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title: "Swaminathan R. - VP Saas Engineering, Information Security & Compliance in Mumbai | Tal"
description: "Meet Swaminathan R., VP – SaaS Engineering | Information Security, Compliance & Enterprise Architecture | CTO @ ShawMan | ex-BookMyShow | MBA | Next100 CIO Winner based in Mumbai. AI stack includes claude code, github copilot, and openclaw."
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# Swaminathan R\. on Tal

## Headline

VP – SaaS Engineering \| Information Security, Compliance & Enterprise Architecture \| CTO @ ShawMan \| ex\-BookMyShow \| MBA \| Next100 CIO Winner

## About

Experienced CTO with 18 years of expertise in cloud architecture, product development, engineering, and quality control, adept at implementing cost\-effective controls, managing technology budgets, and driving engagement between business and technology\. Skilled at application development for cloud, on\-premise, and hybrid using Microsoft\.NET stack\. Seeking new challenges and opportunities to leverage skills in architecture and project management to deliver exceptional results\.

## Location

Mumbai

## AI stack

claude code

github copilot

openclaw

perplexity

claudecode

ChatGPT

## Work experience

VP Saas Engineering, Information Security & Compliance at IDS NEXT Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, Apr 2022 \- Present · 4 y 4 mo, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

CTO, ShawMan Software Pvt\. Ltd at ShawMan Software Pvt\. Ltd\., Aug 2019 \- Mar 2022 · 2 y 7 mo, Navi Mumbai

AGM, Technology at BookMyShow, Aug 2016 \- Jul 2019 · 3 yrs, Andheri

Manager \- Product & Engineering at ShawMan Software Pvt\. Ltd\., Jun 2006 \- Aug 2016 · 10 yrs 3 mos

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Information Technology, K J Somaiya Institute of Management

Bachelor of Computer Applications, Computer Science, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune

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