Summary
Transformational technology executive and former Principal Architect at Microsoft, bringing 20+ years of leadership driving large‑scale cloud, data, and AI platform innovation across global Fortune 100 environments. Proven track record leading multi‑continent engineering, product, and operations of large, multi‑layer engineering organizations across globe to architect, modernize, and operate some of the world’s most mission‑critical platforms—including Dynamics 365, Azure SQL, Dataverse, and the Power Platform ecosystem. Recognized for steering multi‑billion‑transaction, hyperscale distributed systems that support tens of millions of enterprise users, process hundreds of millions of API calls per hour, and sustain sub‑second latency at global scale. Adept at defining long‑range technology vision, setting engineering culture, and driving end‑to‑end execution across architecture, reliability, security, AI automation, and cloud economics. A strategic operator who blends deep technical mastery with executive‑level influence—partnering with C‑suite leaders, product executives, and global engineering directors to deliver platforms that achieve 99.999% reliability, double‑digit cost efficiency gains, and step‑function improvements in developer velocity. Known for building high‑performance organizations, mentoring senior architects and engineering managers, and leading complex transformations across cloud modernization, AI adoption, and platform unification. Currently leading enterprise‑wide digital transformation at BluePMS, driving cloud‑native modernization, AI‑driven automation, and platform consolidation initiatives that accelerate business agility and unlock large‑scale operational efficiencies. Operates as a visionary CTO‑level leader who consistently delivers massive, measurable impact at the intersection of cloud, data, AI, and large‑scale engineering leadership.
Experience
Ex Principal Architect | Microsoft Dataverse | AI Builder | MS D365 | Business AI Agent | SQL Azure2018-08-01 – 2025-07-31
Microsoft · Redmond
- Led a global, multi‑layer engineering organization responsible for the architecture, development, and operations of Microsoft’s next‑generation SaaS data and application infrastructure powering Dynamics 365, Dataverse, and the Power Platform. Drove the technical strategy, engineering execution, and platform modernization of a planet‑scale, distributed cloud data platform supporting massive transactional workloads and mission‑critical enterprise applications.
- Owned the end‑to‑end technical architecture for a hyperscale, autonomous data fabric spanning millions of distributed databases. Defined the engineering patterns, reliability models, and architectural guardrails for high‑throughput, low‑latency, multi‑tenant systems operating under stringent enterprise SLAs and global compliance requirements.
- Directed platform engineering, SRE, and core infrastructure teams in building advanced capabilities across compute orchestration, storage engines, distributed query processing, and global traffic management. Established engineering standards for resiliency, observability, performance tuning, and fault‑domain isolation across the entire platform stack.
- Architected and delivered AI‑driven automation systems that enabled the platform to self‑heal, self‑optimize, and self‑govern. Led the development of predictive telemetry pipelines, anomaly‑detection frameworks, and automated learning systems that continuously tuned performance, capacity, and reliability without human intervention.
- Designed zero‑touch auto‑scaling and elastic resource orchestration, enabling dynamic adjustment of compute, memory, and storage based on real‑time workload patterns. Oversaw the implementation of intelligent global load distribution, region‑aware routing, and SLA‑optimized query steering across distributed clusters.
- Built autonomous indexing and statistics engines capable of managing millions of index and statistics operations daily. Delivered major improvements in query performance, plan stability, and storage efficiency through automated index lifecycle management, adaptive query optimization, and telemetry‑driven tuning.
- Drove deep engineering investments in cloud economics, implementing AI‑powered resource governance, workload shaping, and cost‑optimized provisioning strategies. Achieved significant reductions in compute waste, storage overhead, and operational load while improving system performance and reliability.
- Partnered with senior engineering and product leadership to align platform architecture with long‑term business strategy, customer requirements, and cross‑Microsoft modernization initiatives. Influenced engineering roadmaps across multiple divisions, shaping standards for distributed systems, data platforms, and cloud‑native application infrastructure.
- Delivered a fully autonomous, globally distributed, self‑healing SaaS platform that set new benchmarks for reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency—while elevating engineering excellence and strengthening technical leadership across the organization.
Technical Leader – Live Site Reliability & Platform Operations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Azure)2016-11-01 – 2018-08-31
Microsoft · Redmond
- Led global Live Site Engineering, Incident Management, and platform reliability operations for Microsoft Dynamics 365 on Azure, owning end‑to‑end responsibility for service health, uptime, and customer trust across a massive, globally distributed SaaS ecosystem. Directed engineering, SRE, and operations teams across multiple geographies in a 24×7 follow‑the‑sun model, ensuring seamless continuity for enterprise customers worldwide.
- Oversaw one of Microsoft’s largest cloud production footprints, orchestrating a globally distributed environment spanning thousands of servers across numerous Azure regions and data centers. Delivered mission‑critical availability and consistent performance for millions of users and a broad enterprise customer base operating at global scale.
- Directed one of Azure’s most complex cloud migrations, leading the transformation of a vast estate of Dynamics environments from legacy on‑premises infrastructure to a modern, cloud‑native SaaS platform. Established the migration architecture, operational frameworks, and automation pipelines that enabled a seamless transition with minimal customer disruption.
- Modernized the reliability stack by re‑architecting telemetry pipelines, strengthening deployment automation, and implementing resilient infrastructure patterns. Introduced advanced observability frameworks leveraging Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Kusto (KQL) to deliver deep visibility into distributed system behavior, performance bottlenecks, and emerging risks.
- Served as executive incident commander during high‑severity outages, coordinating cross‑organization response, driving rapid mitigation, and ensuring transparent communication with engineering, product, and executive stakeholders. Built and enforced rigorous post‑incident review processes, driving systemic fixes and long‑term reliability improvements.
- Championed SRE and DevOps transformation, embedding CI/CD automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, and Azure Pipelines across engineering teams. Established engineering standards for deployment safety, rollback automation, fault‑domain isolation, and operational readiness.
- Pioneered self‑healing automation frameworks that enabled proactive detection, autonomous remediation, and predictive fault avoidance — reducing unplanned outages to near‑zero and significantly improving service resilience. Drove continuous improvement loops through root‑cause analytics, automated repair item pipelines, and reliability‑focused engineering investments.
- Instilled an automation‑first reliability culture, elevating engineering discipline, operational maturity, and platform resilience across the global Dynamics 365 cloud ecosystem. Delivered five‑nines‑class availability through deep technical leadership, disciplined execution, and a relentless focus on customer trust and service excellence.
Escalation Engineer - Azure Cloud2014-02-01 – 2016-11-30
Microsoft · Redmond
- Supported Microsoft’s largest enterprise customers across Azure, Dynamics, and the Data Platform ecosystem, providing deep technical leadership during high‑severity production incidents and complex distributed‑system failures. Acted as a senior escalation point for mission‑critical customer scenarios, ensuring rapid containment, accurate diagnosis, and sustainable long‑term fixes.
- Led critical incident triage and Live Site response, coordinating engineering, product, and operations teams during high‑impact outages. Drove end‑to‑end root‑cause analysis, post‑incident reviews, and systemic repair actions to eliminate recurring faults and strengthen platform resilience.
- Developed proactive support and reliability strategies that reduced incident frequency, improved service stability, and enhanced customer trust. Partnered closely with Technical Account Managers and field engineering teams to manage executive‑level escalations, hot‑site scenarios, and customer‑facing communications during major events.
- Mentored frontline engineers and escalation teams in advanced troubleshooting methodologies, distributed‑system diagnostics, and cloud‑native debugging practices. Provided hands‑on technical guidance using memory dump analysis, source‑level debugging, telemetry correlation, and deep platform instrumentation.
- Engineered end‑to‑end observability and diagnostic frameworks leveraging Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Kusto (KQL) to improve detection accuracy, reduce time‑to‑mitigate, and accelerate root‑cause identification across complex multi‑service architectures.
- Championed an automation‑first reliability mindset, driving the adoption of self‑healing workflows, automated repair actions, and proactive anomaly detection. Strengthened platform supportability by delivering actionable feedback to Product Groups on telemetry gaps, failure patterns, and architectural improvement opportunities.
- Collaborated globally across engineering, operations, and customer success organizations
Lead Technical Advisor – Cloud & Data Platforms2011-10-01 – 2014-02-28
Microsoft · Bengaluru Area, India
- Provided senior technical leadership across complex, enterprise‑scale production environments, acting as the escalation authority for Azure, Dynamics, and Data Platform customer scenarios. Led engineering teams supporting Premier and Enterprise customers, ensuring rapid diagnosis, containment, and resolution of high‑impact technical issues.
- Served as a trusted architecture mentor and escalation point, guiding engineers through deep distributed‑system diagnostics, performance forensics, and availability investigations. Conducted advanced debugging and forensic analysis using memory dumps, source‑level inspection, telemetry correlation, and infrastructure instrumentation to identify systemic faults and architectural gaps.
- Performed comprehensive infrastructure and architecture audits, prescribing optimized design patterns, resiliency models, and deployment topologies to improve performance, reliability, and operational efficiency. Spearheaded proactive incident reviews and technical forensics, driving systemic repair actions and eliminating recurring issues.
- Built and led mentorship and capability‑development programs for frontline Support Engineers, elevating technical depth, diagnostic rigor, and architectural thinking across the organization. Acted as a critical bridge between field engineering and Microsoft’s Product Group, influencing product design, telemetry strategy, and supportability improvements through data‑driven insights.
