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Preetam Balijepalli

@preetambalijepalli

Data, ML, and engineering leader building production data platforms, geospatial ML, and cloud-native systems that scale.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build production-grade data, ML, and platform systems—owning architecture and product decisions while scaling resilient, cloud-native environments with strong security and governance.

I’ve built data platforms, ML systems, and engineering teams that scale across India, the US, and the EU—working directly with customers and owning product decisions. From BFSI to AgTech, Smart Mobility to geospatial and retail, I focus on engineering that ships.

At Datasee.AI, I’ve strengthened engineering and data science practices while scaling a digital twin platform for solar, wind, and transmission assets. I led a cloud-native modular redesign that reduced deployment cycles by ~40%, and I built vision-based defect detection and predictive maintenance to improve uptime by ~25%.

Before that, I led data product and platform efforts at Out of the Blue and designed AWS-based, self-service MLOps-style workflows at Syngenta. I’ve also architected big-data location intelligence at Pitney Bowes and led India engineering teams at Tieto—bridging architecture, security, and delivery across the full ML/model lifecycle.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Datasee.AI logoDA

First Engineering Leader | CTO

May 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years 4 months)

As Chief Technologist at Datasee, I focus on strengthening engineering and data science practices, scaling our digital twin platform, improving defect detection, and tightening security and audit processes. My work centers on applying geospatial, computer vision, and drone-based technologies to improve efficiency and decision-making in energy asset management.

Led the redesign of a cloud-native,

Self-employed logoSE

Freelance

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 (3 months)

Helping startups in their Micro services and Frontends, Data/ML and Platform engineering practices

SE

Freelance Consultant

Self-employed

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 (3 months)

Helped startups with microservices, frontends, data/ML, and platform engineering practices.

Out of the Blue logoOB

Founding Engineering Head | Head of Data Products/ Director Engineering

Sep 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 3 months)

As Head of Data at Out of the Blue, I have played a pivotal role in building a robust data products ecosystem that drives the company's data-driven growth. My work spans Security, Data Ops, Modeling, Architecture, and Orchestration, with a focus on transforming data into actionable insights.

Key Accomplishments:

Data Engineering: Architected and implemented scalable data pipelines and dynamic DA

Syngenta logoSY

Machine Learning Solution Architect, Data Platforms

Jan 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 8 months)

As a Data + ML Solution Architect, I lead the development and implementation of big data solutions using open-source libraries and distributed systems in collaboration with data science team members.

I design and implement a self-service platform for efficient development and automated deployment and scaling of ML models in production. I assemble large, complex data sets to support data science

Syngenta logoSY

Platform Lead Advanced Analytics , Data Platforms

Jun 2019 - Dec 2019 (6 months)

As a product owner, I have crafted user stories and non-user requirements while effectively managing backlogs and stakeholder expectations. I have a proven ability to inspire, lead, and grow a team.

I was responsible for developing a compelling technical vision and strategy that was aligned with business needs, and for architecting and managing the infrastructure to support all stages of the mach

Pitney Bowes logoPB

Principal Architect

Apr 2016 - May 2019 (3 years 1 month)

As a Senior Principal Architect, I lead and mentor a team of data engineers, solution architects, and QA personnel to create big-data products for location intelligence. These products are used by various BFSI and Telecom vendors to solve addressing, fraud detection, route determination, geocoding, and property enrichment with respect to fire and shoreline crime risk data. Mobile trace data enrich

Tieto logoTI

Lead Software Architect

Mar 2013 - Mar 2016 (3 years)

As the leader of the India Engineering Team, I have:

Led the development of urban mobility, IIOT, and greenfield projects, with a focus on test automation, architecture, and microservices.

Collaborated with Product Management to define features and prioritize backlogs.

Extracted Functional and NFR requirements from higher-level technical specifications, and documented TUCs, Architecture road-ma

Tieto logoTI

Senior Software Architect

Apr 2010 - Mar 2013 (2 years 11 months)

Develop cloud-enabled open source platform PAAS platform(TOAS) for development.

Architect and hosting a portfolio of data products including Big Data, Search, and Analytics based on market research

Delivering solutions in the big data area using the Hadoop ecosystem and No SQL, Also set up effective monitoring & alerting of the cluster

Telecom analytics use case delivered, also construct a cus

Tieto logoTI

Software Architect

Sep 2009 - Mar 2010 (6 months)

Successfully refactored legacy code to industry standard patterns, increasing the maintainability and scalability of the system.

