Available for Consulting/ Senior Director / VP engagements

AI TRANSFORMATION & DELIVERY AT SCALE

AI Transformation Leader|

19+ years spanning software engineering, enterprise program management, and hands-on agentic AI system building. I lead 40+ member delivery organizations while personally architecting the platforms that cut delivery time by up to 90% and push accuracy above 99%.

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01 / About

Enterprise discipline. Builder-level fluency.

AI Transformation and Program Delivery leader with 19+ years of experience spanning software engineering, enterprise program management, and hands-on AI/agentic system building.

I've led large-scale delivery organizations — 40+ member teams across multi-account portfolios — while personally architecting agentic AI platforms that cut delivery time by up to 90% and lifted accuracy above 99%. I founded an AI-native leadership academy, combining enterprise-grade delivery discipline with builder-level fluency in RAG, multi-agent automation, agentic coding, and no-code AI systems.

IIM Ahmedabad (AGMP) and PMP credentialed. Currently seeking a Senior Director / VP role driving AI-led program delivery and transformation at enterprise scale.

Snapshot

Based in
Pune, India
Current Role
Founder, GMH AI MasterLabs
Prior Role
Director, AArete
Education
IIM Ahmedabad — AGMP
Certification
PMP®
Focus
Agentic AI × Enterprise Delivery
02 / Expertise

Core Competencies

01

AI & Agentic Building

Hands-on architecture and delivery of production agentic systems.

  • RAG Systems
  • Multi-Agent Orchestration
  • CrewAI
  • LangGraph
  • AutoGen
  • OpenAI Agents SDK
  • Context Engineering
  • Model Context Protocol
  • Agentic / Vibe Coding
  • Claude Code
  • n8n
  • Dify
  • Ollama
  • AWS Textract
  • Bedrock
  • Voice AI (VAPI, ElevenLabs)
  • Bolt.new
02

Enterprise Delivery & Program Leadership

Running the machine behind multi-account, multi-team delivery at scale.

  • Multi-Account P&L Ownership
  • PMO Governance
  • RAG Dashboards
  • Delivery Excellence Frameworks
  • SOPs & RACI
  • Agile / Scrum / Waterfall
  • Presales & Solutioning
  • SOW Creation
  • Offshore / Onsite Leadership (40+)
  • Risk & Compliance Governance
03

AI Strategy & Growth

Translating AI capability into enterprise value and adoption.

  • AI Governance & ROI Frameworks
  • AI Portfolio Prioritization
  • Value Management
  • GTM & Funnel Design
  • Curriculum & Capability Building
  • Change Management for AI Adoption
03 / Portfolio

Flagship AI Projects

Enterprise Agentic AI Transformation

AArete

Led an enterprise-wide agentic AI transformation across healthcare, procurement, and consulting operations; built reusable AI platforms and governance frameworks that reduced delivery time by up to 90% and improved accuracy to 99%+.

90%Delivery Time Reduced
99%+Accuracy Improved
  • AI Governance & ROI Framework
  • Multi-Agent Chatbot Platform
  • AI Portfolio Prioritization
  • Contract Intelligence & Doc Processing
  • Invoice Extraction Agent
  • Network Intelligence Platform
  • Agentic Policy & Benefits Engine

AI Contract Intelligence Platform

AArete

Product-managed an AWS-based platform featuring a patented smart-chunking algorithm to transform unstructured provider contracts into a structured source of truth for health plans — boosting efficiency, payment accuracy, and contract compliance.

  • AWS Cognito
  • S3
  • Lambda
  • Textract
  • ECS
  • Bedrock
  • Snowflake
  • Next.js

GMH AI-Native Business Systems

GMH AI MasterLabs

Architected and built the full technology backbone for an AI leadership academy: an n8n-based LinkedIn content automation pipeline (Telegram → Command Parser → Content Creator/Manager → Publisher), an n8n + VAPI voice-agent screening workflow, and end-to-end lead, webinar, funnel, and LMS systems.

  • n8n
  • VAPI
  • Telegram Automation
  • Funnel & LMS Systems
04 / Track Record

Professional Experience

Founder — AI-Ready Leadership Development

Jan 2025 — Present

GMH AI MasterLabs (Self-Employed) · Pune, India

  • Founded India's AI Leadership Academy, building leaders who can design, lead, and scale AI transformation initiatives across program, product, and delivery functions.
  • Built the complete go-to-market engine: financial/runway modeling, Meta ads funnel strategy, WhatsApp/email nurture sequences, and a 7-dimension AI maturity framework as a flagship lead magnet.
  • Conducted competitive intelligence across 20+ AI/leadership education players, identifying a white-space position: AI-native leadership transformation for mid-career Indian corporate managers at global curriculum rigor.

