Vijay Ragavan
Engineering Executive | Growth Strategist | AI Enthusiast
- Role
- VP, Engineering & Product at Anoki Ai
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vijay Ragavan
Accomplished engineering executive with a proven track record of scaling teams, driving revenue growth, and leading digital transformation in large-scale consumer internet and mobile applications. Adept at fostering high-performance cultures, optimizing operational efficiency, and delivering business impact through technology innovation.AI Enthusiast, focused on learning and applying AI for product features as well as improving developer velocity.Key Achievements* Revenue & Growth: Increased Hotel Engine’s revenue by 80% in 8 months, Scribd’s revenue by 32% in 2 years, and scaled HealthyTogether from $0 to $13M in 10 months.* Team Leadership: Hired 200+ engineers, mentored and promoted 30+ into leadership roles. Led engineering teams ranging from startups to 100+ engineers at Y! Finance.* Technology & Strategy: Led modernization of 16-year-old legacy codebases, streamlined architecture at multiple companies, and successfully executed M&A integrations. Track record of building and operating secure, mission critical data pipelines that handle financial and commerce data at multiple companies.* Operational Excellence: Improved Postmates’ fleet efficiency by 40%, enhanced Yahoo Finance\'s uptime to 99.85% while handling reqs/sec.Leadership Philosophy* Foster a mission-driven culture rooted in integrity, transparency, and collaboration.* Focus on people, business, and process—in that order.* Innovate boldly, simplify execution, and drive measurable impact.
Experience
VP, Engineering & Product
Jan 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Education
University of Mumbai
BE, Electrical Engineering
1992 — 1996
The University of Georgia
MS, Computer Science
1997 — 1999
Skills
- Software Development
- Scrum
- Perl
- Cloud Computing
- Mobile Devices
- Leadership
- Rest
- Front-End
- Javascript
- Hadoop
- Product Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Engineering
- Scalability
- Apache
- Software Engineering
- Mobile Applications
- Web Applications
- Git
- Mysql
- Distributed Systems
- Php
- Linux
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