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Expert advisory
Discuss a difficult technology problem, evaluate options and make better-informed decisions.
Independent technology advisory
From complexityto what's next.
Senior technology advisory for complex decisions across AI, platforms, security, sovereignty and transformation.
23+ years of enterprise technology leadership, platform architecture and large-scale engineering experience.
Professional experience includes
Google
Advisory from $1,500 / ₹1,25,000 · Confidential
Practice
23+
Years technology leadership
Senior Engineering Leader & Site Lead
0 → 50+
API & foundation platform org
80+
Maersk engineering organization
US · EU · IN
Built and led across three continents
Hands-on
Advisory through embedded technical leadership
Ventures
Built by applying the same principles.
Selected ventures applying technology, AI and platform thinking to real-world problems.
The practice
Bring the hard problem.
Four areas of senior technology work — so leadership and engineering can agree on the constraint before the engagement starts.
Strategy, architecture and production readiness.
Strategy, architecture and production readiness for AI and agentic systems.
- AI strategy and roadmaps for brownfield systems and greenfield products.
- Agentic platform architecture, orchestration and evaluation.
- Architecture and vendor trade-offs, with AI and agentic security in scope.
AI strategy & roadmapsAgentic architectureOrchestration & evaluationArchitecture trade-offsAI & agentic security
Advisory & expertise
How I can help
Engagements can be advisory-only or include hands-on collaboration and tangible deliverables.
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Independent architecture review
Review a system design, architecture proposal, platform, security model or technical direction. Identify risks, trade-offs and improvement opportunities.
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Strategy & roadmap
Challenge assumptions, assess alternatives and define a practical technology direction.
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Focused problem-solving
Work through a specific technical or architectural challenge in a dedicated advisory session.
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Architecture sprint
Produce architecture blueprints, decision records, recommendations and an executable roadmap over an agreed period.
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Fractional or embedded technical leadership
Provide senior technical leadership alongside an existing management, engineering or consulting team.
Method
Independent judgment. Practical architecture. Execution with your team.
Build it with your team. Leave the capability behind. I work beside leadership and engineering — the outcome is clarity, architecture and capability your organisation owns.
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Understand
The constraint, the system, and the decision in front of you.
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Decide
The architecture, the tradeoffs, and what not to build.
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Build
Alongside the team, on a path they can execute.
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Transfer
Clarity, artifacts, and capability the team owns.
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Experience built at scale.
Pradeep K. Niranjan brings 23+ years of technology and engineering leadership across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, enterprise security and AI systems. His experience spans building engineering organisations, shaping platform architecture and delivering technology through complex enterprise environments.
- Google: API and Foundation Platform organisation built from 0 to 50+ people across five teams.
- Maersk: engineering organisation of 80+ people across four countries.
- Experience across enterprise security, cloud platforms, distributed systems and agentic platforms.
0 → 50+
Google API & foundation platform org, US and India
80+
Maersk engineering org across India, UK, Denmark, and Spain
Pradeep K. Niranjan
Ex-Google Senior Engineering Leader & Site Lead
Engagements
The right intensity for the decision.
Start with a focused advisory hour, or engage for a sprint, fractional seat or embedded transformation — shaped around the outcome, not a product catalogue.
60 minutes
Advisory
$1,500
or ₹1,25,000
A focused decision, architecture or technology review with a senior advisor.
2–6 weeks
Architecture Sprint
Inquiry
A defined engagement producing architecture, recommendations, decisions and an executable roadmap.
3–12 months
Fractional Leadership
Inquiry
Senior technical leadership as fractional CTO, Principal Architect or AI/platform lead.
Defined duration
Embedded Transformation
Inquiry
Work alongside an existing team, contribute hands-on expertise and transfer ownership.
For consulting partners
Specialist expertise for your client engagements.
Complement your consulting or delivery team with senior architecture and engineering expertise for complex AI, platform, security and transformation challenges. Vector Ascend can contribute an independent technical perspective, review a proposed solution or work alongside your team for a defined engagement.
Book
Book an advisory engagement
- Lane
- Engagement
- Time
- Details
Where should we start?
Pick the lane. The engagement is shaped around the problem and the outcome.
Confidential executive advisory. No recording unless both parties agree.
Contact
Start a conversation.
Write with the hard problem, or call. I reply personally — usually within one to two business days.
Phone
+91-9886505423
Have a hard technology decision?
Bring the constraint. We start with judgment — then architecture you can execute.
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