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SVP Engineering | Scaling Cloud-Native Platforms | AWS, Microservices, Data | Built & Exited Startups

About

Seasoned Engineering & Product Leader with 18+ years of experience building, scaling, and transforming global technology ventures across India, US, UK, Singapore, UAE, and Australia. I specialize in turning complex business problems into scalable, cloud-native platforms and high-impact digital products. I have led engineering organizations of 65+ members, delivered enterprise-grade SaaS platforms, and driven large-scale digital transformations spanning microservices, AWS cloud, data platforms, DevOps, web, and mobile ecosystems. My work consistently focuses on execution excellence, system scalability, and measurable business outcomes. Currently, as SVP – Engineering at SolarSquare Energy, I lead the complete technology charter—scaling the engineering org from scratch, modernizing architecture to event-driven cloud-native systems, launching an enterprise data platform, and delivering 20+ major products across CRM, Ops, ERP, AMC, and customer platforms. These initiatives significantly improved operational efficiency, reliability, and directly supported successful post–Series A & B bridge fundraising. Previously, as an early founding member at Anthem (Elevation Capital–backed), I built and scaled an education operating system used by 85,000+ institutions and 600,000+ students/parents nationwide. At MyClassroom, I led hybrid ed-tech platforms blending offline learning, AI-driven analytics, and smart assessments. I am also a serial entrepreneur, having built and exited multiple ventures over 11+ years. I’ve helped startups like InsideIIM, AltUni, and Anthem successfully raise seed/bridge funding through strong product execution and scalable technology foundations. Core strengths: • Engineering & Product Leadership • AWS, Microservices, Cloud-Native Architecture • Data Platforms & Analytics • SaaS & Mobile Platforms • DevOps & Scalability • Startup to Scale-up Execution

Location

Mumbai

Work experience

Senior Vice President of Technology at SolarSquare Energy, Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Led the entire technology charter as Acting CTO, scaling Engineering from 0 to 65 members, driving large-scale product and platform transformation, and supporting post–Series A & B bridge fundraising through strong technology execution. - Directed delivery of 3,000+ Jira tickets, including major product features, critical bug resolutions, automations, and 100+ internal/external API integrations across CRM, Ops, ERP, and customer systems. - Led architecture modernization to a cloud-native, event-driven platform, improving reliability, scalability, and release velocity across all mission-critical systems. - Launched SolarSquare’s first Enterprise Data Platform on AWS, enabling real-time dashboards, forecasting, single source of truth, and analytics-driven decision making. - Delivered 20+ major product launches (CRM, AMC platform, Installer App, Customer Portal, PM Scheduling, lead engine, billing & reconciliation automation), improving operational efficiency by 50%+ in multiple teams. - Instituted engineering governance (SLAs, triage, code reviews, observability) reducing production incidents by 60% and bug resolution time by 40%. - Partnered with founders & CXOs to align tech roadmap with business priorities, directly contributing to successful bridge fundraising rounds post–Series A & Series B by demonstrating technology scale & execution maturity. - Built a culture of ownership and accountability, creating leadership bandwidth through EMs/Tech Leads and implementing performance frameworks and hiring processes that improved retention and team velocity.

Senior Vice President Of Engineering at myclassroom, Jul 2022 - Jan 2023 · 7 mos, Gurugram/Nodia, MyClassroom is an ed-tech startup which ties up with local coaching institutes to boost their teaching infrastructure in an offline environment. We are focused on bringing a change to the national educational landscape through hybrid teaching, adaptive learning and artificial intelligence seamlessly combined with the essence of conventional learning - Managing a team of 24 engineers including Developers, QA and Dev-ops and simultaneously working on various projects such as Smart Class Scheduling System, Content Management System and Student/Batch Management System - Successfully carried out optimization on tests/assignments for preparation for competitive exams like IIT JEE Main/Advanced and NEET/Medical entrance exam. Also added offline capabilities to carry out tests and process other analytics which will give smart insights - Worked with Mathpix and MathJax libraries to render mathematical and chemical equations for better readability on different mobile and web browser - Created Robo-en-code coding/robotic platform, a new initiative taken to educate K-12 students to develop necessary 21st-century tech and life skills through robotics, coding, IoT, 3D printing

Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Anthem, Mar 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Vice President Of Engineering at Anthem, Mar 2020 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Anthem backed by Elevation Capital (Formerly Saif Partners) is India’s first Neobank platform built for education sector, It offers unified revenue management tool and banking application to private educational institutions and also offers loans to schools, management, staff, vendors, teachers and parents. - Heads the Engineering and product team and also responsible for making India first Neobank platform which helped them get onboard with 9000+ educational institutions pan India in less than 1 year. - Conceptualized and implemented a plan to integrate various third-party services such as Payment Gateway, RBL statements and Payout API, KYC Documents, Bureau report B2C pull, Reconciliation, Mandate registration, e-Sign and analytics. - Built entire LOS (Loan Originated System) from scratch which helps them to process different applications such as Fee Loan, Staff Loan, Enterprise Loans between different stages starting from Incomplete Application, Credit Queue, Approved Application, Sanctioned Application, Disbursement Queue, Disbursed Application and Rejected Application - Experienced integrating loan applications with various NBFC partners such as Avanse, Dhanvarsha, Kudos Finance etc

Founder & CEO | Product & Technology Leader at Multiple Companies, Jun 2009 - Feb 2020 · 10 yrs 9 mos, Mumbai Area, India, Built and scaled multiple technology ventures over 11 years, leading end-to-end product strategy, engineering, design, and go-to-market execution. Delivered SaaS platforms, mobile apps, algorithmic trading systems & enterprise digital solutions for global clients, including Singapore Government agencies and large enterprises. Managed cross-functional teams across engineering, product & design with full ownership of delivery & outcomes Datos Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (2017–2020) – Founder & CEO Led custom software, SaaS, and enterprise consulting initiatives. - Built TmTask, a collaboration and productivity platform with chat, task management, time tracking, and analytics. - Developed algorithmic trading strategies for F&O (MT4/AmiBroker) and built a Zerodha Kite API–based trading platform with 10-year backtesting. - Consulted for JTC Corporation (Singapore Govt.), leading CRM redesign and optimization with a 5-member team. - Built Attendica, an end-to-end event engagement platform, delivering 20+ custom event apps for brands like Amazon Connect and Hyundai. GO Technology & Services (2011–2017) – Owner Bootstrapped and scaled a 10-member team delivering 30+ digital products. - Founding tech partner for InsideIIM and Konversations, scaling to 1.3M+ users on AWS and supporting team growth from 2 to 45 members. - Led a 25-member tech/design team as Consulting Tech Head at Riteverses, delivering enterprise solutions for Edelweiss MF, Symphony Ltd., and Principal Retirement Advisors. - Built GoBuildr, a SaaS platform enabling micro-businesses to launch websites in under 5 minutes. - Developed a bilingual ecommerce platform for The Body Shop UAE. GOMUZIK.com (2009–2011) – Founder Built a real-time entertainment search engine reaching 1M+ users. - Designed Java-based crawlers and algorithms to validate media and extract metadata without full downloads. - Managed large-scale datasets (10M songs, 5M lyrics, 2M+ news articles) and built browser extensions to drive engagement.

JSP Database Developer at Lynx Technologies, Jun 2008 - Jun 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo, Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area, - Developed a web application for notification purposes that controls energy service related functionalities, using JSP and SQL Server 2005 - Used Java mail API to provide a framework for mailing and messaging functionalities within the energy service application - Converted the obsolete database system from Lotus to SQL to enhance usability and accessibility - Used Java J2EE methodologies to enhance the framework that forecasts energy consumption and predicts the company’s aggregated energy consumed per hour

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University at Buffalo

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering, Vidyavardhini's College of Engineering and Technology