Buildingimpossible.zero to 1.from scratch.breakthrough.
Founder-engineer with 5 successful acquisitions. I transform bold ideas into products that scale.
Track Record
Companies Built
First hire → Acquired by Airtable
Early engineer → Acquired by Alteryx
QuickOffice acquisition
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Acquired by Broadcom
Founding engineer → PubMatic
A clear pattern over time
I prefer hard starts and real users. Across my career I have joined early, shipped the product, helped set a clear story, and supported teams until the work was stable. Several companies I worked on later got acquired. That is not luck. It is a way of working.
Dopt
Founding Principal Engineer
Built a developer onboarding platform with SDKs, components, visual flows, and AI guidance. Full stack across Node.js, TypeScript, Fastify, gRPC, Prisma, PostgreSQL. Front end in React with react flow, react aria, vanilla extract. Infra on GCP with Docker, GKE, CloudSQL, Turborepo.
Trifacta
Principal Engineer
Helped the shift from on prem to SaaS with a product led motion. Redesigned core user workflows like the visual flow and transformation experience. Started and grew the frontend group in India to more than 50 engineers. Platform powered Google Cloud Dataprep.
MobiPrimo
Founding Engineer
Early work on backup, sync, and sharing across mobile and desktop.
What zero to one feels like
Three short stories
The router
Day one can be basic. I connect the Wi Fi router. New repo. First commit. CI is up. Environments named. We move from idea to action.
The glue
We have a prototype. I listen to the first ten users. I trim scope. I make docs and a starter kit. Sales and support get a clear message. We become easier to try and easier to buy.
The shape
Now we scale what works. We add seams in the right places. Owners are clear. We automate painful steps. We measure what matters. The product becomes a habit for the customer.
Featured work
Key projects that went from zero to acquisition
Dopt
Founding Principal Engineer
Developer onboarding with SDKs, components, visual flows, and AI guidance
Full stack architecture and build. Front end system. Workflow editor. SDK design. CI and CD. Developer experience. Work with design and GTM on story and launch.
Trifacta
Principal Engineer
On prem to SaaS with a product led motion
Redesigned core workflows. Performance work with React and TypeScript and D3. Started and scaled a 50 plus engineer frontend group in India.
Google Chromium Office
UI Tech Lead
Office document viewing and editing inside Chrome
Plugin design and UI. Decisions from usage and crash analytics. Accessibility work.
VMware NSX
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Clear UX for large scale network security
Angular, D3, EXT JS. Complex data visuals. Production delivery.
How I work
Principles that guide every project, from day zero to successful exit.
On Day 0, I've been the person who connects the Wi-Fi router and mops up the build pipeline. And on Day 700, I've been the person who says "we can simplify this system and still ship by Friday."
Ship early and often
Stay close to users
Small sharp teams
Clear story before scale
Make the best path the fastest path
Measure and remove what does not help
delivXchange was acquired by DirectOrders
Building DirectOrders as an AI native platform
I built delivXchange as an AI native ordering platform. It was acquired by DirectOrders, where this technology now powers restaurant online ordering for hundreds of restaurants. We use agents, voice AI, MCP, RAG, n8n workflows, and agentic deployment. This is how it fits together.
What DirectOrders Delivers
Branded Website
A beautiful, mobile-first website that's all yours. Your brand, your domain, SEO-optimized for Google & AI.
Zero Commission Ordering
Online ordering that actually works. Menu price = checkout price. No fees, no surprises, no middleman.
Delivery Handled
Your drivers, Uber, DoorDash, or all three. AI picks the best option per order. Real-time tracking included.
Voice AI
24/7 phone orders in 76 languages. Handles orders, edits, status checks. Never calls in sick.
Marketing Automation
Automated campaigns that bring customers back. SMS, email, and push notifications.
Same-Day Payouts
Your money in your account, same day. Not next week. True zero fees on every transaction.
Technical Architecture
The AI-native stack powering DirectOrders. From voice intake to delivery dispatch, every step is agent-driven.
Input Channels
15+ channels driving orders to one dashboard
Voice AI
24/7 phone orders in 76 languages without hiring staff. The voice agent takes calls for new orders, order edits, status checks, and FAQs. Never calls in sick.
Social & Messaging
Instagram, WhatsApp, SMS, and more. A social intake agent turns messages into clean orders or support tickets. Every channel flows to one dashboard.
SEO + AEO Discovery
Google ranks you. ChatGPT recommends you. Restaurants see 40% more foot traffic. 60% of searches now answered by AI - we make sure you're the answer.
Intelligence Layer
AI agents that understand context and plan actions
Agents as the core
We model work as tasks that a small set of agents can own. Each agent has a clear goal like intake, ordering, routing, or support.
RAG
We keep menus, modifiers, prices, hours, and store policies in a vector store. Agents ground responses in that data.
Menu Brain
AI automatically adds dietary tags, nutrition info, and powers smart search. Customers find exactly what they want.
Processing
Smart routing and tool integration via MCP
AI inference
We route work by cost and need. Small models handle classification. Larger models write replies or plans when complex.
MCP tools
We use MCP to plug tools and data into agents. POS, delivery partners, maps, payments, and CRM appear as standard tools.
Execution
Automated workflows that integrate with POS systems
POS workflows
Each order flows through n8n recipes that validate items, apply rules, write to POS, and confirm back to the user.
AI-Powered Delivery
Use your drivers, Uber, DoorDash, or all three. AI picks the best option per order. Real-time tracking for customers. You do nothing after the order comes in.
Stack
TypeScript and Node for services. React for UI. WebSockets for live updates. Postgres as source of truth.
Quality & Safety
Continuous evaluation and safe deployment practices
Evals
We keep gold tasks from real calls. Before changes, we run offline evals and compare success, correctness, tone, and cost.
Deployments
Each agent ships behind flags. We can turn on features for one store, one region, or a small percent.
Safety
We monitor token use, latency, and error rates. We set guardrails for PII, tool scope, max spend, and rate limits.
The Value DirectOrders Delivers
Zero commission on every order. Same-day payouts. 15+ channels (Google, ChatGPT, Instagram, WhatsApp, Alexa, and more) flowing to one dashboard. Restaurants save up to $36,000/year switching from aggregators. AI handles phone orders 24/7 in 76 languages. Your branded website ranks on Google AND gets recommended by ChatGPT. See a demo of the online ordering system in action.