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An IIT Madras alumnus and AWS Global Director with work experience across ✈️ Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, Japan and Germany over the last two decades.

☁️ Cloud Strategy & Advisory to help embrace Data, AI, Secure and Optimized Architectures

☁️ Worked as a Software Developer, Network Engineer, Computing Researcher & Big Data Analyst

☁️ Switched gears to Management Consulting, specializing in Cloud Engineering & Solutioning


Global Director - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Singapore



Skills

Cloud Strategy & Advisory

Digital Transformation

Solution Architecture

Technology Consulting

Amazon Web Services & Microsoft Azure



Certifications

Top AWS Ambassador Awards (#1 in 2025 & 2024)

AWS Ambassador (since 2022)

AWS Community Builder (since 2022)

AWS Cloud Certifications and Accreditations (25+)

Microsoft Azure Cloud Certifications (~10)



Projects

Intel Labs | Internet of Things for Smart Sustainable Cities (cities.io)

  • Game Theory based Network Optimisation using IoT for London


TUM Labs | Wireless Sensor Network Communication Protocol (multi-funk.de)

  • Multi-functional Self-Organizing WSN for Process Monitoring


Work Experience

Global Director - Amazon Web Services (AWS) @ Singapore
2021 - Current

☁️ Crayon, Singapore | Leading the Global Practice on AWS Cloud - Build, Architect, Solutions and Services


Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering @ Singapore
2015 - 2021

☁️ Accenture, Singapore | Cloud Transformation and Migration, Cloud Assessments and Technology Consulting


Research Staff Member @ Spain
2014 - 2015

☁️ Telefonica, Barcelona | Created a Big Data shortest path by extracting mobility paths from Telco network location data


Computing Researcher @ United Kingdom
2013 - 2014

☁️ Intel Labs, London | Optimized distributed networks using game theory, IoT frameworks and real-time processing


Network Engineer @ Japan
2011 - 2012

☁️ NTT Communications, Tokyo | Enhanced the Internet traffic monitoring tool & IPv6 Engg. at Global Architecture Center


Software Developer @ Germany
2009 - 2011

☁️ Fortiss, Munich | Developed ‘Multifunk’ communication protocol for self-organizing wireless sensor networks


Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Master's Degree - MS, Engineering [GPA: 9.5/10]

  • Won 2 National Awards for Best Master Thesis by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) & Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)


Technical University of Munich, Germany

Master's Thesis, Computer Science

  • Awarded 2 German Government DAAD Fellowships for 3 semesters exchange from IIT Madras


Fellowships

Imperial College London

Doctoral Candidate - PhD, Computer Science (Dropout)

  • Intel Labs Fellowship in Computing for Data, IoT, sustainable smart cities


Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston

Doctoral Exchange, MIT Global Fellow

  • Selected as MIT Global Fellow in a joint research cohort from Imperial College London


Volunteering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Alumni Association

Joint Secretary (Overseas)

  • Elected and Served in the Executive Committee of IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) for 2021-2023, iitmaa.org


IViL – IIT for Villages

Teacher and Mentor



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