Kochi, Kerala, India
Alok Rajasukumaran
AI Architect|
"I build software that solves problems people did not know they had."
01 — About
I am a polyglot engineer and architect who has spent a decade building across AI, mobile, cloud and full-stack web. Today I lead technology at VAAS Intelligent Technology Services and at Cliniqally Healthtech, where I have shipped 100+ products for clients across India, the Gulf, Australia, Europe and the US — no buzzwords, just results teams can count on. Along the way I gave a TEDx talk, spoke on 150+ stages, and trained more than 2000 students.
02 — Where I've worked
CTO & AI Architect
· VAAS Intelligent Technology ServicesMay 2022 — Present · Kochi, India · Dubai, UAE · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Muscat, Oman · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead engineering and architecture across AI, full-stack SaaS and mobile — 100+ client projects delivered across diverse industries. Own tech strategy, team building, client engagement and delivery.
Co-Founder & CTO
· Cliniqally HealthtechMay 2022 — Present · Bangalore, Karnataka, India · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Drive the technology vision for an AI-powered healthcare startup — architecture, development and code quality for scalable, secure products, plus team, vendor and cross-functional leadership.
IT Advisor
· Al Adrak Trading & Contracting Co LLCJul 2024 — Mar 2025 · Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Led digital transformation — architecting strategies, championing AI adoption, improving UX and processes, and conducting IT audits to maximise ROI.
Consultant II — Data & AI
· NeudesicMar 2020 — May 2022 · Kochi, Kerala, India
Delivered across major enterprises — IoT systems for an Australian telecom, ERP and internal apps for an Australian auction group and a US financial services firm, plus internal AI models at Neudesic.
Senior Software Engineer
· Orion Business InnovationJan 2019 — Mar 2020 · Kochi, Kerala, India
Designed and built chatbot solutions and internal applications for a Big-4 firm, integrating with enterprise systems in an agile environment on Node, Angular, .NET and Azure.
Staff Engineer — AI / Chatbots
· bitWise AcademySep 2017 — Jan 2019 · Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India · San Francisco, California, USA
Led a team building AI-powered chatbot platforms with ML and NLP, owned code quality and version management, and ran hiring for technical roles.
Lead Developer → Programmer → PHP Developer
· Astro-Vision FutureTechFeb 2015 — Aug 2017 · Kochi, Kerala, India
Grew from PHP developer to leading the Innovation Team — building chatbots, voice skills, cross-platform mobile apps and high-traffic e-commerce (1.5 lakh visitors/day).
03 — What I work with
Languages
AI & Conversational
Web & Frameworks
Mobile
Cloud & DevOps
Data
Certifications
- ▹IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
- ▹Data Science Foundations: Data Mining
- ▹Data Science & Analytics Career Paths: First Steps
- ▹Automate a business process using Microsoft Flow
- ▹Statistics Foundations: 1
- ▹Security in the Enterprise — Microsoft Virtual Academy
- ▹Data Structures & Algorithms — IIT Madras
Education
- Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)C.V. Raman University2015 — 2018
- B.E, Computer Science & Engineering — courseworkMaharaja Engineering College (Anna University)2010 — 2014
Languages
04 — Selected work
30+ shipped projects across AI, mobile, and full-stack. Client names anonymized where under NDA.
AI, SaaS & Product — VAAS era
2020 — PresentDevakived HR Platform
2024Senior Architect & Lead Dev
End-to-end HRM platform covering the full employee lifecycle, recruitment to retirement.
EDR POS
2023Senior Architect & Lead Dev
Multi-restaurant / cloud-kitchen POS at million-user scale — web + native apps, OpenAI, face recognition, FAQ chatbots.
Omni
2023Senior Frontend Dev
Process & document-automation system for a European client.
Cliniqally — Doctor App
2022Senior Architect & Lead Dev
Healthcare app for clinicians: appointment scheduling, patient records, prescriptions, billing and communication tools.
Cliniqally — Patient App
2022Senior Backend Dev
Patient-facing app: appointment booking, medical records, prescription management and secure messaging with providers.
Eat & Drink
2021Principal Full-Stack Dev
Food-delivery platform connecting users, restaurants and delivery partners.
