I spent 16 years at CGI in the US and India. Comfortable. Senior. Then at 45, I left to build startups. TeamKaro was a group buying platform. YAYSHOP helped 15,000 sellers run their business on WhatsApp. Both got acquired by Infra.Market.
Then came RazorSwift, my attempt to reimagine professional networking. It didn't work out the way I hoped. That's the one I learned the most from.
Today I'm Group CDO at Sanjay Ghodawat Group. Why did I take a job after being a founder? Honestly? For my family. Sometimes the best move is the unglamorous one.
In parallel, I work with funded startups such as Bimakavach and Carelan on AI strategy, helping teams move from POC to production. I have done similar work for enterprise clients across Europe and other industries (many of which I cannot name). What I see again and again is simple: companies know they need AI, but struggle to turn it into reliable, secure, cost-effective systems that teams can actually run.
My work today is hands-on and technical. I spend time on system architecture, AI pipelines, data readiness, and production reliability. I focus on building systems that survive real-world constraints like cost, latency, security, and team capability, not demos.
I'm 50+. I've probably got another 20 years of building in me. I'm not slowing down. I'm just clearer about what matters.