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Sunnyvale, California, US

Electrification is happening around us, but it needs to accelerate rapidly.We are building the 'Electric Engine' that will make mobility affordable, supply chain resilient and fun

South Jordan, Utah, US

- Post AllyO acquisition, became Hirevue's CPO leading all of Product, AI, Data Science, Business Intelligence and I/O Psychology teams. 60+ team- Led teams building Text, Audio and Video AI building long form automated conversation, video and game based assessments- Defined combined vision of HireVue core Products and AllyO into a unified hiring platform.

Palo Alto, California, US

(Acquired by HireVue)AllyO was my most fun professional and personal experience. I learned a ton about building an experiential product company and transforming Talent Acquisition for F500 companies, like Walmart, Amazon, Staples. - 200+ employees, $60M raised- Led Product, Engineering, high value Sales & Solutions teams across 3 continents- Long form.

Mountain View, CA, US

Growth Product, Google WorkspaceLed Workspace growth channels for SMBs across Online and PartnersProduct Google Energy- Brought two B2B and B2C products. - Launched pilots to test business model and user value proposition with external partners, SMBs and retail chains. - Ran multiple qualitative and quantitative user research efforts. Responsible for.

Mountain View, CA, US

In Data Center R&D Team. Worked on new product due diligence, experimentation and piloting. Several efforts focused on system optimization to increase performance, availability and lower cost. Worked with Google Cloud on new products impacting end users.

Austin, Texas, US

Strategy (Geographical location, Asset Consolidation, Operational efficiency)Engineering Design (Electrical, Mechanical, Space layout)Identifying, planning and implementing energy consumption reduction strategies in Oracle's buildings and data centers. Impacted cost savings of over $300K/yr

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Thesis: "Advanced Thermal Management Strategies for Energy-Efficient Data Centers"Provisional Patents filed on:1. Ambient Intelligence Based Load Management(AILM)2. Scalable Pods (S-Pods) layout

www.mechgrads.com was an endeavor to channelize the efforts of Mechanical Engineering related information seekers on the web. Worked independently from inception to execution of the idea; Publicized and marketed the website.

Washington, DC, US

1. Developed the framework of a techno-economic model for market based emission reduction policies with senior scientists, economists and market experts in the Paper & Pulp sector. This framework can now be used for other industrial sectors.2. Benchmarked the framework with an existing Cement Industry model developed at EPA.

Boston, MA, US

Devised a novel combinatorial technology for enhancement of external heat transfer (over 10%) in a Diesel Engine radiator; Presented the technology at the ‘ GE Global Research Symposium 2006 ’.Status: Paper published at ASME Summer HT conference, San Francisco 2009

Chennai, Tamilnadu, IN

‘ Genetic Algorithm based optimization of PCM heat sink and effects of heat sink parameters on operational time ’ Impact: Optimization of Composite Heat Sinks (CHS) using Genetic Algorithms is performed and a design methodology determining the ‘best performing’ design (maximum operational time) within constraints is propounded.Status: The work is published.

B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Ms, Thermal-Fluid Sciences, Economic Decision Analysis