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Head of Engineering @ OutSystems | GCC Leadership | Platform & Product Engineering, Cloud, AI, Enterprise SaaS Products | Scaling high performance teams | People leadership

About

I currently hold the position of Head of Engineering, India at OutSystems, a state-of-the-art AI-powered application platform renowned for its low-code development capabilities. With 25 years of rich, extensive experience in the technology industry, my expertise lies in cultivating artificial intelligence competency and delivering business value through innovative solutions utilizing data science, AI, and machine learning. My Key expertise : - Align GCC strategy with global business goals, driving value creation beyond cost efficiency. - Lead engineering and delivery excellence across global products, ensuring agility, quality, and reliability. - Build and scale high-performing teams, fostering talent growth, leadership, and innovation. - Drive innovation and capability expansion through emerging tech, CoEs, and ecosystem partnerships. - Enable global collaboration, bridging cultural and time-zone differences for seamless execution. - Strengthen the organization’s brand presence in India through partnerships and thought leadership. Throughout my career, I have established a notable track record in architecting complex enterprise products and systems, conceptualizing inventive solutions, and translating them into tangible products. In my leadership role, my primary focus revolves around attracting top-tier talent to the company while concurrently spearheading the establishment of a high-quality delivery center and center of excellence in India. I am committed to ensuring the successful development and deployment of OutSystems' future products and platform. My leadership philosophy is underpinned by a passion for optimising existing business operations through the strategic application of technologies, aiming to enhance employee efficiency, facilitate process automation, and elevate the overall customer experience. I bring to the table a robust problem-solving acumen, an innovative mindset, an impact-oriented leadership style, and an in-depth understanding of market dynamics and customer needs across diverse domains.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

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Work experience

Head of Engineering, India at OutSystems, May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, OutSystems, a cutting-edge AI-powered application platform with low-code development capabilities, empowers organizations of all sizes to efficiently address a wide range of critical applications. These applications include everything from modernizing existing systems and fostering workplace innovation to automating business processes and transforming customer experiences. As the leader of OutSystems Cloud infra/computing & Customer Operations for the O11 product, I am entrusted with spearheading critical initiatives. My responsibilities encompass driving product expansion within AWS China, overseeing cloud cost optimization efforts, and managing diverse teams spread across the United States, Portugal, India, and Malaysia. Currently, I hold a leadership position in OutSystems, overseeing Engineering in India. My primary focus is on attracting top talent to the company and establishing a high-quality Delivery Center & Center of Excellence in India.I am dedicated to ensuring the successful development and deployment of OutSystems' future products and platform. Moreover, I am actively involved in managing the operational aspects of the India entity to ensure its successful implementation.

AI Practice Head at Hitachi Vantara, Feb 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos, India, In my capacity as the Business Head of AI Technologies, my primary responsibility revolves around identifying and pursuing new sales leads while effectively pitching our products and services. Additionally, I am focused on leveraging AI to enhance our existing business operations. As the Product Head for Conversational AI, I lead the development of a solution that transcends various domains, elevating conversational AI to an enterprise-level. This cutting-edge solution aims to improve employee efficiency and productivity, optimize processes through intelligent automation, and deliver exceptional customer experiences, ultimately driving business up-sell and cross-sell opportunities. Furthermore, in my role as the AI Technology Head, I am in charge of leading all AI pre-sales activities. This includes providing estimations, technical solutions, and architecture for projects in diverse sectors such as BFSI, Smart Manufacturing, and Smart Spaces/Cities. My focus is on delivering effective and innovative AI solutions to meet the specific needs of each domain.

Head of Product - Manufacturing Insights at Hitachi Vantara, Feb 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Pune District, Heading the Engineering division for Manufacturing Insights, I am responsible for spearheading the architecture, development, launch, and delivery of Lumada Manufacturing Insights, an accelerator framework designed for IIoT integration, analytics, and visualization in both discreet and process manufacturing domains. You can learn more about it at https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-in/products/iot/lumada-manufacturing-insights.html Moreover, as the Product Head for Conversational AI & ExtractAI Solution, I leverage AWS AI services to offer an all-encompassing solution that elevates conversational AI to an enterprise-level. This solution aims to enhance employee efficiency, improve process efficiency through intelligent automation, enable exceptional customer experiences, and facilitate business up-sell/cross-sell opportunities across various domains. In my role as AI Technology Head, I oversee multiple AI-based projects and prototypes catered to the manufacturing sector. Additionally, I take charge of all AI pre-sales activities, providing estimations, technical solutions, and architecture across diverse industries such as BFSI, Smart Manufacturing, and Smart spaces/Cities.

Head of R&D - Zenlabs & Innovation (Founding Member) | Head of AI P&L at Zensar Technologies, Dec 2016 - Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Pune District, As a leader at Zenlabs, I have been entrusted with various tracks, including AI, IoT, and Smart interfaces. My role involves mentoring others to conceptualize and design disruptive solutions using advanced technologies. I actively engage in feasibility analysis and provide guidance to teams to deliver real-world pilots. During my tenure, I have played a pivotal role in coordinating in-depth research, planning, and development of cutting-edge product solutions that incorporate emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and the internet of things. I have overseen the entire process, from initial conception and planning to prototype creation and product engineering, across a diverse range of consumer products. One of the notable accomplishments includes conceiving and spearheading the development of the highly effective conversational AI product, ZEVA. I have also transformed user interaction and experience by integrating hand gesture and motion recognition features into various products. Moreover, I have catered to brick and mortar consumers by creating smart window products that offer personalized experiences. Throughout this journey, I have managed several AI-based projects for our valued customers and successfully delivered prototypes that showcase the potential of advanced technologies.

Senior Solutions Architect - Technology innovation Group at Zensar Technologies, Jul 2016 - Nov 2016 · 5 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, As a Senior Architect, my primary responsibility revolves around creating a robust framework for efficiently consuming various types of data from the Datawarehouse and seamlessly integrating it into Mobile applications. To achieve this, I have developed a Mobile framework using Ionic / Cordova, enabling the rapid development of mobile front-end apps. In addition to my technical contributions, I have played a pivotal role in orchestrating the engineering and architecture design of mobile applications. This involved engaging with C-Level executives at every stage of development, resulting in a remarkable 8% acceleration in business processes. Furthermore, I spearheaded the development of an end-to-end automation solution called Automation Factory. This innovative solution leveraged various tactics, such as executable workflows, machine learning algorithms, topic modeling, term frequencies, and cosine similarities. By doing so, we significantly improved alerting/ticketing systems, leading to a remarkable 20% enhancement in performance. Among my other achievements, I successfully implemented the ServiceEdge platform, which served as a consolidated end-to-end dashboard for monitoring servers, applications, and networks. This platform not only provided invaluable insights into IT performance but also effectively lowered costs. Through my expertise and dedication, I continue to drive technological advancements and contribute to the success of our projects, optimizing efficiency and enhancing user experiences.

Solution Architect at Zensar Technologies, Jun 2013 - Jun 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Pune, Product Development manager, Solution Architect in the area of Eclipse product/Plugin Development.

Engineering product lead at Backbase, Aug 2008 - Oct 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos, Amsterdam Area, Netherlands, Leveraged Core Java, Eclipse, and AJAX expertise to offer end to end technical leadership for IDE SW Product for Rich Internet Application while operating as Eclipse Product Lead and Technical Director.

Individual Contributor at BEA Systems, May 2006 - Jun 2008 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Coordinated staff through WLI IDE workshop while directing implantation and development of AL Integrator, WLI Aqua logic IDE integration with WebLogic

Education

BE, Computer Science, Tamilnadu College of Engineering