Experience

Hayes Software Systems

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO

  • Feb 2019 - 4 years 11 months

  Austin, Texas Area I partner with my executive peers on our overall business strategy, direct all technology strategy and execution, and drive full technology / business alignment. I ensure appropriate technology and cloud platform selection to support product speed, security, and scalability. I direct technology strategy and product delivery across 4 SaaS-based products. I implement technology processes, tools, and methodologies - including Agile and DevOps and drive cross-functional collaboration. -Built… Show more I partner with my executive peers on our overall business strategy, direct all technology strategy and execution, and drive full technology / business alignment. I ensure appropriate technology and cloud platform selection to support product speed, security, and scalability. I direct technology strategy and product delivery across 4 SaaS-based products. I implement technology processes, tools, and methodologies - including Agile and DevOps and drive cross-functional collaboration. -Built innovation and startup mindset into the organization's DNA. -Led Hayes to be rated one of the best places to work in Austin. I worked closely with my C-suite peers on all stages of successful company acquisition. I led all technical due diligence - encompassing products, tools, security, platform, implementations, and customer experience. I analyzed the product roadmap and path forward to address evolving customer needs. Finally, I evaluated the skill sets and relevance of every team member. -Ensured successful acquisition and enabled massive scaling to providing critical functionality to drive the acquisition process. I was mandated by senior leadership to optimize environments for all 4 products and ensure efficiency. -Reduced costs with no reduction in customer satisfaction or experience. Transformed product release process and built new, high-powered team. -Cut release time and slashed bug reports. I built real commitment for Agile with a serious understanding of Agile benefits. I also created weekly and quarterly KPIs and actionable sprint items. -Grew velocity exponentially. -Slashed tier III ticket resolution time from weeks to <48 hours. -Built team investment and commitment. Show less



Emeritus

• Singapore
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Technology

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2019

  Austin, Texas Area I served as Acting CTO for this content delivery backend and payment system enabling executive education programs from Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NSAID Singapore, and other leading universities. I planned, architected, designed, and implemented a greenfield, cloud-based executive education technology platform - including mobile/ web applications, collaboration / LMS servers, big data analytics, and reporting dashboards. I was mandated to build a unique content delivery platform - critical… Show more I served as Acting CTO for this content delivery backend and payment system enabling executive education programs from Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NSAID Singapore, and other leading universities. I planned, architected, designed, and implemented a greenfield, cloud-based executive education technology platform - including mobile/ web applications, collaboration / LMS servers, big data analytics, and reporting dashboards. I was mandated to build a unique content delivery platform - critical to our business success. I developed strategies and partnered with content creation teams to develop content, presentation, and security approaches. I addressed cloud and hosting strategies. I evaluated APIs, vendors, and providers and created PoCs. Finally, I built out the platform with full integration into the Canvas LMS. -Enabled seamless scaling. -Expanded technology partnerships. -Developed gamification engine to drive student interest and engagement. -Contributed directly to new funding. Show less



Sourcebits Digital

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consulting Architect (Java, Ruby on Rails, Mobile)

  • Jul 2014 - Feb 2015

  Bengaluru Area, India Product and services consulting architect for Java, Ruby on Rails and Mobile applications. * Big data, cloud product architecture, engineering and delivery, * Mobile application architecture and engineering for B2C mobile apps, * Content management and security solutions, including DRM and alternatives



Emids

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consulting Architect (Java, Android, BI, Big Data, Analytics, Healthcare)

  • Jun 2012 - Jan 2015

  Bengaluru Area, India Product architecture, engineering and delivery, solutions architecture and services delivery for healthcare products, services and systems across the world. Technology, quality and architecture advisor across multiple clients and projects of emids. Focus on: * Java/J2EE * Angular JS & Node.js * Cloud Computing * Big Data * Data Analytics * Android * Healthcare



Twelve77 Software Studios Private Limited

• Vice President of Business Development

  • May 2013 - Nov 2014

  Bengaluru Area, India Product and Services Marketing for Cloud, Mobile and Product and Application Development services. Marketing of Customer Mantra, and Technology and Architecture adviser.



