Open to Senior Director / VP of Engineering
Applied AI · Enterprise SaaS · Cloud Platforms
I scale engineering organizations that ship AI and platforms with P&L impact.
Leading Built To Order AI businesses and agentic engineering systems — with measurable P&L outcomes.
+$28M
Net-new ARR added
40%
Operating income (AI Built To Order)
6×
Org growth (5 → 30 eng)
92%
Talent retention
20,000+
Technicians AI-automated
Engineering leader with 19 years building and scaling SaaS platforms and the organizations behind them. Shipped a production ML scheduling system for 20,000+ field technicians at Verizon — years before AI was a boardroom priority — then scaled a Trimble cloud platform team 6× (5 → 30 engineers) while adding $28M in net-new ARR. Most recently launched a Built To Order AI business from 0→1 — 5 paying enterprise customers at 40% operating income — delivering custom AI solutions as a new high-margin revenue line. Known for turning customer commitments into shipped product, retaining top talent (92%), and embedding AI into how teams build, not just what they build.
Title is Engineering Director; operating scope has consistently exceeded that band — India Engineering Council representative for 500+ engineers for more than 6 years, leading a Trimble India–level high-performance culture initiative, author of org-wide engineering playbooks, and P&L partner on a $50M ARR portfolio. Functioning at Senior Director / VP scope for more than a year.
Looking to lead a software engineering organization for an enterprise SaaS business operating at scale — Director, Senior Director, or VP of Engineering roles in Enterprise SaaS, AI/ML platforms, or logistics & supply chain technology.
Proof points a hiring leader can verify against the CV — business results, not activity lists.
Trimble
5 paying enterprise customers at 40% operating income
Authored the business model and partnered with Sales on go-to-market to deliver custom AI solutions — establishing a new high-margin revenue line within the Applied AI portfolio. Stood up the Built To Order entity with org design, financial model, and operational playbook in a 30-day 0→1 transition.
Trimble
+$28M net-new ARR ($22M → $50M)
Launched two new product lines in transportation & supply chain and expanded enterprise adoption of the Forestry Industry Cloud — partnering with Product and Business as a P&L co-owner. Built the Forestry Industry Cloud from zero to cross-org adoption across four product lines with API standards, multi-tenant architecture, and AI/agentic-ready data workflows.
Verizon
20,000+ technicians · automation 34% → 80%
Built and shipped a production ML dispatch system optimizing 50,000 daily jobs — cutting manual scheduling time 30%, years before ML became mainstream in operations.
GenAI productivity
~65% less test-case effort · ~75% less release-notes effort
Cloud economics
97% AWS efficiency · material annual FinOps savings
Release transformation
Quarterly cycles → sprint-end production deploys
Playbooks at scale
Engineering & AI-in-QA standards for 500+ engineers
High-performance culture
Trimble India–level initiative · outcome-driven operating model
Engagement
+11 Glint points · Pulse 80+
India Engineering Council
500+ engineers · representative for 6+ years
Community
BCDC · GDG Chennai · BeSA-AWS · CTO Talks · AWS UG Chennai
Innovation culture
2023–2025 · Overall Excellence · Deep Tech
Led the team to three back-to-back victories in the Innovation Premier League (IPL) / Trimble India Hackathon — proof that innovation is a habit, not an event.
Production AI, Built To Order delivery, and FinOps-backed platforms — tied to measurable business value.
Org design, culture, and succession — the operating system behind the metrics.
Leading a Trimble India–level high-performance culture initiative: shifting from task-based management to an outcome-driven operating model across the engineering organization — 3Ps (Purpose, Priority, Partnerships), psychological safety, and measurable engagement (Pulse 80+, +11 Glint).
Modular org design: clear missions, decoupled dependencies, radical autonomy for product suites — higher velocity, less friction. Mentors Future Women in Leadership (FWL).
Segment representative for 500+ engineers for more than 6 years — driving strategic alignment between regional talent and global product roadmaps, plus org-wide standards for architecture, AI adoption, and developer experience.
Trimble Inc. · Chennai, India
Oct 2018 – Present
$5B-revenue global enterprise SaaS leader (construction, transportation, agriculture), 150+ countries
Lead a 30-engineer organization through 2 engineering managers and 3 staff engineers; partner on the $50M ARR P&L with Product and Business; report to the Sr. Director & Global VP of Engineering.
Verizon · Chennai, India
Dec 2006 – Oct 2018
Fortune 500 #13 · $134B revenue · largest US telecom
Led a 70+ person engineering organization spanning direct reports and vendor (SOW) teams; delivered high-availability, data-intensive dispatch platforms end to end.
Credible technical fluency for AI, platforms, and multi-cloud — not a junior skills dump.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect · Azure Fundamentals · Google Cloud Digital Leader
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
Periyar University, Tamil Nadu
Selected commentary on AI systems, architecture, and engineering leadership — published on Medium and LinkedIn.
Chennai, India. Open to Bengaluru / Hyderabad / Pune · Open to relocation. Collaborate across US, Canada, Finland, and New Zealand time zones. Available for Senior Director and VP of Engineering conversations in enterprise SaaS, applied AI, and cloud platforms.