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.