Implemented migration of applications from Spring batch Framework to IBM Compute Grid (JSR-352), resulting in improved performance and cost efficiency.

Provided Agile coaching to the team, resulting in more accurate project estimations and better project management.

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Wipro Technologies logoWT

Project Manager

Mar 2008 - Aug 2009 (1 year 5 months)

As a senior architect and developer, I am responsible for leading the development of winning proposals in collaboration with the creative team, keeping abreast of competitors.

I have experience in developing and managing relationships with strategic partners, and executing deals with new and existing clients.

Additionally, I lead scope discussions for quarterly releases with customers, partici

Wipro Technologies logoWT

Technical Lead

May 2006 - Mar 2008 (1 year 10 months)

As a Senior architect/developer in Equity Research and Modelware, I have a track record of helping investors and analysts uncover value by providing accurate and reliable data.

I have experience in developing solutions that aid in valuation, performance measurement, credit analysis, capital budgeting, and debt covenants, among many others. I have developed and implemented a time-based alerting s

CT

Senior Associate

Cognizant Technologies

Sep 2005 - Apr 2006 (7 months)

Led development of Basel-II compliant core banking solution for CIBC and designed caching abstraction layer for JP Morgan.

Cognizant Techonologies logoCT

Senior Associate

Sep 2005 - Apr 2006 (7 months)

As a Senior Architect and Developer, I have extensive experience leading the development of:

complex and mission-critical projects for financial institutions, a J2EE-based Basel-II compliant core banking solution for CIBC

Proficient in in-memory caching solutions and have adopted JSR-107 for caching and designed an abstraction layer to integrate with existing systems for clients such as JP Morga

Covansys logoCO

Consultant

May 2003 - Jul 2005 (2 years 2 months)

As a Senior Developer for client T.Rowprice Investments., I have:

Led the re-engineering and migration of legacy applications to J2EE and Websphere platforms, resulting in improved performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Redesigned desktop and applet-based applications to web-based, resulting in increased user convenience and better accessibility.

Migrated CORBA-based distributed applica

NextBrick Solutions logoNS

Senior Developer & Team Lead

Sep 2002 - May 2003 (8 months)

As a Lead Developer, I built an Epicentric Portal-based survey application and a "one-click" embedded browser toolbar for the IEEE Computer Society. This project was a success, resulting in a 50% increase in survey response rate and an increase in user satisfaction.

Additionally, I delivered an interface between Epicentric Portal and Lotus Domino environment, Notes Connector for American Express

Aikon Infocom  Pvt Ltd logoAL

Senior Developer & Team Lead

Jan 2001 - Jan 2002 (1 year)

As a Senior Developer, I was responsible for leading the development of an engineering corporate portal for the General Motor Electromotive Division. The portal enabled clients to purchase locomotive parts and view technical documentation efficiently. I successfully integrated the portal with the ERP system, resulting in streamlined purchase order and inventory tracking processes. This project was

Target Systems India Pvt Ltd logoTL

Programmer

Jan 1999 - Jan 2001 (2 years)

As a Programmer Analyst, I was responsible for developing an ERP solution for an International School in India. The solution was designed to streamline various school operations including student information management, financial management, and human resource management. I was responsible for the full software development life cycle from requirements gathering to system design, development, testi

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

BP

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Technology - MTech, AI/ML

2023 - 2025

Math Foundations (Linear Algebra, Probability), Core ML (Regression, KNN, Boosting), Deep Learning (ANN, RNN, LSTM), Generative Models (VAE, GANs, Diffusion), Graph AI (GCN, GAT, GraphSAGE), Vision (U-Net, ViT, YOLO), NLP & LLMs (Transformers, RAG, SLMs), Reinforcement & Agentic AI, and Scalable ML (Compression, Distillation, Distributed Training, Optimization).

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani logoBP

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Technology, AI/ML

2023 - 2025

Pursuing Master of Technology in AI/ML covering deep learning, generative models, and scalable ML.

PU

Punjab Technical University

Msc, Information Technology

2000 - 2001

PU

Punjab Technical University

Master of Science, Information Technology

2000 - 2001

Completed Master of Science in Information Technology.

AU

Andhra University

BSc, Computers

1998 - 1999

Andhra University logoAU

Andhra University

Bachelor of Science, Computers

1998 - 1999

Completed Bachelor of Science in Computers.

Andhra University logoAU

Andhra University

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics Physics Chemistry

1994 - 1998

Completed Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.

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