Professional Highlights

Accomplished Senior Global Technology Leader

A proven track record of driving innovation, scaling engineering organizations, and leading cross-functional teams across the USA and Asia-Pacific region.

Proven expertise in Leadership and Management

Built and led high-performing teams across the USA and APAC region - Singapore, Malaysia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Expert in next-generation technologies

Telecommunications, Networking, Cybersecurity and AI. Held key positions at leading research institutions, including CDOT (India) and Bell Labs (USA), contributing to advancements in Digital Switching, SoftSwitch, VoIP Media Gateways, and Mobile Switching technologies, driving innovation in communication networks.

Distinguished Career Across Startups & Multinationals

Delivered performance excellence in high-growth U.S. startups and top-tier global corporations, successfully leading large-scale projects, product innovations, and operational turnarounds.

Advisor

Technology startup companies

Leadership Roles & Achievements

Chief Product Officer, 25YearsMore (Singapore): Spearheading product development and technical operations. Designed, developed, and launched the company’s online platform and mobile App.

Head of APAC Technical Support & Professional Services, Keysight Technologies: Directed technical support, and professional services for the $125M Network Applications and Services business unit across APAC region. Established a 24/7 Global Technical Support Centre in Bangalore, introduced new processes and tools, and achieved industry-leading Customer Satisfaction Scores.

Movik Networks (USA/India): Established the India Engineering Operations Centre from the ground up, significantly enhancing product development capabilities.

Reliance Communications Project Turnaround (India): Relocated from the USA to APAC to lead Reliance’s Core VoIP Project implementation amid major challenges. As Project Leader & Core Architect, transformed it into Alcatel-Lucent’s largest NGN deployment, spanning over 100+ systems.

Telecom Network Delivery Leadership: Directed large-scale IMS/NGN projects for top-tier clients such as AT&T, Verizon, Rogers Communications, Reliance, AirTel, SingTel, VNPT, China Mobile, LG Telecom and NTT DoCoMo ensuring on-time delivery of complex, mission-critical networks.

Telica Inc. (USA):

As Test Engineering Manager, led carrier-grade SoftSwitch and VoIP Gateway testing and field trials—contributing to Telica’s turnaround and its $330M acquisition by Lucent.
Drove high-profile implementations including the Gateway Mobile Switching Centre (GMSC) for Rogers Communications (Canada) and Media Gateway solutions for AT&T and Verizon.

Lucent Technologies (USA): As Software QA Manager, collaborated with Bell Labs to commercialize the SoftSwitch research project into a next-generation switching solution comprising Signaling Gateways, Media Gateway Controllers, and Media Gateways.

Early Career Achievements

Stratus (Singapore)

Led the implementation of world’s first commercial Local Number Portability (LNP) solution at New T&T, Hong Kong.

Key contributor in implementing NTT DoCoMo’s Mobile HLR solution (Japan) using Stratus SS7 solution.

Key contributor in implementing India’s first Toll-Free Telephone solution for DoT using C-DOT and Stratus SCENIC solution.

C-DOT (India)

As Systems Engineer, contributed to the successful field trial of C-DOT’s 10,000-line MBM Digital Telephone Exchange at Ulsoor, Bangalore.

Installed and commissioned multiple SBM Digital Telephone Exchanges across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh.

Aurelec Data Processing Systems (India)

Implemented the Department of Telecommunications’ first Novell NetWare LAN solution at DOT HQ, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi.

DCM Data Products (India)

As Field Engineer, installed mini-computer systems for major clients including ISRO, HMT, SBT Bank, and REC-Calicut, building a strong technical foundation early in career.