Kunal B. Email & Phone Number

Seasoned Technology/Product/GM Executive and Senior Architect with close to two decades of experience building a wide array of systems, including Robotics at NASA-Ames, supply-chain/web/e-commerce cloud applications, core financial platforms, end-to-end mobile platforms, mobility/last-mile, automotive and IoT. Specialized experience in making difficult decisions to balance scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and performance. Experience includes working with, technically selling, and delivering successful solutions to some of the most cutting-edge enterprise customers that are pushing the envelope in the market space, including financials/banks, very large web/e-commerce businesses, education, telcos, online gaming/betting, as well as the consumer-facing products. Well-versed with the startup lifecycle, fundraising, hiring and nurturing talent, and working with boards and VCs. Very passionate about attracting, building, nurturing, and motivating talent and guiding teams with the development, operational, and cost/business perspectives. Ability to absorb the complete picture covering all the tiers, including the edge, load balancers/networks, middleware, databases, queues/messaging, distributed caching, cloud infrastructure, hardware, and IoT. Open source evangelist with the experience to drive mechanisms towards complex decisions leading to the right solutions/frameworks for the job without buying into the hype/FUD surrounding a particular technology. Passionate about implementing mechanisms that bring together engineering, product management, and design to work in harmony.Technical Specialties include high-performance, highly scalable, and distributed applications, Big Data, Cloud/SAAS infrastructure and applications, mobile, IoT, mobility and transportation, Autonomy and AI, solutions delivery, design, and UX. Verticals and Domain experience include Mobility, Automotive, Transportation, Logistics and Last-Mile Delivery, IoT, Investment Banking, Risk and Fraud, Payments, Gaming, Travel and Bookings, Ticketing, and government/Defense.