About

I'm a founding engineer who built Houseware's backend and data platform from scratch, grew the engineering team, and took it through acquisition by LaunchDarkly. Now on a career break, exploring how software, AI, and automation can upgrade India's manufacturing stack to compete globally. Based in Chennai.

Now

• Building a stealth startup at the intersection of manufacturing and AI
• Consulting with manufacturing companies on cloud infrastructure, SAP modernization, and IT strategy
• Running, swimming, padel, and training for a half marathon

Background

• Senior Engineering Manager at LaunchDarkly leading Product Analytics (team of 11)
• Founding engineer at Houseware → acquired by LaunchDarkly
• B.E Computer Science + M.Sc Economics, BITS Pilani
• Previously Senior Software Engineer at Zeotap (Europe's largest third-party CDP)
• Member of Round Table, India

Interests

Photography, music, football, running, travel, space tech, robotics.