Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Remote

• Group coaching (in-person or online) for management and leadership trainees on various aspects of people leadership, team management, planning & execution, team culture & values, building high-performance teams, etc.

May 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• 1. Working on service and product roadmap ideation for StoryZone's growth with the founder.
• 2. Collaborating on running experiments on new services, customer engagement and revenue generation.
• 3. Collaborating on corporate engagement strategy and programs to offer

Apr 2023 – Oct 2023 · 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka

• I took some time off pursuing my other interests in theatre, podcasting, fitness and travel; I also got three of my books published during this time :-), while working on other hobby projects.

Oct 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Domain: Distributed web/mobile applications to achieve a technology-lead codification of business processes, including
• 1. HomeLane's proprietary 2D/3D design product called SpaceCraft
• 2. Workflow automation/solutions for enhancing customer experience, marketing, growth, operations, core design, partner ecosystems and analytics (via data platform) .
• Tech stacks used by team: Java Springboot, Kotlin, WebFlux, Javascript (NodeJS, ReactJS), ThreeJS, WebGL, Python, Django, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, Unity, Blender etc.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Complete ownership of technology roadmap and teams to aid HomeLane's vision of scaling via technology.
• 1. Management of Engineering, QA, DevOps & IT Teams that work on web/mobile applications (80+ team members).
• 2. Innovations and POCs to spearhead the tech R&D
• 3. Stakeholder management, managing conflicts through effective prioritization
• 4. Mentoring on solution definition, software architecture, scalability, product design, product management, software maintenance (refactoring, stack migration) and quality assurance: end-to-end guidance to the team to solve for product & technical challenges
• 5. Hiring at scale of distinguished talent from the industry as well as campuses, drive ODC/acquihire activities for an accelerated pace of development
• 6. Continuous improvements to SDLC processes for enhanced productivity and efficiency in tracking timelines/quality
• 7. Nurturing team values and belonging to the organization via engagement programs (eLearning programs, Tech Talks, Fun events, Hackathons, Guest lectures, AMAs, Skip-levels, Monthly/Quarterly performance awards, Pizza Parties etc.)
• 8. Vendor management, including legal and techno-commercial licensing
• 9. Managing budget and expenses for entire team (people, tools, infra, etc.)
• 10. Business audits and ISO27001 compliance

Oct 2018 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs

• Domain
• 1) Leadership of the technology team (Engineering, QA, DevOps & IT) to deliver HomeLane's cloud applications
• 2) Tech owner for HomeLane's disruptive 3D web application (SpaceCraft), implementing innovative algos & tools to automate floor planning, 3D visualization & real-time quotations.
• 3) Accountable for automation of business workflows across functions (marketing, growth, operations, 3D design and partner ecosystems) and unified Data Platform to build business insights.
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• Complete management of technology roadmap and teams to aid HomeLane's vision of scaling via technology.
• 1. Roadmap exploration of new ideas and innovations to spearhead the tech R&D
• 2. Stakeholder management, setting up the roadmap for the tech team to achieve a technology-lead codification of business processes, managing conflicts through effective prioritization
• 3. Mentoring on solution definition, software design & architecture, scalability, product design, product management, software maintenance (refactoring, stack migration) and quality assurance: end-to-end guidance to the team to solve for product & technical challenges
• 4. Hiring at scale to onboard stellar talent for the technology team, managing a large team of engineers and quality teams
• 5. Driving data-driven business analytics through the realization of the Data Platform
• 6. Definition and deployment of SDLC processes for enhanced predictability in plans and quality of software deliverables
• 7. Management and mentoring of a growing team of engineers & product owners (~50 member team)
• 8. Inculcating a strong team culture and collective ownership via Tech Talks, Fun events, Hackathons, Guest lectures, AMAs etc.
• 9. Vendor management, including legal and techno-commercial licensing
• 10. Managing budget and expenses for entire team
• 11. Business audits and compliance activities
• Tech stacks used by the team: Java Springboot, Kotlin, WebFlux, Javascript (NodeJS, ReactJS), ThreeJS, WebGL, Python, etc.

Jan 2013 – Oct 2018 · 5 yrs 9 mos

• Domain: High-performance software for video streaming, machine vision, visual analytics and machine learning for applications in smart city, smart buildings, healthcare and industrial automation.
• Role & Responsibilities:
• 1. Market research & business analysis, business planning, product requirements definition, roadmap planning
• 2. Management of multiple product families across a team of 30-40 engineers
• 3. Mentoring and management of Project Managers, Principal Engineers & Tech Leads
• 4. Driving the teams to deliver high-performing products via hands-on involvement and reviews
• 5. Management of product marketing, business development and go-to-market strategy
• 6. Collaboration with stake-holders and cross-functional teams regarding key business decisions
• 7. Proactive business development and customer outreach through demos at industry events

Oct 2009 – Oct 2013 · 4 yrs

• Domain: High performance software for video streaming, digital video recording, video conferencing and video networking for enterprise, surveillance, aerospace, defense and medical applications.
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• 1. Complete ownership of product engineering, responsible for bringing up and mentoring a team of 20-30 engineers working towards "adroitSDK" - Ittiam's flagship software product for video streaming & networking applications.
• 2. Product design and architecture for the a scalable SDK stack - including firmware, middleware and application software including GUI.
• 3. Requirements analysis/definition, technology research, feature definition and planning for roadmap of the SDK
• 4. Project management for several customer releases of system software or solutions
• 5. Technical / product proposals for potential customer engagements
• 6. People mentoring and technical training on SDK architecture & design
• 7. Deployment of improved SDLC processes across product teams and BU

Apr 2007 – Sep 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Domain: Video communication, conferencing and networking
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• 1. Technical lead for product engineering starting from product requirements definition and feasibility assessment all the way to product delivery
• 2. Design and development of video communication systems for roadmap & global customer delivery
• 3. Project management for customer projects, customer relationship management
• 4. Technical training and mentoring of engineering team of ~20 people

Apr 2005 – Mar 2007 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Domain: Video communication, speech processing and echo cancellation
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• 1. SDK design and implementation for video conferencing and VoIP applications
• 2. Acoustic Echo Cancellation - algorithm design, enhancements to performance
• 3. Customer project championing and customer relation management
• 4. Technical and process training to the engineering team

Jun 2002 – Feb 2005 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Germantown, Maryland

• R&D involving design and Implementation of VoIP technologies
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• 1. Design & development of Acoustic Echo Removal, Automatic Gain Control for VoIP applications
• 2. Algorithms and automation for G.167/P.340 certification

May 2001 – Aug 2001 · 3 mos · Malibu

• Design and development of machine vision solution for automatic intruder detection for intelligent video surveillance.

Aug 2000 – May 2002 · 1 yr 9 mos · College Park, Maryland · On-site

• Role and Responsibilities:
• 1. Design and development of machine learning solution for silicon-wafer defect classification (to be deployed at a large semiconductor manufacturing company)
• 2. Design and implementation of Smart Beam Search for effective feature selection for defect classification
• 3. Design of a solution for speech recognition and speaker classification