET, and C++ on high-availability architectures.
• Contributed to solution architecture and CI/CD and deployment governance frameworks, establishing engineering standards in quality, test automation, and regulatory/compliance-aligned delivery across global teams.
• Built SQL-driven data processing workflows and system integration layers aligned with enterprise performance, security, and scalability requirements.
• Collaborated closely with business analysts, architects, and infrastructure teams to translate evolving requirements into resilient technical solutions, reinforcing engineering standards and establishing best practices in quality, testing automation, and deployment governance.