Rakesh Pant

About Rakesh Pant

I am a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience in driving product innovation, strategic growth, and operational excellence across multiple domains. With a strong foundation in both hands-on development and senior leadership, I have a proven track record of building high-performing teams, leading transformative projects, and delivering scalable solutions that drive business results.In my most recent role at OneTrust Inc, I have been instrumental in building and scaling a high-performing R&D team focused on AI Governance, Data Discovery & Vendor Risk Management - a few of the company\'s key revenue-generating products. My focus is building scalable Data Discovery & AI Governance solution, and driving innovation and excellence in the privacy tech space.Prior to this my journey at Manhattan Associates was pivotal in shaping my leadership trajectory. Over the years, I held various senior technical and leadership roles, where I managed key accounts across APAC, EMEA, and the US, generating multi million $ in annual revenue. I also spearheaded AI-driven initiatives aimed at optimizing warehouse management and slotting strategies, which significantly improved operational efficiencies for clients.SkillsStrategic Leadership, Building High-Performance Teams, Driving Innovation, Team Management, Strong R&D Development Background, Product Delivery, Technical DesignTech StackJava, Microservices, Spring, Kafka, Microsoft Azure, Cosmos, SQL Server, C++, Machine Learning, AI

Experience

1. Director, R & d Engineering

   OneTrust

   May 2021 — Present

   As a R&D leader in a startup culture, I am building data privacy & governance products and managing data discovery org in India. Currently, I am leading the development of Data Discovery & Governance product, building and scaling the team. Our team is responsible for developing a highly scalable data discovery and governance solution. We delivered a best-in-class classification engine that leverages ML and clustering techniques, and policy governance solution, conducting significant research and implementing novel solutions using Data Bricks, and ACS, in addition to a Java-based microservices platform.Prior to this I was instrumental in building Vendor Risk Management team, providing technical design and translating business requirements into a production-ready solutions. This is currently a market leading product.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Executive General Management Program

  2020 — 2021

• COER University

  B Tech, Computer Science

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Corba
• Warehouse Management Systems
• Software Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• C++
• Supply Chain Management
• Testing
• Optimizing Performance
• Sdlc
• Wmos
• C++ Language
• Pl/Sql
• Sql Pl
• Javascript
• Warehouse Management
• Sql
• Linux
• Shell Scripting
• Unix
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Embedded Systems