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Full time - Technology & Engineering Leader

Technology and Product leader with 19+ years of experience building and scaling product-centric companies across B2B SaaS, AdTech, MarTech, InsurTech, and E-commerce.

I work at the intersection of Technology, Product, Data and AI, helping companies scale products, engineering organizations and technology platforms from early stage to high scale.

Over the years, I have built and led global engineering teams, large-scale data platforms, SaaS products and AI-powered systems.

More recently, I have been deeply focused on AI-native product development and AI-first engineering, including LLMs, RAG, AI agents, OCR, ML, LLM orchestration, evaluation, observability and production AI systems.

I am particularly interested in building AI that can operate a business, not just become another feature inside a product.

Part-time & hobby - AI Builder, Invest{or,ment} & Fractional CTO/CPO

I enjoy working with founders and leadership teams on:

  1. Building the right technology and product strategy for different stages of growth.

  2. Designing and scaling high-performing engineering and product organizations.

  3. Building AI-native products, AI agents and intelligent automation.

  4. Defining engineering and product roadmaps aligned with business outcomes.

  5. Improving engineering productivity, operational excellence and technology efficiency.

  6. Optimizing engineering, cloud and infrastructure costs.

  7. Building scalable platforms, data systems and AI infrastructure.

  8. Helping founders think through technology, product, hiring, organization and execution.

What I write about

I write about AI, technology, engineering leadership, product building, startups, system design, data, cloud infrastructure and lessons from building and scaling technology businesses.

I am still a hands-on builder. I enjoy writing code, experimenting with new technologies and turning ideas into working products.

That is probably why I continue to get excited about technology even after 19+ years.

Current interests

AI • AI Agents • LLMs • RAG • AI Engineering • SaaS • Product Engineering • Data • Cloud • Startups • Engineering Leadership • System Design

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