Hands-On CTO | Shipping Secure, AI-Powered Systems | Healthcare, E-commerce, Security
CTO and Technical Lead with 8 years building secure, AI-powered production systems across healthcare (100+ hospitals, HIPAA/FDA/SOC2), e-commerce platforms, and security architecture. Currently CTO at Aplify® (e-commerce) and Co-Founder at The Lean Product Studio. Hands-on full-stack engineering combined with strategic leadership: shipping code, architecting cloud infrastructure, and leading distributed teams.
Proven track record: $1M+ AWS cost savings (33% reduction), 99.9% uptime serving 100+ organizations, zero security incidents across FDA/HIPAA/SOC2/ISO 27001 audits. Specialized in AI/RAG systems (Neo4j, Pinecone, Claude API), security remediation (implementing pen test fixes in production code), and compliance-first architecture for regulated industries.
Clients include King's College London, Johnson & Johnson, and European hospital networks. AWS Solutions Architect - Associate and Professional Scrum Master I certified. Based in Pune, India, serving global clients across US, Europe, UK, and Africa markets.
Aplify®
Remote
Leading technology strategy and engineering for e-commerce SaaS platform. Architecting multi-vendor marketplace infrastructure, building distributed engineering team, and driving product roadmap from technical perspective. Full-stack development, cloud architecture, and operational excellence across entire engineering organization.
Domain: E-commerce SaaS | Architecture: Multi-vendor marketplace, real-time systems | Leadership: CTO-level strategic + hands-on execution
The Lean Product Studio
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Co-founded product development studio building secure, AI-powered systems for healthcare, e-commerce, and security clients. Lead distributed team of 10 engineers across time zones. Hands-on development across mobile, backend, cloud infrastructure, and AI/RAG systems. Shipped 6 products to production spanning healthcare (King's College London, European hospitals), e-commerce (multi-vendor marketplace), security (ISO 27001 pen testing platform), and research tools.
Domains: Healthcare AI, E-commerce, Security/SaaS, Research Tools | Compliance: HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001 | Clients: King's College London, European hospital networks | Markets: US, UK, Europe, Africa, India
OpsFuse Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Full-stack development for HIPAA-compliant healthcare SaaS platform serving 100+ hospital organizations across US and India. Led security remediation implementing all pen testing fixes in production code (React Native mobile, Flask backend). Built AWS infrastructure with PostgreSQL Row-Level Security (RLS) for multi-organization data isolation. Maintained 99.9% uptime with zero security incidents while passing FDA, HIPAA, SOC2, and ISO 27001 audits.
Domain: Healthcare SaaS | Compliance: FDA, HIPAA, SOC2, ISO 27001 | Scale: 100+ organizations, 99.9% uptime, zero security incidents | Markets: US, India
Avegen
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Built GDPR-compliant mobile healthcare applications for European and US markets. Designed and implemented multi-tenant SaaS architecture serving multiple healthcare organizations on shared codebase with complete data isolation. Full-stack development (React Native mobile, Ruby on Rails backend, PostgreSQL, AWS) with emphasis on privacy, internationalization, and white-label customization.
Domain: Healthcare SaaS | Compliance: GDPR | Architecture: Multi-tenant, white-label, internationalized | Markets: Europe (Germany, France, Spain, Italy), US
Full Stack Engineer — Kalyani Studio (Mar 2020 - Jun 2021)
Developed web and mobile applications using Laravel, PHP, and JavaScript frameworks
Technology Engineer — Kalyani Studio (Jan 2020 - Mar 2020)
Full-stack development with Laravel and IoT integrations
Technical Development Engineer — SENSE IT OUT INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS (Aug 2018 - Jan 2020)
Built IoT solutions and web applications using PHP, Laravel, and cloud platforms
Intern — SENSE IT OUT TECHNOLOGIES (Aug 2016 - May 2018)
Contributed to web development projects and learned full-stack engineering fundamentals
King's College London, European Hospital Networks | 2024
Built HIPAA-compliant AI ambient listening system for clinical documentation used by healthcare professionals across US and European hospitals. Processes physician-patient conversations in real-time to generate clinical notes while maintaining patient privacy.
The Lean Product Studio Client | 2024
Rescued failing multi-vendor marketplace experiencing constant crashes and poor user experience. Complete rebuild from ground up with modern architecture, achieving 100% uptime and significantly improved vendor/customer satisfaction.
Enterprise Security Clients | 2024
Built SaaS platform connecting penetration testers to development teams for enterprise security workflows. Centralized vulnerability tracking, remediation verification, and regression testing for ISO 27001 compliance.
CTO/Head of Engineering, Technical Leadership, Team Building (10+ engineers), AWS Solutions Architecture, System Design, Multi-Tenant SaaS, Microservices
HIPAA, FDA 510(k), SOC2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, Penetration Testing Remediation, Security Architecture, Encryption (AES-256), RBAC, Audit Logging
RAG Pipelines, Neo4j (Knowledge Graphs), Pinecone (Vector DB), LangChain, Claude API, Gemini, OpenAI, AWS Comprehend Medical, Embeddings, MCP (Model Context Protocol)
React Native, Flutter (Dart), Offline-First Architecture, Real-Time Sync, iOS/Android Deployment, App Store Optimization
Node.js (Express, NestJS), Ruby on Rails, Laravel (PHP), Flask (Python), RESTful APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, Microservices, Serverless (AWS Lambda)
AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, API Gateway, CloudWatch, Comprehend Medical), AWS Solutions Architect - Associate, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes
PostgreSQL (Row-Level Security), MongoDB, Neo4j (Graph DB), Pinecone (Vector DB), Redis (Caching), MySQL, SQLite (Offline Mobile)
JavaScript/TypeScript (Expert), Python (Advanced), Dart/Flutter (Advanced), Ruby, PHP, SQL
Healthcare IT, E-commerce Platforms, Multi-Vendor Marketplaces, Security/SaaS, Telemedicine, Clinical Documentation, Disaster Recovery, Multi-Language/i18n
Agile/Scrum (PSM I Certified), AWS Solutions Architect - Associate, DevOps, Test-Driven Development, Code Review, Technical Documentation
Modern Education Society's College of Engineering, Pune
Modern Education Society's Nowrosjee Wadia College Arts, Science, Pune