H Rajendra Kamath — Director of Engineering
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.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Engineering expert with a strong focus on AI and Digital Transformation.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 23 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Cloud Product Engineering
- Platform Modernization
- Ai Connectivity Platform Development
- Big Data Platform Development
- Cloud Native Transformation
- Data Server Development
- Network Security Engineering
- Virtualization Platform Development
Career 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.
Work Experience
Amadeus
Director - Cloud Product & Platform Engineering (3 yrs 10 mos)
Honeywell
Site Leader - Cloud | AI Product & Platform Engineering (5 yrs 1 mo)
India Software Labs, IBM
Senior Manager - Watson Data Platform (5 yrs 5 mos)
Development Manager/Architect, IBM Data Servers/Data Stores (2 yrs 3 mos)
Sr. Technical Lead/Architect, Informix Data Server Development (1 yr)
NetScout Systems
Lead Dev Engineer (Network Packet Analysis & Security) (3 yrs 4 mos)
Samsung SDS
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
Wipro Technologies
Systems Engineer (1 yr 3 mos)
Education
Organizational Behaviour & Management at Stanford University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Manipal Institute of Technology
Master of Business Administration - MBA at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)