Thazhayil Loan App
2022Senior Angular Dev
Banking/loan origination system with nine secured login roles.
OH Yes — Home Solutions & Partner
2021Senior Architect & Lead Dev
On-demand home-services marketplace with a matching partner app.
ConnectingVows
2022Senior Architect & Dev
Matrimonial matchmaking platform focused on UX and engagement.
PatchPets
2020Senior Dev
A social network built entirely for dogs — feed, messaging and profiles.
Online grocery — Saudi
2020Senior Architect & Lead Dev
Comprehensive online grocery store for a Middle-East retail client.
Energy 24/7
2021Senior Angular Dev
Product & solutions platform for an energy-storage innovation lab.
Appum
2020Senior Architect & Angular Dev
Business-management app for SMBs to run operations from anywhere.
Inventory Portal
2021Senior Architect & Angular Dev
Inventory management with AI-based document analysis.
Budmore
2023Senior Architect & Lead Dev
IoT pond-management system — devices maintain temperature/pH; admin panel for farms, devices, users, roles and permissions.
Energensol
2021Senior Architect & Dev
Asset-management and supply-chain platform for an operations firm with two decades of expertise.
Local Shoppy
2020Senior Architect & Angular Dev
Business-management app letting SMBs run operations from anywhere.
Insurance platform — US
2021Senior Full-Stack Dev
Products for a leading US insurance provider; DDD, vertical slicing, AI integrations.
IoT backend framework — Australia
2020Senior Backend Dev
Connected-device IoT backend for a major Australian telecom; microservices via Azure pipelines.
Sales & financial backend — Australia
2020Senior Backend Dev
Financial-data backend for Australia’s largest auctioneer; TDD, SDK npm packages.
Conversational AI & Chatbots
2016 — 2020Chatbot for a Big-4 auditing firm
2019Senior Architect & Dev
Internal auditing-platform assistant answering FAQs and surfacing data.
Multi-tenant chatbot platform
2017Senior Dev & Team Lead
Self-serve platform to build TUI/VUI bots from skills, APIs and FAQs across all major channels.
Chatbot for an FMCG brand
2017Senior Dev
Product-FAQ bot driving customer interaction and leads via web + Facebook.
Google & Alexa astrology skills
2017Senior Dev
Voice skills delivering Vedic-astrology predictions with minimal input.
Vedic astrology chatbot
2016Senior Dev
Daily proactive-messaging bot with a 25k daily user base.
ERP chatbot
2018Senior Dev
Chatbot for ERP software integrated with web portals, mobile apps and Facebook pages, with predictive proactive messaging.
LMS chatbot & CMS platform
2018Senior Web Dev / Architect
Chatbot + WordPress CMS API endpoints for an LMS, with load-balanced servers and daily backups.
Mobile & Web foundations
2015 — 2017Biorhythm apps — iOS & Android
2016Senior Mobile Dev
Lead-generation apps with 1 lakh+ installs.
Xamarin astrology app
2016Senior C# Dev
Cross-platform personal astrology predictions; Java→C# logic port.
Astrology e-commerce portal
2015Senior PHP Dev
1.5 lakh visitors/day, 70+ services; growth-hacking and SEO.
Internal CRM & landing platform
2015PHP Dev
CRM for sales/service teams plus high-volume ad landing pages.
Daily Info Android app
2018Senior Android Dev
Material-design information app with continuous security/feature updates and analytics.
Ionic data-collection app
2016Senior Ionic Dev
Cross-platform internal data-collection app with analytics and staged bug-fix notifications.
Windows Phone / Windows 8 apps
2014App Developer
14 B2C apps for the Windows ecosystem, full-stack.
05 — Open source
100+ repos on GitHub ↗eslint-plugin-typeorm-enterprise
Enterprise ESLint rules for TypeORM / NestJS backends — blocks raw SQL and enforces backend governance.
npm i -D eslint-plugin-typeorm-enterprise 06 — In the press
07 — Speaking
"Why are we breathing"
TEDxMBCET · February 9, 2019 · theme "Observably Random"
At the first-ever TEDx at Mar Baselios College (theme: "Observably Random"), I took the audience on a philosophical adventure through the cosmos, the universe and existentialism — a look at the questions we stop asking as we grow up.
