Headline

Director of Engineering | Strategic Communications & Partnerships | Entrepreuner

About

With over two decades of leading platform and software engineering across global teams, I specialise in Cloud transformation, FinOps, and Agile at scale — turning complex infrastructure challenges into measurable business outcomes. Across my career, I've driven multi-million dollar cloud cost optimisations, led platform modernisation programmes spanning the US, India, and UK, and built high-performing engineering teams across multiple geographies. I combine deep technical fluency with people-first leadership — creating engineering cultures where innovation scales and talent thrives. Outside of corporate life, I've co-founded a community creative space and an ed-tech platform reaching learners across India and the UAE — because building things that matter to people has always been as important to me as building systems that scale. Today, I bring that full arc — executive leadership, entrepreneurial hustle, and a passion for people — to career mentoring for young professionals, while staying open to senior technology leadership opportunities where I can make a measurable difference.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

gemini

github copilot

lovable

notebooklm

openai

Work experience

Director at Fidelity Investments, Mar 2022 - Jun 2026 · 4 yrs 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Led cloud automation strategy across Platform & Software Engineering, reducing infrastructure costs by 15% and accelerating deployment velocity by 20% Drove $2M in cloud spend optimization through enterprise-wide FinOps program, improving financial accountability across engineering teams Built and scaled high-performing engineering teams across 3 geographies (India, US, Europe), establishing leadership routines that elevated team performance and delivery predictability Defined and executed portfolio management frameworks, aligning technology investments with strategic business priorities across cross-functional stakeholders

Senior Manager at Fidelity Investments, Jan 2015 - Feb 2022 · 7 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Implemented IT governance standards that improved compliance by 15% and reduced audit findings by 10%, strengthening regulatory alignment across the enterprise Led Technology Lifecycle Management and Application Rationalization programs delivering 20% cost reduction across the portfolio Partnered with enterprise architects to design and implement Architecture Blueprints, enabling scalable, governance-aligned technology decisions Drove data-driven decision-making by leveraging analytics to prioritize initiatives and track organizational KPIs

Support Engineering Manager at Microsoft, Mar 2013 - Oct 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bangalore, Delivered ITSM solutions across global locations, improving IT service delivery efficiency and reducing operational downtime Led business continuity and disaster recovery planning, ensuring organizational resilience during critical operational events Developed and managed high-performing support engineering teams across multiple geographies

Operations Manager at Hewlett-Packard, Sep 2010 - Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos, India, Drove IT governance initiatives and compliance training, embedding accountability culture across operations Led people development and mentoring programs, building high-performing teams aligned to enterprise goals Implemented adaptable control frameworks aligned with evolving industry standards, enhancing organizational agility

Global Training Manager at Hewlett-Packard, May 2010 - Feb 2011 · 10 mos

Service Delivery Manager at Hewlett-Packard, Nov 2006 - Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Manager at CLi3L, 2005 - 2006 · 1 yr, Bangaon, West Bengal, India

Team Lead at Accenture, 2003 - 2005 · 2 yrs

Education

Garry Storey, Wharton Executive Education

Diploma of Education, Design Thinking, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore