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After working for more than 25 years in software industry, and spending more than 5 years on my PhD in CS Education (why do new hires struggle at product companies in understanding and evolving complex software systems? ), I am gearing up to create some impact in the space that has excited me the most over last 10 years – the intersection of industry, academia, and policy. This will translate into multiple streams of work:

  1. Designing software engineering courses for creation and evolution of complex systems
  2. Ideating and creating software engineering studios to embed into engineering campuses
  3. Advising product companies and startups to improve effectiveness of novice engineers
  4. Supporting governmental and non-governmental initiatives to impact education at all levels

At Zenoti, I created the Fintech Business Unit with the charter of driving payments and fintech businesses worldwide. Before this, I led engineering and product management functions at Zenoti and also helped set up the customer success discipline.

Over last 25 years, I have experienced multiple R&D roles in small startups and large multinationals, across multiple geographies (China, US, India) and domains (payments, e-learning, edtech). I consider myself a mix of leader & strategist, entrepreneur & org builder, product creator & problem solver.