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Summary

Over the past ~25 years I have had the opportunity to work with and lead geographically distributed teams, delivering complex systems in the cloud, on-premise including engineering platforms for high performance. Experience has taught me the importance of leading with humility including the importance of treating others as i would like to be treated myself. I enjoy leading teams, helping my colleagues to see the bigger picture, getting everyone to pull together in the same direction with a focus on delivering the expected outcomes.  I constantly strive to combine my passion for delivering outcomes with my ability to build long lasting professional relationships.

Work History

Accenture
2010-02Present

Non-Functional Architect, Technical Project Delivery - Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Leading complex technology delivery initiatives, including end-to-end technical project management across multi-phase implementations.

  • Management of complex infrastructure builds, application and infrastructure migrations to and from cloud environments, and data center migrations for high-performance systems.

  • Ownership of cloud-focused re-engineering efforts, including refactoring applications for cloud-native architectures and optimising systems for high performance and scalability.
  • Development and implementation of Non-Functional strategy for applications platforms.
  • Design, development, implementation of monitoring, observability strategy for applications, platforms.
  • Engineering applications, platforms and systems for high performance.
  • Leading tuning, optimisation, re-factoring of applications, platforms for high performance.
  • Design of performance testing strategies for large, complex systems.
  • Creation of automated tools for modelling, forecasting, performance testing, and capacity management using analytical, statistical, and simulation modelling techniques, including infrastructure and application capacity planning solutions.
  • Contribution to business development through support for sales and pre-sales activities, working with account teams to shape solutions, respond to RFPs / RFIs, including identifying and growing opportunities across client accounts. 
Tata consultancy services
2004-032010-02

Performance Engineering Lead, Global Consulting Practice

  • Leadership of Performance Engineering practice in Australia within the Global Consulting Practice, with accountability for outcome-focused technology delivery across large, complex enterprise systems.
  • Collaboration with High Performance Computing labs to conduct benchmarking, tuning, optimisation and engineering activities, ensuring high performance and scalability for customer solutions.
  • Establishment and maturation of Performance Engineering capability across major accounts, including definition of methods, standards, tools and best practices.
  • Contribution to consulting assignments across ANZ, providing specialist performance engineering expertise and advisory support to clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Provision of pre‑sales support in close partnership with business development and sales teams, including input into large bids and RFPs and shaping of performance‑related solution proposals.
  • Development and growth of Performance Engineering competency and pipeline across ANZ, including identification and creation of downstream revenue opportunities within existing accounts.
RedHat
2003-052004-03

Pre-Sales Consultant & Technical Engineer

  • Support for sales teams on bids and RFPs, including technical qualification, requirements analysis and positioning of Red Hat open source solutions against customer needs and competitors.
  • Infrastructure solution architecture for enterprise customers, covering high-level design, technology selection and alignment with Red Hat best practices and open source ecosystems.
  • Solution design, build and delivery of infrastructure platforms based on Red Hat technologies, ensuring scalability, security and operational readiness.
  • Leadership of Proof of Concepts (PoCs), including scoping, technical implementation, success criteria definition and presentation of outcomes to customer stakeholders.
  • Collaboration with customers on the design, build and deployment of infrastructure solutions using an open source stack, enabling integration with existing environments and processes.
  • Post‑sales technical support and consultancy to ensure smooth deployment, issue resolution and knowledge transfer, contributing to customer satisfaction and solution adoption.
MEdialab Asia
2002-082003-04

Research Associate

  • Built and maintained the organisation’s core technology infrastructure, predominantly based on Open Source stacks, to support multiple government-funded research initiatives across Media Lab Asia and satellite labs.
  • Set up and managed the Network Operations Centre, including monitoring, incident response and ongoing optimisation of network performance and reliability.
  • Deployed and administered Open Source services (Email, DNS, Web, File/Print, etc.), ensuring high availability, security, backups and routine maintenance.
  • Acted as Research Assistant to principal researchers, providing technical input, prototyping and implementation support for various government-funded research projects, including embedded development work.
  • Coordinated with external vendors for provisioning and support of leased infrastructure and services, managing SLAs and resolving technical issues to minimise downtime.
  • Established and maintained lab infrastructure using both Open Source and commercial stacks, and supported the maintenance and enhancement of developed Intellectual Property and associated systems.
Zenith Computers Limited
2001-092002-08

Embedded Development & Systems Administration

  • Led the end-to-end development of embedded systems (thin clients, remote boot systems, set-top boxes and appliance server prototypes) using both Open Source and Closed Source technology stacks.
  • Designed and implemented Embedded Linux-based devices, including system configuration, driver integration and optimisation for low-resource hardware.
  • Developed Embedded WinCE.net and Embedded WinXP-based devices, tailoring operating system images, application stacks and user interfaces to specific customer and product requirements.
  • Built and maintained the lab’s IT infrastructure on Open Source stacks, including server setup, network configuration and ongoing systems administration to support development and testing activities.
  • Drove low-cost, affordable computing initiatives by architecting and prototyping hardware–software solutions aimed at reducing total cost of ownership for end users.
  • Delivered multiple thin client and set-top box solutions based on Linux and WinCE.net, improving manageability, remote boot capability and overall system reliability in resource-constrained environments.
FreeOS Technologies
2000-042001-08

Pre-Sales Engineer & Technical Consultant

  • Led the design and deployment of open source infrastructure solutions (including firewalls, IDS, routers, servers and mail solutions), ensuring robust, secure and scalable environments for diverse customer requirements.
  • Provided end-to-end pre-sales support, including understanding customer needs, scoping technical solutions, preparing proposals and participating in technical presentations and demos.
  • Delivered post-sales technical support, troubleshooting complex issues in deployed Open Source / FLOSS solutions and ensuring high availability and customer satisfaction.
  • Developed and delivered tailored training programmes on Linux and broader FLOSS stacks at customer sites, improving client teams’ operational capability and adoption of open source technologies.
  • Produced technical documentation, including installation guides, configuration manuals and knowledge base articles, to support consistent deployments and reduce ongoing support effort.
  • Acted as the primary technical consultant on key engagements, collaborating with sales and management to align technical solutions with business objectives and drive successful project outcomes.
Detatech web technologies
2000-022000-03

Web Platform Lead

  • Led end-to-end design and delivery of a customer-facing web platform, covering technical architecture, implementation, and release management in a web technologies environment.
  • Defined and documented technical architecture and design patterns for the platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and alignment with business and security requirements.
  • Oversaw systems administration for the platform, including environment setup, configuration, user access control, monitoring, and issue resolution to maintain high availability.
  • Established and coordinated testing activities (functional, regression, and integration) to validate solutions prior to release, improving reliability and reducing defects in production.
  • Managed solution delivery from development through deployment, collaborating with stakeholders to prioritise features, manage risks, and meet agreed delivery timelines.
  • Provided technical leadership and guidance to the web platform team, promoting best practices in architecture, systems administration, and quality assurance.

Education

Mumbai University
19962000

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

4 year degree with a specialization on High Voltage DC transmission.

Ongoing Study

  1. SaFE Agile Trained & Certified v4.0 (58446114-0105)
  2. Google Cloud - Introduction to Generative AI
  3. Google Cloud - Digital Leader
  4. Google Cloud - Essentials 
  5. Google Cloud - Understanding Security & Operations
  6. Infrastructure & Application Modernization with Google Cloud 
  7. Innovating with Data & the Google Cloud
  8. Introduction to Digital Transformation with the Google Cloud
  9. Amazon Web Services - Cloud Practitioner Essentials
  10. Amazon Web Services - Business Professional
  11. Amazon Web Services - Technical Professional
  12. Foundations of Business Strategy, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  13. Advanced Business Strategy, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  14. Business Growth Strategy, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  15. New Models of Business in Society, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  16. Design Thinking for Innovation, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  17. Strategic Planning & Execution, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
  18. The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910, University of Virginia
  19. The Modern World, Part Two: Global History since 1910, University of Virginia
  20. Critical Perspectives In Management, IE Business School
  21. Understanding Google Cloud Security & Operations
  22. Amateur Radio Foundation Certificate (Australia)
  23. Amateur Radio Standard Certificate (Australia)

volunteering Positions

  1. CoderDojo Altona North - Dojo champion, mentor and volunteer (Current Role) : http://altonanorthdojo.com 
  2. CoderDojo Footscray - Mentor : https://footscraydojo.com
  3. Raspberry Pi Melbourne Hackers Group - Chief Organizer (2019 - 2024) :  https://melbourne-rpi.com.au/
  4. Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club - High Altitude Balloon Group Lead (2022-2024) : https://www.emdrc.com.au/
  5. Computer Measurement Group - Australia (2013 - 2014) - President 
  6. Computer Measurement Group - Australia (2013 - 2014) - Events Lead 

Hobbies

  1. Exploring electronics with a focus on the Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP32/8266, etc.
  2. Build custom robots based on open platforms using Arduino, ESP, Raspberry Pi, etc.
  3. Working on open source projects with a focus on i.e. Linux, Python, etc.
  4. Exploring different facets of Amateur Radio 
  5. Tweaking my Home Automation setup and exploring the Internet Of Things (https://github.com/tangowhisky37)
  6. Maintaining the Performance Engineering Body Of Knowledge at http://practicalperformanceanalyst.com
  7. Exploring Geo-politics, nation states and their strategies
  8. History of India
  9. Physics of aviation