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CTO / HoE | AI Builder | AI + Tech + Product Leadership

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Technology and Product Leader with 19+ years of experience building and scaling global engineering and product organizations across 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗔𝗱𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲. - Scaled businesses from $𝟱𝗠 𝘁𝗼 $𝟳𝟱𝗠 𝗔𝗥𝗥 by building high-performance product and engineering teams. - 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 (LLMs, RAG, MCP, vector databases, evals, observability, deployment, and security), with strong judgment in applying the right patterns for real-world impact. - Experienced in building 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 (CDP, Segmentation, BrokerOS, InsureOS), driving a shift from one-time transactions to consistent, long-term revenue streams. - Results-driven leader with a strong focus on aligning technology with business growth. Passionate about building scalable platforms, optimizing team performance, and delivering features that directly contribute to revenue and customer retention. - 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟭𝟱𝟬+ across Engineering (BE/FE/QA), Data Science, Product, Design, and Platform. - Expertise in setting up R&D teams as a Site Lead, scaling engineering organizations across 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (India, SEA, US). - Reduced operations headcount from 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. - Delivered $𝟭𝟬𝗠+ 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 through infrastructure modernization. - Led the development of systems handling 𝟱𝗠+ 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆 in InsurTech. - Built scalable tech platforms processing 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆. - Expertise in 𝗔𝗜-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and high-scale data infrastructure. - 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗘𝗢𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 in defining technology strategy, scaling organizations, and driving technical excellence. - Experienced in driving and scaling Tech and Product functions from 𝗣𝗠𝗙 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗣𝗢. - Passionate about 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, with a focus on building AI-native products that drive meaningful outcomes.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

langgraph

langsmith

openclaw

Work experience

Advisor at PasarPolis, Jul 2026 - Present · 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area

FDE | AI Builder | Co-Founder at Genoti AI, Apr 2026 - Present · 6 mos, Singapore, Pausing it. Bcoz, it doesn't bring Profit, Peace or Purpose to me Genoti.ai(Geno AI) helps local businesses earn more and we do three things to make that happen: 𝟭. 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀: Turn idle capacity into revenue. 𝟮. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: Keep 100% of every sale with a simple subscription. 𝟯. 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: AI agents that acquire customers, automate bookings, and drive repeat business.

CTO / SVP, Head of Engineering & India Site Leader at PasarPolis, Jun 2023 - Jun 2026 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, * Leading the Engineering, Product, Data, ML, AI, SRE, Security strategy and execution for the following business units at Pasarpolis. 1. B2C(direct to consumer): https://tap-insure.com 2. Agents platform: https://mitra.pasarpolis.io 3. B2B2C platform: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pasarpolis.tappartners

VP of Engineering at PasarPolis, Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, * PasarPolis is a insurtech startup focused on making insurance policies more accessible in Southeast Asia. Through technology, we are committed to innovating insurance loved by all by making the entire insurance journey more Easy, Affordable & Delightful for consumers. * We are an Indonesian-based startup, Operates in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. We have raised a total of ~$75M in funding from investors including Go-Ventures, LeapFrog, and SBI Investments. * We have a tech and R&D center based out in India and an engineering team with a size of 75+ members based out in Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Jakarta. * We have an opening across engineering verticals and hiring Product Managers. If this is interesting and would like to work with us, please reach out to me at balaji.rajan@pasarpolis.com

CTO's Office at MoEngage Inc., Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 · 6 mos, - Engineering strategy and roadmap building. - Driving the engineering team to meet the Profit margin. - OKR Management across tech and product teams.

Director Of Engineering at MoEngage Inc., Jan 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, * Building/Scaling the TechStack and Teams for - Segmentation products, Platform, and Quality * We at MoEngage helps internet companies engage their customers, not just any engagement, but engagement that is powered by Machine learning & Advanced segmentation. * At MoEngage, we face challenges every day in every aspect and especially in building the right Tech, and at the scale that we are working with, there was never a boring day so far. It becomes super challenging when you are trying to build the right solutions at scale. * Our tech is built to handle massive scale. - 1.5 Trillion+Data points processed per month - 150 Billion+ Messages sent per month - 1 Billion+ MAUs engaged - 25K+ Mobile apps powered - 170+ Microservices. - PBs of incoming data per week. * Some of the challenges that we solved: - Sending an interaction to the user at the right time. - Arranging the data to support real-time analysis of billions of user interactions. - Profiling a user across channels, Web, mobile, social media, and deciding on which medium to reach out to. - Sending the right content to the user, based on the user activity & interests.

Cofounder - CPTO at newsly, Dec 2013 - Jul 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Newsly is a News aggregator app, to read all the regional news in a shorter and quicker way. Your favourite news sites are transformed into pocket-sized cards for easy reading. Rebranded from 60words.com. Successfully designed/developed/built and ran in both the Google store and Apple store. Received 20M views per month at the peak, and clocked 8000$ ad-revenue per month. Google store pulled the app due to a trademark issue. We sold the apps to Intrick Pvt Ltd and closed the venture.

Senior Director - Engineering at Near, Sep 2013 - Jan 2020 · 6 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru / Singapore, Near is the largest location intelligence platform providing near real-time information on places, people & products, and processing data from over 1.6 billion monthly users across 44 countries. Near has raised a total of $134Mn to date and backed up with investments from Sequoia Capital, Telstra Ventures, and Cisco. Responsible for building/handling the B2B SaaS products that handles more than 300 billion ad requests per month and processing billions of data points in a day. My job was to define and deliver overall Engineering Operations, Architecture, Hiring, and building the right teams. Working across the engineering team(Application/ Platform/data/product/) to influence the state of art software development practices and highly reliable staging and highly critical production environment.

Education

Master - General Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer/Information Technology, Anna University Chennai