Rajeev Purohit

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 10 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 24+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
  • Expert in driving Agile transformations and team productivity.
  • Led large-scale platform innovations in SaaS and healthcare.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Healthcare engineering leader with extensive experience in Agile methodologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementAgile Application Development

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)ScrumArchitectureProduct ManagementVendor ManagementAnalyticsData EngineeringSaaSArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data ManagementLeadershipStrategyTeam ManagementEnterprise MobilityApplication Architecture

About

Dynamic Engineering and Technology Leader with 24+ years of industry experience, known for driving innovation, scaling distributed global engineering teams, and delivering impactful large-scale platforms and products. Expertise spans Enterprise Mobility, Enterprise Applications, B2B & B2C solutions, Analytics, Data Engineering, and Cloud Development. Currently spearheading Platform Engineering at Freshworks, driving technology strategy and innovation to enhance connectivity, intelligence, and productivity across the Unified Customer Experience, Analytics, AI/ML, Marketplace, and Developer Platform. Leading the Neo Platform, which powers Freshworks’ entire product portfolio while serving vertical market offerings like Analytics and Marketplace. Passionate about solving complex product and system challenges to deliver optimal business and customer outcomes. Adept at building world-class software platforms and managing high-performing, globally distributed teams from the ground up. As an Agile Champion with 15+ years of expertise in Scrum and Kanban, I have successfully led Agile transformations across organizations, achieving predictable operational efficiency and significantly enhancing team productivity and delivery outcomes.

Experience

22 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
6 mos
Current Experience

Qad

GM India and Global Head of Engineering for ERP & Supply Chain

Nov 2025Present · 6 mos · On-site

Freshworks

VP Engineering - Head of Platform Engineering

Apr 2022Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • As VP of Engineering for Freshwork’s Platform Business Unit, leading innovation across Analytics, AI/ML, Marketplace, NLP driven - Low-Code/No-Code Developer Platform. Freshworks Platform supports ~$700M revenue by ensuring scalable and resilient solutions for Freshworks products in Employee and Customer Experience space.
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)ScrumArchitectureProduct Management+6

Athenahealth

2 roles

Executive Director Engineering

Promoted

May 2019Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • In my role as Executive Director Engineering at athenahealth, I led innovation for US healthcare, delivering measurable financial and clinical results for providers. As Geo Lead (India) for End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management product with ~I Billion USD in annual revenue I own the global success responsibility of transforming product and engineering organization capabilities and value delivery while supporting revenue growth targets.
  • I drove the digital transformation of the industry's best Rules Engine to an agile, scalable Knowledge Management platform, leading a 30+ Scrum team and overseeing technology refresh and global success strategy for products.
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)ScrumArchitectureProduct Management+3

Director Engineering

Jan 2018May 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Lead the technology transformation and refresh for the athenaNet Platform (SAAS) that backbones 1.3 B revenue while maintaining business continuum. Created new generation elastic platform services, API driven systems, enabled developer productivity and reduced go-to-market time for products and features.
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)ScrumArchitectureProduct Management+3

Blackberry

2 roles

Director Engineering

Promoted

Mar 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · On-site

  • Came into Blackberry through acquisition of Good Technology. Leading teams for Good's/Blackberry's products in the Secure Enterprise space for
  • Document Access and Sharing - GoodDocs/BlackberryDocs
  • Enterprise IM and Presence - GoodPresence/BlackberryPresence
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentScrumArchitectureProduct ManagementLeadership+4

Senior Engineering Manager

Sep 2015Mar 2016 · 6 mos · On-site

  • Blackberry acquired Good Technology in Sep 2015. Lead the GoodDocs (formerly GoodDocs - a product in Enterprise Secure EFSS) and BlackberryConnect( formerly GoodConnect a product in Enterprise Secure IM and Presence). Transformed both the products into a MBaaS/PaaS backend enabling them bundled into a workplace productivity and enablement suite.
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentScrumVendor Management

Good powered by blackberry

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

May 2014Sep 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentScrumVendor Management

Engineering Manager

Sep 2012May 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

  • Good technology acquired Copiun in Sep 2012. Lead the Copiun Product Portfolio in Good Technology. Included the GoodDocs - Enterprise Secure EFSS Product as well as End Point Security Product.
  • Successfully led the transformation of the GoodDocs product to MBaaS/PaaS Platform. Managed global distributed teams in US and Eastern Europe.
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentScrumVendor ManagementApplication ArchitectureAgile Methodologies+1

Copiun, inc

Engineering Manager

Dec 2011Sep 2012 · 9 mos · Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

  • Copiun was a start up having product in End Point Backup and Security. I joined Copiun as EM and lead the transformation of the product to Secure Enterprise Document Sharing and Syncing over Mobile Devices. Successfully completed the transformation and Copiun was acquired by Good Technology in Sep 2012.
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentScrumVendor ManagementSystem ArchitectureAgile Methodologies+4

Unidesk inc

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2008Dec 2011 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Marlborough MA

  • Responsible for Inception, Architecture, Design and Implementation of Registry Virtualization on Windows XP and Vista/7 platforms.
  • Responsible for Architecture, Design and Implementation of Boot Image List Creator. Generates and maintains a list of files that forms the Minimal Operating System Image required to boot the OS to load the kernel and Unidesk Virtualization Platform.
  • Responsible for Architecture, Design and Implementation of Boot Image Creator(BIC). The Linux based server component is a part of the cache Appliance that is responsible to re-create a boot image for the Unidesk Managed Machines by assembling the Files and Registry into a VMDK.
Engineering ManagementAgile Application DevelopmentScrumVendor ManagementSystem ArchitectureAgile Methodologies+4

Pratham software

Principal Technical Lead

Aug 2004Sep 2008 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Greater Jaipur Area

  • Pratham Software is a Global IT Services company based out of Jaipur India and provides specialized and expert consultancy and solution to enterprises worldwide. I started with Pratham Software as Senior Software Engineer and grew up to establish and manage the Microsoft Platform Technology Group that dealt with Outsource Product Development. Leading a team of 25+ engineers, architects and managers.
  • Providing technical mentoring to the teams with problem resolution, carve growth path for team members process implementation, timely delivery and dealing with and negotiating with all stake holders both in-house (Senior Management) as well as end clients (Parent Product Companies and their End Customers).
  • Requirements, Architecture and Designing, Technology breakthroughs and technical mentoring, problem resolution, tasks planning, monitoring, ensuring timely delivery and timelines adherence, resource acquisitions, Performance audits to analyze and improve team performance, intra team integration (Dev., Release, QA, Support).
ScrumArchitecture

Elastic workspace inc.

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2003Aug 2004 · 1 yr 1 mo · Jaipur Area, India

ScrumArchitecture

Education

North Maharashtra University

Engineer’s Degree — Electronics and Communication

Jan 1996Jan 2000

IBM Educational Services

Advanced Certificate In Software Engineering

Jan 2000Jan 2001

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