Alok Rajasukumaran
CTO & AI Architect, VAAS Intelligent Technology Services
Kochi, Kerala, India [email protected] +91 99956 07654 alokraj68.in linkedin.com/in/alokraj68 github.com/alokraj68
Summary
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.
Experience
CTO & AI Architect · VAAS Intelligent Technology Services
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.
- Oversee delivery of 100+ client projects end to end — quality solutions on time.
- Own the technical architecture across AI, cloud and full-stack; keep the stack current.
- Build and mentor cross-functional teams; drive recruitment and onboarding.
- Lead client engagement, demos and solutioning; align delivery with business goals.
Co-Founder & CTO · Cliniqally Healthtech
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.
- Spearhead the overall tech architecture — scalable, secure healthcare products.
- Lead development and code review to the highest quality standards.
- Manage and mentor the tech team and vendor relationships.
- Work with investors on fund allocation and long-term sustainability.
IT Advisor · Al Adrak Trading & Contracting Co LLC
Led digital transformation — architecting strategies, championing AI adoption, improving UX and processes, and conducting IT audits to maximise ROI.
- Architected and executed digital-transformation strategy across the business.
- Championed AI-driven solutions and emerging tech adoption.
- Designed UX improvements and end-to-end process enhancements.
- Conducted IT audits and optimised procurement for maximum ROI.
Consultant II — Data & AI · Neudesic
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.
- Built IoT systems and research projects for a major Australian telecom.
- Optimised ERP and internal apps for an Australian auction group and a US financial-services firm.
- Developed and fine-tuned internal AI models; TDD, DDD and microservices on Azure pipelines.
- Maintained SonarCloud/ESLint standards and 80%+ test coverage across the codebase.
Senior Software Engineer · Orion Business Innovation
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.
- Designed and built sophisticated chatbots for a Big-4 firm’s internal workflows.
- Developed and maintained critical internal apps integrated with enterprise systems.
- Collaborated with Big-4 teams to align delivery with business objectives.
- Worked agile with cross-functional teams; ran the IoT lab.
Staff Engineer — AI / Chatbots · bitWise Academy
Led a team building AI-powered chatbot platforms with ML and NLP, owned code quality and version management, and ran hiring for technical roles.
- Architected AI chatbot platforms spanning AIML, NLP, ontology, ML and deep learning.
- Managed ~80 Azure servers and interns from IITs; owned code quality and version control.
- Led recruitment for technical roles — sourcing, screening and onboarding.
- Built internal systems and messaging platform for the team.
Lead Developer → Programmer → PHP Developer · Astro-Vision FutureTech
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).
- Identified and implemented emerging tech across teams as Innovation Team lead.
- Architected 3 client chatbots plus Alexa/Google voice skills and cross-platform apps.
- Ran high-traffic e-commerce (1.5 lakh visitors/day, 70+ services) with A/B testing and SEO.
- Shipped iOS/Android apps with 1 lakh+ installs.
