May’20 – Present

Co-founder and CTO, Brillium Technologies

Bengaluru

Building cutting-edge generative AI solutions that empower businesses to innovate, automate, and transform their operations for enhanced growth and efficiency.

• Leading development of a generative AI solutions for cost efficiency, faster decision-making, and creating new revenue stream for businesses
• Delivered initial product engineering for AICON DispatchSight and YardSight for a US-based company
• Guided the development of an EV fleet management platform leveraging cutting-edge cloud and machine learning technologies

Feb’19 – Apr’20

CTO and Country Head, Metronomic Healthcare

Bengaluru, Hyderabad, London

• Learning for defining Pregnancy and Labour Risk Prediction Models (Linear and Logical Regressions)
• Cut down new employee productivity ramp-up time from 4-6 weeks to a couple of days by leveraging multiple methodologies and techniques
• Developed Pregnancy and Labor Risk Prediction Models using Machine Learning (Linear and Logistic Regressions)
• Slashed employee ramp-up time from 4-6 weeks to just days through optimized methodologies

May’18 – Feb’19

CTO, Readywire Private Limited

Hyderabad

• Spearheaded end-to-end technology strategy, architecture, and development for a Financial Robotic Process Automation platform for automobile dealerships
• Codified Maruti Suzuki’s complete dealership operations into a robust, end-to-end operational platform, transforming and standardizing processes across the automobile dealership network
• Collaborated with accounting experts to design a refined, scalable accounting ledger and transaction structure, optimizing financial processes for the dealership business

Dec’16 – Sep’17

CTO, Unifize Solutions Private Limited

Bengaluru

• Architected a cloud platform that integrated manufacturing processes with CAD/CAM, PaaS, and IaaS, driving Industry 4.0 initiatives
• Defined a real-time industrial IoT platform to optimize CNC capacity utilization, leveraging industry standards like MTConnect and Fanuc Frameworks
• Led strategic technology partnerships with CAM vendors (SigmaNEST, AlmaCAM), PaaS providers (Salesforce.com), and software companies for seamless integration and enhanced delivery
• Developed and delivered key modules for the Unifize MaaS Platform, including Force.com client, AWS S3 client, and SigmaNEST plugin

Sep’15 – Nov’16

CTO, DrugHub Technology Private Limited

Hyderabad

• Transformed founders' vision into Drug/VacHub V1 within 5 weeks, establishing a solid foundation for investor engagement and growth funding
• Architected and led a 40-member team to develop Drug/VacHub V1 (web, mobile apps), designed to process 500 crore transactions per day globally, leveraging cutting-edge technologies like RFID, IoT, SCM, BLE, Big Data, and Lambda Architecture
• Recruited, trained, and ramped up productivity of a new 25-member team, including tech leads, developers, testers, analysts, and UX designers within 6 weeks
• Established a private data center to support back-end operations for pilot business activities

Sep’14 - Jul’15

CTO, MedRC EduTech Private Limited

Hyderabad

• Defined a scalable content delivery cloud platform, creating an immersive learning ecosystem
• Led the design, development, and launch of India’s largest healthcare MOOC portal, SmartTeach, offering 250+ online courses
• Spearheaded the design and delivery of Interactive Clinical Case Player V1 for healthcare practitioners
• Collaborated with NEA India leadership to shape the long-term product roadmap and operational goals, ensuring consistent execution
• Streamlined operations by automating business processes and institutionalizing agile development, enhancing quality and delivery reliability

Jun’09 – Sep’14

AVP – Technology and Products, HealthNet Global

(Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited Group Company)

Hyderabad

• Conceived, designed, and deployed the world’s first cloud-based Patient SafetyShield™, raising the bar for patient safety and winning the FICCI Heal 2014 Excellence Award for Innovative Use of Technology in Healthcare
• Led full-stack development from concept to launch, managing a system that processed 200K live prescription safety transactions daily, with 50M transactions logged over 3+ years
• Built India’s most comprehensive drug knowledge base, featuring 3000+ generics, 70,000+ brands, and 5000+ manufacturers
• Recruited, trained, and mentored high-performing teams, utilizing SEAL, SWAT, and COBRA models to foster team excellence and retention

