In my last 25 years of working life, I've discovered that true magic frequently occurs at the intersections, where various experiences and aspirations overlap. For me, Building Software and Building Organisations have been two interests and I've thrived at their intersection. In my last role as Country Manager and VP Engineering for Dialpad, I got an exposure on how to scale India center rapidly from 0 to 125 high quality employees with strong focus on product ownership and new platform development. This role also helped me to understand firsthand on how to effectively manage a truly distributed teams across four countries - India, US, Canada and Argentina. Before Dialpad, I was General Manager and VP Engineering for Polycom responsible for delivering two core products from India that resulted in revenue of $600M as well as operational responsibility of team size of 350 across two cities in India. This stint gave me immense experience on handling enterprise customers across North America and APAC and addressing their concerns and requests. Startups have had special place for me the last one decade. I've been associated with the startup ecosystem as an Angel Investor as well playing advisory roles in early stage VC firms. Finally, my love for startups and my experience in building and scaling teams led me to partner with two of my friends and that was the birth of Straatix Partners. India is currently experiencing a Global Capability Center (GCC) boom – aided in no small measure by the inflationary global economic environment and availability of technology talent at scale in India. The growth in the technology startup eco-system in the country, over the last few years, has helped develop the software product engineering talent pool. At Straatix, we partner with clients to help them establish Global Centers of Excellence (GCoE) in India. Our value proposition are: 1. A practitioner’s approach to establishing a highly productive GCoE 2. First time right proposition – leveraging our past collective experience 3. Faster time to market through ecosystem familiarity, and 4. Seeding innovation culture from the word go Beyond building Straatix - In my free time, I love to perfect the art of making the perfect cup of coffee at home, listening to Sufi music or teaching python to kids .