About
Building systems that scale. Exploring what's next in AI and distributed computing.
I'm Kirtan, a technologist who builds things. For the past 20 years, I've been fascinated by how software systems evolve and scale—from monoliths to microservices, from on-premise to cloud, and now into the era of AI-first architectures.
I spend my days architecting platforms that handle millions of transactions, designing data pipelines that make sense of chaos, and integrating AI models that actually solve real problems. I've built payment systems, IoT platforms, analytics engines, and more recently, autonomous agents that can reason and act.
What drives me is the intersection of what's technically possible and what's practically useful. I believe the best technology is invisible—it just works, scales gracefully, and enables teams to move fast.
What I'm building with
Core Stack
- Python, Go, TypeScript
- PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
- Docker, Kubernetes
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS, GCP (learning Azure)
- Terraform, CloudFormation
- Observability & monitoring
AI/ML
- OpenAI, Anthropic APIs
- Vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate)
- RAG architectures
Data & Analytics
- Spark, dbt, Airflow
- Event streaming & CDC
- Real-time analytics
Current interests
Right now I'm particularly interested in multi-agent systems and how to design APIs that feel natural to both humans and LLMs. I'm exploring ideas for augmenting various enterprise functions with AI to amplify human productivity, and thinking long term about the impact of AI on US manufacturing specifically for our clients. I'm also exploring edge computing patterns and how to build systems that gracefully degrade when things go wrong.
Professional Experience
Operate IQ & Functions AI
Founder & CEO
Partner with enterprise leaders for US Manufacturing clients to deliver AI-powered solutions and automations, hands on engineering solutions that deliver workflow automation.
PublicMind
Chief Product Officer
Collaborated with government stakeholders to engineer AI platform reducing inter-agency friction by 40%, while mentoring team to optimize infrastructure costs from $20K to $1K monthly.
Finexio
VP, Analytics & Platform
Rebuilt data organization to achieve 400% velocity increase, hands-on, developing real-time platform processing $1B+ transactions while operationalizing customer feedback loops.
Shutterfly
Senior Director, Cloud & Analytics
For 14 manufacturing sites, implemented data lake & predictive analytics on AWS. Owner and chief architect of Operations platform. Built self-serve analytics.
Verizon
Distinguished Engineer - Director
Architected IoT platform monitoring 160K machines while championing edge computing adoption. Worked with farmers, vineyards, manufacturing & logistics customers.
Fannie Mae
Principal Consultant
Principal Data Engineering Architect through Ernst & Young (EY) for nextgen data platform.
Motorola
Director, Supply Chain Digital Transformation
Managed team of onshore and offshore resources working with operations leaders to digitize supply chain tracking, product quality.
BMC Software
Principal Consultant - Lead Data Architect
Managed team of onshore and offshore resources for Enterprise Data Warehouse & Reporting initiative.
TIAA-CREF
Lead Data Architect
Rebuilt Asset Management data warehouse to include near-realtime and large batch processing.
Morgan Stanley
Enterprise Data Engineering Manager
Built team, architecture, data infrastructure for MBS portfolio. Led compliance reporting build out.
JPMorgan Chase
Market & Credit Risk Analytics Data Architect
Built CDS, MBS, IRS specific VAR, M2M, P&L, Portfolio models. Built a platform called AFRICA for Investment Bank.
Duke Energy
Data Engineer for FinanceHub, project CAROLINA
Integration Engineer for Duke Energy - Cinergy merger.