Sai Suman C.

Product and Technology Leader

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I'm a technology leader with diverse experience in areas ranging from high performance computing and networking, personalization, analytics and modeling, video, large-scale web services and infrastructure. I can build and run products and organizations that perform consistently and reliably. If you would like to connect, please send me a short message with your request.

Experience

  • Wikimedia Foundation (4 yrs 10 mos)
    • Deputy Chief Product and Technology Officer
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    • Senior Director of Engineering
      Sep 2023 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Director Of Engineering
      Sep 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs

      I manage various Wikimedia engineering teams working on the reading, editing, moderation, and growth experiences as well as teams working in the trust and safety space.

  • Google (13 yrs 8 mos)
    • Engineering Manager, Geo Local Shopping Search
      Dec 2020 - Aug 2021 · 9 mos

    • Engineering Manager - Counter Abuse Tech
      Jun 2020 - Dec 2020 · 7 mos

      I work on making sure that your Google accounts are safe from people trying to steal them or use them to exploit you.

    • Staff Software Engineer / Engineering Manager - Google Assistant
      Apr 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Tech lead and manager in the Google Assistant "Duplex for the Web" team.

  • Marie-Curie EST Fellow at CERN
    May 2006 - Dec 2007 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Was a member of the team responsible for building the Data Acquisition system for the LHCb Experiment at CERN, one of the four largest high-energy physics experiments in the world. Was responsible for the architecture, design, development, and deployment of the storage solution for the experiment. Worked on the deployment of the networking for the data acquisition cluster. Was a supervisor in the CERN Summer Student Programme, and participated in conducting lab sessions in data acquisition for summer students.

  • Software Engineer at PANTA Systems India
    Sep 2004 - Mar 2006 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Worked on development of Linux-based storage solution over InfiniBand, profiling and benchmarking, and building user interfaces for cluster management software.

  • Software Consultant at Winsoft Exports India Ltd.
    Dec 1999 - May 2001 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Was responsible for design and development of software for the banking and finance industry with a team, and was primary client contact. Developed various web-based software using J2EE, ASP, and Swing.