About me

I’m a technology-driven engineering leader from Pune, India, with over 17 years of experience in the software industry. I’m passionate about driving AI innovation and leading digital transformation programs that solve complex problems, accelerate delivery, and create measurable business impact. My current focus is on building scalable AI and Gen AI solutions for manufacturing and industrial enterprises worldwide.

I have extensive customer-facing and global delivery experience, partnering with Fortune 500 clients to modernize operations and enable enterprise transformation. Currently, I lead large-scale AI and digital initiatives at Siemens Digital Industry Software as a Development Manager & Architect, where I combine hands-on architecture with engineering management to drive innovation, mentor teams, and deliver outcomes that matter.

What i'm doing

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    AI

    Leveraging Generative AI to transform business processes and create innovative solutions.

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    Digital Transformation

    Realizing digital transformation for manufacturing and industrial enterprises.

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    Technology

    High-quality development of safe and scalable solutions.

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    Traveling & Chess

    I love travel and taking I love to travel and explore new places, and I also enjoy playing chess.

Areas of Expertise

  • AI Application

    Enterprise-Grade AI Application Development

    Expertise in building scalable AI applications using RAG with Knowledge Graphs, OpenSearch, LangGraph, and Agents. Skilled in LangChain, LlamaIndex, prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and fine-tuning LLMs for enterprise use cases.

  • PLM Transformation

    Digital Transformation

    17+ years of experience architecting and delivering end-to-end enterprise solutions across manufacturing domains. Deep integration knowledge with MES systems, product data management, and collaboration platforms.

  • Engineering Leadership

    Engineering Leadership & PLM Consulting Delivery

    4+ years of on-site experience in Germany leading PLM consulting and delivery for major OEMs. Proven client-facing capabilities, cross-functional stakeholder management, and leading global engineering teams in Agile/SAFe environments.

  • Cloud-Native & SaaS Architecture

    Cloud-Native & SaaS Architecture for AI Applications

    Strong experience designing and delivering cloud-native, SaaS-based AI platforms. Focused on high availability, performance, and security while integrating advanced AI/ML capabilities at scale.

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Technologies

GenAI AI
Python Python
AWS AWS
Cloud Cloud
LangGraph LangGraph
LangChain LangChain
LlamaIndex LlamaIndex
Vector DB Vector DB
Knowledge Graphs Knowledge Graphs
Anthropic Claude / LLaMA Claude/LLaMA
Teamcenter / PLM Teamcenter
DevOps DevOps
Microservice Microservice

Resume

Key Achievements

  1. AI-Based Data Governance

    Reduced compliance risks by 80%

    Introduced an AI-driven governance product that automated compliance workflows and improved enterprise data trust.

  2. Digital Transformation Accelerator

    Achieved 85% faster deployment and 40% lower integration costs

    Developed an AI-powered accelerator that helped customers compress multi-year transformation roadmaps into weeks.

  3. Enterprise-Scale Gen AI Platforms

    50% faster insights, 70% fewer manual queries, 300% scalability boost, 25% lower infra costs

    Architected Gen AI platforms using LLMs, RAG pipelines, and cloud-native microservices for large manufacturing clients.

  4. Innovation & Agentic AI Prototyping

    4 successful PoCs/MVPs delivered as products

    Worked in the Innovation and Research group to design and build Agentic AI proofs-of-concept and MVPs, turning ideas into four successful production-ready solutions.

Experience

  1. Siemens Digital Industry Software – Development Manager

    Jan 2018 – Till Date

    Development Manager and architect for Manufacturing solution providing customers of Siemens all over the globe

  2. HCL Technologies, Germany – Delivery Lead on-site

    Dec 2016 – Dec 2017

    Solution consultant and delivery lead for Mobile and PLM solution for manufacturing users of German automotive industry.

  3. Piterion GmbH, Germany – PLM Consultant

    Oct 2015 – Nov 2016

    PLM Solution consultant and technical pre-sales executive for enabling PLM solutions to large scale enterprise projects in Europe.

  4. Siemens Digital Industry Software – Project Lead

    May 2012 – Sep 2015

    Project lead for Siemens supplier collaboration product development group.

  5. Silicus Technologies – Sr. Software Engineer

    July 2011 – April 2012

    Software development for US customer based on cloud and Amazon EC2 SaaS product

  6. EQ Technologies – Software Engineer

    July 2008 – June 2011

    Business Intelligence software development using web technologies for fortune 500 companies mainly using PLM software.

Skillset

  • Agentic AI & LLM Engineering
    80%
  • Solution Architecture (PLM + AI)
    85%
  • Agentic Workflows, ML & RAG Design
    80%
  • AI Product Strategy & Innovation
    75%
  • PLM Consulting & Delivery
    90%

My Technical Skillset

  • Python & Prompt Engineering
    90%
  • LangGraph / LangChain / LlamaIndex
    85%
  • Knowledge Graphs & Vector DBs
    80%
  • Cloud-Native & SaaS Architecture
    80%
  • PLM consulting and Implementation
    75%
  • GitHub Copilot & Dev Productivity
    70%
  • OpenSearch / Semantic Search
    70%
  • Java and Microservices
    75%

Languages

  • English
  • German (B2)
  • Marathi
  • Hindi

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