Results driven software engineering professional with over 25 years of experience in delivering broad range of products and services spanning across consumer-based to enterprise. A strong technical background, decisive leadership, excellent organizational skills, effective communication skills and a customer centric focus. Experience in handling mergers, splits, and divestitures, worked on special projects / assignments.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Director Software Engineering
Lumen IT India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2006 - Current
Led teams in Global Security Operations, Sales Enablement, Quality Engineering, and PMO.
Reduced quoting cycle time from 5 business days to under 1 hour through automation in Sales Enablement, achieving a CSAT score of 4.9/5.
Utilized Black Lotus Lab to successfully defend 100% of DDoS attacks for managed customers.
Eliminated manual testing through skill transformation and developed an Automation First mindset, achieving and maintaining a >95% automation index and certifying builds in 6 hours.
Reduced deployment time by 300% through the adoption of a DevOps pipeline.
Established System Reliability Engineering practices to enhance service availability, implement failover mechanisms, and incorporate self-healing AIOps.
Senior Associate, Software Engineering
Cognizant Technologies
12.1999 - 11.2006
Consultant
Infosys Technologies (Internet Systems)
02.1998 - 11.1999
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
PDA College of Engineering
Gulbarga
Skills
Scalability strategies
Accomplishments
Led a team of over 350 engineers in India, overseeing portfolios such as Global Security Operations, Sales Enablement, Customer Experience, Quality Engineering, and PMO functions.
Managed numerous multi-year, multi-million dollar programs, including digital transformation, cloud migrations, legacy system decommissioning, and re-architecture and re-engineering projects.
Collaborated closely with SAP and other partners to establish HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) offerings at BLR and Manesar data centers.
Led pre-sales and solutioning teams, partnering with Airtel sales teams to provide Colocation and ADM services. - Participated in System Reliability Engineering (SRE) to stabilize production systems, reducing incidents by 13% through quality assurance initiatives.
Built teams based on trust and transparency, promoted innovation through hackathons, and adopted an Automation First mindset with a 95% automation index.
Served as Employee Experience Lead, achieving an EEI score of 93% and a Glassdoor/Ambition Box rating of 4.2.
Coordinated with various Indian functions (HR, TA, Finance, Procurement, Facilities, Legal, Security, and Business) to ensure lean, efficient, and employee-friendly policies and processes supporting business growth.
Managed budget, demand, and headcount (~$40M budget planning and monthly tracking, hired 350 new employees in a year).
Organized yearly hackathons locally and globally to address real business problems. - Designed and implemented a hybrid work model.
Led the India IMT team for Covid-19 management, collaborating with global teams to roll out policies and reporting.
Enhanced employee onboarding experience by launching UpLink and Hypercare, reducing churn by 7%.
Managed PAN India vendor onboarding, de-boarding, and quarterly reviews (QMR).
Implemented SuccessFactors and skill transformation initiatives.
Managed finance and procurement, optimizing capital and operational expenses, simplifying processes, and designing policies, resulting in $0.35M in benefits and improved employee allocation.
Formed Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), rolled out charters, event calendars, and conducted reviews.
Social worker dedicated to improving education and addressing malnutrition.
Established a pre-university college in an underprivileged district of Karnataka, achieving nearly 400% growth in five years. Improved the state district class 12 rank by 6 positions.
Honorable board member of a consulting firm, contributing to a revenue increase of up to 900,000 Euros.
Honorable member and treasurer of a large housing society, managing an annual budget of $4.6 million and overseeing special projects worth $3.1 million. Developed a strategy and roadmap for adopting new technologies and software for Facilities Management Systems (FMS).
Timeline
Dare to Lead, Brene Brown
03-2024
IIM-B, Leadership Development Program
09-2022
Leading SAFe & SAFe for Teams
08-2019
SCRUM Master from Scrum Alliance
05-2018
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Franklin Covey institute
05-2009
Director Software Engineering
Lumen IT India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2006 - Current
PMP
04-2005
Senior Associate, Software Engineering
Cognizant Technologies
12.1999 - 11.2006
Consultant
Infosys Technologies (Internet Systems)
02.1998 - 11.1999
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering