Experienced Product Leader

I build enterprise products, and coach product managers who build them.

23 years building enterprise platforms, from digital video, IoT and manufacturing to cloud and Kubernetes, most recently as Technology Product Manager for vSphere Kubernetes Service at Broadcom. Executive Coach with 1,000+ hours of coaching across 400+ professionals.

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Five domains, 23 years

Each move carried the same skills into harder territory: platforms with many customers, many teams and long lifecycles.

Kubernetes

2019 – present
VMware, now Broadcom

vSphere Kubernetes Service: lifecycle, upgrades, security hardening, STIG and CIS compliance, and release strategy.

Cloud infrastructure

2019 – present
VMware, now Broadcom

Product work on VMware's private cloud platform, vSphere, and on Photon OS, the Linux base under VMware appliances.

Smart manufacturing

2017 – 2019
Robert Bosch

250+ days on automotive factory shop floors, shaping strategy and go-to-market for a Digital Quality Management platform at Bosch.

IoT

2016 – 2019
Magnasoft, Robert Bosch

Product lead for IoT products at Magnasoft and Bosch, from a child-safety smartwatch to industrial platforms.

Digital video

2004 – 2016
NDS, then Cisco

Started as a software engineer at NDS, later Cisco, and moved into product management. Set-top box platforms and broadcast systems for pay-TV operators such as Tata Sky and DirecTV.

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Technology depth

Where I stay hands-on with the technology.

Hands-on AI

A working app in 48 hours

Developed Govardhana, a dairy management iOS app, solo in 48 hours with Claude. The farm helper uses it every day.

Cloud infrastructure

vSphere, and comfortable on AWS

Product work on vSphere since 2019, and comfortable working in AWS.

Kernel to cluster

The Linux layer and the Kubernetes service on top of it

Product management for Photon OS, VMware's Linux distribution that runs across its appliances, and for vSphere Kubernetes Service.

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Highlights

Six pieces across the roles I have held. Each one was a team effort with engineering, UX and the people around them.

Platform architecture

Decoupling Kubernetes releases

Drove the architectural split, with engineering, that lets Kubernetes versions ship on their own cadence instead of waiting for the next infrastructure release.

10–12 months to under 2

Adoption

vSphere Kubernetes Service

Product lead as VKS grew from about 50 early enterprise customers to on by default across the VMware Cloud Foundation install base.

Default across VCF

Product and prototype

VKS Upgrade Planner

Wrote the PRD, built the working prototype, and spent three months validating upgrade scenarios and paths before it shipped with engineering.

Shipped October 2026

Delivery and people

A 40-member team, turned around

Inherited an engineering team in crisis with client confidence lost. Together we brought the defect count down, then launched a new set-top box platform with no field issues.

1,500+ defects to under 10 in 3 months

Customer depth

Digital Quality Management at Bosch

Spent 250+ days on automotive factory shop floors to shape strategy, validation and go-to-market for an Industrial IoT quality platform.

$8M projected in 3 years

Hands-on with AI

Govardhana, a dairy farm app

An iOS app for running a dairy operation, built solo with Claude for the farm helper who uses it every day.

48 hours, idea to working app

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Roles

The seats I have held, newest first. Full detail on the career timeline.

Executive coach

Faculty since 2020

Executive Coach at the Institute of Product Leadership: 1,000+ hours of coaching across 400+ professionals, 350+ sessions, plus guest faculty for Product Management.

People leader

2010 – 2012

Led a 40-member engineering organisation with five direct reports, and built a team from zero to fifteen.

Product manager

2013 – present

Roadmaps, PRDs and customer discovery across digital video, IoT, smart manufacturing and Kubernetes, with engineering, UX, legal, sales and partners.

Delivery lead

Pay-TV programmes

Global program manager and agile coach. Built multi-site agile teams across India and France and led integrations for DirecTV, Tata Sky and GET, on accounts from $3M to $20M.

Engineer

2004 onward

Software engineer at NDS, later Cisco, working on set-top box platforms, middleware and broadcast systems before moving into product.

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Education

Where I trained, and what I have kept up since.

Executive MBA, Product Management

Institute of Product Leadership · 2017

Dean's Valedictorian and Cisco-IPL Scholarship.

MS, Software Systems

BITS Pilani · 2012

Completed alongside a full-time engineering and product career.

BE, Electrical and Electronics

BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore · 2002

Still involved as an alumnus: industry input into the curriculum, career sessions for students, and juries at technology fests.

Recognition

FY23 Role Model Award, VMware India Site Strategy (2023). IPL Elite Alumni Award (2021). Cisco-IPL Scholarship and Dean's Valedictorian Award (2017).

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Beyond the roadmap

Coaching, the farm, music and writing. They keep me close to the people the products are for.

Coaching and faculty

Executive Coach at the Institute of Product Leadership, with 350+ sessions, plus guest faculty for Product Management. I also run workshops for product teams.

Coaching profile · Workshops

Dairy farm and agriculture

I manage a 5.5-acre farm and dairy in Mandya. It is where Govardhana started.

A Carnatic music festival

Founding member of Dasaradhane, an annual Carnatic classical festival I helped plan and run for ten years, growing from 50 to 250+ patrons and musicians.