Summary
Pradeep Gowda is a seasoned engineering leader with 18 years of experience building scalable, cloud-native and security-focused systems for enterprise customers. Currently VP, Engineering & AI at Stellar, he blends hands-on AI engineering with proven experience scaling data and security platforms at Microsoft, RiskIQ, and Proofpoint. He has a track record of bootstrapping teams and architectures that withstand rapidly evolving threat landscapes by combining big data, DevOps practices, and pragmatic security engineering. A former co-founder and AI engineer across industry and energy systems, Pradeep pairs strategic leadership with day-to-day technical ownership—from model deployment to secure, auditable data pipelines. Educated at Purdue (MS Computer Science) and with a mechanical engineering foundation, he brings rare cross-disciplinary problem solving that helps translate complex domain constraints into operational products. Based in Carmel, Indiana, he is known for turning ambiguous challenges into production-grade solutions that scale.
18 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bengaluru University
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Purdue University
Konkani, Sanskrit, Hindi, Kannada, English