Ganesh Kaliannan

Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise software platforms across Payments, Healthcare, CRM, and SaaS. Proven track record of leading engineering teams, shaping technology strategy, modernizing complex platforms, and translating business objectives into scalable, reliable technology solutions. Experienced in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, microservices, multi-tenant SaaS, high-availability platforms, and engineering transformation.

Strong leadership background spanning team building, hiring, mentoring, performance management, and end-to-end engineering delivery. Currently leading enterprise AI architecture and product engineering, with hands-on experience across LLM applications, RAG, AI agents, voice-enabled AI interactions, and MCP-based integrations. Focused on turning emerging AI capabilities into secure, actionable enterprise workflows and products.

Engineering Manager (Consultant) at Cedron Technologies (2025-12 – Present)

Product

• Lead a team of 7 engineers, providing technical direction, architecture guidance, and engineering oversight across the Cedron One platform.
• Lead the architecture and engineering of enterprise AI capabilities, including LLM applications, RAG pipelines, AI agents, and MCP-based tool integrations.
• Architect and lead AI integration across Ticktil, Cedron's enterprise HRMS platform, including AI Copilot and voice-based interactions that enable employees and administrators to perform HR workflows such as applying leave through natural-language commands, alongside intelligent workflows for attendance, payroll, recruitment, performance, and organizational operations.
• Establish engineering standards covering architecture reviews, code quality, secure API integrations, and development practices.
• Design enterprise security guardrails for AI-driven workflows, including PII and credential redaction, tenant-scoped data access, usage controls, and human-in-the-loop safeguards.

Senior Engineer — Platform Architecture at ItsaCheckmate (2024-10 – 2025-12)

• Designed and enhanced distributed microservices and REST APIs supporting payment processing, POS integrations, and real-time order synchronization across 5,000+ restaurant locations.
• Improved backend performance and reliability, reducing order failures by 35% while maintaining 99.9% platform availability.
• Modernized legacy application components and aligned them with an evolving microservices architecture.
• Worked across high-volume, real-time commerce workflows requiring scalability, reliability, and consistent system synchronization.

Technical Architect / Engineering Lead at ZiniosEdge Technologies (2016-06 – 2024-06)

• Defined technical architecture and technology roadmaps for enterprise platforms across Healthcare, B2B/B2C E-commerce, CRM, Education, and Real Estate domains.
• Led the modernization of 3 legacy applications into cloud-native architectures, reducing deployment time by approximately 30% and improving production stability.
• Designed scalable application architectures and translated complex customer requirements into technical solutions for 5 enterprise clients.
• Established engineering practices around architecture reviews, code quality, technical mentoring, and development standards that became a reference for other teams.
• Led and mentored engineering teams of up to 12 engineers, providing technical direction across architecture and delivery.
• Built engineering capability by hiring 20 engineers and supporting the growth of 5 team members into senior and leadership roles.
• Managed KRAs, performance reviews, mentoring, and career development for direct and indirect reports.

Technical Project Manager at RazorfishNeev (2010-06 – 2016-06)

• Provided technical direction for engineering teams delivering enterprise applications, guiding architecture and implementation decisions from planning through production delivery.
• Directed the design and rollout of OAuth and SAML-based Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions, establishing secure identity federation across client applications.
• Led engineering teams of 10–12 members across the full software development lifecycle, balancing technical execution, delivery commitments, and engineering quality.
• Coordinated engineering delivery across two teams, including sprint planning, technical reviews, release planning, retrospectives, and cross-team dependencies.
• Hired 15 engineers and supported the development and promotion of 10 engineers into senior roles, strengthening the team's technical capability.
• Received consecutive Star Awards for engineering delivery and technical quality.

Senior Software Engineer at Paladion Networks (2008-05 – 2010-05)

• Developed core components of the Cognite Security Awareness Platform, supporting enterprise security training and compliance management.
• Designed and developed a Windows-based deployment framework that automated application packaging, configuration, and executable generation, improving consistency and efficiency in software deployments.
• Contributed across the software development lifecycle, including application development, production issue diagnosis, defect resolution, and release support.
• Trained and onboarded engineers on the platform architecture and deployment framework, supporting knowledge transfer and team capability.

Master's in Information Technology – Bharathidasan University (2005-05 – 2007-05)