Archana Kulkarni
@archanakulkarni2
Technology Vice President building predictive, prescriptive analytics platforms with GenAI leadership.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Vice President - Technology who leads a Managed Data Analytics Platform, turning supply-chain data into innovation-ready predictive and prescriptive capabilities. I manage AWS costs and resources while aligning product, engineering, infrastructure, and executive leadership around measurable outcomes.
I consolidate siloed data to identify patterns and build robust frameworks, and I’ve driven platform adoption across 12 distinct business units and their technology teams. I also lead disruption management—implementing geopolitical and weather-based supply chain disruption alerts—and I spearheaded Gen AI integration with a Llama 3 8b LLM chatbot for enhanced user interaction.
Earlier, as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Saral Technologies, I led engineering and delivery across cloud-native platforms, multi-tenant architectures, and mobile experiences. I built capabilities spanning CI/CD and Agile & DevOps (Jenkins on AWS, microservices on AWS and Azure), along with applied AI tooling like sentiment analysis, agentic AI workflow, and RAG-based semantic search.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Vice President of Technology
XCaliber Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Sep 2022 - Present (3 years 9 months)
Led the Managed Data Analytics platform, consolidating siloed supply-chain data and evolving the offering into predictive/prescriptive analytics while optimizing AWS costs/resources. Managed 12 business-unit technology teams, implemented geopolitical and weather-based disruption alerts, and integrated a Llama 3 8B GenAI chatbot with RAG semantic search, sentiment analysis, and agentic AI workflows
Co-Founder & COO
Saral Technologies
Jan 2005 - Jan 2022 (17 years)
Co-founded and ran Saral Technologies (2005–2022), delivering cloud-native, multi-tenant platforms across videowall orchestration, insurance brokerage, LMS/data/AI systems, and healthcare scheduling/billing. Drove architecture for distributed, event-driven systems with VoIP integration, supported multi-currency and i18n needs, and expanded enterprise BI/OEM capabilities.
Lead Engineer
Selectica India Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 2000 - Jan 2005 (5 years)
Developed internal model-building tools with a drag-and-drop GenAI interface, plus a diff tool for version comparison and a workflow builder. Optimized response times and implemented DevOps/event-driven frameworks using Docker, Kubernetes, and Kafka alongside integration/UI tooling.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science
Earned a B.E. in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, in 2000.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Cloud Computing (AWS)
Completed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification.
Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program, Business Education
Participated in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program at ISB Hyderabad.
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