Professional Journey

I build things that think and things that move.

I learn by building. From the early days of Kafka processing billions of events, to real-time ML inside a bank, to robots that have to work in the cold, the systems I understand best are the ones I have built.

About Me

I spent eight years at SEB: I architected and led the streaming platform that moved billions of events a day, started the NLP platform, and worked on agentic AI and the future of finance. All of it was bits. Numbers arriving, numbers leaving, nothing in the world any heavier for it.

Now I run AI and robotics at a stealth energy company chasing Nordic energy independence, and I work with a few other stealth ventures adjacent to AI, energy and healthcare. The work is the same instinct with heavier consequences. A bug used to cost a rollback. Now it costs a technician driving two hours.

I operate like a founder wherever I am: when I see a problem worth solving, I bring the right people together, make the case, and ship.

Back in 2018, I helped put real-time machine learning to work inside a bank. That early bet taught me that the model is the start. The real work is getting it into production and keeping it there, and I have loved that part ever since.

What gets me excited is the zero to one phase where nobody knows the answer yet. I like to think through the second and third order effects of a new technology, then build the first version and find out.

Personal Note

Based in Stockholm since 2013, and splitting my life between Stockholm and Lucknow. The Nordics are solving energy. India is solving talent. Physical AI needs both, and I like being in the middle of it. Outside work, I spend time with my kids exploring Swedish forests. Family life has taught me that the best solutions often come during long walks rather than long meetings.

Core Expertise

Physical AI & Robotics

Embodied AI for heavy industry. Perception and autonomy that has to keep working in dust, vibration and bad light.

AI Strategy & Adoption

Leading enterprise-scale AI architecture and preparing workforces for AI-native operating models.

Zero-to-One Execution

Starting from a blank page, finding the problem worth solving, and building the first version.

Streaming Architecture

Architected and led SEB's streaming platform, moving billions of events a day (Kafka, real-time ML).

Product Leadership

Bridging the gap between technical elegance and product adoption. Platforms developers pick up because they save them time.

Agentic AI in Finance

Agents that touch money need the controls banks already trust: whoever starts a payment never approves it, and every action leaves a trail.

Early to Every Wave

Kafka in 2013. Real-time ML in 2016. NLP and NLU in 2017, speech to text for Swedish in 2018. Agentic AI in 2022. Physical AI now.

Timeline

2026 - Present

Head of AI & Robotics

Stealth energy company

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Lead AI and robotics for a venture chasing Nordic energy independence.
  • Building embodied AI for heavy industry, where a failure costs a technician driving two hours rather than a rollback.
  • Own the path from perception and autonomy work to hardware that runs unattended in the field.
2026 - Present

Stealth ventures

Adjacent to AI, energy and healthcare

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Work with a few early, pre-announcement teams on technology and product.
Present

AI Advisor & Mentor

Independent

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Help boards, banks and investors see the second and third order effects of AI on their business models, and build the new models they open.
  • Technical reads on AI and deep-tech companies for investors.
  • Mentor students and early-career people, a few hours on Saturdays.
June 2023 - 2026

Technology Strategist

SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Worked on agentic development and the future of finance: the second and third order effects of AI on how a bank works, and the plan to make them happen.
  • Shaped the bank's AI strategy and explained it to the teams that had to deliver it.
  • Designed enterprise-scale AI architecture for secure LLM leverage.
Nov 2018 - Mar 2023

Solution Architect (Streaming, NLP & Anomaly Detection)

SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Architected and led the bank-wide streaming platform, moving billions of events a day.
  • Presented "The streaming journey of SEB" in October 2021 (watch the talk on Confluent).
  • Started the bank's NLP platform, including speech to text for Swedish.
  • Put real-time ML into production at the bank in 2018.
  • Designed the microservices and APIs that teams across the bank built on.
  • Built anomaly detection by Markov chain simulation, a method borrowed from particle physics.
  • Started agentic AI work in 2022.
  • Launched a cross-functional GenAI initiative at SEB in early 2023.
May 2018 - Aug 2021

Product Manager, Developer Experience (alongside the architecture role)

SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken)

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Reduced data onboarding from weeks to hours by building a self-service platform.
  • Created an internal data marketplace so engineers could find and use data without a ticket.
July 2022 - Present

Board Member

Mani Choudhary Foundation

Lucknow, India

  • Lead capital allocation committee for child nutrition and education interventions.
  • Strategic advisor bringing data-driven decision-making to social sector.
Jan 2013 - May 2017

Software Engineer (Big Data & Streaming)

DigitalRoute

Stockholm, Sweden

  • Integrated Kafka into a commercial platform in 2013 to 2014.
  • Built streaming analytics for IoT and telecom transactions.
  • Evolved from engineering to product ownership.
June 2012 - Nov 2012

Technical Team Lead

IBM

Pune, India

  • Led distributed engineering team for FileNet document management solutions.
  • Managed end-to-end project delivery for government/nuclear clients.
Dec 2007 - Sep 2010

Data Pipeline Developer (Consultant)

AT&T

Pune/Bangalore, India

  • Built and ran data pipelines for AT&T as a consultant.
  • Solved complex distributed systems challenges.
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