An MIT Fellow, worked for Microsoft for 14 years, co-authored 17 technical books (including 4 best sellers Oracle8 Bible, IIS Exam Cram, IIS Exam Prep, VB6 OOP)

I would describe myself as a customer centric thought leader. I like to think big, fail fast and learn from that failure to iterate to success. I like to work backwards from what the customer might think or want in deciding what to do with the product or service. Deep insight into what drives customer loyalty and trust should be more important than a deep understanding of competitive strengths and weaknesses, market trends, or technology. I enjoy wearing a lot of different hats and figuring it out on my own.

I have global experience in technical product & content strategy, development, evangelism & cross-functional program management

I am an invited keynote speaker at premier academia institutes & conferences across India, including IIT, BITS, IIIT, NIIT, IIM, ISB

In my amazing 14 years at the fast paced culture of Microsoft, I strategized and implemented the vision and roadmap for engineering development of Microsoft’s internal products (enterprise applications) to make it a showcase across the industry influencing revenue for India subsidiary to the tune of $.5B

Won 27 awards (15 individual & 12 team) at Microsoft, including awards by Microsoft India Chairman (twice), Microsoft IT CIO (twice), Microsoft Global Circle of Excellence Finalist, Microsoft Global Educonnect All Star, Microsoft Engineering India Wall of Fame for pioneering different programs, delivering consistently and exceeding targets YoY

I am an avid reader on a variety of topics including emerging technology, design thinking and entrepreneurship