About
Experienced engineering leader with 20 years in technical and managerial roles within safety-critical domains across Aerospace, Automotive, Medical, Embedded IoT, Machine Learning, and Wireless Power technologies. My passion lies in simplifying complex technologies, enhancing safety, and driving innovation to deliver exceptional value and user experiences. I excel in delivering customer delight, cultivating high-performing teams, managing comprehensive program lifecycles, and architecting optimized, scalable solutions. I thrive on solving complex challenges through innovative and feasible solutions, leveraging cutting-edge technology. Let's connect if you're looking to collaborate on Software Design and Development, Product Development initiatives, or strategic technological partnerships. Beyond technology development, I enjoy insightful discussions that foster learning and understanding of diverse perspectives. Professional Skills Product Management | Global Program Management | Strategic Planning | Stakeholder Management | Risk Management | Organizational Roadmap | Business Development | Technical Evaluations | Agile Development Domain Knowledge Aerospace | Locomotive | Medical | Automotive | Embedded IoT | Wireless Power | Web Applications | Generative AI | Automatic Speech Recognition | LLMs
Work experience
Managing Director at Coresmith Technologies Private Limited, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Mentor at BITS Pilani Startup Hub, Bengaluru, Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Director, Software Engineering at NuCurrent, Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Key Responsibilities: • Building a performance-oriented team of Software Engineers. Mentoring and managing them to ensure To-Spec, On-Time, High-Quality deliverables. • Analyzing and converting customer requirements to Product Requirements and System Specifications. • Designing optimized and scalable architectures. Writing well-structured and maintainable Embedded Code. Defining and implementing lifecycle processes. Key Projects: • Qi / Qi2 and Custom Low Frequency (110 KHz - 360 KHz) • Airfuel and Custom High Frequency (6.78 MHz) • NFC and WLC based Solutions (13.56 MHz)
Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon Development Centre India, Jun 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 y 6 mo, Bangalore, Alexa ASR Team
CEO and CoFounder at Crestaerospace Technologies Private Limited, Feb 2016 - Jun 2022 · 6 y 4 mo, Bangalore
Lead Technologist at GE Transportation, a Wabtec company, Jul 2014 - Jun 2015 · 11 mo, Bangalore
Project Lead at CYIENT LTD, Apr 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 y 2 mo, Bangalore
Senior Software Engineer at Stryker, Jan 2011 - Mar 2013 · 2 y 2 mo, Gurugram
Senior Software Engineer at Wipro Technologies Ltd, Oct 2005 - Jan 2011 · 5 y 3 mo, Bangalore
Profile highlights
The best product I’ve worked on…: A350 A400M
What's hard for others but easy for me…: Decoding the complexity of embedded systems. Ensuring that the product is predictably safe to use.
My hot take about working with AI is…: It is not here to take over. It is here to enable you to do what matters most by automating everything else.
My proudest non-work achievement: Mentoring students into brilliant engineers Mentoring startups and young founders
The role I'd take a 20% pay cut for: Is the one which I believe will give me 200% later.
The hardest problem I've personally solved...: Running programs with 20 or more stakeholders. Individually influencing them to choose my preferred way forward thus ensuring my teams success.