- Leveraged analytics and operational telemetry to improve mean‑time‑to‑resolution, strengthen service health, and raise quality benchmarks across customer environments. Collaborated globally across engineering, operations, and customer success teams to ensure swift containment, accurate diagnosis, and sustainable long‑term fixes for complex, mission‑critical scenarios.
Subject Matter Expert Database (Regional lead - Data platform)2011-05-01 – 2011-08-31
IBM · Chennai Area, India
- Regional Lead and SME for Microsoft’s SQL Server and Data Platform guiding 50+ database engineers.
- Delivered end-to-end reliability, availability, and performance engineering for mission-critical workloads.
- Executed deep diagnostics and performance tuning resolving CPU, memory, and query bottlenecks.
- Engineered indexing and optimization frameworks stabilizing throughput and reducing latency.
- Architected and maintained HA/DR ecosystems using Failover Clustering, Mirroring, Log Shipping, and Replication.
- Performed root-cause and dump-level debugging with WinDBG.
- Led SQL Server upgrades (2000, 2005, 2008, 2012) with zero data loss.
- Designed backup/restore blueprints, index maintenance cycles, and DBCC integrity pipelines.
- Implemented security governance frameworks and audit controls.
- Introduced automated health dashboards for proactive anomaly detection.
- Partnered with leadership to evaluate emerging data technologies and launch upskilling programs.
- Functioned as technical nucleus bridging architecture, engineering, and operations.
Technical Advisor – SQL Server2007-03-01 – 2011-05-31
Microsoft · Bengaluru Area, India
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- Ensured stability, performance, and recoverability across large-scale SQL Server production environments.
- Functioned as primary escalation and performance engineering lead for critical workloads.
- Guided troubleshooting of complex database issues including blocking, deadlocks, and high CPU utilization.
- Delivered root-cause analysis through deep inspection of execution plans and profiler traces.
- Executed query tuning, index optimization, and memory configuration reviews.
- Designed and maintained high-availability and disaster-recovery architectures.
- Handled database corruption and recovery operations applying forensic techniques.
- Secured SQL Server through authentication hardening, auditing, and policy enforcement.
- Partnered with customers on upgrade planning, patch management, and hotfix deployments.
- Conducted technical reviews of incidents and mentored Support Engineers.
- Strengthened reliability and performance posture of Microsoft’s SQL Server ecosystem globally.
Engineer - Database Administration2006-09-01 – 2007-03-31
Wipro Infotech
- Key DBA team resource for Wipro’s client Genpact.
- Assisted data architects in data model reviews and database implementation.
- Implemented DDL changes at data model and database levels.
- Supported nearly 1000+ Applications and 5000+ Databases.
- Managed High Data available RAC, Data guard environment with 10-20 transactions per second.
- Designed and managed bulk weekly data loads using SQL Loaders.
- Designed and sized Databases based on Application Requirements and SLAs.
- Handled OS requests, granting roles, and user creations.
- Performed Launch Support for DB Releases updating UAT and PROD Databases.
- Migrated schema using EXP/IMP Utility.
- Performed Oracle DB upgrades across platforms.
- Installed Oracle 10G software and applied patches.
- Used OEM Monitoring for tablespaces and data file management.
- Performed standard database monitoring and maintenance activities.
- Designed and implemented Disaster Recovery plans.
- Acted as secondary DBA for SQL Server core activities including installation, setup, migration, backup, restore, and security.
System Engineer - DBA2006-03-01 – 2006-09-30
SIPTECHNOLOGIES · Chennai
- Installed and configured Oracle database servers.
- Implemented data guard and standby databases.
- Created and maintained Oracle Databases.
- Implemented automation scripts for backups and performance checking.
- Created and managed physical & logical database objects.
- Planned capacity and tuned databases.
- Created tablespaces, undo segments, user maintenance, and database security.
- Provided technical support to application development teams.
- Managed data accuracy, security, and recovery planning.
- Performed SQL Server troubleshooting, monitoring, performance tuning, query optimization.
- Planned for Backup, Recovery, DBCC, Log shipping, and Replication.
- Worked with databases of various sizes.
Education
Diploma, Computer Technology in Computer Science
NPT · 1999-01-01 – 2002-01-01
Skills
SQLAI AgentsArchitectural Project ManagementArchitects Architectural DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)IT Service ManagementManagement LeadershipReliability EngineeringProject ManagementCloud ApplicationsMicrosoft SQL ServerSSISMicrosoft TechnologiesDatabase AdministrationHigh AvailabilityPerformance TuningSQL TuningSSRSWindows AzureSQL AzureC#C++PowershellSQL Server MemorySQL Server debuggingBusiness IntelligenceCloud ComputingSolution ArchitectureMicrosoft ProductsSQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)DatabasesCloud DevOps
