ENGINEERING EXECUTIVE · M.S. · PMP

Turning technology
into business value.

I’m Kiran C. Kantheti. I build AI-native products, modernize enterprise platforms, and grow global engineering organizations that deliver meaningful customer and business outcomes.

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DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGKiran C. KanthetiEngineer · Leader · Builder

BUILDLEAD

AI TRANSFORMATION ✦ REVENUE ENABLEMENT ✦ PRODUCT STRATEGY ✦ GLOBAL ENGINEERING ✦ PLATFORM MODERNIZATION ✦ AI TRANSFORMATION ✦

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Technical depth.
Executive perspective.

PMP-certified engineering executive with 20+ years of progressive experience across AI, data platforms, cloud infrastructure, quality engineering, and enterprise software.

I translate customer needs and business strategy into scalable products, resilient delivery systems, and focused engineering investments. My approach connects AI-native execution, product thinking, client empathy, and talent development—helping organizations move from complex ideas to measurable outcomes.

01Business-aligned engineering strategy

02AI platforms for regulated enterprises

03Global organizations built to scale

SELECTED BUSINESS IMPACT

Outcomes at scale.

Across product delivery, customer enablement, cost discipline, and people leadership.

REVENUE$50M+

ARR enabled

Enterprise proposals, technical strategy, demonstrations, and client delivery across Fortune 500 and government customers.

PLATFORM$110M

Revenue platform

Engineering leadership for a data platform serving more than 90 enterprise customers.

EFFICIENCY28%+

Cloud cost reduction

Approximately $1M in annual savings through architecture, governance, and operational discipline.

DELIVERY60%

Faster deployments

Automation, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and a metrics-led operating model.

35% engineering budget reduction30% developer velocity gain20+ engineers promoted7 ICs developed into managers

SIGNATURE WORK

Where product, platform
and customer value meet.

01 / AI & DATA

Production RAG and semantic intelligence

Led delivery of contextual retrieval across millions of enterprise documents using vector search, embeddings, knowledge graphs, and responsible governance for regulated environments.

Azure OpenAI · Claude · RAG · Vector Search

02 / PRODUCT

Enterprise Data Hub evolution

Co-owned product direction and engineering OKRs, balancing customer needs, technical constraints, scalability, adoption, and recurring revenue.

Multi-model data · SaaS · APIs · SDKs

03 / TRANSFORMATION

Modern engineering operating model

Connected quality, DevOps, SRE, portfolio metrics, and executive dashboards to improve delivery predictability, investment visibility, and customer satisfaction.

SAFe · CI/CD · Kubernetes · Observability

CAREER JOURNEY

Built across every
layer of engineering.

From performance and quality foundations to global product and AI leadership.

2015–2026Three progressive leadership roles

Progress MarkLogic

Enterprise data and semantic metadata technology within Progress Software’s portfolio of AI-powered application, digital experience, and infrastructure products.

Advanced from Engineering Manager to Director, ultimately leading 48–60 engineers and managers across platform engineering, client delivery, AI initiatives, DevOps, reliability, and global operations.

Accountable for ROI across a $12M–$15M R&D investment.
Supported enterprise customers including CMS, Boeing, Airbus, CVS, Aetna, and federal agencies.
Led two acquisition integrations while sustaining delivery continuity.

2012–2015Engineering Manager, SDET & DevOps

SquareTrade

Now Allstate Protection Plans, a technology-led protection-plan business serving connected consumer products.

Scaled quality engineering, automation, CI/CD, and deployment infrastructure for a high-volume consumer platform—embedding quality gates while improving release reliability and frequency.

2008–2012Engineering Manager, SDET & DevOps

RealNetworks

A digital-media pioneer that created the streaming-media category and later expanded into AI and machine-learning products.

Led performance, quality, and deployment engineering for globally distributed media products, strengthening automation, stability, benchmarking, and release cadence.

2006–2008Lead & Senior Engineer, Performance & SQA

Macrovision

Enterprise technology focused on protecting, enhancing, and distributing digital content across entertainment, software, and consumer-electronics channels.

Built the performance and software-quality foundation: scalable benchmarks, automated test suites, reliability practices, and mentoring.

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LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY

Clarity for the work.
Care for the people.

I create the conditions for teams to solve difficult problems, take meaningful ownership, and grow into the best work of their careers.

“Technology creates opportunity.
People make it meaningful.”— Kiran C. Kantheti

Build with purpose

Connect architecture and investment decisions directly to customer and business value.

Scale through people

Grow leaders, distribute ownership, and build inclusive global teams that compound impact.

Modernize pragmatically

Transform legacy systems while protecting continuity, trust, and operational resilience.

Make AI dependable

Move beyond demos to governed, production-ready AI that solves real problems.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Engineering foundations.
A lifelong learning mindset.

Formal training across electronics, communication, and computer systems—strengthened by more than two decades of turning theory into operating platforms and business outcomes.

MASTER’S DEGREE

Computer Systems

Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

Electronics & Communication

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Karnataka, India

PMPProject Management ProfessionalProject Management Institute

Kiran C. Kantheti in a modern executive workspace

LIFE BEYOND ENGINEERING

The people behind
the purpose.

FAMILY FIRST

My proudest and most important role is at home—as a husband and father to a 12-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son. Family keeps me grounded, curious, and focused on building a future that matters.

01Camping02Hiking & outdoors03Watching sports04Movies

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Building what’s next.

Open to conversations about AI transformation, enterprise platforms, engineering leadership, and ambitious products worth building.

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Turning technologyinto business value.

Technical depth.Executive perspective.