Pallani Kumaran
Co-Founder, Engineering at Okcan Software
Singapore
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Top SchoolPallani Kumaran is a seasoned engineering leader and co-founder with 14 years of experience building large-scale, production-grade systems and AI-first products from Singapore. He has led cross-functional teams at Open Government Products to deliver nation-scale fintech and scam-prevention platforms handling billions in transactions and founded Okcan Software to further explore AI-native solutions. Pallani combines hands-on architecture and backend expertise—designing serverless data platforms, automated payment reconciliation, and multimodal AI assessment pipelines—with product-minded delivery that reduces operational overhead. He has a track record of turning complex public-sector requirements into pragmatic, auditable systems (e.g., real-time voucher and payment platforms, conversational AI for sales), and is comfortable oscillating between leadership and deep technical execution. Unusually, he pairs government-scale reliability experience with rapid startup experimentation, frequently integrating multi-provider AI stacks for phoneme-level analysis and tool-calling LLM workflows.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Focus on Computer and Communications), Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Focus on Computer and Communications) at Singapore PolytechnicBachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore
Tamil, English
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Github Skills (40)
bit9
beeline8
form-builder8
netlify8
mojolicious8
staging7
perl7
tracks7
mozilla7
react7
bitly6
ckan-extension6
inbound5
branches5
javascript4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pallani/share-a-secret
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 8 days
datagovsg/parkingsg-google-pay-demo
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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