As a Product Architect at Conry Tech, an early-stage start-up in the climate tech and AI space, I play a pivotal role in reinventing air-conditioning to make comfort sustainable. My primary responsibility is to define and spearhead the development of new product features and functionalities, drawing on my extensive experience in sustainability, climate, HVAC and AI. I actively collaborate with the senior leadership (CTO, CEO) and engineering teams to ensure that the product aligns with company… Show more As a Product Architect at Conry Tech, an early-stage start-up in the climate tech and AI space, I play a pivotal role in reinventing air-conditioning to make comfort sustainable. My primary responsibility is to define and spearhead the development of new product features and functionalities, drawing on my extensive experience in sustainability, climate, HVAC and AI. I actively collaborate with the senior leadership (CTO, CEO) and engineering teams to ensure that the product aligns with company objectives, and meets customer and market demands.Additionally, I lead the research, prototyping and testing efforts to integrate AI-driven innovation into Conry Tech’s product line, ensuring the solutions remain at the forefront of industry innovation in HVAC. Overall, I bring a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking and market awareness to drive our HVAC product development efforts forward. Show less

At this early-stage start-up, I was responsible for thought leadership, product development and execution of network data analytics use cases, pilots/PoCs for telecom service providers around the world. Additionally, my work spanned the areas of technical pre-sales and product management to unlock the value of data traversing telecom networks to address key challenges faced by clients. For example, to enhance customer experience, increase operational efficiency, create new revenue… Show more At this early-stage start-up, I was responsible for thought leadership, product development and execution of network data analytics use cases, pilots/PoCs for telecom service providers around the world. Additionally, my work spanned the areas of technical pre-sales and product management to unlock the value of data traversing telecom networks to address key challenges faced by clients. For example, to enhance customer experience, increase operational efficiency, create new revenue streams and reduce operational costs.In my role, I collaborated with business stakeholders to define the art of the possible and engaged technical teams in solutioning and delivery, enabling customer success.Some of the data-driven products/features I built include: (i) enhancing online / cloud gaming experience of users by 20-30% via intelligent routing and capacity provisioning, (ii) reducing transit costs for telecom service providers by 10-15% via intelligent peering, (iii) generating hyper-personalisation capabilities to help telcos run targeted upsell/cross-sell marketing campaigns effectively. Show less

I was a global lead for sustainability (led a 12+ member team), working at the nexus of data, sustainability and application of IoT to different industries. I was instrumental in setting and executing IBM’s technical and business strategy in this area.Sustainability and Carbon Emissions using AI:- Spearheaded advances in ESG goals of a Fortune 500 company by developing a framework for carbon accounting that measures/reports Scope 2 emissions of workloads executing in IBM Cloud data… Show more I was a global lead for sustainability (led a 12+ member team), working at the nexus of data, sustainability and application of IoT to different industries. I was instrumental in setting and executing IBM’s technical and business strategy in this area.Sustainability and Carbon Emissions using AI:- Spearheaded advances in ESG goals of a Fortune 500 company by developing a framework for carbon accounting that measures/reports Scope 2 emissions of workloads executing in IBM Cloud data centres.- Liaised with senior business stakeholders of a Fortune 500 company to build innovative carbon emissions reductions initiatives, aligned with the customer’s ESG KPIs.- Implemented AI/ML models to forecast electrical grid carbon intensities, renewable energy generation and workload requirements (arrival times, compute and storage).- Demonstrated a methodology to geographically distribute workloads across different data centres to keep carbon footprint to a minimum. - Delivered novel insights based on continuous customer feedback, resulting in improved product effectiveness, resulting in carbon emissions reductions of ~25%.- The work received the 2022 Sustainability Leader spotlight from the Australian Financial Review and BCG. - Worked on several proposals with other Fortune 500 clients to achieve their ESG goals.Energy Efficiency using AI and IoT:- Developed a first-of-a-kind cloud-based AI technology to enhance building energy efficiency for heating and cooling (HVAC) by 15%. - Worked with large Australian government organisations and international data centre operators, paving the way for energy cost savings & bolstering ESG commitments. IoT and Cybersecurity:- Developed AI/ML models to discover the nature of IoT traffic in a network.- Implemented classification techniques to identify IoT devices such as lightbulbs, cameras, motion sensors and others, with over 95% accuracy. - Proposed a monitoring system to detect and mitigate attacks in enterprise networks. Show less

I provided leadership in the collaboration between the University of Melbourne and Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia). This resulted in major advancements in energy-efficient technologies within the telecom sector.- Pioneered a work stream to systematically quantify the energy efficiency of cloud-based applications.- This resulted in the world's first comprehensive model for accurately estimating the energy consumption of cloud-based software applications and Internet equipment such as… Show more I provided leadership in the collaboration between the University of Melbourne and Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia). This resulted in major advancements in energy-efficient technologies within the telecom sector.- Pioneered a work stream to systematically quantify the energy efficiency of cloud-based applications.- This resulted in the world's first comprehensive model for accurately estimating the energy consumption of cloud-based software applications and Internet equipment such as routers and switches.- These efforts were integral to a global industry-academia initiative called GreenTouch, which played a key role in creating technologies for a 1000x reduction in energy footprint of the ICT sector. Show less

I proposed, designed and demonstrated novel architectures and algorithms for operating high-speed packet buffers (i.e. memory) in Internet routers and switches. I also developed new techniques for managing the energy-performance tradeoffs of residential WiFi networks. These works demonstrated that the corresponding energy footprint can be safely reduced by 10%.

The focus of the internship was on understanding and improving the Quality of Experience (QoE) for end-users when video is streamed over a high-speed wireless network (WiMAX). I conducted a detailed performance evaluation study using the WiMAX forum's ns-2 network simulator, resulting in one patent and 2 publications.

I developed software for network management and monitoring of high-speed 3G wireless networks. In addition, I developed models for designing wireless backhaul optical networks for optimising throughput and costs.