Ashok Tankala

CTO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India18 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Over 16 years of experience in web application development.
  • Led teams of up to 150 people during hypergrowth phases.
  • Expert in scaling applications and improving performance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with extensive experience in scaling and optimizing web applications.

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Core Skills

It ConsultingScalabilityCtoCoachingLeadership Development Coaching

Other Skills

Technology ConsultingTechnical LeadershipExecutive CoachingScalable Web ApplicationsTeam BuildingWeb ApplicationsBig DataSoftware DevelopmentWeb ServicesProduct DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentProject ManagementCloud ComputingScrumAgile Methodologies

About

Is your web application struggling to scale further or is your team spending valuable time fixing bugs every day? If hiring a seasoned CTO seems out of reach due to budget constraints, I can offer a solution. With extensive experience as a fractional CTO and advisor, I've helped numerous founders regain control of their applications and scale their teams effectively. Here's why you should consider working with me: 1) Over 16 years of hands-on experience in architecting, scaling, developing, testing and deploying web-based applications across various technologies including Java, Python, Node.JS, PHP and .NET. 2) Demonstrated success in building and leading multiple teams and branches concurrently. 3) 14 years as a founding team member at a unicorn company. I specialize in helping CEOs, CTOs, Engineering VPs, Engineering Managers and teams deliver more business value in less time. By identifying and addressing issues which are hindering progress, aligning engineering teams with the company's business goals and fostering growth and efficiency. From building products and teams from scratch to managing departments of up to 150 people, I've navigated hypergrowth, mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and downsizing with expertise. Know more about me at bavanti.com and let's discuss how I can support your organization's growth and success.

Experience

18 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Codebasics

2 roles

Chief Technology Officer

Promoted

Mar 2026Present · 2 mos

Fractional CTO

Jan 2025Feb 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Working on improving the architecture and performance of existing applications.
  • Working on helping the team in building new applications.

Bilvantis technologies

Chief Architect

Apr 2024Feb 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

  • Working on improving the architecture and performance of existing applications.
  • Working on helping the team in building new applications.
IT ConsultingTechnology ConsultingTechnical LeadershipCTOScalability

Canam consultants

Technology Advisor

Oct 2023Mar 2024 · 5 mos · Remote

  • Worked on improving the architecture and performance of existing applications.
  • Helped in Acquiring a company (On the Tech side).

Woxsen university

Startup Mentor - Mentor of Action

Sep 2023Sep 2024 · 1 yr · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

  • Mentor of Action at Trade Tower, Woxen University to support and mentor entrepreneurs, innovators

Cardekho group

Technology Consultant

Jul 2023Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

  • Working on improving Used Car Price prediction.

Angara ecommerce pvt. ltd.

Technology Consultant

May 2023Oct 2023 · 5 mos · Remote

  • Helped improve overall application performance, especially on the Core Web Vitals side. Helped team in several areas which resulted in a 50% improvement on the performance side in Core Web Vitals.
  • Improved some of the microservices' performance and code architecture, especially on microservices which were built in Python and Node.js.

Bavanti software solutions

Founder

Apr 2023Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

  • Helped multiple companies, including Codebasics, Bilvantis Technologies, CarDekho, GogoMotor, Canam Consultants and Angara Ecommerce Pvt. Ltd, to enhance application architecture and performance.
  • Mentored and upskilled existing teams to enhance technical capabilities and project outcomes, and assisted in selecting the right talent to strengthen their teams when needed.
CTOScalabilityIT ConsultingTechnology ConsultingTechnical Leadership

The lula guide

Leadership and Executive Coach

Jan 2023Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

CoachingExecutive CoachingLeadership Development Coaching

Kc overseas

Chief Technology Officer

Aug 2021Mar 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • ▪ Developed and led long-term technology vision and strategic plans for the company.
  • ▪ Lead a complete overhaul of the flagship product which resulted in 50% performance improvement and 50% cost reduction and also helped in the company's revenue increase of more than 200%.
  • ▪ Managing the entire Hyderabad development center for KC Overseas and Expanded tech team from 8 to 25 to support and build the company's 3 core products.
  • ▪ Collaborated cross-functionally to identify & implement cutting-edge solutions.

Pip trends

Founder

Jul 2020Present · 5 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Want to know about a Python Package or Which Python Python package should you use?
  • pip trends will help you in getting packages downloads stats and their information. Spot trends, pick the winner!

Cardekho

6 roles

Director Of Technology

Nov 2019Aug 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Managed ML team for multiple projects (NLP Chatbot, Image Masking, User Scoring, Recommendation, Used Car Pricing).
  • Built a multi-tenant contextual NLP ML chatbot application. Right now it's handling 96% of the unstructured conversations for cardekho.com without any human intervention.

Deputy Director

Promoted

Apr 2016Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Built a deep learning model using TensorFlow for predicting whether the user buys a car or not if he/she will buy then which car with the accuracy of 81%.
  • Managed a team of 8 members for a Web and Mobile App Analytics platform named Connecto. Made several changes at the architectural and application level to handle 50+ million requests per day.
  • Rewrote the whole LMS application with a 10 person team to support microservice architecture and multi-tenant architecture. Delivered beta product to the customer in 1 and a half month time.
  • Built Web Automation testing framework which can support all the GirnarSoft web applications. Trained manual testers on Java and Selenium. This has helped the organization to have a readymade automation testing team by reducing the burden of recruitment.

Senior Associate Director

Promoted

Apr 2015Mar 2016 · 11 mos

Delivery Head

Promoted

Jan 2013Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Managed 7 projects in parallel.
  • Expanded Hyderabad office team from 40 to 150 people. Worked heavily on recruitment, setting up new offices, mentoring teams & people to make sure projects are in a stable state.
  • Built Android, iOS, Automation testing teams in the Hyderabad branch to support Girnar new initiatives.
  • Delivered a couple of client projects on time which has resulted in signing up with new projects from the same client and helped in business growth.
  • Worked as a technical architect in a client role for the Accept 360 project.

Team Lead

Promoted

Aug 2008Dec 2012 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Started Hyderabad branch and scaled up to 40 people.
  • Managed 3 teams in parallel.
  • Re-Architectured whole LMS application. Improved application performance by 50%.
  • Received Outstanding technical performer​ of 2008.

Software Engineer

Aug 2007Aug 2008 · 1 yr

  • Developed multiple numbers bill parser modules from scratch.
  • Fixed bugs in the recommendation engine & did enhancements also.
  • Wrote multiple JUnit test cases for unit & integration testing.

Devfactory

Technical Architect

Jan 2013Jan 2014 · 1 yr

Education

Indian School of Business

Executive Education — Chief Technology Officer Programme

Mar 2025Oct 2025

AITAM

B.E — ece

Jan 2003Jan 2007

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