Burst is a Mobile Video AI Platform for media companies and enterprises, who want to crowdsource videos at scale, and use AI-driven curation tools to find, produce and distribute the best videos.As CTO, I lead Burst’s technology strategy to assess new market opportunities and avenues for innovation, shape the AI-for-video stack, explore adjacent segments for the business, set the product roadmap and development agenda, lead all dev efforts, oversee the scaling and operations of the… Show more Burst is a Mobile Video AI Platform for media companies and enterprises, who want to crowdsource videos at scale, and use AI-driven curation tools to find, produce and distribute the best videos.As CTO, I lead Burst’s technology strategy to assess new market opportunities and avenues for innovation, shape the AI-for-video stack, explore adjacent segments for the business, set the product roadmap and development agenda, lead all dev efforts, oversee the scaling and operations of the infrastructure, build, manage and grow the product and tech teams, and make sure that company goals and product/technology direction are aligned.Focus of the last several years has been to build, fine-tune, and operationalize cutting edge AI/ML models to AI-assist various video and image curation tasks - such as trailer generation, object detection, audio classification, scene recognition, video & image quality scoring, video recommendations, similarity detection, transcription, and other AI models, alongside the cost-conscious scaling of the AI Compute & ML Ops infrastructure. Show less

Travel site with enormous scale. Working with the CTO, I set up flexible and responsive Big Data platforms and pipelines to serve rapidly evolving and growing business intelligence needs.

Built voice messaging and productivity apps for Android, iPhone & Blackberry. Precursors to today's WhatsApp, AirDrop and Messaging apps.

First and Best of Breed Hosted VoIP SaaS Platform for Small & Medium Businesses. Acquired by Vonage - now Vonage Business Solutions. Along with Founder/CEO, built the business, team, and tech stack from scratch in an emerging tech space. Pioneered the use of VoiceXML and ccXML to create software and config defined phone systems in the cloud. Handled all aspects of tech strategy and development, product management, production operations, and board/investor tech updates.

Industry leading SaaS Group Travel Automation Platform used by most leading Hotel chains and convention centers (Acquired by Lanyon / Active.com / Cevent).Along with new CEO, took this startup that was reeling from the dotcom bubble burst, from a great idea to a successful rapidly growing business. Hired a new team, set a new tech direction, bought support from the board and other departments, and within a couple of years helped the company pivot into a leading position in a new space… Show more Industry leading SaaS Group Travel Automation Platform used by most leading Hotel chains and convention centers (Acquired by Lanyon / Active.com / Cevent).Along with new CEO, took this startup that was reeling from the dotcom bubble burst, from a great idea to a successful rapidly growing business. Hired a new team, set a new tech direction, bought support from the board and other departments, and within a couple of years helped the company pivot into a leading position in a new space. Building and managing offshore and onshore resources on a tight budgets, helped grow the customer base in the large hotel chain space, ultimately positioning the company for a positive and successful exit. Show less

The first and leading consolidated source for last-minute travel inventory online. Acquired by Travel Holdings. In the heady and tumultuous dotcom era, built this pioneering technology company from scratch into a leading disruptor and disintermediator of how travel had been booked thus far. Managing the design and build of a slick consumer experience on the one hand, and deep integrations with disparate and primitive airline and hotel inventory systems on the backend, and tapping into… Show more The first and leading consolidated source for last-minute travel inventory online. Acquired by Travel Holdings. In the heady and tumultuous dotcom era, built this pioneering technology company from scratch into a leading disruptor and disintermediator of how travel had been booked thus far. Managing the design and build of a slick consumer experience on the one hand, and deep integrations with disparate and primitive airline and hotel inventory systems on the backend, and tapping into industry-leading revenue optimization algorithms on the side, this was far more than a "site" - it was a harbinger of how travel bookings were to be done from that point onward. Built our own private cloud in the days when cloud meant the thing in the sky that produces rain. Built for and handled traffic from an enormously successful Super Bowl Ad - that famously ran in the last minute of a close game - Rams v Titans 2000. Show less