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Kishore Kumar N

Kishore Kumar N

Vice President - Engineering
Chennai

Summary

Seasoned technologist with 20+ years of experience in application design, architecture, product development, and AI/NLP, specializing in business analytics and intelligence across HR, e-commerce, and healthcare.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
20
20
years of post-secondary education

Work History

VICE PRESIDENT - ENGINEERING

BUDDI.AI
6 2021 - Current
  • Design/architect and developed from concept to deployment of Healthcare RCM applications for US and UAE healthcare using AI and NLP.
  • Led cross-functional teams for the successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction.
  • Involved in product demos, POCs, client onboarding, customer training, requirements capture, and product customization analysis.
  • Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
  • Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
  • Established a culture of continuous improvement, fostering innovation and driving sustainable growth across the organization.
  • Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT - ENGINEERING

BUDDI.AI
1 2019 - 5 2021
  • Directing engineering teams in developing and deploying AI-driven healthcare solutions.
  • Leading the design, architecture, and implementation of AI technologies for healthcare RCM automation.
  • Established a high-performance culture within the team by setting clear expectations and providing regular feedback on individual performance contributions.
  • Optimized resource allocation by analyzing operational needs, reallocating resources as needed to maximize efficiency across all functions.
  • Communicated with leadership teams to assist with administrative initiatives and decisions and attended weekly meetings to support policy changes.
  • Fostered strong relationships with key clients, leading to repeat business and a significant increase in customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Led cross-functional teams to deliver successful projects on time and within budget, enhancing company reputation in the industry.
  • Enhanced communication between departments by developing effective reporting structures and information-sharing platforms.

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

BUDDI.AI
12.2013 - 12.2018
  • Design and develop AI-driven solutions for Healthcare RCM automation.
  • Applied creative problem-solving skills to address unique challenges in the architectural design process.
  • Performed complex architectural and design assignments, applying innovative architectural design concepts and advanced professional knowledge.
  • Architect systems for automating patient management, medical coding, and RCM billing.
  • LLD, HLD and end-to-end design architecture with integrating AI technologies to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
  • Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA, SOC2) and implement robust security measures.
  • Ensure application security regulations such OWASP, PHI compliance to ensure the application and data security.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and healthcare professionals to deliver innovative solutions.
  • Drive innovation through R&D of new AI models, algorithms and technologies for healthcare automation.
  • Combine strategic vision with technical expertise to advance healthcare services with cutting-edge AI technologies.

TECH LEADER - SYSTEMS ANALYST

CHECKTRONIX (LIGHTCAST)
01.2012 - 11.2013
  • Designed and developed modules for a career builder, creating resumes based on job roles.
  • Directed high-impact projects from conception to completion, consistently delivering on time and within budget constraints.
  • Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop leadership skills and advance their careers within the organization.
  • Designed and developed modules for a career builder, creating resumes based on job roles.
  • Implemented O*Net algorithm using SIC codes for job roles and descriptions.
  • Developed an algorithm to visualize career paths and provide skill recommendations.
  • Designed an expert system for career guidance and resume building.
  • Communicated with clients to understand product requirements.
  • Collaborated with engineers to select design solutions and ensure system compatibility.
  • Provided technical guidance and support for application development and troubleshooting.

TEAM LEADER - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

CHECKTRONIX (LIGHTCAST)
06.2007 - 12.2011
  • Provide guidance, direction, and mentorship to the development team.
  • Oversee project planning, execution, and delivery within timelines and budget.
  • Contribute hands-on software design and development using technical skills.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and QA teams to ensure project alignment and success.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
  • Address technical challenges through strategic planning and resource management.
  • Drive team success and deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business and customer needs.
  • Monitored team performance and provided constructive feedback to increase productivity and maintain quality standards.
  • Worked with team to identify areas of improvement and devised solutions based on findings.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

CHECKTRONIX (LIGHTCAST)
06.2004 - 05.2007
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
  • Maintained existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects.
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
  • Collaborated with clients to define solution requirements.
  • Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
  • Developed reusable components that significantly reduced development effort on multiple projects.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

