Summary
Zacharias Manuel is an engineering leader with a decade of experience building mobile-first products and scaling teams, currently serving as Associate Vice President of Engineering at Tricog Health in Bengaluru. He progressed through technical and managerial roles at Tricog—from Mobile Architect to AVP—demonstrating deep expertise in Android architecture, BLE-driven hardware integrations, and medical-grade product delivery. Previously he led Android efforts at startups including Neyya (Fin Robotics), shipping an SDK and a consumer product under tight timelines, and built connected-device apps at Flip Technologies. Zacharias combines hands-on coding and system design with people leadership, having run engineering orgs, mentored startups at Startup Village, and instituted test-driven and performance-conscious practices. Outside work he feeds his curiosity about AI and entrepreneurship and decompresses by taking long motorcycle rides to the beach, reflecting a pragmatic, risk-tolerant approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech, Computer Science, B.Tech, Computer Science at Vimal Jyothi Engineering College