I arrived in Melbourne in 2001 from Chandigarh, India, to study a Master of Science in Microelectronics. After graduating I started in tech support — then earned my Cisco networking certification and moved into infrastructure project management. I've spent the 23 years since learning when to build, when to wait, and when to say no.
Over 18 years as a technology leader, I've moved from hands-on infrastructure delivery through government, to Technology Director managing 25+ professionals at a $30M+ firm, to CTO at a $60M–$70M national enterprise with AU/UK operations. The thread running through all of it: making technology serve business outcomes, not the other way around.
I co-founded Abnaasi not because I needed more work, but because I wanted to stay close to hands-on delivery. The consulting work keeps my delivery skills sharp; the enterprise role provides the governance rigour that smaller businesses rarely encounter. The two roles reinforce each other in ways that sitting in just one of them never could.
I believe in giving back as a discipline, not an afterthought — 10% of everything I earn goes to causes that matter. It's a practice that keeps commercial decisions honest and ambition grounded. I write about technology leadership on LinkedIn when I have something worth saying.
