Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
AI Product Leader & Inventor (2x US Patents) with 7+ years of experience architecting and scaling production-grade automation in high-stakes enterprise environments. Specialist in Vision-Language Models (VLM) and Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) systems, with a track record of scaling pipelines to 15M+ scans and driving €2.5M in international revenue. Proven leadership in turning around complex engineering challenges—reducing system breakage from 25% to <1% and slashing deployment cycles by 66%. Recently completed a strategic sabbatical to architect a proprietary VLM parsing solution, achieving 85% operational time-savings for high-density document workflows.
Engineered a high-density parsing architecture capable of processing invoices ranging from 1 to 400 pages with 3,500–4,000 line items without context overloading or model hallucination. Reduced data entry and filing time by 85% for high-volume invoices; transformed a task requiring a 3-person team 5 days to complete into a near-instant automated workflow. Achieved 85–90% extraction accuracy for structured data (PDF → JSON), implementing an AI-assisted Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) system to manage the remaining 10% for mission-critical auditability. Built deterministic validation engines to cross-reference probabilistic AI outputs against logistics compliance rules, ensuring high-stakes operational trust. Secured commercial validation by negotiating a royalty-based partnership model with a strategic industry stakeholder, proving the direct ROI of the automation pipeline.
Strategic Lead - EU expansion, Reporting to CPO | Partnering with VP of Global Business Development Closed €2.5M in enterprise deals (with a €5M pipeline) by managing the end-to-end sales lifecycle for tier-1 global accounts, including Siemens, Becton Dickinson (BD), and Techcyte. Led on-site international deployments across the US and Europe (Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg), owning pre-sales tenders, technical evaluations, and operational workflow design. Achieved a 70% evaluation-to-business closure rate by architecting customised end-to-end product workflows for high-stakes clinical environments like Klinikum Ludwigshafen (Germany) and Institut Gustave Roussy (France). Secured 2 US Patents (Robotic Handling & Visual Targeting) during the expansion phase to establish a core technological moat for the product line. Improved service quality by 80% by designing and owning the global service partner framework, including all training content, certification structures, and support protocols. Spearheaded technical conferences across Europe and the US as the primary product authority, training sales and service partners to drive global scalability. Directed cross-functional engineering cycles based on on-site field discovery, aligning the product roadmap with the specific diagnostic needs of major European medical institutions.
Reporting to Associate Director (Vision & Robotics) | Leading a Team of 6 Directed engineering for a cross-functional robotics and vision team, owning the hiring, mentorship, and technical execution for end-to-end slide delivery systems. Rescued a high-risk hardware-software system, reducing glass slide breakage from 25% to <1% and eliminating edge-chipping through comprehensive system redesign. Optimised system-level slide rejection rates to <1%, resolving critical image quality degradation caused by improper robotic handling. Automated 95% of the system calibration cycle, transforming a manually intensive process into a streamlined software-driven routine. Slashed installation and handover lead time by 66%, reducing the end-to-end customer deployment cycle from 3 days to 1 day. Scaled the slide delivery microservice architecture, powering 15M+ scans with high-availability performance in global clinical environments.
Engineered a full-scale vision pipeline for inline edge detection and coordinate mapping; increased automation throughput 240x (from 4 to 960 slides per load). Automated robotic calibration by developing a PID-based coordinate transformation algorithm; reduced a 3-hour manual drill to 2 minutes while ensuring 99%+ delivery accuracy. Facilitated the technical transition during a company acquisition by a US-based organisation, ensuring organisational alignment for global scale-up. Enabled the shift to contract manufacturing by documenting end-to-end build procedures and quality control protocols to stabilise global distribution. Led system characterisation and vibration analysis to triangulate imaging quality issues across electro-mechanical and motion systems, improving image capture repeatability. Developed automated test routines to qualify system builds consistently and established escalation protocols to stabilise production workflows.