Sathiyakeerthi M
Plano,TX
Summary
- 20+ years of distinguished leadership experience in senior engineering roles.
- Managed the Engineering Department at a $22 billion company, reporting directly to the CTO.
- Established and expanded an engineering division from the ground up, overseeing a team of 120 experts. Delivered 50+ AI/ML/CV solutions, resulting in a portfolio worth $1.2 billion and benefiting 15 smart cities.
- Succeeded as a CTO in two global startups, focusing on AI/ML and healthcare.
- Founded a startup specializing in 5G, IoT, and GenAI technologies.
- Hold 9 globally granted patents, with 4 patents currently in progress.
- Launched a groundbreaking Generative AI-based platform to support the special needs community.
- Authored 'Mastering Machine Learning Operations (MLOps),' soon to be published by Taylor and Francis.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant - Principal Solution Architect
Levi Strauss & Co.
05.2022 - Current
- Assembled and directed a high-performance, cross-functional team dedicated to innovation and continuous improvement, resulting in a remarkable increase in system efficiency
- Led the creation of a comprehensive end-to-end infrastructure automation AI/ML retail platform, tailored to support major cloud service providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure
- This platform empowers organizations with streamlined, cost-effective, and scalable solutions, positioning Pilvi Systems Inc
- As a technological leader in the industry.
DGM-Head of Engineering
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
09.2019 - 04.2022
- Established and scaled a new division to a team of 120, delivering 50+ innovative solutions through global benchmarking and partnership with 50+ startups worldwide
- Led end-to-end video analytics SAS, AI Edge Analytics, and 5G MEC-based Computer Vision Platform initiatives to enhance Smart Cities vertical deliverables.
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
My Apps Solutions
02.2018 - 02.2019
- As Chief Technology Officer (CTO), orchestrated a dynamic team of 50+ professionals, including Engineering Managers and Architects, successfully driving and delivering intricate IoT, AI, and Educational ERP projects
- Demonstrated exceptional leadership by formulating and executing a comprehensive product Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy, optimizing financial projections, and achieving a remarkable 25% improvement in product performance and customer satisfaction
- Under my CTO leadership, the organization capitalized on revenue opportunities, surpassing annual projections with a substantial achievement of over $1.2 million USD, highlighting effective leadership and strategic acumen.
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
DIABNEXT, Taiwan
04.2017 - 09.2017
- As CTO, provided visionary leadership and oversaw global R&D and hardware teams while building and directing a 30-member software, AI/ML development team in India, fostering cross-functional innovation
- Demonstrated exemplary leadership by spearheading the development of Diabetes AI and innovative cloud-based solutions, resulting in international recognition through CES Innovation Awards and the French Government Diabetes Innovation Award in 2017.
Founder
GENIEY Technologies Inc, Taiwan
07.2016 - 03.2017
- Founded GENIEY Technologies, led the development of a robust IoT Cloud Platform-as-a-Service, and integrated innovative solutions like Smart Parking with Taiwan Smart City initiatives.
Associate Manager
ACER Corporation Inc, Taiwan
10.2012 - 07.2016
- Led a diverse team of 9 R&D researchers; drove advancements in mobile communication standards and Advanced Wireless Research Development (AWRT)
- Spearheaded standardization activities, contributing significantly to bodies like 3GPP, ETSI, OMA, GSMA, LoRaWAN, IoT M2M, and 5G Cloud Ran.
Senior Engineer
HTC Corporation, Taiwan
08.2007 - 09.2012
- Spearheaded modem projects for HTC smartphone/tablet products, achieving Type Approval (TA) for over 5 LTE/HSPA+ projects including contributions to AT&T's 1st LTE CSFB phone and Google Nexus One.
Senior Engineer
Brainchild Electronics Co. Ltd, Taiwan
09.2005 - 08.2007
- Enhanced troubleshooting efficiency by automating technical data gathering through application development in C/C++/C#.
Software Engineer
Telecon Valley, India
06.2003 - 07.2005
- Participated in embedded firmware development for test and measurement equipment and improved troubleshooting efficiency.
Education
Master of Engineering - Electronics
Govt College of Technology
India04.2004
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics
Anna University
India04.2000
Skills
- Microservice & Event-driven SOA: Proficient with Kafka, WSO2 API, ReactJS, Nodejs, Redis, Nginx LB, Cassandra DB, PostgreSQL DB, Elastic Search DB, and IBM NodeRed
- AI-MLOps & Deep Learning: Extensive experience with Kubeflow, Elyra, Nvidia Triton, Intel OpenVino, AWS Sagemaker, Azure Cognitive Services, GCP Vertex-AI, TensorFlow, Keras, and Docker/Kubernetes
- Data Analytics: Proficient in Hive, NIFI, Kafka, Kinesis, Hadoop, Spark, GCP BigQuery, AWS Glue, and EMR
- IoT Technologies: Expertise in IoT, M2M, Narrow Band IoT, LTE-IoT, Cellular IoT for 5G, Thinksboard, Node-red, and WSO2 IoT Server
- Database & Telecom: Experienced with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Cassandra, Neo4j, and telecom protocols including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, LTE, and 5G Open Ran; Agile Development utilizing Scrum and JIRA
Certification
- Cloud Data Architect
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect
- Machine Learning by Stanford University.
- Fundamentals Of Deep Learning for Computer Vision-By Nvidia
- A-Z Machine Learning Using Azure Machine Learning (Azureml)
- MLOPS (Machine Learning Operations) Fundamentals Issuing Authority Google
- PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management (PR2F)
- PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner (PR2P) in Project Management
Awards
- Honored as an IEEE Senior Member, IETE Fellow, BCS Fellow and IFERP USA Ambassador.
- Recipient of EB1-A Visa for Extraordinary Ability in Telecom / Cloud Computing / AIML field.
Timeline
Consultant - Principal Solution Architect
Levi Strauss & Co.
05.2022 - Current
DGM-Head of Engineering
Larsen & Toubro Ltd
09.2019 - 04.2022
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
My Apps Solutions
02.2018 - 02.2019
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
DIABNEXT, Taiwan
04.2017 - 09.2017
Founder
GENIEY Technologies Inc, Taiwan
07.2016 - 03.2017
Associate Manager
ACER Corporation Inc, Taiwan
10.2012 - 07.2016
Senior Engineer
HTC Corporation, Taiwan
08.2007 - 09.2012
Senior Engineer
Brainchild Electronics Co. Ltd, Taiwan
09.2005 - 08.2007
Software Engineer
Telecon Valley, India
06.2003 - 07.2005
Master of Engineering - Electronics
Govt College of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics
Anna University
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