▶ Watch on YouTubeI have keynoted, taught and run workshops at 150+ events — colleges, corporate teams, developer meetups, WordCamp Kochi and community groups like K-MUG and TCAT. Trained 2000+ students and mentored hundreds of developers.
Selected stages
08 — On stage & in the field
A journey through the stages — talks, workshops and boot camps, newest first. Click any photo to view full-size.
De Paul Institute (DIST) — DELIGHT'24 Expert Talk Series
· 1 photoAugmenta
· 12 photosKochi Tech Summit — Kerala Startup Mission
· 1 photoHeera College of Engineering, Nedumangad
· 3 photosJyothi Engineering College — K-MUG Academia
· 2 photosMEA Engineering College, Perinthalmanna
· 5 photosMES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram — Bootcamp Campus Meet 2019 (IEDC)
· 17 photosMEA Engineering College — Xtrinia 1.0 (IEEE Student Branch)
· 1 photoTKM Institute of Technology, Kollam — insight: UI/UX for Android (2-day workshop, IEDC)
· 3 photosTEDxMBCET — "Why are we breathing?" (theme: Observably Random)
· 1 photoMES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram — Inspiria'18: "Mobile UI/UX Design" workshop (IEDC)
· 2 photosHeera College — Fab Lab interaction
· 1 photoK-MUG TechDay — "MS Flow, ML.NET & Bot", B-HUB Co-learn, Trivandrum
· 1 photoK-MUG TechDay — "Get ready for Ionic 4!", Orion Innovation, Kochi
· 1 photoGEC Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad — K-MUG Academia × INVENTO'18: Bots, NLP & LUIS (4 sessions)
· 6 photosMar Baselios — Simulated Reality talk
· 13 photosTKM College of Engineering — "Android Programming" (MCA expert talk)
· 9 photosMOBConf Tech Talks S1E11 — KSUM Technopark, Trivandrum
· 6 photosK-MUG TechDay 2017 — Chatbots session, Lulu Cyber Park
· 4 photos— What people say
I had an opportunity to work as an intern at bitWise Academy in which Alok was my team lead. I had an amazing time working under him throughout my internship period of six months. Alok had been a pillar of support both in the technical and mental aspects for our team. His level of dedication towards work has been exemplary. One of his most noteworthy strengths is the joyful and composed way in which he handles his team. I wish him all good luck and would like to work with him in future.
Alok is a very enthusiastic, vibrant and motivating guy to work with. He is having exceptional development skills as well as leadership abilities. I had many opportunities to work with him and each time he was excellent in planning and executing tasks and delivered great solutions to problems.
— FAQ
Who is Alok Rajasukumaran? +
Alok Rajasukumaran (also known as Alok Raj R) is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Kochi, Kerala. He is CTO & AI Architect at VAAS Intelligent Technology Services and Co-Founder & CTO of Cliniqally Healthtech, a TEDx speaker, and a corporate trainer with a decade of experience across AI, mobile and full-stack development.
What does Alok Rajasukumaran do? +
He leads technology and architecture across artificial intelligence, conversational AI/NLP, full-stack web (Node, NestJS, Angular, React) and mobile (Flutter, React Native, native iOS/Android). He has delivered 100+ client projects for enterprises and startups across India, the Gulf, Australia, Europe and the US.
Where is Alok Rajasukumaran based? +
He is based in Kochi, Kerala, India, and works with clients and offices across Dubai, Riyadh, Muscat and Kuala Lumpur.
What is VAAS Intelligent Technology Services? +
VAAS Intelligent Technology Services (VAAS ITS) is a custom software development and digital-transformation company where Alok Rajasukumaran serves as CTO & AI Architect, building AI systems, SaaS and mobile products.
Did Alok Rajasukumaran give a TEDx talk? +
Yes. He spoke at TEDxMBCET (Mar Baselios College) in February 2019 — the talk "Why are we breathing", a philosophical exploration of curiosity and existence, under the theme "Observably Random".
09 — Contact
Let's build something.
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