Results-driven technology executive with deep experience in product development, business strategy, M&A activities, and building high-performing teams. Over 20 years of leadership experience with proven success in enterprise technology at both Fortune 500 and several successful VC-backed startups. Proven ability to develop and execute growth strategies that result in increased revenue, market share, and operational efficiency. Keen ability to see the “big picture” while working through details and meeting tight deadlines. As CTO at various SaaS, PaaS, AI/ML and FinTech companies, responsible for running both product strategy and technology, build and manage high performing global teams across business functions. As Chief Architect of Intuit QuickBase division, helped grow the enterprise PaaS business by 400% before acquisition by Vista Equity. At Copanion, as CTO and Co-Founder, architected the world’s first AI/ML/CV based solution to accurately process a large variation of tax source documents, extracting data, populating the tax software that saved accountants several hours per tax return. Deep experience implementing cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS), hyperscalers, microservices architecture, multitenancy, RESTful APIs, big-data, analytics, HA/DR, modern UI/UX, CI/CD DevOps, QA automation, advanced networking, and integration with many partner services. Experience at Motorola, Intuit, Arthur D. Little in leading corporate-level strategies to drive growth and profitability, analyze competitive landscape and opportunities, identifying and execute M&A, and implementing process improvements. Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, vendors, and partners. Instrumental in raising over $80 million in venture funding from top-tier VCs. Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and make data-driven decisions. Awarded 12 US and International patents for work in machine learning, artificial intelligence, image processing, computer vision, cloud software, and telecommunications systems. Earned MBA with concentration in Finance from Columbia University, Ph.D. & MS in Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and BS from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in India.