Headline

​CTO @ Credentia | Architecting the Future of Trust via Agentic AI & SaaS | 20+ Years Scaling High-Performance Engineering Teams

About

I am a Chief Technology Officer and Senior Engineering Leader with over 20 years of experience architecting distributed systems, scaling high-performance engineering teams, and delivering mission-critical enterprise products. Currently, as CTO at Credentia, I am focused on the intersection of Agentic AI, SaaS, and enterprise security—architecting the future of trust through autonomous, AI-driven systems. Throughout my career (spanning leadership roles at Spire.AI, KiksAR, and Cisco), I have specialized in turning complex business challenges into elegant, scalable technological realities. I don’t just build software; I build the systems and cultures that allow engineering teams to innovate rapidly and deliver measurable business impact. Core Competencies: 🔹 Technology Strategy: Agentic AI, SaaS Architecture, Distributed Systems, Spatial Computing (AR/VR). 🔹 Engineering Leadership: Scaling teams from zero-to-one, optimizing enterprise engineering velocity, mentorship, and building trust-based engineering cultures. 🔹 Product Engineering: AI-First product design, bridging the gap between product vision and technical execution, agile delivery at scale. My philosophy is simple: Blend strategic technology leadership with execution excellence to push boundaries and deliver impact at scale.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

aistudio

claude code

claude

codex

gemini

github copilot

Work experience

Chief Technology Officer at Credentia, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading the engineering and technology strategy to architect the future of trust using Agentic AI and SaaS. • Directing the development of scalable, AI-powered enterprise products that automate complex trust and identity verification workflows. • Bridging product vision and technical execution to build "AI-First" systems utilizing distributed architectures and autonomous agents. • Scaling and mentoring a high-performance engineering organization focused on rapid delivery, security, and innovation.

Director Software Engineering at Spire.AI Copilot for Talent, Aug 2024 - Mar 2025 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Directed software engineering efforts for an AI-driven talent copilot, ensuring high availability and system scalability. Aligned engineering outputs with core business objectives, driving the roadmap for AI integration in talent acquisition.

Director Of Engineering at KiksAR, Aug 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

Senior Product Architect at KiksAR, Aug 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Product Architect at KiksAR, Aug 2018 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, We are creating an interactive experience of a real-world environment or an simulated environment whereby the objects that reside in the real-world are augmented by computer-generated perceptual information, which brings components of the digital world into a person's perception of the real world, and does so not as a simple display of data, but through the integration of immersive sensations that are perceived as natural parts of an environment. To be simple, you can augment your virtual objects in your real world!! You can visualize the simulated environment with an extensive feel of being there!!

Product Architect at Ramyam Intelligence Lab (Part of Arvato), Sep 2016 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Technical Lead at Spire Innovations Inc, Feb 2016 - Sep 2016 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

Master of Science (MS), Software Systems, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Executive Program for Young Professionals, Marketing, Finance, Operations, People Management, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta