2007 → 2026

Aug 2024 — Present

Senior Principal Enterprise Architect

GSK — APM, Emerging Technology & Digital Innovation · Bengaluru, India

Directing enterprise-wide architecture governance and AI acceleration across R&D, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Global Functions of a global life sciences enterprise.

• Introduced the TIE (Triage–Invest–Expand) framework to govern emerging tech, GenAI and Agentic AI investment under structured capital allocation controls.
• Architected and scaled a global AI Accelerator & Innovation Lab, moving GenAI/Agentic AI use cases from experimentation to governed enterprise deployment.
• Own the Global Technology Radar and Horizon-2 / Horizon-3 investment funnel as Emerging Technology & Innovation Product Owner.
• Embedded Responsible AI governance, security alignment and production-grade deployment pathways across scientific, regulatory and commercial domains.

Oct 2021 — Aug 2024

Senior Manager — Innovation & Emerging Technology

GSK — R&D, Digital Health & Innovation · Bengaluru, India

Led global R&D digital innovation strategy across clinical development, translational research and therapeutic portfolios.

• Drove Horizon-2/Horizon-3 innovation using IFTF-inspired foresight methods, scenario modelling and VUCA-informed prioritization.
• Architected digital biomarker and decentralized clinical trial (DCT) strategies across oncology, respiratory, infectious disease and immunology.
• Built a global open-innovation ecosystem spanning digital therapeutics, computer vision/ML and IIoT health-device startups.
• Institutionalized technology radar governance balancing exploratory (H3) and near-term (H2) value realization.

Dec 2018 — Sep 2021

Staff Technical Product Manager — Finance Analytics

GE Healthcare Global · Bengaluru, India

Enabled regulatory-grade standalone public-market readiness during a multi-billion-dollar corporate carve-out through One-ERP consolidation and SAP HANA digital core transformation.

• Led One-ERP consolidation of PeopleSoft, SAP ECC, Oracle Financials and Hyperion into a unified SAP HANA digital core.
• Accelerated financial consolidation cycles by 35% and reduced system redundancy by 40%.
• Improved executive decision-cycle speed by 30% by shifting reporting from batch to near real-time visibility.
• Architected enterprise data governance and chart-of-accounts rationalization frameworks.

Jul 2016 — Dec 2018

Senior Manager — App Dev & Maintenance, BI & Big Data Analytics

Vodafone Idea Limited, Corporate IT · Pune, India

Modernized enterprise data platforms across PAN-India telecom operations serving 300M+ subscribers.

• Directed migration from Teradata/IBM BigInsights/Oracle to AWS & Azure (Hadoop/Cloudera) multi-cloud big data platforms.
• Led digital transformation of the My Vodafone app, integrating real-time network intelligence telemetry.
• Governed a multi-vendor ecosystem (IBM, TCS, Accenture, Tech Mahindra) delivering CRM and analytics platforms nationwide.
• Improved analytics processing performance by 40% and strengthened revenue intelligence.

Sep 2011 — Jul 2016

Senior Product Engineering Implementation Specialist

AIRCOM International (a TEOCO Company) · Gurgaon, India

Delivered network analytics and optimisation implementations for global telecom operators.

Aug 2010 — Aug 2011

Engineer — 1st Level Assurance (Network Analytics & Optimisation)

Ericsson India Global Services · Gurgaon, India

Provided network analytics assurance and optimisation support for large telecom deployments.

May 2009 — Jul 2010

Analyst — Performance Management, Global Network Support Centre

Nokia Siemens Networks (via Kelly Services) · Noida, India

Performance management analytics for a global network support function.

Oct 2007 — Apr 2009

Engineer — Operations Support / Performance Management & Network Operations

Ericsson India (via CadTech Consultants) · Gurgaon, India

Where it all began — first engineering role in network operations and performance management, right after completing my B.Tech in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.