Apr’08 – Jun’09

Director – Engineering and Delivery, sgLifeNet

Hyderabad

• Established the Advanced Technology Group as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) with 100+ technologists, SMEs, and program managers to develop a cutting-edge digital healthcare platform
• Designed and delivered a distress caller location-sensing platform, integrating LCS and Google Maps for 108/EMRI, significantly improving the golden hour response and saving millions of lives
• Recruited, mentored, and built high-performing teams using a fusion of SEAL, SWAT, and COBRA models, ensuring team excellence and retention
• Led the design and implementation of voice recognition software PoC for biometric authentication in rural financial services

Mar’07 – Apr’08

Senior Engineering/Program Manager, Microsoft

Hyderabad

• Defined strategy and roadmap for Windows mobile platform and tools
• Interfaced and collaborated with multiple disciplines/groups, partners, and developers for strategy
• Program managed Visual Studio enhancements

Jan’03 – Dec’06

Senior Engineering Manager, iPass/GoRemote/GRIC

Bengaluru and Milpitas

• Received recognition from Boeing for designing and deploying a secure corporate VPN cloud for 100K+ employees, enabling the Dreamliner’s delivery in just 6 months
• Reduced the product development cycle from 2 years to 6 months by streamlining processes
• Improved system functionality and reduced service outages through product architecture revamp, ensuring faster, uninterrupted access for customers and partners
• Spearheaded the rapid delivery of enterprise remote access clients for Windows, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry, from concept to deployment
• Institutionalized CMM and agile methodologies, enhancing delivery consistency and product quality
• Recruited and mentored high-performing teams using SEAL, SWAT, and COBRA models, with many now leading tech organizations

Nov’00 – Jan’03

Technical Architect and Project Manager, Huawei Technologies

Bengaluru, Shenzhen, Nanjing

• Led a global team of 20+ developers, architects, and testers to gather requirements, design, implement, and deliver 3G core network components
• Delivered a new release of SCP with Location Services Framework for 3GPP R5, overcoming cultural and scheduling challenges across Indian and Chinese teams
• Selected as an SEI CMM ATM for KPMG to assess Huawei Technologies, Bangalore at CMM Level 4
• Evangelized SEI CMM development practices across multiple Huawei locations in China and India

Nov’99 – Nov’00

Technical Leader, Philips Software

Bengaluru and Le Mans

• Architected and led mobile phone feature enhancements for Philips platforms, including GPRS, SMS concatenation, and smart editor
• Directed the team through requirements gathering, analysis, design, implementation, and testing of mobile software
• Played a key role in establishing the ODC/R&D technology center of excellence for Philips mobile software development in Bengaluru

May’96 – Nov’99

Team Leader, Robert Bosch India

Bengaluru and Frankfurt

• Designed, coded, and deployed ISDN PBX features for high availability, remote administration, configuration, and fault management
• Created a cost-effective, distributed development and debugging environment for DEC OpenVMS, saving millions in ISDN PABX development
• Key player in establishing the ODC/R&D center of excellence in Bengaluru for Bosch ISDN switch software development

Jun’92 – May’96

R&D Engineer, Preetel and Chaitanya Electronics

Bengaluru

• Lead push-button telephone (IC-based) design and development and achieved TEC/DoT type approval
• Automated component & functional testing of telephone and RAX circuit boards by developing scripts on Genrad ATE

IIT Kanpur

2023-24

eMasters Degree in Next Generation Wireless Technologies

(fka[1] Communication Systems)

Specialization: 5G, 6G, AI, ML, Deep Learning, Edge Computing

Passed with CPI[2] - 9.67/10

Sri Krishnadevaraya University

1988 - 1992

B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering

G.Pulla Reddy Engineering College, Kurnool, AP, India

Passed with Distinction - Summa-Cum-Laude (71.01%)