Headline

Director of Engineering | Builder of Enterprise AI Platforms & Agentic Systems | Generative AI, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure | Engineering Leader & Speaker

About

I'm a builder-leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise platforms across AI, analytics, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and consumer technology. My career has evolved from hands-on backend and distributed systems engineering into leading global engineering organizations delivering production-grade AI systems at scale. Today, I lead initiatives focused on Generative AI, agentic systems, RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes-based deployments, and CI/CD-driven engineering platforms. I enjoy operating at the intersection of technology, product strategy, and execution. I stay deeply involved in architecture and system design while building high-accountability engineering cultures focused on ownership, operational excellence, and growth. I've led teams through enterprise AI platform development, cloud modernization, Kubernetes-based infrastructure, large-scale AI product launches, and scalable DevOps transformation initiatives. I'm also passionate about mentorship, teaching, and making complex AI systems more accessible through speaking and community engagement. Core Areas: Generative AI • Agentic AI • Distributed Systems • Enterprise AI Platforms • Cloud Infrastructure • Kubernetes • CI/CD • LLMOps • MLOps • RAG Systems • Engineering Leadership • Platform Architecture

Location

San Francisco Bay Area

Work experience

Director of Engineering at Oracle, Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, - Lead two global full-stack teams focused on advanced analytics powered by Generative AI. - Direct contribution and development of flagship AI features for Oracle Analytics Cloud - Created a high-growth culture focused on operational excellence, transparency, and low attrition. - CICD and production SLAs; oversee end-to-end delivery with a strong DevOps foundation - Six patents in AI and analytics (one issued and five pending)

Senior Engineering Manager at Oracle, Jul 2020 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Redwood City, California, United States, - Scaled a new AI/ML team from the ground up across US and Mexico. - Delivered multiple ML-driven analytics features, contributing to Oracle's upward movement in the Gartner Magic Quadrant.

Staff Software Engineer at Niantic, Inc., Apr 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos, Sunnyvale, California, United States, - Built highly scalable microservices for the Social Platform team using Docker, Kubernetes, Protobuf on top of Google Cloud Platform. Responsible for monitoring the health of these services in Production. Primarily worked using Java, Google Spanner, Google Pub Sub - Involved with additional unreleased and confidential social features across the platform - Actively involved with mentorship, interviewing and product management to translate product specs into features

Staff Software Engineer at Glint Inc., Nov 2018 - Apr 2019 · 6 mos, Redwood City, California, United States, - Early engineer of the Platform engineering team, lead multiple features for Glint’s Employee Engagement platform - Designed and built modules for user authentication and tiered user access honoring GDPR requirements. Primarily worked using Java, MySQL and Python - Owner of the backend application framework to enable ad-hoc python-based solution development for customers and scheduled email notifications - Mentored team members; interview panel member; involvement in daily code reviews and tech design reviews

Senior Engineer, Platform at Glint Inc., Jan 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

Principal Member of Technical Staff - OCI at Oracle, 2012 - 2016 · 4 yrs, Redwood Shores, CA, Part of the OCI development team. - Involved in the development of the Tenant provisioning and lifecycle automation infrastructure - Worked on workflow automations for various provisioning lifecycle operations. Closely interacted with prospect-facing services team to help them interface with the REST APIs provided by the Tenant provisioning system

Senior Software Engineer at CodeObjects, Inc., May 2010 - Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Milpitas, CA, CodeObjects is a developer of insurance billing software. - Responsible for workflow development and enhancement for key insurance clients. - Involved in development of a SaaS framework for insurance billing. - Programmed in JAVA, and worked on the Oracle database.

Education

Master of Science, Computer Science, University of Southern California