H Rajendra Kamath

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 3 mos experience
AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years in global product/platform engineering.
  • Expert in driving cloud-first and AI-first innovation cultures.
  • Proven track record in leading large distributed engineering teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Engineering expert with a strong focus on AI and Digital Transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud Product EngineeringPlatform ModernizationAi Connectivity Platform DevelopmentBig Data Platform DevelopmentCloud Native TransformationData Server DevelopmentNetwork Security EngineeringVirtualization Platform Development

Other Skills

.NET FrameworkAgentic AIAgile Application DevelopmentAgile Project ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache HadoopApache SparkArtificial Intelligence (AI)Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Big DataBudgetingBusiness AnalysisBusiness Case PreparationBusiness Decision MakingChange Management

About

Seasoned Engineering with 20+ years in GCC India Site Setup / Development & driving global product/platform engineering 1. Lead global engineering organization including Sr. Managers, Sr. Architects, Sr. Product Owners across US, South America (Bogota), Germany, France, Australia and India. Credible experiences as India Site Leader for GCC setup and driving sustainable site growth. 2. Credible experiences driving efficiencies in R&D/Engineering (Dev & QA), Product Management, Design, Operations, Budgeting & Finance, Cloud Capacity & Cost Control, HR including Hiring & Talent Management, Vendor Management & Compliance. Partnered with Sales & Marketing to influence sales especially in areas of Data, AI & Industrial domains and fueling sustainable growth. 3. Credible track record as brand ambassador, keynote speaker at technology events, contributing towards building the brand, attracting top talent, and enhancing presence within the local technology ecosystem. Innovation catalyst, Entrepreneurial mindset, building a culture of innovation and continuous improvements in delivery excellence & customer-centric outcomes. 4. Lead several 1.0 Platforms & Products from concept to go-live. Spearheaded multiple Cloud & AI centric modernization & transformation missions, modernizing legacy systems and integrating GenAI / ML / Agentic AI for greater business outcomes. 5. Expertise in Platform & Product Engineering, Automation, DevOps & Cloud SRE, Re-engineering legacy from on-prem, web, and mobile to SaaS models, re-skilling, restructuring, and Agile/DevOps/SRE adoption, driving a Cloud-First, Agentic AI-First Innovation culture for Enterprise Software, Industrial, Manufacturing, Travel, Hospitality, Payment, Retail, Pharma & Data Center domains.

Experience

23 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Amadeus

Director - Cloud Product & Platform Engineering

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • 1. Product, Platform Modernization to Cloud and Gen AI & Organisation Transformation with Agile, Cloud SRE Adoption, Cloud-First AI-First Innovation Culture for Travel, Hospitality, Payments, Data Center domain.
  • 2. Site leader for the India Organization. Lead large globally distributed R&D Engineering organization spanning Europe, US, Bangalore, Sydney & Bogota.
  • 3. Multiple roles including new Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, Data Platform Modernization & Cloud SRE, Technology & Services Vendor Engagement, Innovation & Cloud Cost Optimization Champion for the region.
Strategic LeadershipCultural CompetencyGlobal Capability Center (GCC)Global Cross-Functional Team LeadershipStorageCultural Diversity+48

Honeywell

Site Leader - Cloud | AI Product & Platform Engineering

Jul 2017Aug 2022 · 5 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

  • 1. Product, Platform Modernization to Cloud and AI & Organisation Transformation with Agile, Cloud SRE Adoption, Cloud-First AI-First Innovation Culture for Industrial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Data Center, Pharma domains.
  • 2. Site leader for India organization, also lead large globally distributed R&D Engineering organization spanning India and USA.
  • 3. Built brand new Cloud & AI Connectivity platform (Honeywell Forge). Partnered with India Sales for wins in APAC region. Multiple roles including New Product Development, Platform Engineering, Cloud SRE, Innovation Champion, Sales Engagement translating to wins for the region.
Strategic LeadershipCultural CompetencyGlobal Capability Center (GCC)Global Cross-Functional Team LeadershipOEM ManagementFull-Stack Development+49

India software labs, ibm

3 roles

Senior Manager - Watson Data Platform

Promoted

Feb 2012Jul 2017 · 5 yrs 5 mos

CloudPaaSDockerKubernetesApache HadoopApache Spark+41

Development Manager/Architect, IBM Data Servers/Data Stores

Nov 2009Feb 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Data ManagementEngineeringSoftware ArchitectureTeam IntegrationProduct DevelopmentAgile Application Development+1

Sr. Technical Lead/Architect, Informix Data Server Development

Nov 2008Nov 2009 · 1 yr

Data ManagementEngineeringSoftware Architecture.NET FrameworkProduct DevelopmentData Server Development

Netscout systems

Lead Dev Engineer (Network Packet Analysis & Security)

Jul 2005Nov 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Architect and lead for vNext Sniffer line of products in Network Security.
  • Built industry-first VoIP playback functionality
Network Traffic AnalysisEngineeringSoftware Architecture.NET FrameworkProduct DevelopmentNetwork Security Engineering

Samsung sds

Senior Software Engineer

May 2004Jun 2005 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • - Architect and lead for development of a virtualization platform & Embedded Systems
EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureProduct DevelopmentVirtualization Platform Development

Wipro technologies

Systems Engineer

Oct 2002Jan 2004 · 1 yr 3 mos

OEM ManagementEngineering

Education

Stanford University

Organizational Behaviour & Management — Organizational Leadership

Manipal Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Computer Engineering

O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Artificial Intelligence

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