Director

Jan 2023 — Jun 2026

AArete · Pune, India

  • Led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives spanning presales, delivery excellence, and AI transformation; authored delivery frameworks, SOPs, templates, RACI guidelines, and Agile training programs adopted org-wide.
  • Managed a 40+ member team spanning QA, Business Analysis, Project Management, and PMO practices; created and led a PMO governance function with RAG dashboards to surface risk in real time.
  • Directed delivery of an Intelligent AI Contract Interpretation Solution for health plans, using LLMs to convert unstructured provider contracts into a structured source of truth.
  • Managed an end-to-end healthcare claims optimization program covering payment integrity, CPT/DX coding validation, and provider billing analytics.
  • Led the Reimagine AI initiative — three parallel projects with data science and AI engineers — including Network Lab Cost automation; owned change management, ROI framework, and 3-year AI investment roadmap.
  • Delivered enterprise AI products spanning LLMs, agentic AI, intelligent document extraction, knowledge management, workflow automation, and AI chatbots across healthcare payer, procurement, and consulting domains.

Associate Director

Apr 2021 — Jan 2023

AArete · Pune, India

  • Managed a portfolio of US Healthcare projects including a Power BI data-analytics solution, an attorney bonus-calculation engine for a law firm client, and a Salesforce-built Member Experience Portal for a major healthcare payer.
  • Owned end-to-end resourcing: procurement, hiring, and management of full-time and contract staff, cross-team and remote collaboration, and complete stakeholder-expectation management.
  • Delivered a high-profile healthcare payer project with 100% customer satisfaction, earning promotion to Director.

Global Program Manager

Apr 2018 — Mar 2021

Saviant Consulting · Pune Area, India

  • Drove program and account growth through strategic quarterly/annual business planning, presales, and solutioning in partnership with Business Development.
  • Generated recurring revenue via upsell, cross-sell, and new-sales opportunities while maintaining client satisfaction, NPS, and net revenue-per-employee targets.
  • Managed large teams and multiple client accounts end-to-end, including escalations, resource allocation, appraisals, invoicing, and recruitment.

Technical Project Manager

Oct 2017 — Apr 2018

Saviant Consulting · Pune Area, India

  • Owned scope definition, SOW creation, NFR boundaries, estimation, and risk mitigation planning across multiple business units.
  • Ran project health reviews, retrospectives, and Scrum ceremonies across Waterfall, Scrum, and Agile delivery models; conducted onsite Project Management work with multicultural teams in the USA.

Project Manager

Aug 2015 — Aug 2017

Return On Web (ROW) · Pune, India

  • Built performance-marketing capability from the ground up — PPC, Google Ads, Meta campaigns, market/content research, and customer pain-point discovery — to generate consistent lead flow.
  • Architected lead, webinar, sales, funnel, tracking, and LMS systems, and created lead magnets and ad creative to drive daily lead generation.
  • Managed in-house and client mobile app development end-to-end: Agile ceremonies, cost management, solution architecture, presales/proposals, and module development (MVC, C#.NET, RESTful web services).

System Analyst | Team Lead

Dec 2010 — 2015

Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd.

  • Led module development (Angular JS, ASP.NET) and business analysis for enterprise clients; owned estimation, planning, and reporting while mentoring and directing a development team.
  • Managed database design, code implementation, bug resolution, and proactive client communication.

Senior Developer / Software Developer

Feb 2007 — Nov 2010

Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd.

  • Progressed from Software Developer to Senior Developer building C#.NET/ASP.NET applications with SQL Server backends, including requirements analysis, database design, stored procedures, WinForms development, unit testing, and deployment.
05 / Recognition

Honors & Education

Award

Michel Feng Leadership Award

AArete

Company-wide recognition for pairing strategic thinking with hands-on execution, building high-performing teams, and delivering measurable client impact.

Education

Advanced General Management Programme

IIM Ahmedabad · 2022–23

One-year AGMP program building strategic and general management capability at one of India's premier business schools.

Certification

PMP® — Project Management Professional

Project Management Institute

Globally recognized certification validating expertise leading and directing enterprise-scale projects.

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07 / Contact

Let's build what's next.

Open to Senior Director / VP roles driving AI-led program delivery and transformation at enterprise scale — and to conversations about agentic AI, delivery excellence, or AI-native leadership development.

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