Kalaiselvan Palani, a seasoned engineering leader and product expert with over 23 years of experience, has worked with global organizations like Sabre Holdings, IBM, Philips, Matrimony, Optus, Scholastic, among others. He possesses diverse technology expertise in product development, engineering management, and SRE operations, and is proficient in SMAC solutions and emerging technologies like AI, ML, and chatbots.

Palani has worked on enterprise-scale products and has experience with B2B, B2C, SaaS-based products, and start-ups. From refactoring to migration to new platforms, he has led various projects involving monolithic-to-microservices, headless architecture, single-page, and serverless architecture. Palani also has a deep focus on systems design for scale and performance. He is result-oriented and has a technology-focused hands-on leadership style.

Palani has a strong educational background, having earned a master's degree in Software Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, a Management Executive Certificate in Global Business Leadership from Harvard Business School Executive Education, and a B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Madras.

Palani currently serves as Vice President of Engineering - Special Projects at SMS-Magic. Previously, he was the Vice President of Engineering at SMS-Magic, founder of RemoteWorks Lab, Vice President of Technology at Relevance Lab, Vice President of Technology at BharatMatrimony.com, Associate Vice President of Technology at ALTEN, Head of Product Engineering at Mindteck, Manager - Software Development/Site Leader for Global Distribution at Sabre Holdings, Product Architect at Optus, IT Architect at IBM, Senior Systems Analyst at Lumley Technologies, Application Web Programmer at Calculus Technologies.

Keywords: Engineering leadership, product development, SRE operations, SMAC solutions, AI, ML, chatbots, systems design, B2B, B2C, SaaS-based products, start-ups, systems design, refactoring, migration, monolithic-to-microservices, headless architecture, single-page, serverless architecture, educational background.