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Co-Founder & Chief Architect - AI @ Inovatrik Technologies | Cloud Business Unit, AI Innovation Labs

About

As the Chief Architect at Inovatrik Technologies, I lead the development and refinement of the Cloud &AI Business Unit's strategic approach. I supervise two product architecture teams, focusing on Inovatrik's efforts, and direct the design and implementation of security practices. I also lead the newly launched AI initiative at Inolabs, a division of Inovatrik dedicated to AI innovation. I collaborate with C-suite executives to explain the benefits of Inovatrik's AI Innovation labs and deliver presentations on the potential scope and future of AI technology in various executive forums. I am accountable for devising the company's technical strategy and direction. Prior to this, I was the Director of Solutions Team at Aarna Networks, where I was responsible for creating a viable 5G & edge orchestration solution, getting an alliance partnership with core vendors, and heading multi-million deals from technical validation and sales cycles. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University and hold multiple certifications, including Microsoft Certified Professional, HPE ATP - Storage Solutions V2, and AWS Solution Architect. I am passionate about leveraging my skills in cloud computing, AI, and security to drive innovation and growth in the tech industry.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

antigravity

claude

deepseek

gemini

Work experience

Co-Founder | Chief Architect -AI & Cloud at Inovatrik Technologies, Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, ❖ Acting as Chief Architect, driving the strategic direction of the Cloud Business and AI Unit with a focus on scalable, secure, and AI-first architectures. ❖ Leading and mentoring multiple product architecture teams, with primary ownership of architecture initiatives at Inovatrik. ❖ Defining and implementing cloud and AI security frameworks, ensuring enterprise-grade compliance and resilience. ❖ Spearheading AI initiatives through Inovatrik’s “Inolabs”, enabling rapid AI innovation and production-ready deployments. ❖ Designing and operating AI Innovation Labs for customers, supporting experimentation, model development, and real-world AI adoption. ❖ Collaborating closely with C-suite and executive leadership to articulate the business value and ROI of cloud and AI transformation. ❖ Presenting thought leadership on AI, cloud platforms, and emerging technologies at executive and industry forums. ❖ Owning the design of end-to-end technical processes, architectures, and CI/CD pipelines for efficient client solution delivery. ❖ Developing and contributing to open-source and internal platforms to optimize operations, including project management, collaboration tools, UI/UX systems, observability (logging & monitoring), and CI/CD automation. ❖ Engaging with customers and technical communities to address cloud, AI, and edge computing challenges with practical, scalable solutions. ❖ Bringing hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, and edge orchestration, bridging strategy with execution.

Director - Sales Engineering & Alliance at Aarna Networks, May 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ❖ As a Director for Solutions Team, I'm responsible for creating a viable 5G & edge orchestration solution. ❖ Responsible for getting an alliance partnership with core vendors. ❖ Design and Head the Product security for our Aarna edge services platform. ❖ Getting involved in Business Development and Marketing activity for visibility for customers. ❖ Responsible for creating end-to-end vendor-agnostic solutions for 5G and Edge computing. ❖ Heading multi-million deals from technical validation and sales cycles. ❖ Involved in multiple Mulit-cloud platform tenders to ensure the right solution with Aarna capabilities. ❖ Involved in multiple technical forums to understand the customer pain points and to educate customers on the right solution for Edge computing. ❖ Heading the Digital Sales for Aarna Products in multiple digital platforms like Azure, AWS, and Redhat marketplaces. ❖ Hands-on experience in Kubernetes and cloud-native edge orchestration solutions.

Principal Technologist - ISV Alliance Partner & Storage at Western Digital, Sep 2021 - May 2022 · 9 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Principal Architect, Sales at Western Digital, Oct 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, ❖ Working with partners and clients to understand their technical challenges and address them with Western digital product capabilities. ❖ Strong technical Knowledge in Open Sources, Software Defined Storage, Open Composable Architecture, Kubernetes. ❖ Storage technical knowledge in object-based storages, NVMe-OF storages. ❖ As a principal architect for DCS BU, I was responsible for creating a viable and cost-effective solution in Storage, Backup, and Private cloud. ❖ Addressing customers for digital transformation for the surveillance market with Western Digital Product portfolio. ❖ Involved in multiple Government tenders to make sure our solutions complied with their requirement. ❖ Successfully won a multi-petabyte storage system to enable customer Data for Ever architecture. ❖ Provided customer to enhance their current Hardware with the optimal solution to boost their performance with WD Performance enablement products. ❖ Represent WD as Principle Architect in Goa Gartner Event, IFSEC, and other DCS and Surveillance events happening in India.

Solutions Architect - Cloud , Platform & ITO at DXC Technology, Mar 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ❖ Assist sales/business development team to win opportunities in cloud and IT infrastructure solutions. ❖ Creating a detailed cloud and workload solution for customers with cost-effective. ❖ Provide the detail costing for the solution provided. ❖ Interacting with Enterprise, delivery, service, and relevant teams and getting a clear scope and clarity about cost, work …etc. before factoring in the solution. ❖ Creating the detail FTE efforts based on the discussion and also with the company standard. ❖ Providing SOW for customers to maintain the smooth operation as a solution doc. ❖ Creating a detail proposal and solution document for the customer as per the customer RFP. ❖ Detail analysis of Risk and Assumption from customer RFP to create a solution. ❖ Involved in customer meetings to explain and brief about the solution created. ❖ Worked on VPC and MPC cloud-based solutions. ❖ Worked on Storage & Backup solutions with DR and BCRS scope.

Solution Architect - Work Load & Cloud at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Jun 2016 - Feb 2017 · 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, ❖ Assist sales/business development team to win opportunities in cloud and IT infrastructure solutions. ❖ Creating a detailed cloud and workload solution for customers with cost-effective. ❖ Provide the detail costing for the solution provided. ❖ Interacting with Enterprise, delivery, service, and relevant teams and getting a clear scope and clarity about cost, work …etc. before factoring in the solution. ❖ Creating detailed FTE efforts based on the discussion and also with the company standard. ❖ Providing SOW for customers to maintain the smooth operation as a solution doc. ❖ Creating a detailed proposal and solution document for customer as per the customer RFP. ❖ Detail analysis of Risk and Assumption from customer RFP to create a solution. ❖ Involved in customer meetings to explain and brief about the solution created. ❖ Worked on VPC and MPC cloud-based solutions. ❖ Worked on Storage & Backup solutions with DR and BCRS scope.

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Electronics and Communication Engineer, Anna University Chennai

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