Kunal Shah

Senior Engineering Leader with 23+ years delivering large-scale product delivery at the intersection of enterprise technology and business transformation. Currently overseeing a $30M+ engineering portfolio at Deloitte Consulting — 300+ practitioners, 20+ enterprise products in production, and a growing suite of Agentic AI systems built on LangGraph, AutoGen, and MCP.

Operates across three dimensions: Technology (engineering strategy, platform architecture, GenAI-native systems), Business (P&L ownership, pre-sales, executive stakeholder management), and People (scaled orgs from 20 to 300+, global distributed delivery).

Associate VP, Engineering (VP / Director-equivalent) at Deloitte Consulting (Offices of US in India) (2022-05 – Present)

• Lead a $30M+ engineering portfolio: 300+ practitioners across engineering, data science, UX, QA, and DevSecOps delivering 20+ enterprise Human Capital products in production.
• Architect and govern production Agentic AI systems — autonomous, multi-step LLM workflows on LangGraph, AutoGen, and MCP — spanning multi-cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), responsible AI frameworks, and MLOps pipelines.
• Drove 20–30% reduction in average product time-to-market via Lean/Kanban delivery frameworks, automated CI/CD pipelines, and structured release governance across the portfolio.
• Full P&L accountability for the HC engineering portfolio; own roadmap prioritization and executive stakeholder communication with US-based product leadership.
• Led or co-led 15–30 pre-sales and RFP solutioning engagements — translating complex AI and cloud capability into competitive, winning client-facing proposals.
• Scaled engineering org from 60 to 300+ practitioners through structured recruiting, onboarding, and career development programs.

Software Engineering Manager 2 at Deloitte Consulting (Offices of US in India) (2020-10 – 2022-05)

• Led AWS cloud migration and microservices re-architecture for 3 enterprise products; improved system resilience and reduced infrastructure cost across the HC product suite.
• Managed offshore vendor delivery and cross-functional programme governance across distributed teams.
• Scaled team from 20 to 60+ engineers through structured recruiting, onboarding, and career development programmes.

Software Engineering Manager 1 at Deloitte Advisory (2018-12 – 2020-10)

• Led a 35-person team delivering enterprise risk and assurance products for Deloitte Advisory clients.
• Built and maintained Python-based data pipelines and REST APIs; established DevOps and CI/CD practices that became team standards.

Delivery Manager → Client Account Manager at Orion India Systems Ltd (2007-09 – 2018-11)

11-year tenure: Technical Lead → Project Lead → Delivery Manager → Client Account Manager.

• International Assignment — Technical Project Manager, Orion Systems Integrators Germany GmbH, Berlin (Aug 2014 – Aug 2015): established the Berlin office from the ground up, recruited a 20-person local sales and delivery team, and onboarded the first 3 enterprise clients within 12 months.
• Led full pre-sales lifecycle — RFI, RFP, scope estimation, SOW, and client onboarding — across HealthCare, Retail, and Education sectors in India and Germany.
• Delivered 10+ client engagements as Delivery Manager; accountable for scope, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction across multi-year contracts.

Associate Consultant at Merrill Lynch India Technology Services Ltd (2006-04 – 2007-09)

• Partnered with US stakeholders to stabilize IT projects across multiple lines of business; strong exposure to investment banking technology delivery standards.

Software Engineer at Infosys Limited (2003-01 – 2006-03)

• Delivered multiple.NET projects; progressed from SE to SSE to Team Lead within 3 years.
• Client-site engagement with Japanese enterprise client — established foundation in quality-driven, structured delivery culture.

B.Tech in Computer Science (2002)