Balajee Thachakkadu Mohan

About Balajee Thachakkadu Mohan

I\'m passionate about solving customer challenges with modern technology, designing systems that empower teams, enhance user experiences, and drive measurable business outcomes through forward-thinking technology platformsI produce resilient SaaS products across hybrid clouds, blending my expertise in microservices, distributed systems, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), user experience & microfrontendsOver my career, I’ve held key leadership positions in product engineering, architecture & ownership. As I help organizations achieve results, my professional and personal experiences have taught me:I can successfully lead teams to design, develop & sustain high-throughput, low-latency distributed software systems with rich & intuitive experiences, handling 10K to 1M TPS - Highly driven hands-on leader with polyglot technical expertise - Excels at inventing and executing bold ideas within tight constraints - My solutions consume resources frugally & autoscale to meet demand - Designs user experiences that feel native, fluent & intuitive - Led business transformation @ Cisco, Tesco & Lowes I\'ve the acumen to influence stakeholders through data-driven discussions - I turn opportunities into profitable products - I\'m customer obsessed - While my instincts are strong, I rely on data to hone my decisions - I speak technical, executive, or product language based on target audienceI can build, lead & grow world-class product engineering teams from ground up - Thrive on success but find fulfillment in helping teams - Recognize individual strengths but adapt styles for mutual benefit - Use depth to transform disparate ideas to innovative products - Use strong narratives & anecdotes to inspire teams - Lead with transparency & take full ownership. The buck always stops with meI educate, refine & drive myself to be a better person, I - Nurture & mentor talent, advising budding startups - Speak @ global conferences (like GIDS) to learn & share perspectives - Stay calm in the face of adversity - Retrospect my decisionsReach out to me to- Convert vision into profitable products - Build software products from ground up - Invite me to speak at or attend technical conferences - Explore core engineering within AI & ML systemsOther Tech SkillsReactive | Distributed Systems | Intuitive & Compelling User Experience | Anomaly Detection | Ontology | AI & MLSpring Boot | ElasticSearch | Kafka | React | LLMDomain KnowledgeOmnichannel Retail | Click-and-mortar | IoT | Order, Price, Fulfilment | Product, Content Search | Linear TV, VOD

Experience

1. Senior Director of Technology

   Lowe's Companies, Inc.

   Oct 2024 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   I lead the Enterprise Architecture Platform and Services, driving innovation across cross-functional teams in product, engineering, and design to deliver transformative solutions in critical domains such as Anomaly Detection, Ontology, and User Experience Toolsets, all aligned with business goals. I oversee end-to-end product portfolio management, setting strategic visions, driving roadmaps, and ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives.Key Areas of Focus- Developing innovative product strategies and fostering a culture of experimentation and agility in building modular, scalable, and reusable component discovery platforms and design systems- Advancing Anomaly Detection and Ontology frameworks, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to enhance data-driven decision-making and operational insights across retail, security, and infrastructure domains- Aligning technology roadmaps and enterprise architecture strategies with customer and business needs, prioritizing results-driven OKRs to deliver scalable, resilient, and customer-centric solutions- Fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and talent development, empowering teams through coaching, resource planning, and creating pathways to drive performance and innovation.I am passionate about designing systems that empower teams, enhance user experiences, and drive measurable business outcomes through scalable, forward-thinking technology platforms.

Education

• B. M. S. College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Science

Skills

• Java
• Jquery
• Rest
• Node.js
• Mysql
• Spring Mvc
• Scrum
• Actionscript
• Junit
• Rabbitmq
• Gigaspaces
• Couchbase
• Flex
• Docker
• Linux
• Object Oriented Design
• Tomcat
• Oop
• Rxjava
• Design Patterns
• Algorithms
• Jenkins
• Agile Methodologies
• Mongodb
• Html 5
• Microservices
• Core Java
• Redis
• Maven
• Spring Boot
• Spring Framework
• Imdg
• Git
• Oracle
• Cassandra
• Spring
• Kubernetes