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Principal Engineer | Software Architect
Technology leader with more than 11 years of experience in architecting, developing, implementing and supporting innovative technology solutions. In my last role as a technical co-founder and CTO at Factri.ai, I spearheaded the concept-to-launch/0-1 journey for Datawiz, a flagship SaaS product, and played a pivotal role in leading the bootstrapped startup to an ARR of 1.2 CR in FY 2022-2023, positively impacting over 15+ customers and 20+ factories across India. Factri.ai’s accomplished recognition and accolades, include, graduating from the Target Accelerator Program India 2020, winning 'Top Startup' at CII’s Annual Startup Summit for 'Digitisation,' incubation at NASSCOM CoE for IoT & AI with a product showcase at NASSCOM’s Smart Manufacturing Competency Center, and being featured at NASSCOM Technology & Leadership Forum 2023 for digitizing India’s Manufacturing Sector.
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
January 1, 2008 – January 1, 2012
Poppulo
Principal Engineer
February 1, 2024 – Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid
Factri.Ai
CTO & Co-Founder
January 1, 2020 – January 1, 2024
Bengaluru, Karnataka · On-site
Tekion Corp
Machine Learning Lead
July 1, 2019 – December 1, 2019
Tekion Corp
Senior Software Engineer
June 1, 2017 – June 1, 2019
Siftery
Machine Learning Engineer
September 1, 2015 – May 1, 2017
Bengaluru Area, India
NetIQ
Software Engineer
September 1, 2012 – August 1, 2015
Bengaluru Area, India
Cardiac disease classifier using Artificial Neural Networks for an Android 2.2 machine (LCAD):
June 1, 2011 – March 1, 2012
Created the API for ECG Signal Feature Extraction in Java using OOP principles. Designed a simple UI for ANN Testing and Training using Swing. Conceptualized, designed and implemented the User Interface for an Android 2.2 (LCAD) system to perform the ECG diagnosis process.
Image Compression using Artificial Neural Networks
May 1, 2010 – July 1, 2010
Implementation of Block Truncation Coding to compress grayscale images in MATLAB using a Feed Forward Artificial Neural Network
Qdrant Essentials
Qdrant
June 24, 2026 – Present
Cultural Fit Analysis
The candidate has a diverse background spanning startups (Factri.Ai, Siftery) and larger corporations (Poppulo, Tekion, NetIQ). The entrepreneurial experience at Factri.Ai, including growing an ARR and achieving awards, demonstrates initiative, resilience, and a results-oriented mindset. However, the target role is 'Frontend Developer', which is a significant pivot from the candidate's extensive backend, ML, and leadership experience. While the candidate has broad technical skills, the direct alignment with a dedicated frontend role is not strongly evident from the provided experience and projects, which lean heavily towards backend, ML, and system architecture. The personal projects also focus on AI/ML and Java Swing/Android 2.2 UI, not modern frontend frameworks.
Soft Skills & Operational Fit
The candidate's experience as a CTO and Principal Engineer, along with leading teams and owning technological roadmaps, suggests strong leadership, strategic thinking, and operational management skills. The description of fostering a collaborative culture indicates good interpersonal and team-building abilities. Experience in hiring and delegating further supports operational fit for senior roles.