Experience & Education

Work Experience

Consultant, Market & Solution Development - HALG Technologies

2026 - Present | Bengaluru, India

Leading market and solution development for analytics-driven geospatial technology across infrastructure and enterprise domains
Driving business development through partner identification, ecosystem collaboration, and opportunity qualification across India and international markets
Defining product and service concepts, pilot frameworks, and commercialization pathways for analytics-enabled solutions

Consultant, Strategic Operations - AI GeoIntelligence Corporation

2024 - 2025 | Bengaluru, India

Delivered a live customer project for a North American client covering 3,500 sq.km of Digital Terrain Model classification in production
Evaluated and integrated AI classification tools, including Flai.ai, into live delivery with a rigorous QC validation framework
Benchmarked AI-assisted outputs against manual workflows, demonstrating about 30% throughput improvement while maintaining quality standards

Production Manager - VeriDaaS Pvt. Ltd.

2023 - 2024 | Bengaluru, India

Built and scaled India delivery operations supporting North American utility geospatial analytics programs
Led 25+ in-house engineers and 100+ vendor resources across analytics, quality control, and delivery
Implemented governance and capacity planning that reduced delivery cycle times by about 15%
Coordinated classification of 19,000+ km of utility corridors for Pedernales Electric Cooperative, supporting infrastructure reliability and worker safety
Classified 2,274 sq.km of Geiger-mode LiDAR for St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement using semi-automated and manual procedures

Business Development Manager - C.E. Info Systems Ltd. (MapmyIndia)

July 2022 - January 2023 | Bengaluru, India

Provided geospatial pre-sales support and technical documentation for government tender projects
Implemented a GIS solution for the Safe City Project in Chennai, including crime zone mapping, geotagged data integration, and personnel training
Co-developed the One Map Goa GIS portal for land record digitization and urban planning with Goa Electronics Limited

Technical Director & Managing Partner - Aaron Geospatial Designs LLP

June 2016 - January 2022 | Bengaluru, India

Co-founded and bootstrapped Aaron GeoSpatial Designs, scaling operations to deliver 25,000+ sq.km of geospatial projects across Europe and South America
Led a lean team of 6 engineers through R&D, training, and capacity-building initiatives

Project Manager - Geokno India (GMR Group)

May 2014 - June 2015 | Bengaluru, India

Coordinated 1,000 km of Mobile LiDAR mapping across South and Central India
Managed terrestrial LiDAR projects, including Statue of Unity mapping
Established vendor management and data processing procedures

Project Manager, LiDAR Operations - Egis-GeoPlan (formerly Groupe SCE India)

September 2004 - April 2014 | Bengaluru, India

Managed airborne LiDAR classification across about 200,000 sq.km in Europe, Eastern Asia, Australia, and South America
Handled about 30,000 sq.km of LiDAR calibration and about 20,000 miles of orthophoto projects
Led a team of 60 LiDAR professionals and progressed into manager roles, improving timelines by 20% to 30%
Notable projects included Cartographic Map Generation for Germany, Nile River LiDAR Campaign, European Digitization, and BD Parcellaire France

Education

PGP in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore | 2026 - Ongoing

Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Technology & Policy)

Takshashila Institute, Bangalore | 2025

Master of Science in Geographic Information Science & Systems

University of Salzburg, Austria | 2017

Master of Science in Geo-Informatics

Sikkim Manipal University, India | 2006

Post Graduate Diploma in Geographic Information System

Centre for Information Science and Technology, University of Mysore | 2004

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

BMS College of Engineering, Visveswaraya Technological University, Bangalore | 2002

Professional Organizations

IEEE R10 - Asia and Pacific, Bangalore Section

Senior Member, (Member ID: 92830154)

IEEE - Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), Bangalore Section

Secretary | 2021 - 2023
ExeComm Member | 2024 - 2025

IEEE CONECCT - 2023

Sessions Chair View Certificate

IEEE's India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS) - 2023

Organization Committee Member
Finance Chair View Certificate
Sponsorship Chair View Certificate

Honors & awards

Senior Member, IEEE

Issued by IEEE · Feb 2020

In February – 2020, my membership with Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), has been elevated to the grade of SENIOR MEMBER
[Senior Membership grade IS HELD BY ONLY EIGHT PERCENT OF IEEE’S APPROXIMATELY 428,000 MEMBERS. “Realization of this grade requires extensive experience and reflects professional maturity and documented achievements of significance"]

IEEE Senior Member Plaque