Oct 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• At CognitiveBotics, I lead a high-performing engineering team building AI-driven eLearning solutions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Our mission is to make education more inclusive by blending the expertise of therapists with advanced machine learning and adaptive learning models to deliver personalised learning experiences.
• Key contributions:
• Product Innovation – Designed and scaled AI-powered platforms that support cognitive, social, and emotional development for children with ASD.
• Technology Leadership – Built architectures that integrate real-time data and adaptive models, enabling personalised and engaging learning journeys.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partnered with therapists, researchers, and product teams to ensure solutions are rooted in evidence-based therapeutic practices.
• Impact Orientation – Driving initiatives that empower both children and caregivers with tools that enhance communication, social interaction, and behavioural growth.
• Proud to be leading a team that is pushing the boundaries of Healthtech and EdTech innovation, and creating solutions that make a meaningful impact on families and communities worldwide.

Jan 2023 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hybrid

• At Centime, I provide end-to-end program leadership spanning technology delivery, people and vendor management, finance, and competency development. I’ve built and scaled high-performing teams that support Centime’s mission of delivering cutting-edge Fintech solutions with reliability, compliance, and customer trust at the core.
• Key contributions:
• Strategic Delivery Leadership – Defined and executed product roadmaps aligned to customer journeys, balancing innovation with operational excellence.
• Global Operations & Support – Built and manage a 16×7 platform support team from India, ensuring resilience, performance, and customer satisfaction across critical financial workflows.
• Agile Program Execution – Lead the end-to-end delivery of 8 release cycles annually, driving quality, speed, and predictability in product development.
• Cross-Functional Leadership – Own and manage Development, Support, Build/Release, and Change Management teams, integrating engineering execution with business priorities.
• Scalable Team Building – Recruited, developed, and mentored engineering and operations talent while managing strategic partnerships and vendor relationships.
• This role has allowed me to combine technical depth, delivery discipline, and strategic leadership to scale Centime’s Fintech platform — enabling secure, compliant, and customer-focused financial solutions.

Feb 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Hybrid

• As the first engineering leader in India, I built Centime’s technology organization from the ground up, scaling a high-performing team of architects, engineers, and vendor partners to deliver secure, compliant, and scalable Fintech solutions.
• Key contributions:
• Team Building & Leadership – Established and scaled the India engineering center, building core competencies in architecture, emerging technologies, and platform operations, while managing both FTE and vendor-based teams.
• Product & Delivery Strategy – Drove the implementation of the Centime roadmap, aligning product goals with customer value and leading 8 agile release cycles annually with full ownership of Development, Support, Release, and Change Management.
• Scalable Platform Architecture – Led the design of multi-tenant, microservices-based architecture, creating common frameworks and SDKs for API calls, exception handling, logging, and response schemas.
• Compliance & Security – Designed and implemented core security services for user/API authentication and authorization, embedding SOC-2 readiness, data privacy, and governance into the platform.
• Systems Innovation – Delivered critical services including notification frameworks (Spring, SSE, Kafka) and fault-tolerant data pipelines between QuickBooks and RDS with WSO2.
• DevOps & Automation – Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Gradle, Docker, and Jenkins, improving release velocity and platform resilience.
• This role was pivotal in establishing Centime’s engineering footprint, building a strong delivery culture, and ensuring the platform meets the highest standards of scalability, compliance, and customer trust.

Mar 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

• At Wells Fargo, I led the design, modernization, and delivery of enterprise-grade applications supporting the Consumer Lending and Credit Card business lines, ensuring compliance with regulatory and architectural standards.
• Key contributions:
• Enterprise Architecture & Delivery – Directed end-to-end software development across requirements, solution design, architecture approvals, implementation, and production support, ensuring alignment with SOA-based architecture.
• Consumer Lending Transformation – Partnered with executive business stakeholders to deliver enterprise solutions supporting credit card, home equity, and lending operations.
• API & Platform Modernization – Led and supported 200+ web service APIs within PVSI Credit Card Services, successfully modernizing and migrating a monolithic codebase into 39 modular projects.
• Regulatory & Compliance Initiatives – Spearheaded Technology Health Refresh (THR) efforts to meet Safety & Soundness requirements, including .NET Framework 4.6 upgrade, Java 8 upgrade, and Fortify integration.
• Enterprise Standards Adoption – Implemented compliance with enterprise-wide tools and frameworks including Jenkins, Artifactory, UDeploy, JIRA, and Confluence, ensuring consistency, auditability, and operational resilience.
• This role strengthened my expertise in large-scale financial platforms, regulatory compliance, and enterprise modernization, while building strong collaboration with executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Aug 2015 – Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

• At Wells Fargo, I led critical modernization initiatives and large-scale application delivery within the Consumer Lending Technology group, ensuring enterprise standards, performance, and compliance were consistently achieved.
• Key contributions:
• Rule Engine Modernization – Directed migration from Blaze to Drools Business Rule Engine, designing and delivering end-to-end architecture for improved maintainability and scalability.
• Application & Platform Transformation – Led Tomcat migration, successfully porting WebLogic-based applications to a modern, cost-efficient Tomcat platform.
• Large-Scale Services Management – Oversaw 150+ web services across 16+ clustered WebLogic domains, ensuring high availability, resilience, and compliance with enterprise governance.
• Performance Optimization – Spearheaded initiatives that improved response times by 300%, including code optimization, automation pipelines, and performance tuning.
• Quality & Automation – Proposed and implemented 100% code and test coverage, along with automation frameworks (Maven, Blaze automation, SHAW API migration), significantly reducing defects and accelerating delivery.
• Leadership & Execution – Built and guided cross-functional teams, managing resource allocation, demand forecasting, and project execution for multiple parallel initiatives.

Mar 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

• Led requirements engineering, functional design, and full lifecycle implementation of STRADA services, LG Framework, and HEQ Services, directly accountable for 20+ UI applications and 300+ batch jobs supporting consumer lending operations.
• Directed the classic-to-Flex migration of 14 STRADA services, modernizing the platform for scalability and long-term maintainability.
• Oversaw critical certification upgrades and SHAW migration, ensuring compliance, performance reliability, and business continuity.
• Championed application performance improvements, driving environment tuning and customized stress testing to meet stringent SLAs.
• Partnered with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless build and deployment operations on the Lending Grid team.
• Impact: Enabled large-scale modernization of Wells Fargo’s lending applications, improved compliance readiness, and delivered stable, high-performance services used across multiple business lines.

May 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

• Led the end-to-end development lifecycle (design, development, deployment, optimization, and enhancement) of Home Equity and Servicing Systems, built on Spring MVC and Axis2/Spring-based Web Services.
• Partnered with executive business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-scale solutions across the Lending Grid, aligning technology outcomes with business goals.
• Directed requirements engineering, functional design, and application implementation, ensuring systems were scalable, reliable, and compliant with enterprise standards.
• Impact: Strengthened Wells Fargo’s lending technology ecosystem by delivering high-performance, service-oriented applications that supported critical consumer lending operations.

Jun 2009 – May 2012 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

• Contributed to the design, development, and implementation of PMACS® (Producer Management and Compensation System), a core platform used by life insurance and annuity providers to manage producers, agencies, and brokers.
• Delivered requirements engineering, functional design, and application enhancements, ensuring product adaptability across diverse client environments.
• Led application installations in client environments, while managing bug fixes, performance improvements, and base product enhancements to improve reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Impact: Strengthened the product’s ability to streamline insurance carrier administration processes, directly supporting large-scale BPO operations in the life insurance industry.