Magnasoft

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head of Products, Marketing, Solutions and Architecture

  • Feb 2009 - Dec 2012

  Bengaluru Area, India Built 2 startup products - NorthStar (http://northstar.ws) and eSmart (http://esmart.ws). NorthStar is India's best known, most successful and most comprehensive school bus and child safety solution. PRODUCTS: * Startup group * Ideation and Product Management * Product architecture, tools and technology * Product conceptualization & management * Product design, development, delivery & release * Product support & maintenance * Product Marketing & PR *… Show more Built 2 startup products - NorthStar (http://northstar.ws) and eSmart (http://esmart.ws). NorthStar is India's best known, most successful and most comprehensive school bus and child safety solution. PRODUCTS: * Startup group * Ideation and Product Management * Product architecture, tools and technology * Product conceptualization & management * Product design, development, delivery & release * Product support & maintenance * Product Marketing & PR * Implementation and services * Pre-sales & PIlots * Team creation & building * Budgets, revenues and P&L * Strategic Partnerships & Relationships * Sales & Channel development, & business leads * Process creation & management SOLUTIONS: * Architected solutions for all products and services * Initiated, pursued and closed business leads for products and services * Managed the creation, delivery and follow-up of RFPs, proposals and SOQs * Created strategic and technology partnerships with dozens of companies for products, services and resources * Created relationships and channels with recruiting firms * Created relationships and channels with development firms for outsourcing * Analyzed competing products and services, commercial and open source GIS servers and SDKs, commercial and open source mobile GIS servers, SDKs, toolkits and products Show less



NorthStar School Bus and Child Safety

• Cofounder and Technology, Architecture and Marketing Advisor

  • Feb 2009 - Dec 2012

  Bengaluru Area, India Co-founder, chief architect, technology, engineering and marketing head. Pre-sales strategy and presentations, implementations, design/ development/ quality/ delivery of NorthStar in the Amazon Cloud. Budgeting, profit/loss management and cost control. Vendor evaluation and management. Hiring and recruitment. Team management, mentoring and performance improvement.



GloMantra E-Services Pvt Ltd

• Chief Architect

  • Jun 2008 - Jan 2009

  Bengaluru Area, India - Evaluated US, European and Indian consumer markets for product, technology, usability, platform and services offerings - Evaluated the feasibility of launching the product on numerous platforms such as Facebook, iPhone, OpenSocial (Orkut, MySpace), Web - Led the product management and architecture teams to create the product roadmap - Headed the local product management and global architecture teams to create the solution and technical architecture - Led the creation and filing of… Show more - Evaluated US, European and Indian consumer markets for product, technology, usability, platform and services offerings - Evaluated the feasibility of launching the product on numerous platforms such as Facebook, iPhone, OpenSocial (Orkut, MySpace), Web - Led the product management and architecture teams to create the product roadmap - Headed the local product management and global architecture teams to create the solution and technical architecture - Led the creation and filing of 7 patents (of a total of 13) in the USPTO - Created and evangelized the technology and tool stack for the creation of the Digital Personal Assistant Show less



TIBCO

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Architect

  • Apr 2007 - May 2008

  - Pre and Post Sales Solutions Architecture - Account/Customer Management - Project Management - Delivery Management - For Banking and Telecom customers worldwide - Using TIBCO technologies including Rules Management Engine (BusinessEvents), SOA/ESB (ActiveMatrix), Messaging (EMS/RV) and Adapters



HCLTech

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Technical Architect & Account/Development Manager

  • Oct 2005 - Mar 2007

  - Pre-sales and Post-sales Consultant and Architect - EAI Architect and Account Manager for major telecom, pharmaceutical and logistics companies - EAI Solution Architect with expertise in rules engines, workflow engines, SOA, ESB and adapters



Aalayance

• Sr. Project Manager & Architect

  • Oct 2000 - Oct 2005

  - Product Delivery & Management - Implemented Proof-of-Concepts - Managed People and Processes - Wrote & published technical articles - Mentored Aalayans on technical concepts and non-technical processes - Managed the complete product lifecycles of several TIBCO products - Helped TIBCO close product license deals worth several million dollars. - Managed Product Release and Porting - Performed complete Team Building activities



Entrust

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Leader

  • Oct 1997 - Oct 2000

  - Managed and contributed to a team of developers working on a Color Management System with unique web-based client-server architecture for Datacard Corporation, MN, and USA for their worldwide range of card printers - Implemented the complete design, module development, unit testing and delivery of a Java GUI front end for Datacard's Zenith System - Designed, developed and deployed a PoS software for Datacard's global customer requirements.



Hal Aerospace Division Bangalore

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Mar 1996 - Sep 1997

  - Developed a GUI-based Environmental Database System using C++ and OOAD upon the request of the organization. The primary use of the software was to demonstrate the principles of OOAD to the engineers at HAL. - Software included a graphical editor to view the database and a powerful database search engine to scan the database of over 10,000 files for keywords, Phrases and numerical data.