Projects (34)
Devakived HR Platform (2024) · Senior Architect & Lead Dev — End-to-end HRM platform covering the full employee lifecycle, recruitment to retirement. NestJS, Angular 17, TypeScript, Jenkins
EDR POS (2023) · Senior Architect & Lead Dev — Multi-restaurant / cloud-kitchen POS at million-user scale — web + native apps, OpenAI, face recognition, FAQ chatbots. NestJS, Angular, Flutter, OpenAI
Omni (2023) · Senior Frontend Dev — Process & document-automation system for a European client. React, Vite, TypeScript
Cliniqally — Doctor App (2022) · Senior Architect & Lead Dev — Healthcare app for clinicians: appointment scheduling, patient records, prescriptions, billing and communication tools. NestJS, Flutter, Angular, OpenAI
Cliniqally — Patient App (2022) · Senior Backend Dev — Patient-facing app: appointment booking, medical records, prescription management and secure messaging with providers. NestJS, Flutter, Angular, OpenAI
Eat & Drink (2021) · Principal Full-Stack Dev — Food-delivery platform connecting users, restaurants and delivery partners. Node.js, React Native, Flutter, PostgreSQL
Thazhayil Loan App (2022) · Senior Angular Dev — Banking/loan origination system with nine secured login roles. Angular, TypeScript, Java
OH Yes — Home Solutions & Partner (2021) · Senior Architect & Lead Dev — On-demand home-services marketplace with a matching partner app. Angular, Node.js, Laravel, React
ConnectingVows (2022) · Senior Architect & Dev — Matrimonial matchmaking platform focused on UX and engagement. Angular, Node.js, MongoDB
PatchPets (2020) · Senior Dev — A social network built entirely for dogs — feed, messaging and profiles. Angular, React Native, Node.js, PostgreSQL
Online grocery — Saudi (2020) · Senior Architect & Lead Dev — Comprehensive online grocery store for a Middle-East retail client. Angular, Laravel, TypeScript
Energy 24/7 (2021) · Senior Angular Dev — Product & solutions platform for an energy-storage innovation lab. Angular, TypeScript
Appum (2020) · Senior Architect & Angular Dev — Business-management app for SMBs to run operations from anywhere. Angular, Laravel, MySQL
Inventory Portal (2021) · Senior Architect & Angular Dev — Inventory management with AI-based document analysis. Angular, Laravel, AI OCR
Budmore (2023) · Senior Architect & Lead Dev — IoT pond-management system — devices maintain temperature/pH; admin panel for farms, devices, users, roles and permissions. Angular, TypeScript, Bootstrap
Energensol (2021) · Senior Architect & Dev — Asset-management and supply-chain platform for an operations firm with two decades of expertise. Angular, TypeScript, Bootstrap
Local Shoppy (2020) · Senior Architect & Angular Dev — Business-management app letting SMBs run operations from anywhere. Angular, Laravel, PHP, MySQL
Insurance platform — US (2021) · Senior Full-Stack Dev — Products for a leading US insurance provider; DDD, vertical slicing, AI integrations. .NET Core, React, MS SQL, AWS
IoT backend framework — Australia (2020) · Senior Backend Dev — Connected-device IoT backend for a major Australian telecom; microservices via Azure pipelines. .NET, Node.js, CosmosDB, Azure
Sales & financial backend — Australia (2020) · Senior Backend Dev — Financial-data backend for Australia’s largest auctioneer; TDD, SDK npm packages. Node.js, MS SQL, MongoDB, Azure
Chatbot for a Big-4 auditing firm (2019) · Senior Architect & Dev — Internal auditing-platform assistant answering FAQs and surfacing data. C#, Angular, Azure, LUIS
Multi-tenant chatbot platform (2017) · Senior Dev & Team Lead — Self-serve platform to build TUI/VUI bots from skills, APIs and FAQs across all major channels. Node.js, TensorFlow, OWL, Rasa
Chatbot for an FMCG brand (2017) · Senior Dev — Product-FAQ bot driving customer interaction and leads via web + Facebook. C#, Xamarin, Cassandra, LUIS
Google & Alexa astrology skills (2017) · Senior Dev — Voice skills delivering Vedic-astrology predictions with minimal input. Node.js, AWS Lambda, Dialogflow, Cassandra
Vedic astrology chatbot (2016) · Senior Dev — Daily proactive-messaging bot with a 25k daily user base. C#, Ionic, Cassandra, wit.ai
ERP chatbot (2018) · Senior Dev — Chatbot for ERP software integrated with web portals, mobile apps and Facebook pages, with predictive proactive messaging. C#, Xamarin, Cassandra, LUIS
