Software executive, product leader, technology strategist and innovation evangelist with over three decades experience building organizations ground-up and shipping multiple “1.0” products (revenue impact over several US$$ Billion+) with American, European and Chinese Fortune 1-500 companies and Silicon Valley unicorns. Currently heading Technology Strategy and Business Operations at Walmart Global Tech, and additionally playing role of Chief of Staff.
Played significant technical and leadership roles in establishing and growing organizations, including Country Head / Head of Business Operations / GM (NerdWallet, ChinaSoft, Yahoo!, NetScout, Network General), VP for Strategic Process Innovations (24[7] Innovation Labs), Director of Engineering / Group Head (McAfee, Huawei), Product Management (Network General, Huawei, Philips), Software Architect / Tech Lead (Philips, Siemens), Computer Scientist (DRDO) and Process Coach / Agile Transformation Leader (Yahoo!, NetScout, Huawei and Philips), and my own solopreneurial gig as a strategy and management consultant during 2014-17.
Well-rounded professional with M.Sc (Computer Science); B. Sc (Statistics); Exec MBA in (Human Resources); Certificates in Business Leadership, Executive Leadership and Financial Management from Cornell University; Digital Business Strategies from Columbia Business School; and Post-Graduate Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking offered by MIT Sloan, Columbia Business School Executive Education Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Currently pursuing PhD from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Highly sought-after public speaker, accomplished thought leader, agile transformation leader, published author and startup mentor and have trained over 5000+ professionals, published 1000+ blogs and articles, delivered 500+ public talks and conference papers, mentored over 100+ startups, and published a book (“Agile Product Development”, 2015). Also delivered two TEDx talks.
Possess advanced certifications in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant 4.5, CSP, CSM, CSPO, PMP, PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner and Management 3.0
