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My Journey

Hello there! I'm a seasoned professional with over 15 years of hands-on experience in Machine Learning, Cloud, IoT, Control Systems and Enterprise B2B PaaS/SaaS Platform Engineering. 
My journey has been a roller coaster filled with valuable learnings, real-world case studies, and practical insights that I'm excited to share. 
In the past 9+ years, I've also been a driving force behind small, high-paced engineering teams in both 0-to-1 and 1-to-Scale startups. Let's connect and explore the exciting world of technology together!

My Mission

1. Solving "hard" engineering problems, not confined to software running inside the "box"
2. At the intersection of Computer Science and the Physical World via "Smart Hardware"
3. In domains which can have a measurable impact in the "betterment" of "human condition"

My Writing usually talks about

1. 👷‍♂️ Engineering
    1. 🌐 IoT,  🤖 Robotics, 🖥️🧠 Machine Learning and AI 
    3. Golang, ☸ Kubernetes, 🐳Docker & friends.   
2. 💼 Management and Strategy
    1. 🙇 Learnings on Engineering leadership for small yet high-impact teams
    2. 🌎 Practices for managing high-output remote-first global teams.
    3. 🚀 Startups & Strategy & Tips on Building Great Technical B2B Products
3. 🧠 Right brain musings (in small, infrequent doses)
    1. ⌚Productivty , 📸 Photography, 📖 Philosophy, and 🥳 Happiness 



Giving Back to the tech-community by,

  • Mentoring young engineers in navigating their careers. [email protected]

  • Coaching startups in building Skunkworks™️ like pods to deliver speedy innovation. [email protected]

  • Advising traditional business owners/startup founders with technical & AI strategy. [email protected]

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