SRM University
Chennai, India
04.2001 - 05.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Sona College of Technology
Salem, India
04.2001 - 05.2004

Skills

Software Architecture

Languages

English
Telugu
Tamil
Hindi

Publications

  • Applied Patent for the concepts of Get Feedback, Suggest Training
  • G42 Cloud Certified Associate
  • Linking Opinions to Products: A Word Alignment Approach to Opinion Mining - ICICS 2017 Publication (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3126029)

Projects

PRACTICE.AI 

Practice.Ai is an automated RCM product for medical billing, featuring modules for patient registration, claim generation, claim adjudication, claim posting, ERA, EOB analysis, payment posting, patient statements, AR follow-ups, reconciliation, and billing insights/analytics.


CODING.AI

Coding.Ai uses advanced AI and NLP, along with deep learning algorithms, to automate medical coding with unparalleled accuracy. By automating the majority of provider coding volumes, it results in more accurate claims, fewer denials, and higher reimbursements. Coding.Ai processes multi-specialty medical records, and generates CPT, ICD, Modifiers, HCPCS, and PQRS codes for both professional and facility coding. It seamlessly integrates with top EMRs such as EPIC, Cerner, and ePowerDoc.


CLINICAL PARSER

Clinical Parser Analyze and evaluate the document formats, identify the key sections of the document. Deep parse the sections and identify the data elements, normalize with various medical taxonomy such as LOINC, SNOMED. Extract the clinical data elements from the unstructured document and create an AI readable document such as XML or JSON. Mask the PHI elements using AI methodologies and suppress them for AI training. Information retrieval, contextual analysis and grouping of similar/related text. Correlation of the data across various sections and normalize the unstructured document into various meaningful data elements.


FOCUS/CAREER

Focus/Career is a comprehensive suite of web-based solutions supporting job seekers, students, employers, and career counselors with a full range of job placement and career exploration activities, including resume building, intelligent matching, robust searching, gaps analysis, training referral, and career mapping. Focus/Career collects information such as demographics, job history, education, and job preferences from the jobseeker and processes the data with legacy systems like AOSOS, EKOS, and AJLA systems. Focus/Career includes various components like Resume Builder, Intelligent Auto-Matching, User Active Searching, Get Feedback, Suggest Training, Career Pathways and Job Alerts. Focus/Career accumulates thousands of jobs daily and provides reference of jobs to the jobseeker.


FOCUS/TALENT

Focus/Talent is a comprehensive suite of web-based solutions providing features to employers for building their own jobs using Job Builder and manages jobseeker applications for the job.

Accomplishments

  • Healthcare end-to-end RCM automation; Patient registration, Clinical documentation, Medical coding, Claim creation & scrubbing, Medical billing
  • Real-time API for medical coding with 95% and above accuracy
  • Bigdata processing, managed to scale the system to process 4M+ records per month and processed an overall volume of 300M+ medical records across multi-specialty, multiple clients.

Software

Database Management (MSSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, HBase, H2, SQLite, Derby)

Software Architecture

SDLC

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Business Intelligence (Power BI, Tableau)

Java, Python, C#, REST API

Azure Cloud, G42 Cloud

Timeline

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

BUDDI.AI
12.2013 - 12.2018

TECH LEADER - SYSTEMS ANALYST

CHECKTRONIX (LIGHTCAST)
01.2012 - 11.2013

TEAM LEADER - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

CHECKTRONIX (LIGHTCAST)
06.2007 - 12.2011

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

CHECKTRONIX (LIGHTCAST)
06.2004 - 05.2007

Master of Science - Computer Science

SRM University
04.2001 - 05.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Sona College of Technology
04.2001 - 05.2004

VICE PRESIDENT - ENGINEERING

BUDDI.AI
6 2021 - Current

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT - ENGINEERING

BUDDI.AI
1 2019 - 5 2021
Kishore Kumar NVice President - Engineering