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title: "Dr. Mariappan Vaithilingam - Director of Product Engineering in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Dr\. Mariappan Vaithilingam on Tal

## Headline

Exemplary Leader \- Coach \- Advisor to Higher Education

## About

Unleashing the Power of People and Technology Accomplished leader with 24\+ years of experience driving platform and product organizations\. I champion people\-centric engineering, shaping strategy and operational excellence that scale both teams and technology\. Skilled at building organizations from the ground up, scaling existing businesses, and embedding a culture of customer obsession\. Author of research and white papers presented at technical forums; technical committee reviewer for international journals and conferences\. Seasoned Toastmaster \| Senior IEEE Member \| Governing Council & Academic Member at technical universities \| Coach and Motivational Speaker

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

github copilot

## Work experience

Director of Product Engineering at Brahmarsive Inc\., Aug 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Senior Engineering Manager at Uber, Feb 2021 \- Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Senior Director Of Engineering at Freshworks, Jul 2019 \- Feb 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

Personal Time Off at \(PTO\), Apr 2019 \- Jun 2019 · 3 mos

Software Development Manager at Amazon, Oct 2014 \- Mar 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Stanford LEAD, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Ph\.D, Computer Science & Engineering, Anna University Chennai

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