Abdul S.

Growth Product Lead ( Technology ) @ Orkes

About

I am a dedicated and thoughtful leader passionate about growing and empowering high-performing teams through collaboration and trust. Over the course of my career, I’ve built and led managers and senior tech leads to deliver innovative digital products across fintech, construction, e-commerce, digital asset management, and healthcare. With a strong foundation in distributed systems, cloud computing, and web applications, I enjoy tackling complex technical and organizational challenges while staying curious and continuously learning. I am equally committed to mentoring emerging leaders and contributing to the open source community as part of my growth journey. I bring a balanced skill set spanning people management, architecture, product strategy, and business acumen, with deep experience collaborating across cross-functional and distributed teams globally. My goal is to partner with organizations to achieve strategic goals by growing capable teams, encouraging open collaboration, and advancing technology with a focus on collective achievement.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Python (Programming Language), Apache Kafka, Microservice Orchestration, Agentic Workflows, Agentic AI, Generative AI, Continuous Delivery (CD), Scalability, Managing Managers, Startup Environments, Startups, Databases, Negotiation, Coaching, Program Management, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Engineering Management, Technical Presales, Change Management, Microservices

Experience

Growth Product Lead ( Technology )

Orkes

2024-5 - 2025-6 · 1 yr 2 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Led growth-focused product initiatives for Orkes—a cloud-native platform built by the creators of Netflix’s Conductor, the widely‑adopted open‑source microservices orchestration engine. Partnered closely with customers to define pain points and deliver growth-oriented features (e.g. event integrations like NATS, observability enhancements), driving higher adoption and pirate‑metric gains Drove implementation of Conductor orchestration across distributed systems, ensuring resilient, scalable execution of workflows spanning microservices and long‑running processes Contributed to open‑source Conductor and Orkes Conductor—extending SDK support and making editorial improvements to enhance developer experience

Principal Consultant

Various Organizations

2022-6 - 2024-3 · 1 yr 10 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided strategic consulting and hands-on leadership across multiple high-impact projects, including: Led organizational transformation and architecture modernization for a Series E SaaS company specializing in peer recognition and employee engagement Delivered Kafka-based distributed messaging and architected cloud migration strategies (AWS and Azure) for a fast-growing FinTech firm, improving scalability, resilience, and event-driven processing

Head of Engineering / Engineering Manager

Aconex (Acquired by Oracle in 2018)

2012-6 - 2022-4 · 9 yrs 11 mos

San Francisco Bay Area / Bangalore India

Built and scaled Aconex’s India engineering organization from 0 to 50+ high-performing engineers, fostering a culture of learning, ownership, and collaboration. Led delivery of five core construction management products instrumental in Aconex’s $1.2B acquisition by Oracle Post-acquisition, led Oracle-Aconex Cost integration—driving cloud migration (AWS to OCI), security/compliance alignment, and infrastructure modernization Partnered cross-functionally to align product, engineering, and business goals, while contributing to scalable architectural design across platforms Prioritized growing people alongside delivering outcomes—coaching managers and ICs through scale and transition Created robust engineering practices adaptable to evolving organizational and regulatory demands

Lead Consultant (Software Development)

Thoughtworks

2006-2 - 2012-6 · 6 yrs 5 mos

Bangalore, India

Earlier roles: Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer Led engineering teams on large-scale digital transformation projects across transportation, banking, and insurance industries—delivering impactful software while supporting business development and technical strategy. Led delivery of a flagship ticketing kiosk solution for a major UK train operator, contributing to a multi-year, multimillion-dollar engagement Drove full-stack delivery and supported pre-sales as technical lead—bridging client needs, architecture, and agile execution Served as lead consultant for a top U.S. bank holding company’s transformation initiative Contributed as a senior engineer to core products for a UK-based insurance software firm, enabling brokers to quote, manage policies, and connect with insurers

Project Lead/Architect

Wipro

2004-1 - 2006-2 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Previous role: Sr. Software Engineer Led and grew a 15-member engineering team to deliver enterprise-grade Digital Asset Management solutions for a Fortune 500 client—balancing architecture, hands-on development, and team leadership. Built a Language Recognition & Remediation tool that secured a competitive edge in pre-sales and helped win a multimillion-dollar ISBN-13 migration deal Architected and delivered scalable content systems tailored to publishing workflows and global compliance requirements