LMS chatbot & CMS platform (2018) · Senior Web Dev / Architect — Chatbot + WordPress CMS API endpoints for an LMS, with load-balanced servers and daily backups. PHP, WordPress, MySQL
Biorhythm apps — iOS & Android (2016) · Senior Mobile Dev — Lead-generation apps with 1 lakh+ installs. Objective-C, Java, Realm
Xamarin astrology app (2016) · Senior C# Dev — Cross-platform personal astrology predictions; Java→C# logic port. C#, XAML, Xamarin
Astrology e-commerce portal (2015) · Senior PHP Dev — 1.5 lakh visitors/day, 70+ services; growth-hacking and SEO. PHP, jQuery, MySQL
Internal CRM & landing platform (2015) · PHP Dev — CRM for sales/service teams plus high-volume ad landing pages. PHP, JavaScript, MySQL
Daily Info Android app (2018) · Senior Android Dev — Material-design information app with continuous security/feature updates and analytics. Kotlin, SQLite, Realm
Ionic data-collection app (2016) · Senior Ionic Dev — Cross-platform internal data-collection app with analytics and staged bug-fix notifications. Ionic, TypeScript, Node.js, SQLite
Windows Phone / Windows 8 apps (2014) · App Developer — 14 B2C apps for the Windows ecosystem, full-stack. C#, XAML, Xamarin
Skills
Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C#, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Dart, PHP, Node.js
AI & Conversational: LangChain, OpenAI, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Rasa, Dialogflow, LUIS, Bot Framework, Alexa, Google Assistant, IBM Watson, SageMaker
Web & Frameworks: Angular, NestJS, React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Express, Laravel, Astro
Mobile: Flutter, React Native, Android, iOS, Ionic, Xamarin, Cordova
Cloud & DevOps: Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Jenkins, Docker, CI/CD, Azure DevOps
Data: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, YugabyteDB, CosmosDB
Speaking & Recognition
- TEDx speaker — "Why are we breathing", TEDxMBCET, February 9, 2019 (theme "Observably Random").
- 150+ stages spoken on; 2000+ students trained; hundreds of developers mentored.
- Featured in Malayala Manorama on AI/NLP (2018) and Android programming (2018).
2024 — K-MUG TechDay · Building your first web app with SvelteKit
2024 — De Paul Institute of Science & Technology · Guest session
2020 — Lockdown Tech-Talks · Blazor: A Single-Page Adventure of Microsoft
2019 — Kochi Tech Summit · Conversational Automation for Business Growth · Kerala Startup Mission
2019 — Heera College of Engineering · Tech session, Nedumangad
2019 — Jyothi Engineering College · K-MUG Academia
2019 — MEA Engineering College · Developer session, Perinthalmanna
2019 — TKM College, Kollam · UI/UX for Android — 2-day workshop
2019 — MES Kuttipuram · Developer boot camp
2019 — TEDxMBCET · "Why are we breathing?"
2019 — Augmenta · Speaker session
2018 — Mar Baselios · Talk on simulated reality
2018 — TKM College of Engineering · "Android Programming" — MCA expert talk
2018 — K-MUG · Implementing Bots in Real-Life Projects
2018 — MES College of Engineering · Inspiria'18 — Mobile UI/UX Design workshop
2018 — Heera College — Fab Lab · Student interaction, Nedumangad
2018 — K-MUG TechDay, Trivandrum · B-HUB
2018 — K-MUG TechDay · "Get ready for Ionic 4!" — Orion Innovation, Kochi
2018 — GEC Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad · K-MUG Academia — Bots, NLP & LUIS (4 sessions)
2017 — K-MUG TechDay · Chatbots session, Lulu Cyber Park, Kochi
2017 — MOBConf Tech Talks S1E11 · KSUM Technopark, Trivandrum
2019 — WordCamp Kochi · Registration Wrangler (2019) · community participant (2017)
Open Source
eslint-plugin-typeorm-enterprise — Enterprise ESLint rules for TypeORM / NestJS backends — blocks raw SQL and enforces backend governance. npm · TypeScript
express-typescript-example — Node.js + TypeScript REST API starter. TypeScript
package.json-dependency-reader — Exports your package.json dependencies to an Excel sheet. JavaScript
QuartzBot — Quartz.NET scheduler bot on the Microsoft Bot Framework. C#
100+ repositories on GitHub — github.com/alokraj68
Education
Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)
C.V. Raman University · 2015 — 2018
C.V. Raman University · 2015 — 2018
B.E, Computer Science & Engineering — coursework
Maharaja Engineering College (Anna University) · 2010 — 2014
Maharaja Engineering College (Anna University) · 2010 — 2014
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