About Me

• I am the Director and Group Lead for Agentic AI at Appian. I led all teams that built Agent Studio — an enterprise AI Agents platform that enables organizations to automate complex, goal-driven processes through AI reasoning and workflow orchestration. Agent Studio is now generally available for all enterprises.
• I led and developed the infrastructure, services, and best practices for AI-assisted software development at scale using Amazon Q Developer and Kiro. In 6 months, I took the program from prototype to full rollout across 800 engineers and product partners, with measured productivity gains of 5%-40% by team.
• Completed my MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, specializing in Machine Learning & AI and Computing Systems. Graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
• Achieved AWS Certified Professional Architect with advanced cloud computing skills to build highly fault tolerant, cost effective and scalable solutions.
• I have built and led multiple teams from scratch. I was one of the first engineers on Appian's Cloud Platform team in 2014. From 2022-2023, I led the migration of Appian Cloud from a monolithic architecture to a cloud-native architecture. In 2024, I was placed by our CTO to lead a 46-person Site Reliability organization to stabilize production reliability for top enterprise customers.
• Rated "Exceptional" (top 15%) for 3 consecutive performance cycles — one of the select few directors to achieve this distinction. Youngest director in the company with a significantly accelerated promotion timeline.
• I lead, build and manage effective teams with high employee satisfaction, low attrition, and continuous staff growth. Regularly receive highest leadership & management ratings.
• Impact driven and versatile business leader — consistently trusted by executive leadership with the company's hardest, most critical challenges.
• Completed Appian Emerging Leaders MBA — an invite-only senior leadership development program for rising leaders at Appian.

Technology Skills

• AI/ML Expert — Built and shipped enterprise AI Agents platform. Deep expertise in LLMs, agentic architectures, MCP, RAG, prompt engineering, and ML system design.
• MSc. Computer Science, Georgia Tech (GPA: 4.0) in Machine Learning and AI — Completed May 2025
• Cloud Expert with 10+ years of experience. Certified AWS Professional Solutions Architect (highest level).
• BSc. Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech
• Software — Python, Java, C/C++/C#
• Public GitHub Contributions
• Strong foundations and extensive experience with Networking, Security, Computer Architecture and Algorithms.

Background

• Graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with an MSc in Computer Science and BSc in Computer Engineering.
• I am extremely passionate about new technologies and love innovating.
• Enjoy scuba diving, traveling, taking part in volunteering organizations, photography and meeting new people.

Values and Principles

• Time and Change
• Happiness of Individuals/People Around Me
• Personal Health
• Pure Honesty
• Hard Work
• Mistakes and Failures
• Best Ideas Win and Meritocracy
• Life