About

Passionate about all things tech, an optimist and hungry for challenging problems.

Always looking out for new opportunities and exciting challenges on this journey of life. An engineer, a leader and most importantly a student for life, I am eager to learn from the journey of others.

I currently lead product development for SparkCognition Renewable Suite which was named honoree in Fast Company's 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in AI and data category [link] and winner of the 2022 Leadership in Wind Energy by Windpower Engineering and Development [link]

Experience

Senior Director of Engineering

  • Leading product development for asset performance management [APM] platform for various renewable asset types - Wind, Solar, Hydro, Storage and DC Coupled assets. Managing ~10GW of renewable assets on the platform.
  • Responsible for recruiting and managing team of Full Stack, Dev/Prod Ops, QA, Data Science and Data Engineering roles.
  • Work closely with sales on lead conversion, RFP responses, cybersecurity evaluations, technical feasibility, legal review, cost estimation and pricing negotiations during contract phase.
  • Collaborate with marketing team on product sheet, press releases, webinars and case studies.

Product Sheet
Webinar : Future of Renewable APM
Renewables GPT
March 2022 - PresentMenlo Park, CA, USA

Director, Product Development

  • Led engineering for SparkCognition Renewable Suite platform and mobile apps [iOS, Android]
  • Responsible for product strategy and development of cloud based predictive analytics and asset management platform.

Aug 2019 - Feb 2022Palo Alto, CA, USA

Director, Product Development

  • Built SaaS platform for renewables from ground up to manage more than 5.0 GW of assets with over 4000 years worth of device data actively monitored on the platform
  • Top 10 finalist for 2020 AWS Startup Architecture of the Year - San Francisco and AWS Select Tier Partner.
  • Led technical due diligence for acquisition by SparkCognition Inc.

Press Release
Aug 2019 - Feb 2022Palo Alto, CA, USA
Adaptive Intelligence SaaS Applications

Sr. Principal Applications Engineer

  • Led development of Predictive Analytics Supply Chain Cloud Applications.
  • Responsible for authoring user stories, product requirement documents (PRD), sprint planning and development.
March 2018 - July 2019Redwood Shores, CA, USA
IoT Enabled SaaS Applications

Principal Applications Engineer

  • Led product design and development of Logistics SaaS on PaaS apps using data from Internet of Things.
  • Recognized with Extra Mile Award for ongoing contributions towards success of logistics customers.
September 2015 - February 2018Redwood Shores, CA, USA
Oracle Yard Management

Project Leader

  • Led development of core product foundation, and was responsible for guiding and managing work done by several UI/UX developers and offshore teams. Oversaw successful completion and launch of the new product.
March 2014 - August 2015Redwood Shores, CA, USA
Oracle EBS Management

Senior Applications Engineer

  • Managed and implemented redesign of Mobile Supply Chain Applications (MSCA), reducing transactions times by 50% and increasing adoption on new platforms and devices.
September 2012 - February 2014Redwood Shores, CA, USA
Oracle Warehouse Management

Applications Engineer

  • Addressed critical issues for product with 1500+ customers and built enhancements for Fortune 500 clients that helped take Oracle WMS to the leader position in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems.
October 2009 - August 2012Redwood Shores, CA, USA

Intern

  • Ambient Assisted Living Concept – Conceptualized use of health sensor data with mobile service providers to enhance quality of life in rural areas. Proposed development roadmap to leadership team at Department of IT, Govt. of India.
December 2006 - January 2007New Delhi, India

Projects

Adobe Spark

Digital Strategy

Voca Software

Enterprise Workforce Management Software

Future of Mobility

Strategy for Ford with Autonomous Cars

TrueVote Paper

A Blockchain Voting Application

TrueVote PPT

Every Vote Counted, Every Vote Verified

Consumer Behavior

Fitbit - Effects of Personalized Plans

LA Road Safety

A Big Data Analysis & Visualization

EduRun Tech

Technology for Education

Shutterfly

Strategy for new parents

T-Mobile

Employee Strategy - MSC Challenge

Ensemble Energy

Energy.ML Platform

Covid Tracking

COVID-19 Tracking

Skills

Awards

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Dean's List of Honor Students | July 2017

  • Awarded by Dean and John E. Anderson Chair in Management, UCLA Anderson for exceptional academic performance.

UCLA Anderson School of Management

GAP Fellow | May 2018

  • Awarded to top 5% of GAP masters thesis students

Oracle America Inc.

Extra Mile Award | Feb 2018

  • Awarded by Vice President, EBS Development, Oracle America Inc. for ongoing contributions towards success of logistics customers.

SRM University

Merit based founders scholarship | Feb 2008

  • Awarded on behalf of chancelor based on academic performance

Education

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Los Angeles, CA

  • MBA, Technology Management & Entrepreneurship
  • GPA - 3.877/4.0

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

  • Special Student, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • GPA - 4.7/5.0

SRM University

Chennai, India

  • B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering
  • GPA - 9.527/10.0

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