Dayal Gaitonde
CTO In Residence at Stealth Startup
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolDayal Gaitonde is a seasoned technology leader and hands-on engineering executive with 11 years of senior experience helping early-stage startups and founders define product roadmaps, scale teams, and deliver production-grade systems. Currently serving as CTO in Residence at Microsoft for Startups and leading his consultancy Gaitonde Inc, he blends strategic architecture and process improvements with day-to-day coding, code reviews, and DevOps. He has a track record of interim CTO/VP roles across marketplaces, B2B eCommerce, talent platforms and AI-enabled products, and previously co-founded AI and FPGA-focused ventures. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Dayal pairs formal training in electrical engineering and computer science with practical startup grit—often stepping into hiring, mentorship and recruiting to rapidly build high-performing engineering orgs. An advisor and builder at stealth projects, he brings a rare mix of founder empathy and operator discipline that shortens time-to-market for nascent products.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at DePaul UniversityBS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago
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Github Skills (8)
crowd9
react7
enums6
google-app-engine6
google-cloud-datastore6
java6
testing4
serenity2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
appirio-tech/lc1-challenge-app
Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
Louder Crowd Challenge App
Contributions:197 commits, 2 branches in 2 months
reactcrowd
gaitonde/ai-interview-coach
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Help job seekers better prepare for interviews
Contributions:7 reviews, 30 PRs, 210 pushes in 5 months
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