Rajesh Soni — CEO
🔹 Tech & Product Executive | Scaling AI-Driven Platforms | Driving Business Growth through Innovation I am a technology and product leader with 21+ years of experience in AI-powered e-commerce platforms, large-scale architecture, and cross-border team leadership. As Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) at Sociolla, I have led transformational growth—scaling our tech team from 15 to 120+ members, migrating from legacy tech to a modern microservices based architecture, and driving cost efficiency (52% infra savings) while handling 35x business growth. 💡 Key Achievements: ✅ Technology & Business Impact • Re-architected Sociolla’s platform, improving uptime to 99.99%. • Accelerated mobile app development—reducing time-to-market. • Led regional expansion into Vietnam, leveraging scalable infrastructure. • Integrated AI & real-time analytics, enabling predictive demand forecasting & deep consumer insights. ✅ Building & Leading High-Performance Teams • Scaled & structured a 120+ member engineering & product team across Indonesia, India, and Vietnam. • Developed leadership pipelines—mentoring teams into HOD, Director, and Engineering Manager roles. • Implemented career ladder frameworks, 1:1 coaching, and cross-team mentorship. • Cross-border collaboration success: Introduced team rotations, hackathons, and cultural exchange programs, eliminating trust barriers & improving coordination. ✅ Strategic Innovation & Future Vision • Built a centralized Data Warehouse & real-time data pipeline, empowering data-driven decisions. • Developed Zero Trust Security frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-driven software testing. • Converted internal tech platforms into SaaS, opening new revenue opportunities. • Spearheading AI-driven Skin Analysis, Sentiment-Based Review Sorting, and AI-powered demand forecasting. • LLM & RAG-based AI initiatives to enhance engineering & product development workflows. I believe in scaling technology, fostering innovation, and enabling product-led business growth. Passionate about AI, automation, SaaS, and future tech, I continuously drive efficiency, scalability, and cutting-edge solutions to enhance customer experience and business expansion. 🚀 Let’s connect if you’re passionate about scaling technology & business through AI and innovation!
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce technology leader with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 18 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Ai & Machine Learning In E-commerce
- Tech Leadership & Strategy
- Product-led Growth
- Scalable Cloud & Microservices Architecture
- Cross-border Team Leadership
Career Highlights
- Scaled tech team from 15 to 120+ members.
- Achieved 35x business growth through innovative architecture.
- Integrated AI for predictive analytics and consumer insights.
Work Experience
Sociolla
Chief Product and Technology Officer (3 yrs 10 mos)
Chief Technology Officer (4 yrs 1 mo)
Indifi
Director Of Engineering (2 yrs 11 mos)
Gloo
Co-founder, Head of Technology (9 mos)
LookSmart
Principal Software Engineer (1 yr 3 mos)
Syncapse [Acquired by LookSmart]
Principal Engineer (5 mos)
ERT
Application Architect (1 yr 5 mos)
Vinculum Solutions Limited
Application Architect (1 yr 10 mos)
Clickable [Acquired by Syncapse]
SDE Level - 4 (3 yrs 3 mos)
Quasar
Software Engineer (6 mos)
Education
eMasters at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Master of Data Science (Global) at Deakin University
Post Graduate Program in AI & ML at The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
Post Graduate Diploma at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore