Professional Experience
Software Engineering Manager
Boeing Digital Aviation (Jeppesen Foreflight)
Flight Efficiency Solutions
May 2023 - Present
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Building **agentic and multi-agent systems** for AI-enabled services based on aviation data, leveraging Azure OpenAI and advanced LLM orchestration frameworks
- Designed and led development of **Flight Deck Advisor** - A prescriptive deep learning ensemble model that predicts the most optimum cost index, enabling **1-2% fuel savings per flight** across commercial and military aircraft
- This solution is **fleet agnostic** and has been deployed for multiple aircraft types, demonstrating significant operational cost reduction
- Built and led high-performing teams for **real-time wind and route uplink** capabilities to Flight Deck for both commercial and business jets, ensuring optimal flight planning
- Spearheaded **cloud migration initiative** - Successfully migrated three critical flight operations products (Wind Updates, Route Sync, and Flight Deck Advisor) from on-premise infrastructure to **Azure cloud**
- Implemented **DataMesh integration** on Databricks, establishing an automated ETL pipeline to ingest, process, and visualize aircraft Quick Access Recorder (QAR) flight data at scale
- Recognized as **AS9100 / CMMI-5 expert**, ensuring highest standards of quality and process maturity in aerospace software development
Software Engineering Manager
Honeywell Intelligrated
Warehouse Execution Systems - Multi-site Microservice Cloud Platform
October 2021 - May 2023
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Reorganized global software engineering teams across multiple sites, achieving **25% increase in development velocity** and **20% improvement in quality performance**, with consistently >85% stakeholder satisfaction
- Established Honeywell's **offshore capability in Bangalore**, successfully building and scaling a ~100-member strong engineering team by leveraging India's highly educated and digitally literate workforce
- Architected and mapped organization-wide **Agile structure** incorporating a sustained release train for scaled agile SDLC, driving **20% improvement in schedule compliance** across quarters and multiple customer releases
- Designed and deployed comprehensive **end-to-end CI/CD automation framework** running over **6,000+ regression tests** using Selenium/Cucumber/Java stack, resulting in **20% reduction in post-release defects** YoY and **50% performance improvement** at scale
- Led complete **end-to-end design and test strategy** for microservice-based applications, improving scoping, planning, and predictability of program execution. Reduced testing EAC by **15%** and uncovered major scalability risks upfront
- Incorporated **design for resiliency** patterns ensuring **99.99% availability** metrics for multi-site, multi-user web applications on private cloud infrastructure
- Optimized engineering practices by leading improvements in automation, infrastructure, processes, and team organization, reducing sprint-on-sprint volatility by **20%** and improving schedule and cost performance by **25%**
- Built robust **onshore customer-facing capability** in Mason, Ohio, with competent team and automation framework for customer demos with software-hardware integration
- Supervised and built high-performing test team of **30+ senior software engineers**, delivering multi-user web applications for major customers including **Target, The Home Depot, Big Lots, Hamilton, Nike**
- Invented and patented **engine relight visualization methods and systems** for aircraft avionics (Patent # US 11,385,072)
Senior Software Engineering Supervisor
Honeywell Intelligrated
Warehouse Process Automation
October 2019 - September 2021
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Delivered **end-to-end warehouse process automation solution** capable of fulfilling **5,000 orders per hour** with system reliability of **99.99%** for goods-to-person solution
- Led major infrastructure **upgrade from manual Docker Compose deployments to Kubernetes orchestrated multi-node clusters** with high availability configurations, enabling **40% improvement** in system availability
- Designed and deployed comprehensive **VPT workflow simulation** using JMeter stack to perform endurance testing for 2+ weeks continuously, establishing performance baselines for customer deployments with **50% improvement** in endurance metrics
- Modernized VPT simulation to **scriptless test environment** using Doppelio, reducing VPT readiness lead time by **70%**
- Configured and tuned **Kubernetes cluster topologies**, component instances, and resource allocations to accommodate 5,000+ orders fulfillment per hour through reduced latency and increased scalability
- Implemented **real-time monitoring** of endurance test metrics using InfluxDB time-series database with Grafana dashboards for continuous performance insights
- Supervised globally distributed team of **10+ senior software engineers** developing microservice-based web applications
Senior Software Engineering Supervisor
Honeywell Aerospace
Flight Management Systems - Avionics
September 2014 - September 2019
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Led major **architectural transformation** of fuel performance computing module from monolithic architecture to **microservice REST API** based on cloud, enabling brand new preflight planning solution for pilots
- Built industry's first Flight Management System for **Boeing 747-8** from scratch using object-oriented principles with MVC pattern, creating the industry's first FMS with SPL architecture and reducing development efforts by **40%**
- Developed comprehensive **end-to-end simulation system** to run flight management on Windows laptop by building platform abstraction layer on Windows kernel, reducing testing efforts by **70%**
- Successfully **transitioned from Waterfall to Agile** project management methodologies, reducing cycle time by **50%** for projects requiring 75+ days of development effort for **Gulfstream, Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer**
- Delivered critical avionics features for major OEMs ensuring DO-178B compliance and certification standards
Technology Specialist
Honeywell Aerospace
Flight Management Systems - Core Platform
September 2011 - September 2014
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Designed and implemented **common framework and platform layer** for flight management systems, creating scalable and reusable architecture across multiple product lines built upon core assets
- Built **rule-based state machine transition framework** for flight phase transitions and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) transitions for FMS
- Developed **native logging system** for embedded software enabling comprehensive debugging and diagnostics capabilities
- Implemented **Noise Abatement feature** for Embraer aircraft on native flight management system, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations
- Developed **RTA (Required Time of Arrival)** feature for Boeing commercial jets, enhancing precision approach capabilities
- Implemented **onboard-to-offboard application communication** via onboard computer from cockpit to cloud, enabling real-time data exchange for microservice-based flight crew services
- Designed and implemented **COM-based distributed simulation tool** for monitoring messages in avionics bus, improving system integration testing
Early Career Progression
Honeywell Aerospace
Flight Management Systems & Avionics
July 2003 - August 2011
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- **Tech Lead (January 2006 - May 2011):** Led technical teams in developing critical FMS features and establishing software development best practices
- **Senior Software Engineer (July 2004 - December 2005):** Contributed to major avionics system development with focus on performance optimization
- **Software Engineer (July 2003 - June 2004):** Started career developing embedded avionics software with focus on DO-178B certified systems
Software Engineering Manager
Honeywell Intelligrated
Warehouse Execution Systems - Multi-site Microservice Cloud Platform
October 2021 - May 2023
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Reorganized global software engineering teams across multiple sites, achieving 25% increase in development velocity and 20% improvement in quality performance, with consistently >85% stakeholder satisfaction
- Established Honeywell's offshore capability in Bangalore, successfully building and scaling a ~100-member strong engineering team by leveraging India's highly educated and digitally literate workforce
- Architected and mapped organization-wide Agile structure incorporating a sustained release train for scaled agile SDLC, driving 20% improvement in schedule compliance across quarters and multiple customer releases
- Designed and deployed comprehensive end-to-end CI/CD automation framework running over 6,000+ regression tests using Selenium/Cucumber/Java stack, resulting in 20% reduction in post-release defects YoY and 50% performance improvement at scale
- Led complete end-to-end design and test strategy for microservice-based applications, improving scoping, planning, and predictability of program execution. Reduced testing EAC by 15% and uncovered major scalability risks upfront
- Incorporated design for resiliency patterns ensuring 99.99% availability metrics for multi-site, multi-user web applications on private cloud infrastructure
- Optimized engineering practices by leading improvements in automation, infrastructure, processes, and team organization, reducing sprint-on-sprint volatility by 20% and improving schedule and cost performance by 25%
- Built robust onshore customer-facing capability in Mason, Ohio, with competent team and automation framework for customer demos with software-hardware integration
- Supervised and built high-performing test team of 30+ senior software engineers, delivering multi-user web applications for major customers including Target, The Home Depot, Big Lots, Hamilton, Nike
- Invented and patented engine relight visualization methods and systems for aircraft avionics (Patent # US 11,385,072)
Senior Software Engineering Supervisor
Honeywell Intelligrated
Warehouse Process Automation
October 2019 - September 2021
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Delivered end-to-end warehouse process automation solution capable of fulfilling 5,000 orders per hour with system reliability of 99.99% for goods-to-person solution
- Led major infrastructure upgrade from manual Docker Compose deployments to Kubernetes orchestrated multi-node clusters with high availability configurations, enabling 40% improvement in system availability
- Designed and deployed comprehensive VPT workflow simulation using JMeter stack to perform endurance testing for 2+ weeks continuously, establishing performance baselines for customer deployments with 50% improvement in endurance metrics
- Modernized VPT simulation to scriptless test environment using Doppelio, reducing VPT readiness lead time by 70%
- Configured and tuned Kubernetes cluster topologies, component instances, and resource allocations to accommodate 5,000+ orders fulfillment per hour through reduced latency and increased scalability
- Implemented real-time monitoring of endurance test metrics using InfluxDB time-series database with Grafana dashboards for continuous performance insights
- Supervised globally distributed team of 10+ senior software engineers developing microservice-based web applications
Senior Software Engineering Supervisor
Honeywell Aerospace
Flight Management Systems - Avionics
September 2014 - September 2019
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Led major architectural transformation of fuel performance computing module from monolithic architecture to microservice REST API based on cloud, enabling brand new preflight planning solution for pilots
- Built industry's first Flight Management System for Boeing 747-8 from scratch using object-oriented principles with MVC pattern, creating the industry's first FMS with SPL architecture and reducing development efforts by 40%
- Developed comprehensive end-to-end simulation system to run flight management on Windows laptop by building platform abstraction layer on Windows kernel, reducing testing efforts by 70%
- Successfully transitioned from Waterfall to Agile project management methodologies, reducing cycle time by 50% for projects requiring 75+ days of development effort for Gulfstream, Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer
- Delivered critical avionics features for major OEMs ensuring DO-178B compliance and certification standards
Technology Specialist
Honeywell Aerospace
Flight Management Systems - Core Platform
September 2011 - September 2014
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- Designed and implemented common framework and platform layer for flight management systems, creating scalable and reusable architecture across multiple product lines built upon core assets
- Built rule-based state machine transition framework for flight phase transitions and Required Navigation Performance (RNP) transitions for FMS
- Developed native logging system for embedded software enabling comprehensive debugging and diagnostics capabilities
- Implemented Noise Abatement feature for Embraer aircraft on native flight management system, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations
- Developed RTA (Required Time of Arrival) feature for Boeing commercial jets, enhancing precision approach capabilities
- Implemented onboard-to-offboard application communication via onboard computer from cockpit to cloud, enabling real-time data exchange for microservice-based flight crew services
- Designed and implemented COM-based distributed simulation tool for monitoring messages in avionics bus, improving system integration testing
Early Career Progression
Honeywell Aerospace
Flight Management Systems & Avionics
July 2003 - August 2011
Progressive career advancement through technical excellence and leadership:
- Tech Lead (January 2006 - May 2011): Led technical teams in developing critical FMS features and establishing software development best practices
- Senior Software Engineer (July 2004 - December 2005): Contributed to major avionics system development with focus on performance optimization
- Software Engineer (July 2003 - June 2004): Started career developing embedded avionics software with focus on DO-178B certified systems