Quick Facts

• Current Role: Engineering Manager at Simpro Group
• Home Base: Auckland, New Zealand (originally from Karnataka, India)
• Tech Roots: NativeScript, Angular, Node.js, and Mobile Architecture
• Experience: 10+ years of shipping apps and solving problems
• Favorite Role: Dad to a December 2024 baby who is currently 11 months old

What I Do

• Empowering Teams: I don’t just manage; I mentor. I help engineers grow from task-completers to product-owners, fostering a culture where technical excellence meets delivery speed.
• Building Platforms: My focus has shifted from individual apps to the shared services and systems that power them, ensuring our tech stack is as scalable as it is maintainable.
• Solving the Hard Stuff: Whether it’s a complex UX challenge, a performance bottleneck, or a tricky architectural trade-off, I love diving into the problems that stump others.

Career Journey

• Engineering Manager · Simpro Group (Dec 2025—Present)
  Building shared services for the field service platform that powers Simpro's global suite of products. Leading a team of mobile and backend engineers to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions that enhance technician productivity and customer satisfaction.
• Technical Lead · Simpro Group (2024—Sep 2025)
  Guiding a talented crew of mobile engineers as we evolve the Simpro Mobile app. Recent highlights include a new Task Management system, richer asset workflows, Stripe-powered payments, and an attachments refresh that boosted technician productivity.
• Senior Software Engineer · Bevie / Grainfather (2019—2024)
  Rebuilt the Grainfather brewing companion from the ground up, rolling out guided brew sessions, recipe intelligence, and lab-grade calculators while introducing automated testing and AI-assisted tooling.
• Partner · nStudio (2018—Present)
  Work with founders to ship apps like Portable North Pole, TriviaSpar, Sweet.io, and Blackout Lighting Console—often parachuting in to unblock UX or performance puzzles.
• Earlier Chapters
  Led AnyGo at Bfit Technologies, crafted ride-matching intelligence at Jyopal Technologies, and prototyped immersive VR safety training during a Wipro internship. Graduated from Acharya Institute of Technology as the Computer Science department's best outgoing student.

Community & Recognition

• Progress NativeScript Developer Expert (India’s first, 2018)
• Regular conference speaker across NativeScript Dev Days, JS Mobile Conf, DevConf India, and more
• Open-source contributor behind @nativescript/ui-charts, nativescript-imagecropper, and other plugins
• Marathoner and volunteer fundraiser for New Zealand mental health and cancer charities

Life Beyond Shipping Apps

Family life keeps me grounded: I’m married to an incredible Vietnamese partner, and together we’re raising our son (11 months), born in December 2024. When I manage to steal solo time, you’ll find me chasing miles on Auckland’s coastal runways, tinkering with AI workflows, or geeking out over the latest VR headset. Evenings are for anime marathons—My Hero Academia is the current binge, joining past favorites like Death Note, Naruto, Frieren, Re:Zero, and Shangri-La Frontier. Weekends usually involve e-bike rides, hikoi around Aotearoa’s trails, or deep dives into gadgets that make family life a little more fun.

If we ever meet in person, there’s a decent chance I’ll show up straight from a run, ask what AI tools you’re experimenting with, compare notes on VR headsets, and recommend at least one anime arc that made me think differently about storytelling.

Work With Me

Need a prototype, a performance intervention, or a second set of eyes on a tricky NativeScript issue? I offer consultation and remote debugging for teams worldwide.

[email protected]

Curious about the full career timeline? Let’s connect on LinkedIn.

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