Prithpal Roda
Vice President @Grid Dynamics
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President @Grid Dynamics
EDUCATION
Brunel University of London
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science
ABOUT PRITHPAL RODA
SUMMARYVP Engineering / CTO-level engineering leader and backend-focused polyglot (Python/Java/Node.js) with 20+ years building and modernising ecommerce and digital platforms. Grew a Silicon Valley scale-up, Tacit Knowledge, into an award-winning engineering services business (250 employees globally) with a 100% delivery record and 4.8 Glassdoor rating. Currently VP Technology / CTO EMEA at Grid Dynamics, leading multi-country teams to shape and deliver cloud and AI programmes, setting engineering standards, raising quality bars, and driving predictable go-lives.CORE STRENGTHS-Engineering leadership and mentoring: org design, hiring, coaching and culture for high performing, distributed teams-Strong polyglot engineering background, up to date with latest best practices in software languages and architectures-Delivery excellence: governance, quality bars, and predictable go-lives for services and product engineering-Modernisation: monolith-to-cloud-native, composable/headless architectures, DevOps and CI/CDTechnology strategy & consulting: C-level stakeholder management, bid support, roadmap and programme design-AI in delivery: AI SDLC, agentic platforms and applied ML enablementCLIENTS & DOMAINSSelected clients: MatchesFashion, Moët Hennessy, Office Depot, Euro car parts, ghd, Mulberry, Beaverbrooks, Razer, Ford, Barclays, Abbey National, Cahoot Bank, VISA. Domains: ecommerce & retail (luxury, beauty, jewellery), B2B distribution, cloud/SaaS commerce, search & relevance, fintech & banking.SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTSScaled Tacit Knowledge to 250 employees worldwide while maintaining a 100% delivery track record attracting multiple industry awards; built a high-trust culture reflected in a 4.8 Glassdoor rating.Led strategic pivots: to product development - built and commercialised ncommerce (cloud SaaS; sold twice) and transitioned delivery from monolithic stacks to cloud-native composable solutions.Improved client release cadence from 3-6 month cycles to fortnightly deployments via cloud adoption, SDLC professionalisation and delivery governance.
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