How I Add Value
Edge-to-Cloud Ownership
Device provisioning, MQTT telemetry, Kinesis pipelines, and cloud observability — one engineer, full stack, production-grade.
Security Built In, Not Bolted On
mTLS device auth, X.509 certs, cosign image signing, Kyverno admission control, IAM least-privilege, KMS encryption — architected from day one.
Quantified, Production Impact
7.5× provisioning speedup. 25% latency reduction. 40% faster deployments. Every claim backed by before/after numbers from live systems.
Technical Leadership
Led 10-engineer teams twice across GE Healthcare and Deloitte. Architecture decisions, design reviews, delivery unblocking. Not just an IC — a force multiplier.
Experience
Staff Software Engineer — IoT Platform
GE HealthcareProvisioning latency 30s → 4s (7.5×). Hardened 10–15 container images to zero Critical CVEs via 4-layer supply chain security. Leading 10 engineers on medical IoT platform.
Senior Software Engineer — IoT & Edge
JLL Technologies · RemoteOperated Smart Building platform — 500+ edge gateways, 200+ msg/sec MQTT across multi-region AWS IoT Core. 30% faster incident detection. 40% faster deployments via Terraform + SaltStack. Built RAG workflows for JLL GPT.
Chief Engineer — SmartThings Platform
Samsung R&D Institute India40% event processing throughput improvement by redesigning AWS architecture and optimizing Kinesis pipelines — serving millions of connected devices globally.
Senior IoT Consultant → Senior Consultant
Deloitte USI ConsultingOwned McDonald's drive-thru IoT backend across 1,000+ US locations. AWS IoT Greengrass + Lambda at the edge — 25% latency reduction. Led 10-engineer team. Outstanding & Applause Awards.
IoT Developer
Smarten Spaces → Incedo Inc.Beacon-based indoor navigation achieving 90% accuracy via BLE triangulation. Built backend for Cisco EFF Cloud no-code IoT platform for Oil & Gas clients.
Research Assistant — IoT Wireless Protocols
Networks Lab, IISc BangalorePublished IEEE IoT Journal paper on scalable IPv6 network architectures. Co-authored IETF RFC on 6LoWPAN deterministic networking. Built Contiki OS firmware for campus-scale sensor deployments.
Impact By Numbers
Real numbers from production systems — not POC metrics.
Case Studies
Production challenges I've solved — structured as Before → After → How.
Technical Skills
Core Proficiencies
Full Arsenal
IoT & Edge
Cloud (AWS)
Security
Observability
How I Engineer
Physical reality first — not a whiteboard. What's at the edge? How constrained? What compliance rules apply? Architecture follows constraints, not the other way around.
Security is architecture, not a feature. mTLS, signed images, least-privilege IAM, KMS encryption — designed in from day one, not added at the end.
Works on 1 gateway but breaks at 500? That's a demo. I design for provisioning and deployment at fleet scale from the start.
I don't demo architectures — I ship them to production and operate them. POCs that never graduate are wasted engineering.
If I can't see it in Grafana within 5 minutes of deployment, it's not production-ready. Observability is a first-class deliverable.
I own systems end-to-end — architecture, implementation, security hardening, monitoring — not handed off between layers.
Publications & Awards
IEEE IoT Journal
Peer-reviewed paper on scalable IPv6 IoT network architectures.
IETF RFC Co-author
Internet standard for 6LoWPAN deterministic networking — shaping global IoT protocols.
Outstanding Award
Deloitte USI — high-impact IoT delivery on the McDonald's platform.
Applause Award
Deloitte USI — technical leadership on Cisco ThingWorx IoT integration.
AWS Solutions Architect Assoc.
Score 920 / 1000.